The October 31st episode of SmackDown aired live from the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, VA. Here are 5 takeaways from this week’s SmackDown:
5Shane McMahon Announced Himself As Team Captain For SmackDown At Survivor Series
SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon kicked off this week’s episode. Shane said that RAW has always looked at SmackDown as the inferior brand. Shane stated that they had a team meeting and decided to go to RAW and kick them right in the mouth to prove a point. Shane thanked everyone in the back and said that SmackDown has heart.
McMahon then addressed Kane attacking Daniel Bryan last night on RAW. Shane accused Kurt Angle and Stephanie of setting Bryan up and added that their is going to be hell to pay for that. Shane then announced himself as captain of the SmackDown men’s team for Survivor Series.
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Kurt Angle was announced to be the captain of Team RAW last night at Survivor Series, so it was predictable that Shane would become the captain of Team SmackDown. There aren’t too many things I’m looking forward to at Survivor Series, but the men’s 5v5 match is interesting in my opinion. It was announced earlier today that Braun Strowman has now joined Team RAW in the match. That leaves the possibility of Kane joining the team as well and I doubt that those two would be able to co-exist.
SmackDown seems like a fractured group with Daniel Bryan not agreeing with Shane McMahon’s actions. Stephanie McMahon essentially told Kurt Angle that she will replace him as GM if RAW doesn’t win the match at Survivor Series. The rest of the card seems mediocre right now, but at least there is a lot going on in this match.