Sami Helps Cody Retain | King & Queen of the Ring Semifinals
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What was the highlight of SmackDown featuring Cody Rhodes and Gunther?
Hey guys, it's Denise Salcedo here with the world's strongest man, Mark Henry, on the Busted Open podcast. Today, Mark and I discuss Cody Rhodes versus Gunther on SmackDown with Sami Zayn as the referee. We also break down the King and Queen of the Ring semifinals. Let's go.
This is the Busted Open podcast. Last night, shit, what a show SmackDown was. From beginning to end, it was the best SmackDown of the year.
What?
Yes, ma'am. You look at what that match did. First off, Cody Rhodes, excuse me, and Gunther with Sami Zayn, no commercials. They went through the entrances, the championships announcements, the match, all of the failure and ballyhoo and smoke and mirrors until you get to a match with Carmelo Hayes and Ricky Saints. And then you get to another tag match that was It was better than what I thought it was gonna be with Truth and Priest versus the MFTs. And I thought for your money, the best match of the show,
How did Sami Zayn's role as the referee impact the match outcome?
was Jey Uso and Javon Evans because of the emotion and the selling and the story of the good guy versus the old guy and yada, yada, yada, and just the overall action. And then the best theater of the night, the women, main event. You had appearances throughout the show of other stars the Jay Cargill incident that led to Charlotte Flair showing emotional toughness and why we look at her the way we look at her and to be able to go into a main event match with Alexa Bliss in which they tore the damn house down. And Yeah, they could have dove from the top. They could have done this and that and went through the announce table and they didn't have to. They had a good structured match based on storytelling and selling.
And when we talk about pro wrestling, we always talk about, yeah, I want the storyline to match the energy and the vibe. We don't always get it, but last night we did. And I just want to commend all parties involved and for Charlotte to go up to the top at the end of that match. And she's trying, she's hopping up there on one leg. And I'm like, come on, man. Come on. And I find myself doing this shit.
What were the key moments in the Jey Uso vs. Je'Von Evans match?
I'm breathing like I'm finna have a damn heart attack. why I watch wrestling. It's why I became a fan with my grandmother going to shows. And then you look out in the crowd. Speaking of grandmothers, you look out in the crowd last night and probably 60%, 70% of the people that were there had a kid with them. It was full of kids. You look at the entrance ramp which I'm so glad that Cody started back acknowledging his fans because he, you can see how many kids were there and how he interacted with them. And I just, I thought it was a really, really good show. And the show explained a lot, which most of the time when you're leading towards, uh, one pay-per-view nevertheless two are ples now excuse me i'm showing my age uh king and queen of the ring everything became clear it was educational it also showed kind of where we're going for summer slam
We don't know who all the players are going to be. So that being said, I thought it was unbelievable, Denise. And it's going to be, you know, you can make an argument always. But I just thought that it was really good.
What happened during the Liv Morgan vs. Charlotte Flair semifinal match?
Oh man, Mark, I don't know where to begin because we were driving down a straight road and we are about to make a massive, massive U-turn because I had so many people telling me, That they thought that this was the worst SmackDown of the year. And you're out here saying it was the best SmackDown. I got people telling me it was the worst SmackDown. I'm, look...
Who you gonna listen to, me or them?
Well, here's the thing, I listen to me. I am the speaker of me. And I gotta tell you, I'm on borderline, okay? I think that there were things on this show that did not make sense, and we're gonna break them down in just a second. But I won't sit here and say it was the worst SmackDown of the year, especially because I- I have sat through some really rough episodes of SmackDown, so I do not think it was the worst episode of the year. However, I do think that the show, had it been the two hours and had we gotten the primary highlights of the show in a nice little two-hour edition, I do think the show would have felt a lot better.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What was the highlight of SmackDown featuring Cody Rhodes and Gunther?
0:00–1:37
2
How did Sami Zayn's role as the referee impact the match outcome?
1:37–3:26
3
What were the key moments in the Jey Uso vs. Je'Von Evans match?
3:26–5:13
4
What happened during the Liv Morgan vs. Charlotte Flair semifinal match?
5:13–6:48
5
How did the attack by Jade Cargill influence the women's match?
6:48–7:50
6
What are the implications of Sami Zayn's actions for his character?
7:50–8:42
7
How does the King and Queen of the Ring tournament compare to previous events?
8:42–9:50
8
What predictions are made for future matches involving Jey Uso and Obafemi?
9:50–38:43