AJ Styles kicked off this week’s Smackdown Live with a surprising yet predicted manner. It was his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia where he continued the storyline angle with Daniel Bryan. The latter one was not willing to go to Saudi Arabia. Hence the creative team executed a brilliant idea to prepone the match on last night’s show, itself. Now that produced a dream match on Smackdown.
AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan is a fantasy booking that could sell out Wrestlemania-caliber events. It was a pleasure for the fans that they received this match on a weekly episode. The two of them pulled each other to the longest extent to bring out the absolute best out of them. No doubt the match turned out to be one of the greatest of all-time in the history of Smackdown Live.
Samoa Joe turned out to be the replacement of Daniel Bryan for Crown Jewel as he returned on the show. The match might sound repetitive to some of the fans. But then both AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are veterans in this industry. So they should pull off yet another successful match at the PPV event on this Friday night. It also confirmed that Samoa Joe is not dealing with an injury.
The street fight match was really fun to watch with a Halloween theme attached to it. The New Day is the best to entertain the fans and they picked up a solo win courtesy Big E to gain some momentums. Another such matchup was Nakamura vs. R-Truth. Although the champion retained, Truth is more than over with the crowd. He should win the US title for a one-off occasion. Nakamura’s title run has become more than dud for the last 100 days.
It is always good to see veterans teaming up for a tag team match. Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio are one of the dream teams that the fans want to witness. The officials made that possible to hype up the world cup tournament. They picked up the win as expected via their high-flying offenses. But it was a good decision to keep Randy Orton stand tall after delivering RKOs to all of them. He is the strongest guy at this point on Smackdown who should not lose any momentums.
Overall, it was a great episode of Smackdown in terms of the contest. We saw a lot of actions on the show which was worthy of a decent Crown Jewel buildup. Here are the Twitter reactions from this episode,
The New Day are The Brood.
I'm dying here ??? #SDLive pic.twitter.com/Zhhzf8dSDC
— WWE Critics (@WWECritics) October 31, 2018
I honestly can't explain just how much I fucking love this. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/ZRo841MTnN
— Adam Pacitti (@adampacitti) October 31, 2018
ok, this is actually perfect.#SDLive pic.twitter.com/12Qy2l5HeS
— Pro Wrestling Sheet (@WrestlingSheet) October 31, 2018
Respect. #WWEChampionship #SDLive @AJStylesOrg @WWEDanielBryan pic.twitter.com/5B4jLDboJV
— WWE (@WWE) October 31, 2018
"Whichever one of you makes it to the finals, and that person LOSES to a #RAW Superstar, you will NO LONGER have a home on #SDLive!" – @ShaneMcMahon ? #WWEWorldCup pic.twitter.com/sc7B4XgZy9
— WWE (@WWE) October 31, 2018
Classic WWE. They talk all about Evolution's success but there isn't a single women's match on the entire show.
C L A S S I C #SDLive
— Cageside Seats (@cagesideseats) October 31, 2018
Never doubt #TheMan. #AndStill #SDLive @BeckyLynchWWE pic.twitter.com/rJ0HNkocnz
— WWE (@WWE) October 31, 2018
The Great White Walker… contemplating revenge. #Halloween #SDLive #GOT pic.twitter.com/qFJXgINUXR
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) October 31, 2018
This is a triple threat I need. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/NJS1OoCpKC
— R.Dream (@WWERDream) October 31, 2018
The biggest star in the women's division.#SDLive pic.twitter.com/p41BjKdi97
— In time, you will know what it's like to lose. (@thegsatgaming) October 31, 2018
Crown Jewel in Atlanta > Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia#SDLive pic.twitter.com/nAo3dNAX0y
— GIF Skull (@GIFSkull) October 31, 2018
Just a few of the free matches we have had on #sdlive this year:
AJ Styles v Sami Zayn
John Cena v AJ Styles
AJ Styles v Daniel Bryan
Jeff Hardy v Shinsuke Nakamura
Daniel Bryan v Jeff Hardy
Rey Mysterio v Shinsuke Nakamura
2018 has been one crazy year for wrestling! ?
— Mark (@bcafcmark) October 31, 2018
It’s coming to the point where a reunion is needed. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/5CN2tNKz0k
— R.Dream (@WWERDream) October 31, 2018