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Smackdown Review – 01.16.26

By Niz on 17 January 2026

Things are happening, so let’s catch up: Raw | NXT | Evolve | Impact

Smackdown was previously broadcast live on Netflix around the world and airs here in the United States at its normal time on the USA Network. The show comes to the airwaves from the OVO Arena Wembley in London, England. The television presenters for tonight’s show are Joe Tessitore and Corey Graves on match calls and analysis, Mark Nash on ring announcements, and Cathy Kelley on backstage interviews and breaking news segments. Let’s watch some wrestling!

Then, Now, Forever….TOGETHER

Hey, did you know the Royal Rumble is in two weeks? Judging from the “build”, I’m not sure WWE realizes it but here we go. Here’s Randall Keith Orton arriving for work. Other arrivals: The Miz, Damien Priest, Solo Sikoa and The MFT’s, Matt Cardona, and Trick Williams. Here’s Ilja Dragunov, and then Sami Zayn makes his way in. We’re sold out and apparently London is ready to party, according to Graves. Tessitore throws to highlights of last week‘s Smackdown that ended with Drew McIntyre winning the Undisputed Men’s World Championship by defeating Cody Rhodes in the Three Stages of Hell match, thanks to the returning Jacob Fatu (who attacked both McIntyre and Rhodes, for the record).

A group of six pipers appear on-stage and play the opening to “Scotland, The Brave” before transitioning to WWE Men’s Undisputed World Champion Drew McIntyre’s music. The new champ is grinning from ear to ear and is getting quite a reception from the crowd. (Because this show is three hours long now, McIntyre can take his good sweet time soaking it all in, and boy howdy, he does.) McIntyre grabs a microphone as the crowd chants his name and says “I prayed for this and it happened.” (OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT.) McIntyre says that only the first British world champion can bring everyone together after a rough few years in the UK. McIntyre turns on the crowd and says “screw you” before adding that he’s not doing the bad-guy wrestler bit. McIntyre mentions getting fired and where was the crowd, and then asks when Roman Reigns and CM Punk were screwing him over where were they? McIntyre says the only person that believed in him was him, and the only person who deserves thanks is him. McIntyre turns his sights on Cody Rhodes and emphasizes “former champion” when speaking about him. McIntyre mentions that he had Nick Aldis add a “no rematch” clause to the Three Stages of Hell contract and Rhodes will have to start at the bottom.

“Voices” plays and here’s Randy Orton to interrupt. Orton has a microphone and McIntyre says he’s clearly there to congratulate the new champ. Orton says that everyone knows they don’t like each other and he’s not there to congratulate him. Orton says that he won’t hesitate to hurt McIntyre and take the title from him again using the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment. Here’s Jacob Fatu striding quickly to the ring and he wastes no time smacking McIntyre with a right. They go to the floor and then fight their way through the ringside area. Meanwhile, The Miz sneaks in and hits Orton with a Skull Crushing Finale as we go to commercials.

Number One Contenders Qualifying Match: The Miz vs Randy Orton

They’re slugging it out mid-ring and Miz hits a short DDT before covering Orton and getting two. Orton bails to the floor where he pokes a charging Miz in the eye. Miz fires up with a backdrop of Orton on the announce desk. They go back in and Miz puts the boots to Orton before popping him with rights. They slug it out again and Orton gets whipped into a corner. Orton flies out with a lariat and then hits his scoop powerslam. Miz is on the apron and Orton wants his draping DDT, but Miz shakes it off and goes to the floor. Orton scoops Miz up and sends him onto the announce desk with three backdrops. Orton runs Miz back in and he once again goes to the apron, and this time Orton hits the draping DDT. Orton goes to that place but Miz slips the DDT and hits another SCF before covering and getting two. Miz wants another one but Orton shakes it off, so Miz grabs a quick roll up for two. When they rise, Orton gets an immediate RKO and that will end things as the ref counts three. Orton advances to the Fatal Four-way match at SNME in Montreal.

Will Miz ever win another singles match on television? It’s a question for the ages. At any rate, this started during commercials and the outcome was really never in doubt since Orton isn’t in a real feud with anyone else who could have cost him here. Two pros cruising through a symbolic exercise of their given talents, and they could have easily done this same match probably ten thousand more times. 2.5*

Winner – Randy Orton (RKO)

Drew McIntyre is escaping backstage and he runs into Ilja Dragunov. Dragunov says he’s going to beat Sami Zayn tonight, and he’ll be one step closer to McIntyre’s title. McIntyre assures him that if he wins he’ll be happy to knock out Dragunov’s teeth at the Rumble. We go to commercials.

THE PROGRESSIVE SPOTLIGHT is on the ongoing feud between the MFT’s and the Wyatt Sicks. Solo Sikoa stole the Wyatt LANTERN at the end of the eight-man tag last week and here’s Bo Dallas to chastise Sikoa about inheriting the weight of what the LANTERN really means. Dallas says that the LANTERN will return to the family and they won’t rest until it’s over.

Graves and Tessitore talk about the women’s tag division and show highlights of last week’s Alexa Bliss-Giulia match up and the subsequent attack from Lash Legend and Nia Jax. Here’s Alexa Bliss being joined by Charlotte Flair and Bliss seems perturbed about Charlotte’s absence last week. Flair assures her she was ACTUALLY sick and emphasizes how much she’s put the team ahead of her own ambitions. Flair says that Bliss is her person and apologizes sincerely. Here’s Lash Legend and Nia Jax to put some poison in Flair’s ear, who says the next time they try it, she’ll make them pay. Flair leaves in a huff as Legend and Jax snicker about the whole thing. Giulia and Kiana James make their way to the ring as we go to commercials.

UFC fighter Michael “Venom” Page is at ringside. That’s nice.

WWE Women’s US Champion Giulia and Kiana James vs Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss

In a nice change, Flair’s music plays first and then Bliss gets the shine coming out second. Mysteriously, she’s apparently no longer carrying Lilly around with her. Bliss holds the ropes open for Flair as the ref is holding off Giulia and James. James and Bliss start and Bliss slaps James full in the face before firing off some rights. James lifts a knee and then hits a vertical suplex. Flair tags in and runs James into a corner where James responds with an uppercut and a superkick. Flair responds with a kick of her own and then tags Bliss back in. Giulia tags in and there’s a scrum that ends with Giulia dropping Bliss with a kick. We go to commercials.

Giulia is coming off a cover that gets two when the show returns. Bliss escapes a double team and kicks her way over to tag in Flair. Flair trucks James and then starts chopping both James and Giulia. Flair hits her walkover clothesline on James and then hits both James and Giulia with high boots. Flair ascends and hits a huge cross-body on James for two. Flair runs into a high boot but then drops James with one of her own. Flair gets caught by Giulia and James comes in from behind to drop Flair. Flair fires up with a neckbreaker but James plants her with a spinebuster. Giulia gets a tag and waffles Flair with a knee lift. Bliss breaks up the subsequent cover at two. Bliss dumps James to the floor and James pulls Bliss out with her. Giulia is firing knees at Flair who no-sells all of it. Flair hits Giulia with a lariat along the ropes but Giulia responds with one of her own. James gets a tag and hits Flair with a running knee as Bliss makes a sneaky tag from behind. James runs the ropes and runs right into Bliss who hits the Sister Abigail DDT. The cover is barely needed as Bliss gets an easy three.

Bliss and Flair keep their team together and get an impressive win over a makeshift team, since Giulia’s focus is almost entirely singles. James eats the pin because that’s what she’s here for. Everything in it’s right place, I suppose. Here’s what I’ll say about Flair and Bliss – they should stay together and keep teaming. Flair looks…like her bump card might be getting kind of full, and Bliss will always have the restrictions of her size and offense. Now, I think the Sister Abigail DDT is a fine piece of business as a finisher, but neither one of these ladies should be near the world title picture as a singles competitor at this point. I did enjoy this match. 3*

Winners – CharLexa (Bliss Sister Abigail DDT on James)

Here’s Nia Jax and Lash Legend post-match to wipe out Bliss and then attack Flair. Jax runs Flair into a ring post and here’s Giulia back in to beef with Jax. James tries to hold her off as we go to commercials.

Solo Sikoa says he knows that what he’s got is more than a LANTERN. Sikoa claims the Fireflies and says that if Dallas wants the LANTERN back he should put the tag titles on the line. Sikoa says he’ll take real good care of the LANTERN and that “he’ll” be with Sikoa when he takes Drew McIntyre’s title and brings it back to the family.

Here’s Cody Rhodes out to a solid pop and sing-along of “Kingdom”. Rhodes looks like he’s definitely visited Saville Row prior to tonight. Rhodes grabs a microphone and gets the “Cody, Cody Rhodes” chant from the crowd. Rhodes says that everything was becoming a bit episodic with his entire entrance and a McIntyre chant breaks out. Rhodes mentions that he was not only the company’s champion, he was the crowd’s champion and he didn’t want them to be spectators, he wanted them to be teammates. Rhodes says he probably became predictable and wonders if Drew McIntyre is just that good. Rhodes name-drops Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, and Hulk Hogan and says he’s in their circle as the only folks who’ve ever gone back-to-back at Royal Rumbles. Rhodes says he loves a long-shot, before mentioning WhatCulture Pro Wrestling and that London deserves a Wrestlemania, and so he’s declaring for the Royal Rumble so he can get back to the title picture. Rhodes mentions Jacob Fatu and puts over his accomplishments, but also mentions that he’s sure Fatu knows what the word “receipt” means. Rhodes says Fatu can get it now or he’ll find him and beat the brakes off his ass. Rhodes fires the microphone to the canvas and soaks in some cheers as his theme plays again.

Here’s Cathy Kelley backstage with Matt Cardona. Cardona says it’s a shame how Rhodes lost the title, but he goes way back with McIntyre as his first match in WWE was against Cardona. Cardona wants a spot at the top and he wants to be the Undisputed WWE Champion. Cardona leaves, and Trick Williams theme plays as he makes his entrance. We go to commercials.

Tessitore runs down the WWE Podcast listings and gang, I’ll be honest, I’d rather have a colonoscopy than listen to the Undertaker and Bruce Prichard chat about anything. JUST MY TWO CENTS, JR.

Number One Contenders Qualifying Match: Trick Williams vs Matt Cardona

Cardona runs Trick into a corner but Trick slips out and pops him with a right. Cardona fires up with some rights of his own but Trick scoops him up for a powerslam. Trick hits a running shoulder tackle and a clubbering forearm but then runs directly into a Cardona dropkick. Cardona hits a Flatliner and then sends Trick to the floor with a lariat. Cardona hits a sliding dropkick and then another one from the apron. We go to commercials.

Trick has taken control during the break but Cardona predictably fights his way out of it. Trick hits a leg lariat and covers Cardona for two. Trick goes to ground and pound and then works a rear chinlock. Cardona reverses into a jawbreaker but Trick responds with a roundhouse. Cardona snatches Trick up for a belly-to-back suplex and both guys are down. Cardona starts firing off forearms when both guys make their feet, and then he wallops Trick with a running boot. Cardona hits a zig-zag and covers Trick for two. Cardona gets a quick roll-up for two, and then Trick misses a charge. Trick bails to the floor and Cardona wallops him with a running boot through the ropes. Trick flies back in and hits a spinning roundhouse kick for two. Trick wants a uranage but Cardona reverses into a suplex. Cardona hits a running knee on a charging Trick. Trick fires up with a POUNCE and then waffles Cardona with a Trick Shot. Trick covers and gets three. Trick advances to the Fatal Four-way match at SNME in Montreal.

I was fine with all of this but the second act was kind of “you go, then I’ll go, then you go, then I’ll go” if you get my drift. Cardona is a guy who looks the part, bumps like a champ, can take a pin, and still stay over. Now, I don’t know how long that’s sustainable but Miz hasn’t won a singles on television forever and he’s still over, so we’ll see. This was perfectly fine television wrestling. 3*

Winner – Trick Williams (Trick Shot)

Post-match sees Kit Wilson make an entrance to his wildly popular new theme. Wilson regards Trick with a smile and then attacks Cardona in the aisle-way before firing him into the ring steps. Wilson gets a huge pop from the crowd as he poses.

Cathy Kelley is with Damien Priest, who mentions that he’s got a lot of history with Drew McIntyre, but tonight is about Solo Sikoa. Priest says he doesn’t think tonight will be one on one, and he’s ready to fight everyone if he has to. We go to commercials.

Kit Wilson is still in the ring when the show returns, and Wilson says that everyone needs him and here’s Jacob Fatu looming up behind him. Fatu drops Wilson with a superkick and a running senton before ascending and hitting a moonsault. Fatu gets a microphone and says if Cody Rhodes has something to say about him or to him, he can come out and say it right now. Here’s Cody Rhodes heading down to the ring and a brawl breaks out. They slug it out and here’s Security out to try to break it up. Poor Kit Wilson didn’t get any Security, I should point out. Here’s Smackdown GM Nick Aldis in the ring to chastise everyone off-mic, and we go to more commercials.

After commercials we find out that Rhodes and Fatu will meet at SNME next Saturday night in Montreal. Well, that will be a whole deal, for sure.

Number One Contenders Qualifying Match: Solo Sikoa vs Damien Priest

Sikoa is accompanied by the MFT’s and the LANTERN. The MFT’s are sans face-paint tonight for some reason. Sikoa grabs a side headlock and then they truck each other mid-ring. Sikoa goes to clubbering offense and then Priest fires up with an elbow. They exchange offense and Sikoa ends up on the floor with Priest following along. The MFT’s cut him off and Sikoa uses the distraction to nail Priest with a kick that sends him to the floor. As Sikoa beefs with the ref Priest gets run over by the MFT’s and we go to commercials.

Sikoa hits a hip attack on a helpless Priest when the show returns. Priest fires up with a spinning heel kick and we reset with both guys down. They both rise and begin to slug it out mid-ring. Priest claps Sikoa’s ears and goes to work with kicks. They exchange kicks and Priest hits a couple of spin kicks and a running forearm. Priest hits a running elbow and a Flatliner that gets two. Priest ascends but gets dumped by Talla Tonga as the ref conveniently is checking on Sikoa. The ref ejects Tonga but Sikoa shakes it off and hoists Priest. Priest slips off and hits the Razor’s Edge before covering and getting two. Priest lowers the straps and wants the South of Heaven, but Tama Tonga jumps up to distract the referee. Tonga Loa pops up on the other apron to distract Priest and this allows Sikoa to hit a spinning uranage. Sikoa ascends and hits a frog splash that gets two. The Wyatts logo appears and the lights go out, and when they come back up the Wyatts are behind the MFT’s. Everyone starts fighting on the floor and Howdy dumps JC Mateo into the ringside timekeeper’s area before stalking the LANTERN. Sikoa fights Howdy off but when he re-enters Priest snatches him up for the South of Heaven chokeslam. Priest covers and gets three. Priest advances to the Fatal Four-way match at SNME in Montreal.

Overbooked but they managed to weave in the Wyatts stuff pretty seamlessly, so I’ll be calm about it. I would have rather seen Sikoa in the four-way in Montreal, quite frankly, but Priest will do his thing and probably get some spots in, so it is what it is. Sikoa looked up for it tonight, and Priest, according to Tessitore, was still struggling health-wise after the Ambulance match with Aleister Black. These two could have a better match somewhere down the line, perhaps without all the interference. 2.75*

Winner – Damien Priest (South of Heaven Chokeslam)

Post-match sees Howdy jump in the ring to grab the LANTERN but a returning Talla Tonga drops Howdy with a big boot and takes it back for the MFT’s. Tonga snatches up Sikoa and they leave together.

Sami Zayn is backstage where he runs into Drew McIntyre. McIntyre brings up Zayn’s comments from last week about wanting McIntyre to win last week but picking Cody. Zayn promises he’s going to beat Dragunov tonight and then win in Montreal. Zayn then says he’ll see McIntyre at the Royal Rumble. McIntyre reminds Zayn that he’s 11-0 against him and if he does make it to Riyadh nothing will change. Zayn says “We’ll see” and storms off.

WWE Men’s US Champion Carmelo Hayes makes his way to the ring for the Open Challenge as we go to commercials. Hopefully “visa problems” won’t be in play here.

WWE Men’s US Championship Open Challenge: Carmelo Hayes (C) vs TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater

Graves connects the dots between Slater and AJ Styles being the first ever X-Division champion and says the sky is the limit for Slater. They exchange escapes and Slater gives a clean break in a corner. There are some acrobatics and an exchange of covers that both get two. Hayes hits a springboard clothesline and then goes to some chops and forearms. Slater hits a huge chop of his own and Hayes responds in kind. Hayes does a roll-over and grabs his knee. Slater hits a reverse enziguri and a giant handspring elbow. Hayes bails to the floor and gets walloped by a cross-body from Slater. Slater ascends and hits a cross-body that gets two. Hayes shakes it off and rises as we go to commercials.

Both guys are down when the show returns. Slater had hit a springboard Spanish Fly just before the return to cause this. They start slugging it out and Slater hits a big boot. Hayes hits his helicopter cutter and his pop up cutter before covering Slater and getting two. Slater shakes off a First 48 but Hayes gets a roll up for two. Slater hits a leg lariat and covers for two. (The crowd seems a little burnt out at this point because Slater is getting more muted reactions than I would have expected. Maybe it’s just me. Who knows, it is 3:57 AM when I’m writing this.) Hayes bails to the apron and mashes Slater with a chop. Slater pulls Hayes through the ropes and hits a sprinboard guillotine leg drop. Slater wants a springboard but Hayes cuts it off and they exchange a bunch of covers. Slater springs up and waffles Hayes with a rana that gets a LONG two. Hayes hits a superkick and then gets dumped by Slater to the floor while still favoring his leg. Slater decides to fly over the post and smash Hayes with a tackle. Hayes gets rolled back in as the crowd finally wakes up, but he misses his 450 swanton as Hayes responds with a First 48. Hayes takes forever to ascend and Slater predictably catches him as they slug it out. Hayes hits a top rope cutter and covers for three.

I’d say that this Open Challenge thing is really wearing thin at this point. I know we’re getting solid matches out of it but how can you now defend this title EVER at a PLE when it’s put up every week on television? Hayes does his best but he’s got a limited albeit mostly fun moveset. Slater missed the TNA on AMC premiere for this so I was glad to see him get a lot of shine. I’m not sure why the crowd took so long to really get into it but these shows are SO long that maybe, as I mentioned, they were a bit burnt. Regardless, this was fine for what it was, but I’d like to see something different happen with this title AND SOON. 3.25*

Winner AND STILL WWE Men’s US Champion – Carmelo Hayes (Top rope cutter)

Post-match sees Slater and Hayes nod at each other as we see Shinsuke Nakamura watching the aftermath on a monitor. Tama Tonga marches up to threaten Nakamura and says he had his shot at the US title, and after the MFT’s take the tag titles, the US title is his. Nakamura responds in Japanese and grins at Tonga before he leaves.

Here’s John Wrestling with Candice LeRae walking and making fun of “those two dorks” for falling for Gargano’s Axiom mask-wearing last week. Axiom walks up and demands the return of the mask, so Gargano gives it to LeRae. Here’s Nathan Frazer wearing an Axiom mask to pop Gargano in the face before informing him that they will fight next week per Nick Aldis.

Chelsea Green makes her entrance accompanied by Alba Fyre. Green is in black and pink tonight so hopefully Nattie gave permission for that look. We go to commercials.

Here’s a look at Oba Femi and I’m just gonna tell y’all right now, if you haven’t seen much of him, go educate yourself because he’s going to be a WHOLE THING here very soon.

Chelsea Green vs Jordynne Grace

WWE Women’s Undisputed Champion Jade Cargill has joined the proceedings and is sitting at ringside. I sincerely wish they had let Jordynne Grace keep her siren-theme but instead she’s got some butt-rock theme that I guarantee you no one in Riyadh will recognize at all. Grace tosses Green away, so Green responds with some slaps. Grace gives back one of her own and then drops Green with a spinebuster. Grace hits a vertical suplex and covers Green for two. Green pushes Grace into a corner and then kicks her face-first into a turnbuckle. Fyre smashes Grace with a kick as Green has the ref tied up. Green slams Grace face-first into the canvas and covers for two. Green runs into Grace who hooks her up and rams Green face-first into a turnbuckle. Grace hits some short-arm clotheslines and a back elbow. Grace hits a rolling suplex and the Direct Effect. Grace covers and gets three.

Grace has now defeated Fyre and Green back-to-back in quick sprints, so I guess she’s being positioned to take on Cargill. Now, I love Chelsea, don’t get me wrong, but if this was a de facto number one contenders match, this division needs some sprucing in the form of say…Tiffany Stratton and Bianca Belair AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. At any rate, not much to this, so while I like both performers a bunch, it’s hard to go too high stars-wise here. 2.25*

Winner – Jordynne Grace (Direct Effect)

Grace grabs a microphone post-match and says she’s glad Cargill came out to watch. Grace says it’s important that Cargill knows what’s coming for her. Cargill yawns as Grace says she should step in with Grace right now. Cargill stalks up the steps while putting the bad-mouth on Grace. Green charges over and waffles Cargill as Grace slips out of the way. Grace snatches up the title and holds it up before tossing it back to a downed Cargill.

Cathy Kelley is backstage with Trick Williams who says this is Smackdown’s warning that Trick is “that dog”. Trick says he’s money and congratulates Randy Orton and Damien Priest for having a match with the future of the business. Damien Priest wanders in to threaten Trick and says he wants him next Friday night on Smackdown.

Ilja Dragunov makes his entrance as we go to commercials.

Tessitore and Graves run down next week’s Smackdown card when the show returns, and it looks like a good go-home for SNME.

Number One Contenders Qualifying Match: Ilja Dragunov vs Sami Zayn

They slug it out to start and Dragunov hits a bunch of chops and a kick. Zayn wallops a charging Dragunov with a lariat and then chops away in a corner. Zayn runs into a big boot and a kick that sends him to the mat. Dragunov runs Zayn into a corner and bullies him there culminating in a running big boot. Dragunov ascends and drops a knee, and then ascends again. Zayn slips out of the way and drops Dragunov with a vertical suplex that gets two. Zayn grabs two more covers that both get two. Zayn starts clubbering away but Dragunov fires up with a knee and a series of Germans. Zayn reverses and grabs a German of his own. There are some standing switches and Dragunov grabs another German. Dragunov ascends but Zayn snaps up and wallops Dragunov with a chop. Zayn goes up top and hits a huge top-rope superplex as we go to commercials.

Dragunov pops Zayn with a right as we see Dragunov is busted open when the show returns. (It wouldn’t be a Dragunov match without him bleeding. As the great Brian Shute once said to Loudon Swain, Dragunov can’t hold his mud.) Zayn hits a sunset flip powerbomb that gets two. Dragunov starts firing elbows and then waffles Zayn with the Constantin Special. Dragunov ascends and mashes Zayn with a missile dropkick that gets two. Dragunov’s H-Bomb attempt meets Zayn’s boot and they end up in a corner. Dragunov fights off an Exploder and crushes Zayn with a roundhouse. Dragunov hits a set of running lariats and Zayn flies back for the Helluva Kick. Dragunov ducks that and hoists Zayn up, but Zayn fights out of it. Dragunov charges and smashes Zayn with a Torpedo Moscow on the apron as both guys end up on the floor. They both make it back in and Dragunov drops Zayn with a powerbomb before ascending. Dragunov’s senton attempt meets Zayn’s knees. Zayn hits an Exploder and the Helluva Kick before covering and getting three. Zayn advances to the Fatal Four-way match at SNME in Montreal.

They went for epic and didn’t get there, but both guys were game. I’m getting weary of Dragunov’s offense at this point, quite frankly. Zayn ate a lot of shit here but managed to overcome as he usually does. For a main event on a foreign show, I guess I just expected a bit more. It wasn’t horrible or anything but Dragunov is getting boring and stale, and I’ll stand by that. Zayn gets his big moment with his entrance (and I’d guess a win) in Montreal next week, so there’s something to look forward to there. You can catch the highlights of this, no need to seek out the whole thing unless you’re a completist. 3.25*

Winner – Sami Zayn (Helluva Kick)

Post-match sees Trick Williams fly in from out of nowhere to attack Zayn. Trick hits the Trick Shot on Zayn before standing over Zayn and posing for the crowd. The credits roll and we’re out.

I hope USA is getting their money’s worth out of these three hour shows. I am BURNT by the time these things end. The qualifiers were all fine even if the first two were wildly predictable affairs. The women’s side had a lot more juice than usual and the tag stuff continues to be a good focus for certain talents. Jade’s title looks like it’s finally going to be defended against somebody not named “Michin” which is a good thing, too. The verdict here is thumbs slightly up but y’all, these shows are LONG. Just so LONG. Montreal is going to be a couple of interesting shows and I’m a little surprised they’re already running Rhodes-Fatu at SNME, so we’ll see how all of that goes.

Thanks for reading and commenting, if you do. Have a great weekend.

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