By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The following matches and events are advertised for the WWE Friday Night Smackdown television show.
-The WWE Draft begins (and concludes on the following week’s edition of Raw)
-Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. Jimmy and Jey Uso for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles
-Zelina Vega vs. Sonya Deville
Powell’s POV: The WWE Draft will conclude on the May 1 edition of Raw in Fort Worth, Texas. Friday’s Smackdown will be live from Corpus Christi, Texas at American Bank Center. Join Jake Barnett for our weekly live review of Smackdown as the show airs Fridays on Fox at 7CT/8ET. Jake’s audio reviews are available for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons) on Friday nights on Saturday mornings.
Time will tell but I think it’s a bad idea to run the draft opposite of the NFL Draft. You would think the higher ups would have thought about that when they could have had the draft start the following week and used the buzz from the NFL draft to try to reign in some new viewers.
As a fan of both, I’m not crazy about it. And my Minnesota Wild play the same night. Yikes.
I’m a Cincinnati Bengals fan but I grew up in a Vikings household as my Dad was a diehard Vikings fan so I naturally follow the Vikings. I know you are also a diehard Vikings fan so I wanted to ask if you like some of the mocks having Hendon Hooker going to the Vikings at pick #23 as their QB of the near future. I think Kirk Cousins has been a much better QB than he gets credit for but at the same time he takes up so much money of Minnesota’s salary cap that they’ve had to pinch pennies in other areas of need. I see them as a much better team with a QB on a rookie salary so they can put those dollars elsewhere. Just curious your thoughts as a Vikings fan
I don’t have a strong opinion this year. Cousins is coming off his best season regardless of whether he’s had better statistical seasons. I watched every play and that was the best he’s played. So I’m fine with keeping him, but I’m open to trading him while his value is high. The two big problems with Kirk are that he’s not a traditional leader and he’s shown zero interest in taking less money with the hope of winning a Super Bowl. The second part is absolutely his right, but it might lead to the end of his stay here, especially when so many teams are trying to hit on winning during a QB’s rookie deal. I should add that another part of my lack of a real opinion on the draft class is that I don’t watch much college ball. I just haven’t had the time to get to know the players, so I’ll be using the draft to get a feel for who the college stars are. And I’ll probably be watching every part of the draft on delay, so no spoilers here, please!