Deadspin
reports that last
night’s episode of SmackDown leaked online just before its official airing in a
pre-production format. It features unedited crowd noise, missed cues and more.
It originally appeared on YouTube but was removed. You can now find it
here. Here are
some highlights:
– Michael Cole and John Bradshaw Layfield
get entrances with their own music before the start of the show. JBL gets
playfully shoved by the cameraman off the ring stairs and Cole said: “I cannot
wait until he takes that bump coming down that ramp.”
– Cole and JBL talking through their
headsets with show producer Kevin Dunn and Vince McMahon.
– In part one at around 1:50, Tony Chimel
introduces Jimmy Hart before the show starts, then has to do it again after the
official opening. Cole said: “Is he going to introduce Jimmy, since he
just did? Chimel just introduced him. Somebody might want to tell him, I don’t
think he knows.”
JBL added: “He doesn’t know, he’s
looking over there like a goof.”
– At 51:52 of the second video, Cole asks
McMahon about a talking point. He said: “Do you want me to say that
every time, because I’ve said it a shitload of times
tonight.”
Vince’s reply isn’t heard, but Cole
immediately replies: “OK…yes sir…yes sir…OK, I’ve got it
sir.”
