SmackDown Redux (July 9th, 2010): Look Who’s Talking…
It’s rare to see Divas being given promo time… they’re usually just thrown out there for their standard three minute match. So imagine my surprise when all of the Divas were given speaking parts this week. After main eventing Superstars last night, the ‘main’ Divas, Lay-Cool and Kelly were pretty much given the night off this week on SmackDown — save for a backstage segment. Watch below:
Josh Mathews announces that Kelly Kelly will challenge the official WWE Women’s Champion, Layla at the Money in the Bank pay per view next week and asks for Kelly’s thoughts. Before she can even get a word in, in comes Layla taunting her. Layla takes a can of spray out but before she can do anything, Kelly smacks it out of her hand and grabss Layla by the throat rather viciously. “What are you gonna do, huh?” she says to Layla.
However, Michelle McCool makes the save, attacking Kelly from behind. The two Divas beat down the #1 Contender and Michelle smashes her head against the ground. As they leave, Tiffany and some referees come to check on her, although the damage has been done.
A really short segment but after an extremely satisfying 8-minute match on Superstars last night, I’m not complaining. Kelly’s aggression with Layla was fantastic and finally, I feel like I’m seeing something from this girl. Usually, she’s just so happy and smiley and lacks a fire and desire but here, you could see that fire in her. She’s finally fed up of Layla and Michelle and is ready to fight. Good way to set up their title match.
The beatdown on Kelly was also nicely done and sets up this match pretty well, with some real animosity between these Divas now. That’s all I ask for: make it seem real. I want to see a real tension and animosity between these girls heading into pay per view matches and they did that. But my concern is that next week, they’ll lose all this momentum just two days before the pay per view. Hopefully not.
For Rosa & Serena, follow the cut:
Seems like Rosa Mendes has a new gimmick… of training backstage? I don’t know if this even going anywhere but for the last two weeks, she’s been seen working out and being given odd looks like by other Superstars. Watch this week’s encounter with CM Punk and Luke Gallows:
Will it actually lead anywhere? I doubt it. But it gets her on TV.
We also had continuation of last week’s Serena segment. It looks as though there’s a storyline brewing within the Straight Edge Society. Watch below:
It’ll be interesting to see where this is going. Sadly, it doesn’t look as though she’ll be part of the women’s division but the fact she’s getting a storyline is great.
SoCalLove
July 10, 2010 at 12:15 am
No showing of the new WWE Diva promo?
AjLeefAn
July 10, 2010 at 12:19 am
@SoCalLove
i heard it was cut from the show…i watched the tapings and nothing on my aj lee or anyone else!
THETommyTommy
July 10, 2010 at 12:22 am
Love the promo by Kelly, I’m actually starting to believe her as a title contender now. She actually has another emotion other then smiley and cheerful. Layla looks amazing with that title. Shes starting to look like a weak champion though, seeing as Michelle is doing all the brawling and Layla seems to keep getting beaten up. I hope she comes out on top at MITB and shows some strength.
PedroPedroso17
July 10, 2010 at 12:22 am
I enjoyed the backstage segment but I felt a bit underwhelmed by Laylas weak, weak kicks. It looked so fake it’s not funny. But overall I can’t wait to see these two “go at it” at Money in the Bank, I seriously hope Layla retains but I can’t predict the future…
theregoeskitty
July 10, 2010 at 12:37 am
“my first title shot” so i guess we are supposed to forget Maryse vs Kelly Kelly for the Divas championship on Raw.
i agree with what you said about Kelly Melanie, i think she can act but she just hasn’t been given the opportunity to show it, and actually she was quite fierce tonight until Michelle knocked it out of her,
my one problem is that this promo is a week early, i want the match to happen now, but instead we have to wait another week, and we might not even get any build up next week
all the Divas got air time this week, not bad
I’m convinced Sarena will eventually go drinking and get a GTS followed by an exclusion from the SES for doing so
RangerDeon
July 10, 2010 at 12:46 am
I knew Kelly had it in her!
I’m telling you, watching her in the past (since she’s improved in the ring) they weren’t using her. She was basically jobbing and used in a ton of tag matches at random or when the heel character needed a punching bag.
Now she’s showing what she can do. I know the PPV match will be awesome whether she wins or loses if they give them enough time.
Kaledrina
July 10, 2010 at 12:48 am
i’ve always looked upon wwe and tna and pretty much wrestling as a whole as being one big variety show, so i’m really liking the rosa gimmick, i kinda find it funny. it’s also reminiscent of the kip james handyman stint he had towards the end of his time in tna. odd but hilarious.
the promo was nice, good to see kelly coming across as more emotional.
on the whole aj lee video package thing, if it was taped, it might be shown on the american broadcast which airs later tonight, as i remember with gail kim’s video packages, they were cut from international broadcasts (ie. australia). but that’s if one was taped to begin with… *shrug*
MickieJamesFan07
July 10, 2010 at 1:03 am
The Kelly/Laycool segment sucked!!!! Guess we can add acting onto the list of what Kelly can’t do, along with wrestling. Does she not know the meaning of selling?? She made Layla’s kicks look really weak cause she wasn’t selling them at all.
seasons-of-love
July 10, 2010 at 1:30 am
@MickieJamesFan07: It’s hard to sell kicks that look that sloppy, especially when you’ve got Michelle McCool’s hand in your face.
The segment was aiight, for what it was. Short, but it got the point across. Kelly and Layla looked great, I guess.
PedroPedroso17
July 10, 2010 at 1:35 am
I actually don’t blame Kelly for this. I’m definetly not her fan, and I’d put Layla on my favourite divas at this point but those kicks looked so weak it was embarassing, what was more weird about it was that Kelly was kind of overselling them, it’s like the Jenna Morasca “slaps” hardly connecting to Sharmell, and yet she walked steps back like she was getting destroyed by a big bad monster. It really reminded me of that, those kicks were terrible, as much as I adore Layla I don’t put the blame on Kelly this time…
seasons-of-love
July 10, 2010 at 1:38 am
Lol, on that subject….remember the way Melina sold that super-weak slap from Linda McMahon?
KELLYKELLY
July 10, 2010 at 1:39 am
I knew Kelly had that in her nice aggression shown and she looked HOT!!!!! tonight to.
PedroPedroso17
July 10, 2010 at 1:41 am
LOL, and who could forget Maryse dying after a slap by Cherry?!
It’s those moments that make me, cringe, or laugh my ass off!!
On a positive note, how hot is Layla looking this days? I’m gay but I’d definetly go out with her, such a lovely english muffin.
PedroPedroso17
July 10, 2010 at 1:44 am
I actually took time to re-watch the segment and I was wrong. LOL at my cute fail. It was definetly Kelly who wasn’t selling those kicks, my bad yall!
seasons-of-love
July 10, 2010 at 1:48 am
There was nothing to sell. She was being held back by Michelle McCool which made it pretty hard to begin with, and those ‘kicks’ were barely stomps.
PedroPedroso17
July 10, 2010 at 1:51 am
Let’s just all agree it was a mess. The segment overall wasn’t that bad tho…
ohiofan1
July 10, 2010 at 1:57 am
This is the first time in a long time they announced a diva’s match before the actual week of the ppv. The only other time I remember is Mickie/Michelle at RR. They wasted that last week of build with Layla dressed up as Piggie James. Hopefully they do some last good build next week before the ppv.
chrisP
July 10, 2010 at 2:58 am
I’m thinking the “new Smackdown Diva” thing was either a lie, or the fan who claimed it saw Rosa Mendes and didn’t recognize her, thinking she was new.
I know the Rosa thing doesn’t make much sense, but the person who sent spoilers to Diva Dirt said people in the crowd were calling Tiffany “Kelly Kelly” despite the fact that Kelly was with her.
Paparazzi8o8
July 10, 2010 at 3:19 am
I cant wait to see this KELLY VS LAYLA match. but wait if MICHELLE was to lose in a title match do they both lose their titles??
boi213
July 10, 2010 at 4:21 am
so im guessing next week theyll do a promo with rosa and then have her go one on one with tiffany???? or how will the build up the whole title match on sunday next week??? and i still think kelly is too weak to have her first title reign….i mean she got the fan power but thats about it…..i mean tiffany shows way more ability in the ring then kelly….which is why i think kelly shouldnt be getting the push….it should be tiffany…..
Goodnightddtmnm
July 10, 2010 at 4:28 am
Segement was weak to me its not likke kelly kelly yo show agression…espically all of a sudden where was it b4 all this ? I just pray that Layla retains….IM praying
cutymania
July 10, 2010 at 5:02 am
Fark Layla’s voice is SO annoying lol
@MickieJamesFan07 ooh hater much? It’s not her fault Layla was tapping her with her feet.
ozzyv
July 10, 2010 at 5:08 am
Whoa, Layla is gorgeous! And the segment was definitley weak, but it made its point. I’m hoping for Layla to retain as well. Actually, I think she will for sure. Because it makes sense. Kelly made it known it will be her first shot at the coveted Womens Title. Layla hasn’t really defended it yet. They’re doing the whole co-champs gimmick, and they need to look somewhat credible for NXT. So I’m gonna go with Layla here.
And btw, Rosa doing the whole..quote Trish “Workout..in the middle of the hallway..” was funny. SES staring was hilarious ..Punk nodding his head, lol.
wildsnorlax
July 10, 2010 at 6:41 am
dAMN u WWE u put Alberto’s del rio promo over AJ’S.
Macho Madness
July 10, 2010 at 7:52 am
This segment was okay…weak attak though. Kelly really needs more depth to her character. She needs to show more personality. She is a work in progress for sure, but Kelly has come along way. She kind of has Miss Elizabeth type qualities to her in ways.