Sunday, May 24, 2020

SMACKDOWN: Bayley/Flair, Styles/Nakamura

WWE SMACKDOWN 05/22/20

AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
These two haven't been a good pairing in the WWE, and this further continued to demonstrate that. They wrestled it like it was a generic "crowd popping" bigger match w/ a lot of strikes & nearfalls, and them even busting out some REAL big moves, such as that one-armed Styles Clash, which was admittedly pretty neat & the highpoint of the bout. Other than that, this was very dull. I have a hard time calling it 'bad', but it just left me ice cold. Really wished that they would've delivered something more fitting for the empty arena setting, because while most of their WWE matches have been extremely boring, the chemistry is still there. **

Bayley vs. Charlotte Flair
This had a nice little competitive flair to it, and the work by both women was filled with a sense of wanting to prove something to one another. Good physical action & nice focus on the trashtalk, which was very fun throughout. Good match! ***

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