5 Botches, slip-ups, and outrageous moments from WWE SmackDown LIVE (April 25th, 2017)
What did Charlotte's Titantron say during her entrance?!
Three singles matches went beyond 10 minutes and featured one wrestling from the following pool: A.J. Styles, Randy Orton, and Charlotte. That’s a strong lineup.
There was also a tag team beat the clock challenge to determine a Number One Contender that featured some wrestlers that likely really appreciated the chance. People who tune into wrestling shows usually enjoy in-ring action and this show delivered.
What this show also delivered on was a series of botches, saved forever thanks to the magic of gif images. Since that happens to be the focus of this article series, the following are some mistakes and outrageous moments from this show.
Featured moments include a finishing manoeuvre that slightly missed its mark, Jinder Mahal messing up the name of the title that Randy Orton now carries and a Titantron entrance that needs some serious examination.
So without further delay, here are the 5 botchiest and most outrageous moment from this edition of SmackDown.
#5 Overshot the Grand Amplitude
American Alpha took on the "travel-agents-no-more" Colon cousins in the first of two tag matches that were a part of a Beat the Clock Challenge. They set the bar off right with a time to beat of 5:17. This all almost didn’t happen after witnessing the execution of their finisher.
Either Jason Jordan pitched his Colon too far back or Chad Gable ran too far while he was in the air because the landing was off. This was probably the first time that Chad has found himself completely perpendicular to an opponent while the pinfall was being counted. Looking at his position, the added bridge was kind of moot
#3 No longer the Bollywood Boyz
Gurv and Harv Sirha have mostly been known as The Bollywood Boyz during their pre-WWE careers. Now that they’re joining Jinder Mahal as a band of extremely well-dressed heel wrestlers of Indian descent, they’ve changed their names to The Singh Brothers. Tom Phillips, however, must not have gotten that memo.
When the brothers first showed up to aid Mahal during his scuffle with Orton, Phillips ecstatically proclaimed that we were seeing The Bollywood Boyz. Poor Tom must’ve gotten an earful from the back real quick because he corrected their names to The Singh brothers in a matter of seconds.
#4 Title names are tricky
Overall, Jinder Mahal’s promo with Randy Orton was really good. He maintained a solid level of intensity and anger while looking pretty sharp in a pricey suit. There was just that one little line he messed up and it happened to concern the reason he’s facing The Viper at Backlash.
Mahal messed up the name of the belt. To be fair, it was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship just prior to the brand split and creation of Raw’s Universal Championship. It was also slightly tweaked to ‘WWE World Championship’ in the mid- and late- 2016 when it became exclusive to the SmackDown Live brand.
However, the currently correct name of the title is simply WWE Championship. Whatever the name actually ends up being in the next few months, Jinder swiped it on this night and rode away with it.
Mahal messed up the name of the belt. To be fair, it was known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship just prior to the brand split and creation of Raw’s Universal Championship. It was also slightly tweaked to ‘WWE World Championship’ in the mid- and late- 2016 when it became exclusive to the SmackDown Live brand.
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