This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown started with Jimmy Uso getting cozy with Cody Rhodes, because they’re still buddy buddy despite everything that has happened between the two sides. Jimmy wanted to get to SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis to see about who took out Jacob Fatu.
The WWE Champion expressed support while sending him Aldis’ direction.
That led right into Cody taking the microphone out in front of the fine folks in Tempe, asking them what they wanna talk about and all that. He wondered if he needed to apologize for last week and the way he treated Drew McIntyre.
Nobody endorsed as much. Instead, the man himself hit the scene to tell everyone to stop. The crowd is complicit in Cody’s crimes, completely brainwashed by the corporate champion’s propaganda. They still cheer for him, despite what he’s done.
“I’ve been screwed so many times this has become about Drew McIntyre finishing the story.”
But who attacked Fatu? Drew proclaimed his innocence while trying to point the finger at Jimmy, claiming he’s disgruntled and once again playing second fiddle to his brother, Jey. Rhodes snapped yet again, demanding a fight.
Instead, Jimmy attacked McIntyre from behind, kicking off a brawl that would continue into the backstage area after a commercial break. Eventually, Jimmy caught up with Aldis, campaigning for a fight. The GM agreed, and the main event was set — No DQ.
Said match was your standard fare, notable only for McIntyre loudly proclaiming his innocence while choking Jimmy out with a chair. He didn’t do it, damn it! Rhodes hit the scene to kick off the brawl with McIntyre once more. It only ended when he checked on Jimmy and DM Hunk laid him out with the Claymore Kick.
There’s not a lot of meat on the bone here, but they’ve got me invested enough. I think the main issue is McIntyre doesn’t feel like enough of a legitimate threat to take the title away.
It felt like very little actually happened on this show.
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