WWE Championship

Mm-hmm.

You got WWE Championship-

Yep

... and the Women's Championship as well on the line on this show.

Now he finds himself, because of Punk being so pissed off, in another title match.

Yeah.

He could leave Mexico City as WWE Champion.

I mean, it feels unlikely, doesn't it?

Mm-hmm.

Um, which I, I think we can all agree, WWE Champion CM Punk has proven time and time again that's the way you get, make things happen.

Mm-hmm.

Um, so yeah, I just think, uh, if anything is needed to reboot this franchise, I am waiting, right, with bated breath, I'm not a Marvel fan, but I am waiting with bated breath desperately for that third Miles Morales film.

He's kinda like still, not, I don't wanna say learning the ropes.

That's incredibly condescending for a guy who looks doomed to be the WWE Champion-

Yes

... as soon as next WrestleMania.

So what does it say? It says that night one, here's the lineup.

Randy Orton, get ready, versus Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed Championship.

Now, you may be saying to yourself, "Well, what are you, what are you talking about? We, we just had that." And we did.

We did.

But, yeah, unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be for Chris Masters.

And then our main event, Kurt Angle defeats John Cena via disqualification, so Cena retains his WWE Championship.

This is... right in the heart of super sena mode here in v1 if you will but the bigger story they're leading to is eric bischoff is clearly on the outs and on his way out as raw gm and as we know uh we're approaching the end of the spike tv era here and we're getting into the usa era and eric would not be long for the usa era of monday night raw he would be relieved of his duties after the We've talked at length about these two guys, Cena and Kurt, but for as controversial as Eric has become in his podcasting career, I'll say this all the time, man.

I think Eric truly is one of the greatest non-wrestler on-screen talents ever, and he was so good in this role.

yeah oh it's gonna be really good uh it was good to see gargano uh you know get some sniff of gold and that woke him up and you know sometimes that's all it takes it's just a little bit of a little bit of gold to get you going but i'm sammy zane cm punk should be a lot of fun coming up here if

we are also yeah we're also going to get naya jacks versus chelsea green tomorrow night for the interim women's wwe championship yes yes yes yes

30 days are up she's been cleared quote unquote so

oh yeah she's got the mask on no she had to she 30 days hasn't been up she had to defend it within 30 days we're

Maybe Orton interferes in that title match and costs Sami Zayn.

I mean...

Takeaway Roman, the title booking... feels a lot more Attitude Era-esque with the US title and the IC title and the WWE Championship, just because they've been changing.

The WWE Championship's been defended a lot.

being from Mexico, but definitely to not see a title change in the Punk and Zayn match taking place.

Would I say it's impossible? No, because who knows? WWE could shock you and actually have Sammy Dane beat CM Punk for the Undisputed WWE Championship tonight but I would say that it is unlikely sorry about that not sure what that guy said but um So that is tonight's WWE Friday Night Smackdown live from Mexico City.

Once again, 8 p.m. Eastern on the USA Network here in the United States.

Netflix internationally.

The two veterans have never met in a singles match before, and tonight is a huge night for WWE and AAA.

SmackDown comes to Mexico City with CM Punk defending the WWE Championship against Sami Zayn.

Then Triple Mane Ya 34 Night One comes to Las Vegas, where Rey Mysterio faces Omos with Omos Future and Triple A on the line.

Our friends at Victory Championship Wrestling are presenting Where's Zoltan tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern featuring MLW and GCW's Beastman and former TNA wrestling star Kongo Kong and more.

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Former WWE champion.

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