AIRED LIVE ON FOX BROADCAST NETWORK
Commentators: Michael Cole, Pat McAfee
Ring Announcer: Greg Hamilton
-They opened with a wide shot of the arena from the upper deck.
-John Cena’s entrance music played and he came onto the stage to a big ovation. He talked to the camera and said, “We must be live on Fox.” The ring announcer introduced him as he ran the ropes in the ring and played to the crowd. Cena got the “augmented reality” graphics package added to his entrance. When his music stopped, there were sustained cheers. Cena soaked it up and let it ride for 30 seconds. “Man, you are amped up tonight!” he said. (He didn’t have to use all the bag-o-tricks he did in Dallas on Monday to get the crowd going.)
Commentators: Pat McAfee, Michael Cole
We’re into the second week of having fans back and this time the big story is John Cena returning to Smackdown to see Roman Reigns. You can see Summerslam from here but we still need to make it official. Other than that, Carmella is getting another shot at Bianca Belair for no particular reason. Let’s get to it.
We start fast this week with John Cena starting us off in a hurry. He talks about how hyped up the fans are here and knows that Roman Reigns is coming. There is some sports news coming out of Cleveland today, which is why he has changed his middle name to Guardians (as did Cleveland’s baseball team). He has to protect the little respect that WWE has left because Roman Reigns is terrible as Universal Champion. We’re back live and that means we are on the way to Summerslam, which is a place for the fans to show what they believe in. Whose team are you on?
Winfree’s WWE Smackdown Review 7.16.21
Hello everyone and welcome. Tonight is the go home show for Money in the Bank, and the first show in a while with live fans in attendance. Honestly, I haven’t missed them and am sure this crowd will remind me of why very quickly. Tonight we’ve got a Smackdown women’s title match between Bianca Belair and Carmella, this came together last week when Bayley got injured and plans had to chance rapidly. All 4 of the Smackdown entrants into the Money in the Bank ladder match will have a Fatal 4-way, so we’ll see what Big E, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, and Seth Rollins can get up to. Also a big trios match when Universal champion Roman Reigns teams the Usos to take on Edge and Rey and Dominik Mysterio. That’s enough preview action, let’s see how the crowd is.
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Hello everyone and welcome. Tonight is the go home show for Money in the Bank, and the first show in a while with live fans in attendance. Honestly, I haven’t missed them and am sure this crowd will remind me of why very quickly. Tonight we’ve got a Smackdown women’s title match between Bianca Belair and Carmella, this came together last week when Bayley got injured and plans had to chance rapidly. All 4 of the Smackdown entrants into the Money in the Bank ladder match will have a Fatal 4-way, so we’ll see what Big E, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, and Seth Rollins can get up to. Also a big trios match when Universal champion Roman Reigns teams the Usos to take on Edge and Rey and Dominik Mysterio. That’s enough preview action, let’s see how the crowd is.
WWE Friday Night Smackdown (Episode 1,143)
Live from Houston, Texas at Toyota Center
Aired July 16, 2021 on Fox
[Hour One] Smackdown opened with the “return of fans” video that WWE released earlier this week via Vince McMahon’s Twitter page…
A wide shot of the arena aired while Michael Cole noted that it was the first time in 70 weeks that fans were back in attendance for Smackdown. He noted that it was a sold out crowd with over 14,000 fans in attendance. Cole was joined on commentary by Pat McAfee…
Vince McMahon’s music played and he strutted onto the new stage to a big ovation while the crowd sang along with his entrance theme. “Where the hell have you been?” Vince asked. Vince turned around and walked backstage…