One of our favorite quintessentially pro wrestling things is ignoring that something isn’t live when it’s clear that it’s not. Not lying, just not talking about it, and that’s truly the case with tonight’s pre-taped episode of WWE SmackDown.
We’d submit that WWE generally does a pretty good job of papering over the fact that one of their shows needed to be taped in advance because of travel logistics, which was the case here. But really, it’s not even trying tonight.
How so? Well for one, LA Knight and Drew McIntyre are scheduled to do battle tonight. A great match? As Knight would say, yeah!
Also close to literally impossible since they’re going to be competing in the Elimination Chamber match this weekend unless tonight’s SmackDown was also in Australia. Which, we assure you, it is not.
Anyway, it should still be a fun match, and the rest of this not quite live show should be perfectly fine as well. We’re going to recap it like it was happening now, because that’s just how we roll.