Spoilers for this week’s early SmackDown tapings are in (the brand taped the show early due to a conflict with the Tribute for the Troops taping). Click the ‘+’ to read. Show airs on Friday, December 4th:
Thoughts after the cut:
Erin’s Thoughts
I feel like this match wasn’t really needed, as Mickie’s been pushed as the #1 contender for a while now, even if she didn’t formally win the distinction. I hope the match is good, though–it seems like a winning combination of Divas to me.
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Seeing Natalya and Beth square off has been my fantasy bout for quite some time now. It may not be one on one, but I’ll take what I can get. I just hope the crowd isn’t dead silent throughout this week’s Divas match.
i cant wait 2 see beth and neidhart
I’m hoping this is a triple threat match and not a two heels beat up on Mickie match.
I’m sure Beth and Natalya wont play nice with the #1 contendership on the line. They aren’t Michelle’s puppets.
Well like THETommyTommy said, i hope it isn’t gonna be a handicap type of triple threat with Nattie & Beth beating up on Mickie. I really want to see Beth & Nattie go at it since thats been a dream match for me and i’m sure for others as well. Now that Mickie is the #1 contender, i just hope this means that Michelle can finally lose the belt. She really needs to since shes had it for ages now. But i just i hope that they have a decent title match whenever that happens.
Of note, Michelle and Layla watched the match, and afterwards, when they tried attacking Mickie, Maria ran out to make the save.
cant wait for friday :D
but since maryse is back, there is nothing like RAW :D
From pwi insider
Mickie James
beat Beth Phoenix and Natayla to become the Number One Contender for the Women’s Championship. It wasn’t specified when she’d get the shot but after the match, since Michelle McCool and Layla were ringside at the announcer’s table, Mickie James attacked them and got double teamed until Maria came out and helped Mickie fend them off.
Next week Smackdown……..Mickie/Maria vs McCool/Layla ??
Title match at TLC ?
Unsurprising result. This sounds good on paper so hopefully the match lives up to it.
mickie wont win the title…!
go michelle…
Oh Yay, Maria’s back.
What fun i cant wait for the match but maria should not be anywhere near a wrestling ring she should be a valet at best
unecesaary match because we all knew,like it was said here that Mickie was being builted as McCool´s main opponent for the title,this was the way to make it official ad at least they used two more Divas.
altough a Beth vs Nattie is always great to see it´s a little overshadowed due to the predictable outcome of the match.
and Maria coming to Mickie´s rescue?!?!?!?!?who is she?some kind of mighty super hero?
Mickie/Maria vs McCool/Layla? oh jeez….. :(
Lmao @ the excitement about ‘Maurice’, we have beth vs nattie, i think it couldnt get any better then that!
On paper, that looks like a heck of a match. I just hope the end result is the same way.
The rofl part of hit, is that normallly heels team up to beat the face, so mickie winning to Beth and Natalya sounds kinda forced to me. But i’ll wait to see the match. The Maria saving was something we all expected, lets just see if this doesn’t look forced too (because we all know that Michelle, like her or not, would easily win her).
But yes…probably will have a Maria/Mickie vs. Michelle/Layla and then a title match at TLC.
Just because they’ve got Mickie as the #1 contender doesn’t mean she’s gonna get the title.Look
how many times Mickie has had both titles.Besides Mickie isn’t exactly out of the dog house with the
wwe officials.I doubt she wins it.And they’ve got Natayla and Beth.Althought I do believe that Beth can
take Natayla .The only thing Beth would have to watch out for if she winds up on her back and Natayal
starts to spread her legs for the sharp-shooter which I think Beth has enough leg muscle to prevent h
her from applying the hold/.They do make a nice 3 some Beth Mickie and Natayla/.MY money over-
all is on Beth once she gets the chance to take on Michelle.After all Beth has said Michelle won’t have
the belt long.I am going with Beth who’ll finally get the Title.But they want to get Mickie out of the way first. WWE is still on Mickie ‘s ass because of her weight and wanting to start another career.
I feel this match was needed , just b cuz mickie has been tormented my Layla and Michelle dosent mean that mickie is automatically the 1# Contender. A Contenders match should make it offical.
Well I cant wait to see this match I do hope Beth and Natalya will sqaure off but we all know they wont so its no point. They were better off making it a handicap contenders match and if mickie wins she gets a shot at the title.
Maria;s back whoopie that will make everything better. I guess now we can have tag team matches again..YAWN!!!
lol how does maria fend off Michelle & Layla when she couldn’t handle 1 of them before the apprentice
maybe she throws her self at them and Mickie saves herself XD
i wonder how they will explain maria’s disappearance
will they say she was doing the apprentice or say some other crap
(maybe a designer held her captured for her crimes against fashion XD)
anyway joking aside it will be nice to see another face on SD
if she stays that is
remember Ashley and someone else were released after doing something outdside the WWE
A triple threat match involving my three favorite divas, AWESOME!! I would really like to see Mickie, or anyone for that matter, take the title away from Michelle. Her reign has been so boring she hasn’t really done anything. Maria’s return sounds a lot better than Maryse’s was.
TBH… I can’t really see Maria coming out and cleaning house, but then I agree with MickieJamesFan07 that it sounds a lot better than Maryse’s return.
Maria is BACK,LET THE PARTY BEGIN,DIVAS TAG MATCHES FTW lmao XD
I had a dream last night that this match would happen(not lying) and I can’t believe it actually happened,me and WWE divas must be connected somehow lol but in my dream,natayla won and then mickie announced her retirement from WWE and then all the wrestlers in WWE came out and clapped for mickie(I’M SERIOUS)
I hope the match is good,it’s going to be great seeing natayla and beth in a match together,I can now check them off my list of diva matches I wanna see
Maria returns…. Oh well, at least Layla has someone new to job to.
Sounds like a good show for the divas :) Nice for these three great divas to get some ring time :)
RKoyou-Lulz!I would’ve loved to have that dream!Lol.(Did you know humans can dream the future?)
Like many others said,on paper this match looks good,but they’ll need a decent amount of time to put on a good bout.Maria cleaning house?Lulz,seriously?That’s like having a chihuahua go after two pitbulls!It’s funny how Maria couldn’t get a clean win over Michelle and now she’s throwing her out of rings and such.Maria just needs to move on to her other projects and forget about wrestling,it’s just not her thing.
Can’t wait! :D I’m actually glad Maria’s back, now we can see her jobbing to Michelle. ;)
I reckon Mickie should win, at least then theres a chance she could feud with Natalya.
another interesting part of the match:
) Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix and Natalya in a No. 1 Contender’s Triple Threat Match. Michelle McCool and Layla are out on commentary for this match. Decent Diva’s Match. [b]Phoenix hits the Glamslam on Natalya as she tries to lock Mickie in the Sharpshooter, and Mickie kicks Phoenix out of the ring to steal the pin.[/b]
On paper, this should be a four star match, or even a five star. I hope so. It’s kinda redundant since Mickie’s obviously #1 contender, especially after her and Melina won at S. Series. At some point though it’ll just be Beth vs Natalya – and those two will tear the roof off the arena.
redsoul, where did you read that?? thats awesome i am stoked!
Sounds.. Boring. Mickie literally does the same thing in every match. Beth has the character of a tree. And the only thing Nattie has shown is that “SHE HAS HART AND CAN DO A SHARPSHOOTER! YEAH BABY!”
On a more ironic note.. Michelle and Layla going around calling Mickie fat and they pair the skinniest Diva in Maria with her? What in the hell..
Bored with Mickie, bored with Smackdown!.
lol yes about time:) I’m so over Michelle as Champion, it’s so boring.
I’m glad that Maria is back i know she is not the greatest but she brings so much energy.
i’m dissapointed that Natalya hasn’t gotten a title shot yet, but it’s only fair that when wwe start putting her in matches then she should get a title:)
I despise how this Diva Trade has changed nothing for any of the Divas, if we all flashback to Night of Champions it was Michelle McCool vs. Melina and Mickie James vs. Melina, flashforward to TLC and beyond (seeing as we dont know when Mickie gets to cash in) and look what we have! Mickie James vs. Michelle McCool and Maryse vs. Melina, I mean we might get the occasional battle royal win from Alicia Fox in a feud that lasts two seconds after she loses, but it seems the Diva division is on an even shorter rotar than the main event picture.
Whilst I knew this was coming with Mickie, I was hoping that it’d at least be a triple threat match seeing as they pushed Beth weeks ago and had her threaten Michelle. Plus, why stick Natalya in there to lose? She had nothing to do with the picture, just seems they only use her to job these days.
Just watched the Match, it was very good a bit slow at times but good, it seems we missed the good part of it during the add, they Gave Mickie a lot of Mic Time and the segment afterwards was really good. BTW the match ended when Beth hit Natalya with the Glam slam and then Mickie drop-kicked Beth out of the ring.