13) Jeff Hardy Used The ‘Standing Splash’ As His Finisher
If you have attended a recent Smackdown Live event, you may have seen Jeff Hardy use a simple splash as his finishing move. Jeff used that finish this week in his match against Shelton Benjamin.
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Don’t worry though, he hit the Swanton Bomb on Nakamura a few moments later:
.@JEFFHARDYBRAND with the Swanton! pic.twitter.com/TJnq8jCssW
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) August 15, 2018
14) A Bit Of A Weak Ending To Smackdown
The main event of Smackdown Live was a promo from AJ Styles. Styles took issue with Samoa Joe calling him a bad father. Styles spoke about his wife telling him not to lose his cool. Joe proceeded to read a letter from what he claims was from Styles’ wife, Wendy.
I thought that this was a bit of a weak ending for a go-home show. Would have maybe liked to see some sort of brawl or something.
That was a weird ending to #SDLive Samoa and AJ Styles should’ve brawled or had a confrontation
— Day1Ish🤙🏾 (@GeoffRhymer) August 15, 2018
That segment needed more than 10 minutes, imo, and that abrupt ending kind of ruined it. #SDLive
— 🌼 Steph 🌼 (@butwevegotheart) August 15, 2018