16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (May 7)

12. The Ref Telling Andrade To Slap On A Hold

Andrade Ali
WWE

Right as the match between Andrade and Ali went to one of those double feature ad breaks, the heel began slowly pounding on his babyface foe and stalling for time. Then, as Disney's Aladdin was promoted on the right hand side of the screen, Andrade pulled Ali towards the corner and motioned for a top rope move before changing his mind.

The interesting thing here is that the referee seemed to tell Andrade that the cameras hadn't come back from commercials yet, so he slapped on a rest hold instead. When SmackDown returned one ad later, he went high and the bout's closing sequence with Randy Orton played out.

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