It was reported ahead of “SmackDown” tonight that at the least one previously advertised match would not be going ahead, and once I read that, I robotically figured it could be Jacob Fatu and Drew McIntyre’s one-on-one that was previously announced by General Manager Nick Aldis last week. And, while false promoting, for lack of a greater term, is not all the time my thing relating to wrestling shows, the all-out brawl between the 2 to get some heat leading into their reported (and clearly highly likely) WrestleMania match was tremendous by me. I used to be not a fan of many things tonight, but this was actually certainly one of them.
I like a very good fight that continues on–and-off throughout the show. It means the brawlers really hate one another enough to constantly escape officials and security, and it’s almost all the time extremely entertaining. WWE also didn’t overdo the brawls tonight, surprisingly, and we got three good moments where McIntyre and Fatu were throwing hands.
The show started off with a automotive crash, quite literally, with McIntyre seemingly punching out Fatu’s windshield before dragging him through it. It was a hot start that had Fatu bleeding, and McIntyre got here out to air his grievances within the ring. Fatu put a stop to that, nevertheless, and hit an enormous splash to the previous Undisputed WWE Champion through the announce desk. It was an exciting method to start out of the show, and I actually enjoyed it.
In a while, you had them interrupted a tense moment between Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga, which worked, and the show was then bookended by one other brawl segment, one where Nick Aldis and officials needed to run back to the parking zone to catch them after coping with Randy Orton within the ring. The urgency of the push from that chaotic scene to a different was exciting and truly felt meaningful. While Fatu and McIntyre falling off the transformer area, scaffolding… thing, was slightly cheesy with the camera angle, it was a fun method to end the show.
Fatu and McIntyre’s WrestleMania match has yet to officially be announced, but I prefer it. I’ve already mainly forgotten in regards to the pivot from McIntyre as champion back to Rhodes, and the indisputable fact that I actually thought we would be getting a triple threat match between these two and Rhodes for the gold at ‘Mania, and I’m sure that is what WWE goes for at this point. Perhaps I’ve just accepted what WWE has given me, but I need to see a McIntyre vs. Fatu stipulation match, probably a street fight, at WrestleMania. They work well together, and if tonight was any indication, that is going to be one hell of a match.
Written by Daisy Ruth