The latest episode of WWE SmackDown featured plenty of build to both WrestleMania and Elimination Chamber.
The latest episode of WWE SmackDown came our way live from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. And the show was centered around Ronday Rousey choosing her title challenger for WrestleMania.
But she wasn’t the only part-timer back on the show. Nope, because as a recent reporrt claimed, Goldberg was at hand too to stake his claim for the Universal championship.
So make that two part-timers brought back around WrestleMania season. And, one suspects, quite a few more to come.
Part-timers at WrestleMania has become WWE’s modus operandi in recent years. On one hand, it’s a good way to draw in lapsed fans. On the other… what does it say about your ability to create new stars?
Of two headline acts, one is a wrestler whose peak came in the late 1990s – and the other is an MMA star. Oh well.
On the bright side, Goldberg will get his shot at Elimination Chamber given Roman Reigns is set to take on Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.
The way they chose to set up the match was simple – Goldberg came out to acknowledge Reigns… as his next victim. Smart, simple and effective.
On the other hand, Rousey simply chose Flair because she wanted to teach her new-born daughter how to kick ass. And Flair is first in a long list of names.
Flair responded with a doozy of a line, claiming her title is prettier than Rousey’s new-born. Given ‘The Rowdy One’ is known to be touchy over such things, the line went over well with the live crowd.
Also, it’s worth noting that Rousey seemingly played the babyface here. She interacted with fans on the way to the ring too! So what happened to not caring about them?
.@RondaRousey is on #SmackDown for the very first time! pic.twitter.com/PflOtteLXd
— WWE (@WWE) February 5, 2022
Grade: B-