WKH – WWE Smackdown review: A stupid Pat McAfee heel turn on Cody, Sami vs. Hayes for U.S. Title, Miz & Wilson get tag title shot, more (36 min.)

About this episode

Wade Keller reviews the April 3 edition of WWE Smackdown, discussing a controversial Pat McAfee heel turn and various match developments.

SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews the Apr. 3 edition of WWE Smackdown including a befuddlingly stupid reveal that Pat McAfee was the person talking to Randy Orton on the phone and then McAfee ranting about Cody Rhodes killing WWE and drawing the worst Smackdown rating ever and not selling out WrestleMania. Then Cody had a chance at a rebuttal that went pretty well, but it was too much of a mess to entirely clean up. Also, developments with Sami Zayn and the U.S. Title, an impromptu WWW Tag Team Title match, more of Danhausen, the lantern is back home and no one cares, and more. DIRECT LINK: VIP AUDIO LINK NOT VIP? NO PROBLEM… CLICK HERE FOR VIP SIGN UP INFO OTHER LINKS… Or support us on Patreon… –https://www.patreon.com/pwtorchvip Subscribe to our YouTube Channel… –https://www.youtube.com/pwtorch freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "pwtorchcom_test_300x250", slotId: "pwtorchcom_test_300x250" }); Follow us on Blue Sky… –https://bsky.app/profile/pwtorch.bsky.social Emails&#8230…

People in this episode

Host: Wade Keller

Topics covered

• WWE Smackdown
• Pat McAfee heel turn
• Cody Rhodes
• Sami Zayn
• U.S. Title
• tag team title match
• wrestling review

Keywords

• WWE
• Smackdown
• Pat McAfee
• Cody Rhodes
• Sami Zayn
• U.S. Title
• wrestling
• review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE

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