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ONE WEEK LATER MCAFEE IS STILL KILLING ORTON-RHODES, DANHAUSEN’S DEBUT, RHEA-JADE AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2026-04-13 10:00:00

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Well, Smackdown is in the books, so here we go;

1.  The entire Pat McAfee situation is putrid.  What makes it even worse, to me?  This is dragging Cody down (in my opinion) to having to deal with someone who I feel is beneath him and he gains nothing from said involvement.  It's just the worst of the worst when someone who isn't a regular, meaningful talent gets forced into a story with one of the top 2 guys in the company.  My anticipation for Randy/Cody next weekend has taken a nosedive, as I expect it to be an overbooked mess with the focus on Pat, possibly Jelly Roll and not the two ACTUAL wrestlers.  What say you?

I agree 100 percent.  Pat has made a match that I was really looking forward to become something that I hardly even care about, and it’s all because of his involvement.  As you said, it is completely unnecessary and hurts the program.

2.  Despite all the fan backlash, do you envision ANY kind of pivot at this stage?  TKO cannot have their blinders on that badly, can they?

At this point, I think all we will get are the promos from people like Cody and Punk.  If they were going to fix this mess, I think that they would have done it on Friday.

3. Danhausen in-ring debut; I wasn't sure when/if he was going to wrestle, but that was harmless fun.  I'm not a fan of supernatural stuff, but if it's done with other comedy players, I'm OK with it.  Did you enjoy it? 

You know that saying, “Stay in your lane!”?  Well, that’s what Danhausen did and as long as he stays in his lane, I am fine with it.

4.  I think Jade/Rhea has about as much heat as they can get on it.  Do you see Iyo being in Rhea's corner at WM if Michin & B-Fab are going to be at ringside?

It would sure look like that is where this will go in same shape or form.

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