The crowd made this show. They were absolutely out of control🔥

The crowd cheering for every single move is smth i didnt know i needed

This crowd reminded me of the crowd you get on the Raw after Wrestlemania...SMASHING!!!

@prettylaurynn

Ай бұрын

Get off ya knees

Puerto Rico and Lyon's crowd are fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🔥🔥🔥 Man, these two are amazing. WWE would definitely consider coming back for another ple.

The crowd singing ortons theme was fucking sick! Ive never heard any fans doing that for him. Also.....styles bitch slapping cody popped me big! I was in tears😂😂😂😂

Made me laugh when AJ mocked Cody with the Stardust taunt when his own gloved hand pose is actually very similar to Stardust's... 🤣🤣

Heck of an eight woman tag. Getting these minor shows in front of crowds excited to finally get a local show is such a great move. Makes every one feel unique and huge.

@user-by2zb3pd3w

Ай бұрын

8**

@georgemetcalf8763

Ай бұрын

I was not expecting a good 8-person tag match, but they delivered.

That was the best crowd I’ve heard!! Loud for everything

@thabelomutshekwane7400

Ай бұрын

Except the final testament 😂😂

@brennanhughes976

Ай бұрын

@@thabelomutshekwane7400 oh yeah🤣🤣

The crowd's passion actually gave me goosebumps. They were absolutely amazing!

Simon, that "bear hug" line got me out of nowhere. Congrats. Very funny

The crowd made the show incredible it's cool to see how people from different countries react compared to the US it's a different feeling for sure well done

That's y WWE should host Every PLE or Raw and Smackdown in different countries. Smackdown was a real banger.

@radeewilliams5971

Ай бұрын

Why would they do that and take away from the USA their biggest market they’re perfectly fine going occasionally

A golden up to the crowd, they absolutely deserved it👍

I was in the crowd last night i'm French and WE all knew this was our opportunity to show WWE that WE appreciate this show coming to France most of us thought We'de never have the chance to see this day, i'm only 25 and last night they were older fans With even more years of expectations for this day that's why WE went all out. WE knew that WE had to make WWE consider doing it again and the best way was like that. Anyway let me tell you this was only a warmup before the ple for us , tonight IS gonna be spécial, wait for jey uso's entrance. I wish Simon could have been here too i think he would have been received like a star.

@user-tx2ls1wt8z

Ай бұрын

Bravo

@simplysteve68

Ай бұрын

Merci mon ami. 👍

The France crowd made this Episode of Smackdown feel like such a Big Deal man 🇫🇷🤝 They were Electric and Excited throughout the entire thing Fans like this are entertaining 👏

WWE needs to not come back to the US for like a year. Make our local audience miss the product a bit and maybe they will be half as good as the French crowd was.

I love wrestling. WWE rocks, AEW rocks, and TNA rocks. ❤❤

@ameliastencil6058

Ай бұрын

I can usually find something I enjoy in any shows you listed. I think people argue over just to argue in my opinion. I'm just glad pro wrestling is mainstream and is successful

Smackdown was excellent Friday night

That French crowd are wild! I just watched Backlash and they sang, screamed, and chanted all 3+ hours. They sure were excited lol.

@carlb5558

Ай бұрын

I've been watching wrestling since early 80's and I legit believe that was the most jacked, in unison crowd I've ever heard! Truly amazing!

I think backlash will be real fun tonight.

Best crowd ever

In 45 yrs of watching wrestling, yhat eas yhe most energetic crowd I've ever seen!

This is the first time I'd ever heard a crowd sing 'Voices' for Orton; it means that theme has entered a special rarified pantheon; crowds now even sing Cena's theme (with the proper lyrics) when he appears...

Simon here is your golden up because you are making all wrestling fun again!!! Love the fact that WWE is going with the singing entrances it makes it feel old school and fun!!! Have a great day!!!

That double team from jade and Bianca where Jade hits Bianca with the dominator on to Dakota was dope. Give me more of that please...

@carlb5558

Ай бұрын

Or, maybe, a Shatter Machine?

Smackdown was very good. The crowd was incredible, and I'm sure they will bring the same energy tonight at Backlash.

The crowd fricking hit between 100 and 125db thats loud believe me! Just crazy and i hope H heard this too! Give us more european PPV

One of the best crowd ever, Lyon Rocks 🔥

Solo and Tama are killers? Did... did they kill Roman? Is Paul covering for them? Will Roman come back in a black long coat with power over the arena lighting system?

It was so loud there that people were getting decibel warning alerts on their phones saying the noise level was above 100 decibels

Dope Batman shirt

I found out the song they were singing during the AJ Styles-Cody segment was for AJ. I also wonder how many of us are going to be chanting, "UN! DEUX! SIMPLEMENT DEUX!"

It’s my birthday happy May 4th

@chrisford7909

Ай бұрын

Happiest of birthdays!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

@DieSpielhoelle

Ай бұрын

May the 4th be with you ;)

@stefanstefanov6116

Ай бұрын

🎉🍻

@star22let1

Ай бұрын

Happy Birthday! My mom's too. Special day!

@carlb5558

Ай бұрын

Happy Birthday! May the 4th be with you.

Simon keeps joking about wrestlers playing chess… it’s only a joke until they do it lol

Carlito already had his WrestleMania moment at WM 21. Pipers Pit segment. Wrestlers would kill to get a Stone Cold Stunner on the biggest stage.

One of the best shows ever. That crowd was fantastic. That is what wrestling is all about. The US crowds have their work cut out. It reminded me of WWE back in the early 2000s..super hot crowds and everyone was over.

Good morning, Simon!

Missed SmackDown last night so this video is VERY helpful!

I think the crowd alone should get a golden up, in my opinion!

The crowd hijacked the show

@tomseville2345

Ай бұрын

No they didn't...they were *reacting* to the show and the wrestlers in the ring at the time...

"Why are you putting Tyler Bate in a bear hug you idiot? He's not even a bear." If you go for the joke in every sentence you say, you get this.☝🏼🤔 From what I'm told, that is.

Gunther vs. LA Knight for kotr finals sounds awesome.

Cody and AJ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

i don't think we have to call it sports entertainment anymore...

@Algo1

Ай бұрын

Would be fun if it became HHH's banned word.

Simon love your work man, just wondering why didn't you nention the uncle howdy teasers

Hey @whatculture, Yo, Simon, please bring back "Collision" ups and downs, thank You!

The crowd made this show even better than what it was.

Give LA Knight Logan’s US title.

Y do u suddenly look more like Giovanni Da Vinci than Simon Miller?

@bimaldhorda9611

Ай бұрын

That is Vinci, Simon's out on vacation 😂

Un, deux...SACRE BLEU!!! The french audience was great🇨🇵

Awesome job Simon. Whats up with your hands?

Crowed should get a golden up!! For smackdown and backlash

I can't believe you didn't give the entrances a down. The fact that damage control came out before the rest of the faces was just crazy. There were mixed entrances

We they be doing a watch along today?

Med Pack makes WAY more sense than Phoenix Down, so thank you. Phoenix Down only works if the person is fully dead, but a Med Pack can heal you whenever.

How much longer are you gonna be in the US?

You hear Roman chants, I heard Corbin chants! Lol

Was it just me or when they did a kick out after the sacre bleu (god damn it thanks 442oons) were they chanting for frances own BARON CORBIN

I noticed Paul Ellering carrying a book with him. Is that the book the Authors of Pain are writing?

I had to rewind... sounded like you said "frogs love a good tag team match" 😂😂😂

Once again the crowd really made this show special. The 8-women tag was predictable but fun. Bianca is now 41-2 against Damage CTRL in a type of tag match. The saving grace is we see there is tension between Bianca and Bayley still, which could also effect her teaming with Jade in the future. Tiffy Time also got huge reactions. We learned that Paul Heyman has had no contact with Roman which means Solo is acting on his own... or due to the Final Boss. R-KO had huge reactions as did LA Knight YEAH! We set up a possible feud between Carmelo and Lashley. Both tag matches were enjoyable. Plus Cody and AJ Style hype up their match before tonight.

Thank you France

Hope the next crowd matches the energy and so forth.

Not Simon mixing up Theory n Waller during the finish of the match 😂

SIMON IS THE BEST, SIMON NUMBER ONE 👏👏

They need more shows overseas. These crowds over there are amazing and make everything better. We don’t deserve everything we get here in the states.

I think they'll keep R-KO together til summerslam or maybe further so they can do the split that RK-bro never had with Randy turning

I'd love to know what some of the chants were. I read that the "1...2" chant is its own thing in France.

@carlb5558

Ай бұрын

Same. After watching Backlash, Corey Graves was kind enough to kinda explain the ditty after they hear the word, "Phenomenal" and some big moves by AJ but there were other chants I'd like the scoop on.

@AnthoXlV

28 күн бұрын

Hi, I'm French and I was at Smackdown :) To sum it up : - The AJ chant is "Il est vraiment ! Il est vraiment ! Il est vraiment phénoménalalalalala..." which means "He's so phenomenal", it's a popular chant, taken from a song I guess. It's so common that I don't even know where it comes from. It was chanted to support AJ but it eventually became a chant to annoy him haha. - After kickouts, we chanted "Un, deux.. simplement deeeuuux !" which means "One, two... only twooooo!", it's a catchphrase created and used by one of our beloved French commentators, Philippe Chéreau. - After heels performed a nasty move, they were some chants like "C'est pas gentil !" ("That's not nice!"), "C'était méchant !" ("That was mean!") followed by clappings. Lots of chants like these were improvised, I never heard them before. - Finally there were "We want Sami!" chants since he's from Montréal and we, France, love Québec ; and also Baron Corbin chants because he got huge pops last year in Paris, thanks to Sturry, the most popular French wrestling youtuber, who invited fans to create some chants, to chear for unpopular wrestlers, etc. Hope this helped, Smackdown was a blast!

I'm here because I have a bone to pick with Mr. Alexander Swagger!! How dare you mock my Hawaiian shirt while I was in the front row of last nights World War V?? Could you not see that it was an ode to the Macho Man through your Hitman Hart sunglasses? Or has all that Aqua Net that you use seeped into your brain?? All joking aside, you put on an incredible performance and definitely deserve a Golden Up as does the entire case!! My daughter, who is a theater kid and has no interest in pro wrestling, had a blast. We thought you and Mickie James were incredible. Thank you for providing us that bonding experience!!

I admit I was impressed at some of the story progression on this episode, they usually sandbag the pre-PLE SD less than 24 hours out when it comes to that, and dilute the crowd response in the same arena to the wrestlers when they are in front of (mostly) the same crowd the following day; but A) THIS crowd I don't think will be diluted and B) I didn't expect them to lean so heavily into a possible Bianca turn on Bayley (despite her justification) *or* drop the big reveal of *Heyman* being the one removing Roman from the Draft...

I know the Kabuki Warriors probably aren't walking out of France with those titles, but I think that might be a mistake. I get Jade and Bianca are on fire right now but I feel like Damage Ctrl need the win here, and we need a lengthy run with those titles to make them more important (It would also help if they didn't just book them like an after thought). I think the Kabuki Warriors winning would give them major heat, and this could be the wedge that causes Jade and Bianca to fall out, leading to that match that everyone wants to see. I just don't think they need those titles to get us to that match...

My first WWE show ever ! Wait until you hear us at Backlash !

Do you think we will get a Bianca heel run in the next months? Seems more likely than ever, she could attack Bailey and become jealous of Jade😮

Much like heyman, i too miss my tribal chief.

day 760 of someone mentioning Dusty Rhodes in a promo against Cody. I wonder when will we stop doing this, in all earnest

Pay attention Simon. WWE isn't calling it Sports entertainment anymore(or moving towards phasing it out).

Karrion doing an F5 !

Lyon, France showed out for the Renaissance era!

Bayley just turned babyface and I'd love to see a heel version of Bianca Belair. Maybe even Naomi and Jade Cargill will turn heel too and have a super evil name as a faction. Something like Lucifer's Ladies. Maybe not that but something badass. 😂

Did LA Knight say he DOESN'T want to be a cliche?!? He's a walking catch phrase! A Rock impersonator. He IS a cliche!

Can’t wait to see Bete Dunne next week

Smackdown was a great show last night.

I don't understand why they continue to let the street profits lose. It pisses me off.

14:10 Wasn't Simon Wrestling security once?

Phenomenal

For king of the ring. They need to make a new match type. A very tall chamber/ cage with different levels to it. And your u fight your way up and first one to get a pinfall/ submission on the top level wins. If you get pinned on a lower level you're out.

@daynasmith4646

28 күн бұрын

That was done years ago in WCW, called a tower of doom match

And *I* need to win the KOTR tournament.

Even tho new catch ain’t winning there ring work is literally carrying there matches big pops on multiple shows in a row but agree they need to get a win

It's second 1 to second 7200

The crowd was fuckin awesome, cant wait for backlash!!

This video gets an UP!

my hot prediction for backlash is jade is turning on bianca and costing them the match because i think she is going to win the qotr and dethrone bayley

@carlb5558

Ай бұрын

Too soon...

All on Star Wars Day 🤠😉🙂

WWE is trying so hard to push Tiffy Time as a heel but she’s clearly beloved

That crowd was White Hot 😅😅😅😅

I wonder how many French fans knew what the superstars were saying on the mic?

Crowd was very annoying, happy I'm not French!

Aj styles france crowd music is better than his current theme music 😁

I was saying Boo-urns...

Well, I mean, if ze Queen made a surprise appearance after faking her passing ... what would her theme song be?