The November 14th, 2017 episode of WWE SmackDown took place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. It was the go-home show for WWE Survivor Series this Sunday. Here are 5 takeaways from this week’s SmackDown:
5Shane McMahon Delivered A Speech To The SmackDown Roster
SmackDown opened up with Shane McMahon giving a speech backstage to the SmackDown roster. Shane warned everyone that tonight might be the night that RAW retaliates and said that he wanted everyone to be ready. Shane added that after Survivor Series, SmackDown will no longer be known as the “B show”, instead it will be known as “the show”.
Becky Lynch said that she was going to break Asuka’s arm at Survivor Series. Baron Corbin vowed to defeat Sin Cara tonight and then demolish The Miz at Survivor Series. New Day grabbed the microphone and started a “SmackDown rocks” chant as Shane McMahon pointed the microphone towards the SmackDown roster.
#SDLive Commissioner @shanemcmahon has his roster FIRED UP for this Sunday's #SurvivorSeries…BECAUSE "Smack-Down ROCKS! Smack-Down ROCKS!" pic.twitter.com/hs9JD3v5fZ
— WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2017
This was corny and awesome at the same time. Shane’s speech was full of cliches and enthusiasm. Becky Lynch and Baron Corbin provided some awkwardness and New Day inserted a forced chant that made this whole segment laughable. I wouldn’t mind seeing the RAW roster show up tonight and cause some chaos. The SmackDown roster seems far too confident heading into Survivor Series