SMACKDOWN LIVE SUPERTHREAD

The crowd went absolutely nuts for her. Great to see her back.

Yip Valhalla is Norse afterlife essentially FFS she's a pointless character as she was in the riot squad

Delighted we have 'the man ' back and not big time Becks. She's still the biggest female star on that roster and the crowd reaction proved that.

I'd like for Raquel to be the one to dethrone Ronda eventually ,build her back up to be the next powerhouse she was

Becky was confusing the Americans again with her interview for WWE social media. "Me shoulder is still banjaxed".

Meant to say, I noticed when team Bianca were waiting for Becky, there was a guy behind them in a Hook t-shirt. But later on he was wearing a Bloodline t-shirt. Wonder if he went and bought one or was it given to him to wear instead of the Hook one.

Good for Ricochet, he is definitely in need of something worthwhile and probably needs a bit of a rebuild in general. That match was class too.

Tegan Nox is great so glad she's back but at the same time, the return run-in angles have run their course, a package or promo could have been better. I don't even know who else there is to bring back but I think it's enough already. Damage Ctrl being beaten 3 to 2 sort of highlighted to me how they haven't done much worth remembering which is a shame. For the love of God, are they repackaging Lacey Evans again back into the marine. Just bring her back as the Southern Belle and be done with it. Women's division is just in a weird spot at the moment.

Matches in general were all good though, I'm hoping for some Bray pay-off soon as the rambling backstage stuff is getting a bit tedious. Other than those gripes, a pretty decent Smackdown.

I think if anything they put Tegan Nox on the wrong side,they should have added her to damage ctrl so somewhat try and restore them as a force. granted they have the tag titles but any match as a group or singles they are losing

Only other definite women's return mooted is Chelsea green and rumours now of potentially Donna purazzo. they teamed in impact so could offer something in the tag division

It was the wrong way to bring her back. You could sense the collective "Huh?" from the crowd. If you're gonna do a return with a run-in, they need to be a big star to pop the crowd.

I think they should've added an element of realism to the return. Have HHH or some authority figure see her potential but are hesitant with her injury history. Then she proves them wrong after she runs through a handful of jobbers over a few weeks.

Kurt Angle birthday celebrations tonight

Good to see Kurt's son turn up. Was worried for Kurt that the power from the hose would be too much.

Will Sami before a full Uce Uso in style or be kicked out, turned on by The Bloodline as Reigns and Heyman are back

Gotta hand it to Cena, he can make that cheesy nonsense work well, any time he's back is a joy nowadays.

Speaking of nonsense, Bray Wyatt. That Uncle Howdy stuff went far too long with the laughing and ruined any chance of it working. I'm still interested to see where it goes if it is a stable but slightly worried it will ruin LA Knight who has been fantastic since the change in management and is a definite star without spooky stuff.

Show in general was good, decent enough matches. Not sure what the Xia Li stuff is about, seems a pointless addition.

So who's Uncle Howdy ?

Yeah it was like he kept missing the cues. The laughing would start and a second later he would start acting like it was him laughing.

I'd be surprised if anyone there could see what was going on anyway with all the smoke.

Reigns broke character laughing at Cena Claus