This week’s episode of SmackDown Live was the last episode of 2016, and it featured some big moments. AJ Styles successfully defended his title in an epic triple threat match, American Alpha won the SmackDown Tag Team Titles and John Cena made his big return.
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SmackDown closed out the year in a big way, and it also gave us a lot to look forward to in 2017. While all of the big moments were taking place on SmackDown, there were some entertaining internet reactions taking place in the social media world. Let’s take a look at some of the reactions to this week’s episode.
#10
Restaurant quality match……new, tag champs get a magnificent 'rub.'#AmericanAlpha #SDLive @JasonJordanJJ @ChadGableNet
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) December 28, 2016
#9
"I find James Ellsworth… uniquely attractive."#SDLive pic.twitter.com/kv0J6Dgzkt
— What a Maneuver! (@WAManeuver) December 28, 2016
#8
The RAW writers watching this show like… #SDLive pic.twitter.com/fdPYOufLtn
— PWM – WWE COVERAGE (@ProWrestlingMag) December 28, 2016
#7
Yeah, @BaronCorbinWWE is impatient. He wants to win a title before he's completely bald. #SDLive
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) December 28, 2016
#6
Folks, you're gonna want to step back for this. pic.twitter.com/IVpVgC1deh
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) December 28, 2016
#5
#4
We're finishing out 2016 with AJ Styles as the WWE Champion #SDLive pic.twitter.com/etrnOe98Ur
— WhatCultureWrestling (@WhatCultureWWE) December 28, 2016
#3
I never thought I'd be jealous of Ellsworth but here we are. #UniquelyAttractive #SDLive
— Raw is Psyniac (@rawispsyniac) December 28, 2016
#2
#1
LOL @ #7
Jim Ross also said on Twitter that he “sees a hair match In Baron Corbin’s future,” I think a lot of other people see it too haha.
Those Kermit memes are the best.
I’d rate Smackdown a good 8 or 9/10, it was a really decent show, a lot better than that crap on Raw.
Some of Raw is still good, though I admit this week we let the side down and couldn’t lift the show as much as usual.
SD was pretty good this week, much much better then Raw.
Sheamus and Cersaro are developing into a pretty good tag team though.
I’d go so far as to say it’s a decent novelty now to have a team that isn’t a team at all again, just 2 lads.
Just some simple old school work with the big heel guy and the big face spot monkey 😉
Things go right and we should have a long run and Claudio should finally be over backstage the way he should be. I’ve little faith Vince won’t decide to break us up prematurely on a whim some night soon though.
Yeah considering how long the new Wyatt family kept their tag team titles, Sheamus and Cesaro could be back in matches against each other in no time at all.