The October 17th edition of SmackDown aired live from the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn faced Shinsuke Nakamura and Randy Orton in the main event. Here are 5 takeaways from this week’s SmackDown:
5Sami Zayn Is Great As A Heel
SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan kicked off this week’s episode of SmackDown and got a great reaction from his hometown crowd. Bryan said that he wanted to address Sami Zayn and Sami danced his way down to the ring. Daniel Bryan said that he was disappointed in Sami’s actions at Hell in a Cell.
Sami cut Bryan off and said that he is not like Daniel Bryan. Sami said that the fans got behind Bryan and that caused him to reach the main event of WrestleMania. Sami said that the fans never got behind him and that he no longer cares what the fans think. Zayn stated that he took ownership of his career back and said that if Bryan worked a little smarter, he wouldn’t have had to retire in this building years ago.
Sami added that Daniel Bryan was the best wrestler of his generation but now he wants to be nothing like him. Sami then called Bryan a housewife and Kevin Owens came down to the ring. Owens called Bryan a hypocrite and Bryan interrupted. Bryan stated that Owens doesn’t really care about Sami Zayn and that Bryan cares about what is doing what is best for the fans. Owens said that Bryan only cares now about what is “best for business” and that Daniel Bryan is now The Authority. Sami agreed with Owens and then called Bryan a sell out.
Zayn thanked Owens for opening his eyes and the two Superstars shared a hug in the ring. Daniel Bryan hopped out of the ring and started to walk backstage. Kevin Owen said “walking out of this arena is the best thing you got nowadays”. Daniel Bryan said that he was going to go out back and find some dudes to punch Owens and Zayn in the face.
This was a great segment to start off SmackDown. The crowd chanted “Sami sucks!” during the promo and Sami is doing awesome as a heel so far. He is very good at being annoying and it makes you wonder why WWE didn’t turn Zayn heel sooner.
"I'm going to go find a couple of dudes…to punch you guys in the face!"
#SDLive General Manager @WWEDanielBryan is working hard tonight! pic.twitter.com/Gh7ozcHjMj— WWE (@WWE) October 18, 2017