16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (Dec 13)

Michael Cole is super-excited for the big CLT pay-per-view this Sunday...

by Jamie Kennedy
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Roman Reigns ended TLC's go-home episode of SmackDown by pushing Dolph Ziggler off a ladder through the announce table, and it sent the live crowd wild. Before he was bashing bad guys, Roman was probably warming up, watching on a monitor backstage and laughing mercilessly at what happened earlier on the show.

WWE stars are quite literally tripping over themselves to get to this Sunday.

Other things you might've missed from this week's show include customised championship belts that Hugh Hefner would've loved, Alexa Bliss joining Samoa Joe in forgetting her own character's history, The Miz proudly remembering his, one of the best reversals you're likely to see on wrestling telly any time soon and Michael Cole completely butchering the name of Sunday's special.

Elsewhere, there's a neat reference to last week's SmackDown, some love for Vinnie Mac's football obsession, Ziggler putting over his other career and superstars taking fresh air swipes at their peers. That one was pretty embarrassing to watch, and the camera angle didn't do it any favours.

Here's everything you might've missed from the last pre-pay-per-view show of the year...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.