Thursday, May 3, 2012

ECW on SciFi Reviews

6/13/06 ECW

Opening segment: Very good promo.

Zombie interview: This was a shot at SciFi, nothing more...

Kelly's Expose: Boring...

Kurt Angle vs. Justin Credible: Absolute squash.

Extreme Battle Royal: Match was an absolute squash for Big Show until Sabu won. Bad match, good booking.

For the first ECW on SciFi it was very disappointing.

Score: 2

12/5/06 ECW

Heyman promo: Very good promo.

CM Punk/Rob Van Dam vs. Test/Hardcore Holly: Pretty good match.

Tommy Dreamer vs. Daivari: Decent match.

Big Show promo: Very poorly written promo.

Kelly Kelly vs. Ariel: Awful match and I couldn't have cared less about the stuff afterwards.

Big Show vs. Bobby Lashley: Boring main event.

Not a great show after a terrible PPV.

Score: 5

12/16/06 ECW

Test vs. Rob Van Dam: Good but a bad ending.

Striker/Mahoney segment: Not a great segment.

CM Punk vs. Hardcore Holly: Solid match, awful booking again.

Tommy Dreamer vs. Daivari: Basically a squash.

Bobby Lashley vs. Paul Heyman's security: Squash.

Really weak show.

Score: 3.5

12/19/06 ECW

Lashley promo: Very bad promo.

Bobby Lashley vs. Rene Dupree: Boring match.

Matt Striker vs. Balls Mahoney: Not very good...

Hardcore Holly vs. CM Punk (Punk must make Holly tap out in 3 minutes): This wasn't very good at all.

Great Khali vs. Shannon Moore: Squash.

Test vs. Sabu vs. Rob Van Dam: Pretty good main event.

Very bad show.


Score: 2


1/2/07 ECW

Test promo: Very bad promo.

Test vs. Sabu: Not a great match.

Elijah Burke/Sylvester Terkay vs. FBI: Decent match because of the carryjob.

Tommy Dreamer interview: Pretty good.

Kevin Thorn vs. Balls Mahoney: Squash.

Bobby Lashley vs. Rob Van Dam: This was very dull.

Another weak show.

Score: 3

1/23/07 ECW

Battle Royal: Decent opener.

Marcus Corvon vs. Wes Adams: Squash.

Extreme Expose: Boring...

CM Punk vs. Elijah Burke: Not a good match.

Bobby Lashley vs. Test: Bad match and it was given away for free before the PPV.

Terrible show.

Score: 2

Smackdown Reviews

2/3/00 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good segment that made matches between the Radicals and DX and if the Radicals could take two out of the three, the Radicals will all get contracts.

Chris Jericho vs. Gangrel: Okay match as it was short and Jericho carried it.

X-Pac vs. Dean Malenko: Pretty good match with X-Pac winning which means that DX is up 1-0.

Jacqueline vs. Harvey Whippleman: A terrible women's title "match" that thankfully lasted all of 15 seconds. Yeah, a guy competed for the women's title.

Kurt Angle vs. Tazz vs. The Rock: Pretty good match with the aftermath advancing the Rock/Big Show feud.

New Age Outlaws vs. Eddie Guerrero/Perry Saturn: Another solid match with the Outlaws winning, putting DX up 2-0, eliminating the Radicals from getting contracts... for now.

Hollys vs. Al Snow/Steve Blackman: Decent tag match though nothing spectacular.

Big Show vs. Rikishi: Not much of a match as it was more of an angle.

HHH vs. Chris Benoit: Very solid main event match with HHH winning, thus DX winning 3-0.

A very solid show that showcased the debuting Radicals very strongly, advanced the feuds nicely, and had some good matches.
 

Grade: B

2/10/00 Smackdown

Kurt Angle vs. Val Venis: Very solid European title match with Angle winning the title.

Perry Saturn vs. Grandmaster Sexay: Another good match here to establish Saturn with the WWF fans. The first of a series of matches between the DX/Radicals alliance and their counterparts, Rock, Cactus Jack, Kane, Rikishi, and Too Cool.

Edge/Christian vs. Dudley Boyz: Another good match, which was the usual between these two teams, with the Dudleys putting Barbara Bush AKA "BB" through a table afterwards.

Dean Malenko vs. Scotty 2 Hotty: Yet another good match, with this one further establishing Malenko with the WWF fans.

The Rock/Cactus Jack vs. New Age Outlaws: Another good match with Rock and Cactus winning.

Gangrel/Luna vs. Prince Albert/Jacqueline: This was complete filler and didn't even last a minute. Meh!

Chris Benoit vs. Rikishi: A good match, this time with Rikishi winning by DQ.

Al Snow/Steve Blackman vs. Hardy Boyz: Another good match, with Snow and Blackman actually winning.

Chris Jericho vs. The Hollys: Not much of a match here as the APA attack the Hollys only for jericho to win shortly after.

Kane vs. HHH/X-Pac: A very solid main event that helped advance the Kane/X-Pac feud.

Another good show here. Lots of solid wrestling and great No Way Out build.
 

Grade: B+ 

3/2/00 Smackdown

Chris Jericho/Too Cool vs. Chris Benoit/Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko: Very solid match to open the show with the heels winning.

Jeff Hardy vs. Essa Rios: Solid match that furthered the build to Lita leaving Rios for the Hardys.

Rock/Big Show/Shane/Rikishi promo: Very good promo exchange that made the main event.

Crash Holly vs. Tazz: Your typical comedic hardcore match at the time. Not bad but not a great match either.

Edge/Christian vs. Road Dogg/X-Pac: Solid match with Terri costing Edge and Christian the match again.

Test vs. Viscera: A complete filler match that wasn't very good.

Kurt Angle vs. Sgt. Slaughter: Decent match at best though it was booked perfectly with Kurt inning convincingly.

Kane vs. Dudley Boyz: This was okay at best, nothing special, as it was more of an angle.

Rock/Rikishi vs. Big Show/HHH: Very solid main event that was supposedto include Shane in HHH's place, but that isn't a bad thing.

Very solid show with good matches and excellent booking.
 

Grade: B 

4/27/00 Smackdown

Eddie Guerrero/Chyna vs. Essa Rios/Lita: Very solid match to open the show.

Rock/HHH promo: Very good promo exchange to build their Backlash match as it's revealed that Shane will be the guest referee.

Dean Malenko vs. Scotty 2 Hotty: Good Lightheavyweight title match between the two although the title changed hands BEFORE their Backlash match where the title would also be defended.

T&A vs. Hollys: Bland match with build for the T&A/Dudleys match at Backlash after the match.

Chris Jericho/Tazz vs. Chris Benoit/Perry Saturn: Very solid tag match.

Road Dogg vs. Christian: Decent match that built the DX/E&C feud, nothing more.

Rikishi/Big Show vs. Kurt Angle/Big Bossman/Bull Buchanan: Absolute squash with the two beating the three.

Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy: Very good hardcore title match which ends with Crash winning back the hardcore title.

Godfather vs. Steve Blackman: A VERY short filler match, nothing more.

Final segment: Very good HHH/Rock promo exchange with Austin appearing on the titantron and destroying the DX Express bus.

Very good show to hype Backlash.

Grade: B

5/25/00 Smackdown

Opening segment: A very good Vince/Undertaker promo exchange that explained why Taker returned.

Edge/Christian vs. Eddie Guerrero/Chyna: Solid tag title match with E&C retaining by DQ.

Faarooq vs. Crash Holly: Just like on Raw, this was also a hardcore squash.

Chris Jericho vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Val Venis: Very good match with Holly getting the IC title shot on Raw with his win.

Matt Hardy vs. Essa Rios: Decent match that planted the seeds for Lita's alliance with the Hardys.

Dudley Boyz/Too Cool vs. Road Dogg/X-Pac/T&A: Very solid 8 man tag with the faces winning.

Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle: Solid IC title match that ends with Holly hitting Angle with a chair, meaning that Benoit retains the IC title and will defend it against Holly on Raw.

Bull Buchanan vs. Al Snow: Decent match albeit VERY heatless.

Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon: This was basically an angle that led to Undertaker and Rock cleaning house on the McMahon-Helmsley regime with Taker chasing them out on his bike and Rock standing tall in the ring.

Very good show with good matches and excellent storylines throughout.

Grade: B+

10/31/02 Smackdown

Edge vs. Chris Benoit: Great match.

Big Show vs. Rikishi: Bad match.

Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie: Bad match.

Matt Hardy vs. Tajiri: Good match.

Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle: Great match.

Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio: Good match.

Halloween party segments: Pretty good.

Good show.

Grade: B

11/14/02 Smackdown

Edge vs. Chavo Guerrero: Good match.

Matt Hardy/John Cena vs. Rikishi/Tajiri: Decent match.

Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio: Great match.

Kidman vs. Jamie Noble: Decent match.

Angle/Guerreros/Edge/Rey segment: Pretty good.

Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit: Really good match.

Final segment: Pretty good.

Really good show.

Grade: A

11/21/02 Smackdown

Rey Mysterio vs. Jamie Noble: Decent match.

Kidman vs. Tajiri: Decent match.

Chris Benoit vs. Chavo Guerrero: Good match.

Heyman/Show/Brock segment: Pretty good.

Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero: Great match.

John Cena vs. Rikishi: Bad match.

Edge vs. Big Show: Decent match.

Really good show.

Grade: A-

8/14/03 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty bad...

World's Greatest Tag Team vs. Kidman/Rey Mysterio: Very good.

Danny Basham vs. Billy Gunn: Not a great match.

Undertaker vs. Big Show: Bad match.

Tajiri vs. Rhyno: Good for what it was although ridiculously short.

John Cena vs. Zach Gowen: Squash...

Brock Lesnar vs. Spanky: A squash but this was one of the more effective ones I have seen.

Stephanie McMahon vs. A-Train: Bad main event.

Bad show with a focus on non-wrestlers, specifically McMahons.

Grade: D

8/28/03 Smackdown

Opening segment: Really good Eddie promo.

Rey Mysterio vs. Nunzio: Solid match.

Chris Benoit vs. A-Train: Decent match.

Brock/Show/Taker/Angle segment: Pretty good.

Eddie Guerrero vs. John Cena: Good match.

Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Brock Lesnar: Decent match actually.

Good show.

Grade: A

9/4/03 Smackdown

APA vs. World's Greatest Tag Team: Decent match.

Cena/Eddie segment: Really good.

Chris Benoit vs. A-Train: Decent match.

Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker: Great match.

Bikini Contest: Bad segment.

Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri: Good match.

Final segment: Brock absolutely DESTROYS Zach Gowen and throws him down the stairs. Really good segment.

Good show.

Grade: A-

9/11/03 Smackdown

Nunzio/Tajiri vs. Kidman/Rey Mysterio: Pretty good...

Shaniqua vs. Dawn Marie: Squash.

Chris Benoit vs. Rhyno: Not bad but Rhyno went nowhere after this.

John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero parking lot brawl: It was pretty good.

APA vs. Matt Hardy/Shannon Moore: Squash.

Brock Lesnar vs. Stephanie McMahon: Pretty much what I expected... a bunch of nothing.

Pretty much a "meh" show.

Grade: C

9/18/03 Smackdown

Rey Mysterio/Chris Benoit vs. Rhyno/Tajiri: Good match.

Shaniqua vs. Torrie Wilson/Nidia: Squash.

Los Guerreros vs. WGTT: Good match.

Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar: GREAT ironman match.

Great show.

Grade: A

9/25/03 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty good.

Los Guerreros vs. Matt Hardy/Shannon Moore: Solid match.

Benoit/A-Train segment: Pretty boring.

Rey Mysterio vs. Tajiri: Good match.

Basham Brothers vs. Jamie Noble/Bradshaw: Okay match.

Eddie Guerrero vs. Charlie Haas: Good match.

Final segment: Once again, okay at best. Brock/Taker build was good, Vince/Stephanie build wasn't.

Decent show at best.

Grade: B-

10/2/03 Smackdown

Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy: Good opener...

APA vs. Basham Brothers: Okay match.

Chris Benoit vs. Charlie Haas: Good match, bad aftermath with A-Train running in and applying a crossface on Benoit which makes him tap out.

Vince/Stephanie segment: Bad promo exchange to build their match.

Tajiri vs. Kidman: Pretty good...

Big Show vs. Orlando Jordan: Squash until Big Show ran to the bathroom.

Zach Gowen interview: Meh...

John Cena/Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle/Undertaker: Pretty good main event.

Bad storylines really ruined this episode.

Grade: C-

10/9/03 Smackdown

Opening segment: Sable will be in Vince's corner at No Mercy. Not a good segment.

Tajiri vs. Ultimo Dragon: Good for the time given.

Undertaker vs. Chuck Palumbo: Boring squash match...

Big Show vs. Orlando Jordan: Boring squash match...

Cena/Angle segment: Very good segment.

Shannon Moore vs. Zach Gowen: Okay match.

Chris Benoit/APA vs. A-Train/Basham Brothers: Okay match but A-Train pinning Benoit really didn’t work...

Brock Lesnar vs. Paul London: Squash... an effective one but this show really needed a good match.

Final segment: Big Show gets sprayed with sewage. Eddie/Big Show for the US title was built around sewage…

A very lame and pedestrian episode... bad wrestling all around as well as terrible writing and weak PPV build.

Grade: D

4/1/04 Smackdown

Big Show vs. Rikishi: Very boring opening match.

Rey Mysterio/Spike Dudley vs. Chavo Guerrero/Chavo Classic: Decent tag match...

Rob Van Dam vs. Charlie Haas: Pretty good.

Booker T vs. Hardcore Holly: Boring match...

Dudley Boyz vs. Akio/Sakoda: Decent since Akio and Sakoda actually got some offense.

John Cena vs. FBI: I always love it when one guy squashes a tag team, especially when that tag team has two good wrestlers in it. Next!

Ending segment: People throwing names into a hat, and Bradshaw's in competition for the Great American Award despite not wrestling in the tournament at all, which makes me have a feeling that this whole tournament will be a waste of time in the end.

Bad show. Not much in terms of good wrestling and the final segment gave me low expectations for next week.

Grade: C-

4/8/04 Smackdown

Opening segment: Just more JBL stuff... it's been a few weeks and he's yet to wrestle at all.

Dudley Boyz vs. Rikishi/Scotty 2 Hotty: Pretty boring tag match.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jamie Noble: Good match even though the winner was pretty obvious.

John Cena vs. Danny Basham: A boring squash...

Booker T/Rob Van Dam vs. Charlie Haas/Big Show: Good match that was very well booked with Haas getting the win over RVD...

Rene Dupree vs. Orlando Jordan: Another boring squash...

Spike Dudley vs. Johnny Stamboli: Bad match with Spike winning after hitting only one move and Mark Jindrak attacking afterwards. Very, very pointless.

Great American Award finals: Very bad segment with JBL winning the award and becoming #1 contender despite not having one match on the show yet.

Very, very bad episode of Smackdown...

Grade: D

5/6/04 Smackdown

Opening segment: Footage from a house show where JBL attacked Eddie Guerrero, approaches his mother, and she collapses. Terrible segment...

John Cena vs. Doug Basham: Squash.

Booker T/Cleo segment: Very bad segment.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jacqueline: This was just terribly booked and buries Chavo and the belt itself.

FBI vs. Undertaker: Undertaker basically squashes the FBI...

Torrie Wilson vs. Dawn Marie: More of an angle than match.

Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam vs. Dudley Boyz: The only good part of the show, and it's the main event...

This is the worst Smackdown ever... hell, it may even be the worst episode of a wrestling show ever!

Grade: F

5/13/04 Smackdown

Rob Van Dam vs. D'Von Dudley: Pretty decent match to start the show.

Chavo segment: Chavo vs. Jacqueline for the CW title is added but Chavo will have one arm tied behind his back. Ugh.

Chavo Classic vs. Jacqueline: Very bad match.

FBI vs. Booker T: FBI get squashed by who their opponent last week is feuding with.

Eddie Guerrero segment: Pretty good until he gets arrested yet again...

Hardcore Holly vs. Rico: This wasn't bad albeit a filler match...

Cafe de Rene: This was poor hype for the US title match at Judgment Day.

John Cena vs. Sakoda: Boring...

JBL vs. Rey Mysterio: Really bad main event as Rey gets absolutely squashed.

Not as bad as last week but still atrocious. Wrestling was still bad, the storylines are still bad, and one of their most popular babyfaces gets squashed in the main event.

Grade: D+

5/20/04 Smackdown

Opening segment: Wasn't too bad although the Eddie/JBL feud was pretty bad. Made the main event for tonight.

Rico/Charlie Haas vs. FBI: Good match despite the predictable outcome...

Kidman vs. Akio: No match as Mordecai attacks both before the match starts, burying the cruisereight division as a whole…

John Cena vs. Rene Dupree: Okay US title match but the ending made no sense with Dupree letting Cena get counted out. It’s a title match!

Chavo Guerrero vs. Chavo Classic vs. Spike Dudley: Chavo loses his title to his dad after winning it from Jacqueline! That was ridiculous...

Booker T vs. Funaki: Squash...

JBL/Dudley Boyz vs. Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam/Eddie Guerrero: Good match, terrible ending with Eddie collapsing and JBL pinning him for the win. There are limits as to good heel heat and bad heel heat… this was pushing it, just like Orton saying that Eddie was in hell was.

This show was slightly better than last week though far from good. The wrestling still wasn’t much to talk about, the booking continued to suck, and the main event ended with JBL pinning Eddie after he collapsed.

Grade: D+

5/27/04 Smackdown

Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam vs. Dudley Boyz: Good match and the stuff with Heyman and the Dudleys afterwards was good too.

JBL/Eddie segment: Bad segment where JBL shows footage of him busting Eddie open at Judgment Day and Eddie collapsing last week.

Booker T vs. Scotty 2 Hotty: Squash...

Eddie Guerrero vs. Danny Basham: Ugh... squash again.

Torrie Wilson/Spike Dudley vs. Dawn Marie/Jamie Noble: Bad match.

Chavo Classic vs. Akio: Very bad match.

John Cena vs. Rene Dupree US title lumberjack match: It was pretty good actually because the match type prevents too many restholds and such and it wasn’t a big mess.

Another poorly booked edition of Smackdown. The wrestling sucked, Akio jobs to Chavo’s dad, another pointless Booker squash, etc. On par with last week.

Grade: D+

9/23/04 Smackdown

Booker T vs. Paul London: Pretty good...

Spike Dudley vs. Rey Mysterio: Good cruiserweight title match.

Undertaker vs. Viscera/Gangrel: Squash.

Fabulous Moolah/Mae Young vs. Torrie Wilson/Dawn Marie: Terrible match.

Kurt Angle/Luther Reigns vs. Big Show/Eddie Guerrero: Good match but a bizarre ending with Angle shooting Big Show with a tranquilizer and shaving his head.

A show with two really bad matches, a weird ending, and lots of backstage stuff. Mediocre at best.

Grade: C

10/7/04 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good with Carlito debuting, but he's in a US title match too.

Rey Mysterio vs. Kenzo Suzuki: Bad match.

JBL vs. Hardcore Holly: Bad match.

Big Show vs. Mark Jindrak: Squash.

Kidman vs. Charlie Haas: Good until the finish.

Heidenreich segment: Boring...

Carlito vs. John Cena (US title match): Okay match but giving someone a title in their first match NEVER works (in Carlito's case he wasn't good enough in the ring to justify the push).

This show was pretty bad.

Grade: D+

11/4/04 Smackdown

Tough Enough: Boring...

Booker T vs. Orlando Jordan: Meh...

Big Show/Dudleys segment: It was kinda boring and WHY did Spike want Bubba and D'Von to attack Big Show?

Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam vs. Luther Reigns/Mark Jindrak: Pretty good...

Dawn Marie vs. Miss Jackie arm wrestling match: This was a bad segment.

Booker T/Josh Matthews vs. JBL/Orlando Jordan: Not that good as Matthews was the face in peril getting beat up by two subpar workers.

A show with lame angles and barely any wrestling.

Grade: D

11/11/04 Smackdown

Tough Enough: Boring...

Chavo Guerrero/Rey Mysterio vs. Kidman/Spike Dudley: Pretty good...

Josh Matthews vs. Orlando Jordan: Pretty bad and Matthews actually won.

Eddie Guerrero/Rob Van Dam vs. Luther Reigns/Mark Jindrak: Not bad and hyped the PPV well.

Tough Enough 2: Boring...

JBL promo: Was pretty good...

Heidenreich segment: Boring...

Big Show vs. Kurt Angle: Wasn't bad at all...

This was better although the pattern was bad segment then good segment then it starts all over again. Mediocre...

Grade: C

11/18/04 Smackdown

Opening promo: Pretty good debut for Carlito and made the main event...

Tough Enough: Boring...

Heidenreich vs. Charlie Haas: Boring...

Rob Van Dam/Rene Dupree vs. Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki: Decent...

Kurt Angle vs. Dean Fisk: Boring Angle Invitational...

JBL segment: Good and it made the Armageddon main event.

Tough Enough 2: Boring...

John Cena vs. Carlito: This was a nothing match and Cena winning the US title while he’s still filming a movie made no sense either.

This show was pretty bad... the wrestling sucked as did the storylines and the booking.

Grade: D+

11/25/04 Smackdown

Rene Dupree vs. Rob Van Dam: Decent opening match...

Tough Enough: Boring...

Rob Van Dam vs. Kenzo Suzuki: Not that good.

Big Show Thanksgiving segment: Lame for the most part but started a feud and Luther’s promo was good.

Kurt Angle vs. Cody Steele: Boring Angle Invitational...

Miss Jackie vs. Dawn Marie: Boring... the match never really started but this was still bad.

Booker T/Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL/Orlando Jordan: Decent tag main event...

Overall this show felt mailed in due to the Thanksgiving holiday... no real storyline development and very lacking in quality wrestling.

Grade: D+

12/2/04 Smackdown

Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam/Torrie Wilson vs. Rene Dupree/Kenzo Suzuki/Hiroko: Very average match.

Tough Enough: Boring...

Jesus vs. Charlie Haas: A complete nothing match...

Basham Brothers vs. Eddie Guerrero/Booker T: Not a bad match...

Kurt Angle vs. Sebastian McCauley: Boring... the Angle Invitationals felt pointless and never led to anything.

Jackie/Dawn Marie segment: Not a great segment.

Undertaker vs. JBL/Orlando Jordan: Very boring main event...

This show was terrible... dumb storylines and the wrestling was bad.

Grade: D

12/9/04 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent...

Cruiserweight battle royal: Pretty good...

Jesus vs. Charlie Haas: Complete nothing match...

Kenzo Suzuki/Rene Dupree vs. Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam (tag title match): Not only is this match given away for free three days before the PPV, but the title switch is as well! It was a good match but also a middle finger to anyone who ordered the PPV already.
Tough Enough: Boring...

Big Show vs. Mark Jindrak: Boring...

Booker T/Undertaker/Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL/Orlando Jordan/Basham Brothers: This was decent but nothing more.

Pretty bad show overall with an insulting title change before the title match on PPV to top things off.

Grade: D+

1/13/05 Smackdown

Angle segment: Not very good as it was just him apologizing to Joy.

Basham Brothers vs. Luther Reigns/Mark Jindrak vs. Rey Mysterio/Rob Van Dam vs. Eddie Guerrero/Booker T (tag title match): Pretty good...

Kurt Angle vs. Roderick Strong: Boring... the Angle invitational segments never felt like they were building to anything.

John Cena vs. Kenzo Suzuki: Squash...

Amy Weber vs. Joy Giovanni: Match never started but it didn't advance much.

Funaki vs. Nunzio: Pretty good cruiserweight title match...

Ending segment: Not a great segment.

Weak show. Not much quality wrestling and weak storyline advancement

Grade: D+

5/19/05 Smackdown

Carlito's Cabana: Pretty good segment.

JBL vs. Scotty 2 Hotty: Squash.

Booker T vs. Mark Jindrak: Squash.

Eddie promo: Eddie basically just walks to the ring, then leaves.

Orlando Jordan vs. Heidenreich: Very bad match.

Hardcore Holly vs. Joey Mercury: Decent match.

Angle promo: Pretty  bad as it advanced the feud with Booker and Sharmell.

John Cena vs. Basham Brothers: Not a great main event.

Very bad Smackdown.

Grade: D

1/5/07 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty good.

Kane vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.

Paul London vs. Brian Kendrick: Great match.

JBL/MVP segment: Awesome segment.

King Booker vs. Gregory Helms: Solid match.

Ashley vs. Jillian Hall: Terrible match.

Tatanka vs Jimmy Wang Yang: Solid match.

Chris Benoit vs. Mr. Kennedy: Good match.

Good show.

Grade: A-

1/12/07 Smackdown

Matt Hardy vs. Finlay: Really good match.

Tatanka vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Decent match.

Mr. Kennedy vs. Chris Benoit: Pretty good.

Paul London/Brian Kendrick vs. William Regal/Dave Taylor: Good match.

MVP vs. Vito: Decent match.

Undertaker vs. Miz: Solid match.

Good show.

Grade: A

4/6/07 Smackdown

Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy: Great match.

Chris Benoit vs. Miz: Good match.

Matt Hardy vs. King Booker: Good match.

Kane vs. Dave Taylor: Luckily the squash never officially took place.

Paul London/Brian Kendrick vs. Gregory Helms/Chavo Guerrero: Good match.

Final segment: Really good.

Awesome show.

Grade: A

4/13/07 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty decent.

Finlay/Hornswoggle vs. Mr. Kennedy: No match thankfully and it was a good segment that made the main event.

Deuce/Domino vs. Paul London/Brian Kendrick: Decent match.

MVP vs. Chris Benoit: Great match.

Kane vs. Daivari: Squash.

Batista/Undertaker vs. Finlay/Mr. Kennedy: Good match.

Another good show.

Grade: B+

8/3/07 Smackdown

Opening segment: Not a great segment.

Kane vs. Chris Masters: Very boring filler match...

Mark Henry vs. Nate Nickerson: Boring squash match...

Matt Hardy/MVP arm wrestling: Boring but it set up a match.

Matt Hardy vs. MVP: Good except for the ending.

Jamie Noble vs. Shannon Moore: Not a bad match...

Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Kenny Dykstra: Decent filler match...

Batista/Ric Flair vs. Deuce/Domino: Pretty bad main event.

Pretty poor show... the wrestling was uninspiring and the storyline progression was very boring.

Grade: D+

8/10/07 Smackdown

Batista vs. Domino: Very boring squash to open the show.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Eugene: This was a decent match.

Mark Henry vs. Sterling Keenan: Boring Mark Henry squash.

Victoria vs. Torrie Wilson: A nothing match and Michelle comes to Torrie’s rescue after Victoria beats on her post match.

Matt Hardy vs. Finlay: Pretty good match outside of the lame ending.

Kane vs. Sylvan: Pointless squash match.

Masterlock Challenge: Another pointless segment.

Ric Flair vs. Great Khali: Terrible main event.

As boring of a show as you could imagine. Way too squash heavy and boring progression in the storylines.

Grade: D

8/17/07 Smackdown

VIP Lounge: Really good in building the MVP/Matt feud.

Deuce/Domino vs. Major Brothers: This match was pretty dull and boring.

Finlay vs. Jamie Noble: Pretty decent albeit very short.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Shannon Moore: A decent match to build Chavo for Rey at Summerslam.

Batista/Khali segment: Very boring and Batista crushes a basketball in a very bad skit.

Mark Henry vs. Greg Cardona: Very boring squash match.

Michelle McCool vs. Victoria: Bad match.

Great Khali vs. Kane: Terrible main event.

This was better than last week but that’s not saying much.

Grade: D+

10/5/07 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty decent...

Chuck Palumbo vs. Ace Steel: Boring squash match...

Jamie Noble vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Pretty good albeit pointless...

MVP/Matt Hardy vs. Deuce/Domino: Pretty good tag title match...

Kane vs. Kenny Dykstra: Boring...

Jesse/Festus vs. Chad Collyer/Mike Tolar: Boring...

Rey Mysterio vs. Great Khali: A good Khali match, but that doesn't mean it IS good.

Weak and forgettable show... no real storyline progression and the matches weren’t much.

Grade: D+

10/12/07 Smackdown

Chuck Palumbo vs. Chris Masters: Boring...

Jesse/Festus vs. Conrad Carnes/Jay Adams: Boring...

Drew McIntyre vs. Brett Major: Boring...

Undertaker/Kane vs. MVP/Matt Hardy: Pretty good...

Great Khali vs. Jamie Noble: Boring...

Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Deuce: Decent but almost zero point.

Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay: Really good.

Boring show. No real storyline advancement and WAY too many squashes.

Grade: D+

10/26/07 Smackdown

VIP Lounge: Pretty good. Made a match for later on and hyped Rey/Finlay and Matt/MVP for Cyber Sunday.

Kane vs. Mark Henry: Very boring match...

MVP/Matt Hardy vs. Finlay/Rey Mysterio: Best match of the night by far.

Batista vs. Jamie Noble: Boring squash with no real point except for Noble to get squashed again...

Big Daddy V vs. Miz vs. John Morrison: Basically Viscera squashing the other two. Pretty bad match.

Jesse/Festus vs. Steve Fender/Joe Hennig: Boring squash to establish Jesse/Festus...

Ending segment: Pretty good. JBL cut a political ad of sorts on the other votes for guest ref, Foley and Austin, and tried to get on Undertaker’s good side… Taker chokeslammed him to end the show.

VERY boring show. The final segment and anything involving the midcarders was good but the wrestling was bad and much of it had no real point.

Grade: D+

3/21/08 Smackdown

Batista vs. Deuce/Domino: Very boring handicap squash to open the show.

Divas competition: Very boring segment.

Big Show vs. Luke Hawk/Chase Stevens/Andy Douglas: Very boring squash match.

Edge vs. Funaki: Another boring squash match.

VIP lounge: Great segment as it was good MITB hype.

Kane vs. Chuck Palumbo: Very boring match.

Miz/John Morrison vs. Jesse/Festus: A pretty good tag title match.

Undertaker vs. Chavo Guerrero: Decent match although the outcome was never in doubt.

A very boring show, especially in the first hour. WAY too squash heavy and the storyline progression was very boring.

Grade: D+

4/18/08 Smackdown

Highlight Reel: Very good as it featured the awesome HBK/Batista feud...

MVP vs. Tommy Dreamer: This was basically a squash...

Hornswoggle vs. Matt Striker: Ugh... full of the usual Hornswoggle stuff and he won too.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jamie Noble: This was pretty decent, albeit a bit pointless.

Big Show vs. Mark Henry: A very boring match.

Cherry vs. Victoria: Another bad match.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Leroy Kincade: Very boring Kozlov squash.

Batista vs. Undertaker: A pretty good main event match.

A pretty dull show… matches were bad and the storyline progression was rather boring.

Grade: D+

5/2/08 Smackdown

John Morrison/Miz vs. Jimmy Wang Yang/Shannon Moore: Really good opening match.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Colin Delaney: Typical Kozlov squash.

Victoria/Natalya vs. Cherry/Michelle McCool: This match was pretty boring.

Mark Henry vs. Nunzio: Typical Mark Henry squash match.

Matt Hardy vs. MVP: This was a really good US title match.

Jesse/Festus vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: Pretty boring match.

Finlay vs. Julio Dinero: Very pointless squash.

Undertaker vs. Great Khali: Pretty bad main event.

Two really good matches, however the rest was the typical filler and boring storyline progression. Below average.

Grade: D+

5/16/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Boring once again and by the rule of the Board of Directors Vickie has to face the Undertaker in the main event. So much for an actual match…

CM Punk vs. Chuck Palumbo: This match was pretty good.

Michelle McCool vs. Layla: Very boring women’s match.

Batista promo: This was decent at best, nothing special.

Big Show/Finlay vs. MVP/Mark Henry: This was not a good match at all...

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Funaki: Typical Kozlov squash.

Cherry vs. Maryse: The second bad women’s match of the show.

Matt Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin: Really good match.

Undertaker vs. La Familia: It was changed because it was revealed that Vickie just had to wrestle Undertaker and it didn’t have to be one on one. That being said, it still wasn’t much of a match.

A couple good matches but two bad women’s matches and boring storyline progression make this a below average show.

Grade: D+

5/30/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very boring and created Batista and a partner of his choice against Hawkins and Ryder. Yawn…

Matt Hardy vs. Elijah Burke: Really solid opening match.

Finlay vs. Chuck Palumbo: Wasn’t a great match as it was a poor clash of styles.

CM Punk vs. John Morrison: Another solid match.

Batista/Big Show vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: This match was pretty much a squash.

MVP vs. Jamie Noble: Another squash match.

Michelle McCool vs. Maryse: A very boring women’s match where Michelle wins due to Cherry distracting Maryse.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Shannon Moore: Typical Kozlov squash match.

Cutting Edge: The best part of the show as it was an awesome final touch to the dull Undertaker/Edge feud.

The final segment was very good as well as two matches in the first hour but the rest of this show was the usual squashes and by the numbers booking. Very dull show for the most part.

Grade: D+

6/6/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: An okay segment but the wedding and the main event announcements killed it.

Finlay vs. Chuck Palumbo: The best match they had, because of the Belfast Brawl stipulation. These two didn’t click in their regular matches.

Big Show/Mark Henry segment: An okay segment at best as you can't get me interested in a matchup THAT bad.

Great Khali vs. Deuce/Domino: A very boring handicap squash match and who exactly were the faces?

Cousin Sal vs. Santino Marella: One of the last times Santino was ever funny but the match itself was atrocious.

"Golden Star on a Pole" match: A very bad match, nuff said.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: A very boring squash match.

La Familia vs. Batista/Nunzio/Funaki/Colin Delaney: The ring work in this was good but the booking really made La Familia look weak as they dominated the jobbers but Batista destroyed the whole stable and won the match.

A very boring show here… the entire second hour was a wash, too squash heavy, and the booking was very by the numbers and boring.

Grade: D+

6/13/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very boring and Batista vs. Khali is made where Batista will be banished from WWE forever if he loses. Yawn…

Finlay vs. John Morrison: Pretty good opening match...

Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer: A boring Mark Henry squash match.

Cherry vs. Maryse: A terrible women’s match.

MVP vs. CM Punk: A good match but a really bad ending.

Matt Hardy vs. Chuck Palumbo: A decent match because Matt carried it.

Jesse/Festus vs. Deuce/Domino: Repetitive and boring match and the heels tease a break up.

Batista vs. Great Khali: Very bad match and Batista predictably wins.

Very dull and boring show once again.

Grade: D+

6/20/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Okay segment. MVP vs. Kane is made...

Matt Hardy vs. Bam Neely: A decent match because Matt carried it.

Michelle McCool vs. Layla: A very boring match.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jamie Noble: Typical Kozlov squash… very boring.

Kane vs. MVP: Surprisingly dull as these two just didn’t click at all.

Great Khali vs. Charles Robinson: Terrible “match” involving the worst wrestler on the show and a referee.

Jesse/Festus vs. Deuce/Domino: NOTHING match and the heels break up after one week of build.

Finlay vs. Miz: This was the best match of the show although it only lasted around 4 minutes.

Batista vs. Chavo Guerrero: A boring squash with Edge as the ref. Very underwhelming.

This show was VERY dull.

Grade: D

6/27/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: It was a good segment and it set up a HHH/Edge feud too.

Kane/Big Show vs. Mark Henry/MVP: Not a good match.

Finlay/Hornswoggle vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: Boring and Hornswoggle got the pin like usual...

Edge vs. Matt Hardy: Pretty good like usual...

Natalya/Victoria/Maryse vs. Michelle McCool/Kelly Kelly/Cherry: Very bad match...

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Domino: Boring Kozlov squash match...

Rey Mysterio segment: He says goodbye to Smackdown... I liked that.

Batista vs. Umaga: Not a great main event.

This was an improvement but still pretty weak as the match quality was way below average and the only thing that made it better than the recent episodes were the new faces. Other than that, the same Smackdown it was before.

Grade: D+

7/11/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good until Vickie came out.

Matt Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin: Pretty good match...

Mr. Kennedy vs. Domino: Man, this was a bad match.

John Morrison/Miz vs. Finlay/Hornswoggle: Good until Hornswoggle pinned Miz. Ugh…

HHH vs. Chavo Guerrero: This was meh and really pointless too...

Maryse/Natalya vs. Michelle McCool/Cherry: This was very bad.

Jesse/Festus vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: Repetitive match but the ending was creative with Hawkins and Ryder using the ring bell to their advantage.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Stevie Richards: Typical squash although Richards fared better than most.

Edge vs. Big Show: Basically Big Show beating up Edge until Vickie stops the match.

This show was hit/miss... the matches were better than usual but the storyline progression was still really boring and still too much filler.

Grade: C-

7/18/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: A dragging La Familia promo.

Finlay/Hornswoggle vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: Solid match.

Vickie/Edge dance: Pretty bad.

Big Show vs. MVP/Vladimir Kozlov/Great Khali/Shelton Benjamin: All angle.

Segment: A bit of a mess with Natalya squashing Cherry and then Vickie pinning her after she tapped to the sharpshooter.

Brian Kendrick vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Solid match.

Mr. Kennedy vs. Umaga: Solid match.

John Morrison/Miz vs. Jesse/Festus: Solid match.

Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy: Solid match.

Final segment: Your typical wrestling wedding with a storyline twist, though this one was good with Edge cheating on Vickie with Alicia Fox.

One of the better Smackdowns, and surprisingly it was a wedding episode, as those are mediocre to bad generally with a few exceptions.

Grade: B

7/25/08 Smackdown

VIP Lounge: Pretty good and started a feud with Jeff Hardy...

Shelton Benjamin vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: This was a pretty good match actually.

Festus vs. Curt Hawkins: Hawkins gets squashed a few days after winning the tag titles with his partner Zack Ryder.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Stevie Richards: This wasn't as good as their last match...

WHC #1 contender's battle royal: Very boring and Khali wins it too.

Michelle McCool vs. Maryse: Boring Divas title match...

Brian Kendrick vs. Shannon Moore: It was basically a squash.

Edge/Vickie segment: Very good because Vickie actually wasn't annoying! Oh, and it made undertaker vs. Edge in HIAC too.

Outside of the beginning and end this show was pretty weak. The same steady diet of filler and extremely bland storyline progression that there is in almost every show.

Grade: D+

8/1/08 Smackdown

MVP vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Not bad although it was pretty pointless...

Mr. Kennedy vs. Shelton Benjamin: Pretty good match...

Brian Kendrick vs. Stevie Richards: Typical Kendrick squash...

Great Khali vs. Jeff Hardy: One of Khali's better matches but that ain't saying much.

Maria vs. Victoria: Very bad match.

Big Show vs. Domino: Boring and pointless squash...

Foley/Edge segment: This was excellent.

Another weak show. Some stuff was good but the second hour was still bad outside of the final segment and the storyline progression was still really boring.

Grade: C-

8/8/08 Smackdown

Natalya/Victoria/Maryse vs. Cherry/Maria/Michelle McCool: Very bad match where all the girls weared an outfit pertaining to an Olympic sport.

Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder vs. Jimmy Wang Yang/Shannon Moore: This wasn't their best match as it was very by the numbers...

Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin: This was probably the best match of the night...

Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling: Very boring segment.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jesse: Squash.

Brian Kendrick vs. Super Crazy: It was very short and was borderline squash although both tried to make it good.

Edge/Vickie/Chavo segment: This segment was awesome and the Edge/Undertaker build for Summerslam was 10 times better than their Wrestlemania build.

Despite the awesome closing segment this show was very dull. Not much in the way of good wrestling and the storyline progression was boring until the final segment.

Grade: D+

8/15/08 Smackdown

Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin: Good match despite the same screwy finish as last week.

Natalya/Maryse vs. Michelle McCool/Maria: Very boring women’s match.

Brian Kendrick vs. Scotty Goldman: Goldman AKA Colt Cabana gets squashed in a very unspectacular debut.

HHH vs. Kenny Dykstra: Another squash match and Khali interferes after the match and fails.

Big Show vs. Ryan Braddock: ANOTHER squash match.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Festus: This was Kozlov’s best match so far although that isn’t saying much. The finish was very cool though.

Edge/Vickie segment: This was probably even MORE awesome than last week. Great stuff.

Outside of the beginning and end this was all boring and much of it didn’t have much of a point either.

Grade: D+

9/5/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty good...

R-Truth vs. Bam Neely: Truth carried this one quite well...

Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP: Short but good...

Maryse vs. Maria: Boring...

Jeff Hardy vs. Brian Kendrick: Just like Shelton/MVP...

Super Crazy vs. Ryan Braddock: Decent but WAY too short and Crazy's made to look like an afterthought as Kozlov comes down, attacks him, and delivers a promo.

Victoria vs. Brie Bella: Not a great match.

HHH vs. Great Khali lumberjack match: BAD main event match.

Not much of a show as the storyline progression was boring, the wrestling wasn’t that great, and some of the booking sucked like Kozlov getting a main event push and Victoria jobbing to Brie Bella.

Grade: C-

9/12/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: Wasn't bad...

Maryse/Victoria/Natalya vs. Michelle McCool/Maria/Brie Bella: Pretty bad match.

R-Truth vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid until the confusing ending.

Festus vs. Kenny Dykstra: Nothing match with Jesse and Festus wrapping Kenny in bubble wrap and wheeling him out of the arena.

Big Show/Vickie segment: Boring...

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Funaki/Scotty Goldman: Boring squash...

Carlito/Primo vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: Not bad... the Colons teaming after Primo verbally attacked Carlito a few weeks ago on Raw makes no sense though.

Jeff Hardy vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Brian Kendrick: Pretty good main event and Jeff gets a shot at HHH’s title.

Another boring show… wrestling was only average at best, the storyline progression was once again really boring, and some of the stuff was either pointless or made no sense.

Grade: C-

9/19/08 Smackdown

Michelle McCool vs. Maryse: Boring divas title match...

Festus vs. Ryan Braddock: Exact same stuff as last week with Jesse/Festus wrapping Braddock in bubble wrap and wheeling him out of the arena.

R-Truth vs. Shelton Benjamin: Pretty good and R-Truth gets a US title shot...

Jeff Hardy vs. Brian Kendrick: Good match...

Carlito's Cabana: Okay at best...

Great Khali vs. Scotty Goldman: Boring squash match...

HHH vs. MVP: Solid main event...

Another weak show for the blue brand. The stuff from Truth, Shelton, Jeff, Kendrick, MVP, and HHH was good as usual but the rest was the usual Smackdown.

Grade: C-

9/26/08 Smackdown

HHH/Jeff Hardy vs. MVP/Brian Kendrick: Really good opening match.

Shelton Benjamin/R-Truth promo: This advanced NOTHING. "What's up?"? That’s all R-Truth said.

Maria/Brie Bella vs. Victoria/Natalya: Not that good...

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Great Khali: Boring...

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Decent but really pointless too...

Carlito/Primo Colon vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: Solid match but the Colons teaming after Primo verbally attacked Carlito a few weeks ago on Raw makes no sense.

Undertaker/Vickie segment: Very boring.

VERY boring Smackdown that once again lacked in quality matches, and was once again loaded with boring storytelling.

Grade: D+

10/17/08 Smackdown

Big Show demonstration segment: Outside of the promos it was very boring… the stipulations demonstrated were ridiculously simple.

Colons vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: This was a step down from their previous matches as the lesser half of the heels (Hawkins) was wrestling most of the match.

R-Truth vs. MVP: Pretty good match.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Super Crazy: Just a squash to establish Ezekiel.

Undertaker vs. Great Khali: Was about to be on par with their overrated LMS match two years ago until the non-finish.

Las Vegas pole match: Very bad match for #1 contendership to the Divas title.

Jesse/Festus vs. Kenny Dykstra/Ryan Braddock: Very boring filler match.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jeff Hardy: An extended squash main event that furthered Kozlov’s main event push.

The wrestling wasn’t good and R-Truth/MVP was the only redeemable part of the show.

Grade: D

10/31/08 Smackdown

Carlito/Primo Colon vs. John Morrison/Miz: Pretty good...

Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Brian Kendrick: Decent match, bad ending.

Khali kiss cam: Boring segment.

Kane/MVP/Mark Henry vs. Rey Mysterio/Hardy Boyz: This was good...

HHH/Kozlov segment: Boring... typical face HHH promo.

Victoria/Natalya/Maryse vs. Maria/Michelle McCool/Brie Bella: Boring...

Undertaker vs. Chavo Guerrero casket match: Very weak main event.

Pretty weak show… okay matches but boring storyline progression once again and the feuds weren’t exactly interesting.

Grade: C-

11/7/08 Smackdown

VIP Lounge/Kiss Cam: This was a pretty boring segment to start the show.

Shelton Benjamin vs. R-Truth: Pretty good US title match.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Just a squash to establish Ezekiel.

HHH/Jeff Hardy vs. John Morrison/Miz: Pretty good tag team match.

Big Show promo: Very boring… another casket match?

Great Khali vs. MVP: Khali absolutely squashes MVP.

Brie Bella vs. Victoria: A very dull and boring match.

Undertaker vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Decent match until Jeff Hardy attacked Kozlov, giving him the title shot. Very bad booking when Jeff wanted another title shot in the storyline.

A few decent matches but boring segments and the terrible booking of the main event means this show is below average.

Grade: D+

12/5/08 Smackdown

Edge vs. Kung Fu Naki: Squash and the segment afterwards was boring as well.

Michelle McCool vs. Maria: This match was really bad..

MVP vs. Hurricane: Solid match but MVP’s losing streak continues. Ugh…

Tag Team Gauntlet: HHH and Jeff beat Hawkins and Ryder in a glorified squash and then get counted out against Miz and Morrison. It was okay but it still felt like late 2006.

Matt Hardy vs. Chavo Guerrero: Decent match.

Khali kiss cam: Boring…

Undertaker vs. Big Show: This cage match did not undergo the big man vs. big man rule as this was really good actually.

Some of the matches on this show were good but the show was pretty boring overall and I wasn’t fond of the directions they were going in either.

Grade: C-

12/26/08 Smackdown

Opening segment: First half was good... after Chavo came out it started sucking bad. Vickie is fat jokes?

HHH vs. Chavo Guerrero: Completely pointless squash...

Shelton Benjamin vs. Hurricane: Good match but bad booking.

Carlito vs. Brian Kendrick: Decent albeit short.

Maryse vs. Michelle McCool: Pretty bad Divas title match and Maryse wins it from Michelle.

Great Khali vs. MVP: Squash... Khali even pinned MVP with his foot on his chest.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Squash...

Jeff Hardy vs. Big Show: This was pretty boring and had a countout finish. Very anticlimactic.

Very bad show as the matches were mostly bad and the booking was even worse.

Grade: D

1/2/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Awful from start to finish and the worst HHH promo ever. Vickie nude pictures? He took off the action figure's clothes?

Great Khali/Finlay vs. Curt Hawkins/Zack Ryder: A VERY pointless squash.

Jesse/Festus vs. Brian Kendrick/Ezekiel Jackson: Decent tag match, nothing special.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Hurricane: Absolute squash.

Shelton promo: Undertaker chokeslammed him for no reason.

Michelle/Eve segment: Very good segment.

Kizarny vs. MVP: Pretty bad match.

Edge promo: Decent but the stupidity of Vickie Guerrero nude pictures hurt this.

Hardy Boyz vs. Edge/Big Show: This was pretty good although having Edge get pinned instead of Big Show didn't really work.

Another terrible Smackdown filled with bad matches and confusing booking.

Grade: D+

1/16/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Absolutely terrible with HHH mentioning nude photos of Vickie.

Jack Swagger/Mark Henry vs. Finlay/Matt Hardy: Solid match.

R-Truth vs. Brian Kendrick: Solid match.

Big Show vs. MVP: Good LMS match to finally end MVP's losing streak.

Michelle McCool vs. Victoria: Victoria's last WWE match and it was good.

Cutting Edge: Good Edge/Jeff promo exchange with pyro going off in Hardy's face at the end. Interesting...

Very good show.

Grade: A-

1/30/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Really good Matt Hardy promo explaining his heel turn.

R-Truth vs. Brian Kendrick: Decent match.

MVP vs. Chavo Guerrero: Decent match.

Umaga vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Squash.

Undertaker vs. Mark Henry: Not a great match.

Edge promo: This one was pretty annoying.

Big Show vs. Festus: Bad match.

HHH vs. Great Khali vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Bad main event.

Not a great show. Nothing really happened at all and the wrestling quality was substandard.

Grade: D+

2/6/09 Smackdown

Battle royal: Solid except for Kozlov qualifying for the Elimination Chamber.

Hardy promo: Very good with him destroying Gregory Helms.

Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP: Solid match.

John Morrison/Miz/Brian Kendrick vs. Colons/R-Truth: Good match.

Michelle McCool vs. Eve Torres: Bad match.

Umaga vs. Kung Fu Naki: Squash.

Edge/Big Show vs. HHH/Undertaker: Solid main event.

Much better show than the last several months' worth, as it was focused on long matches rather than squashes and filler.

Grade: B

2/13/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent Edge/Big Show promo exchange outside of Vickie.

MVP vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.

John Morrison/Miz vs. Colons: Solid match.

Hardy promo: Very good promo on Matt Hardy from Jeff.

R-Truth vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Decent match because it got time and Truth caried this well.

Michelle McCool vs. Maria: Bad match.

HHH vs. Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Solid main event outside of the non-finish.

Another good show.

Grade: B+

2/20/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good Edge/Jeff promo exchange that made the main event.

Michelle McCool/Maryse vs. Eve Torres/Maria: Bad match.

Shelton Benjamin/Chavo Guerrero vs. MVP: Solid match.

HHH interview: Very solid interview where he gives his thoughts on Orton's actions.

Umaga vs. Scotty Goldman: Squash.

Kozlov promo: Very bad promo that makes Kozlov vs. HBK or JBL on Raw.

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy: Good main event.

Another good show.

Grade: B-

2/27/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very bad Cena/Vickie promo exchange.

Colons vs. John Morrison/Miz: Good tag title match with the Colons retaining.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Undertaker: Solid match outside of Kozlov pinning Undertaker cleanly. Terrible.

Matt/Jeff promo exchange: Very good as expected.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.

John Cena vs. Big Show: Bad main event.

Another solid show.

Grade: B-

3/6/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Undertaker promo on HBK.

Matt Hardy vs. MVP: Solid match with MVP getting into the MITB match.

Maryse vs. Eve Torres: Bad match.

Edge/Big Show contract signing: It was actually about to be signed until Cena destroyed the heels and whispered something in Vickie's ear. Thank God as Edge/Big Show is hardly a WM match.

Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin: Good match with Shelton getting in the MITB match.

HHH vs. Umaga: Good main event until Orton and Legacy beat down HHH.

Another good show for Smackdown.

Grade: B

3/13/09 Smackdown

Edge vs. Kofi Kingston: Solid opener.

Colons vs. John Morrison/Miz: Good match.

R-Truth/MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin/Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.

Matt/Jeff promo: As good as usual.

Michelle McCool/Maryse vs. Maria/Melina: Bad match.

Finlay vs. Brian Kendrick: Decent match with Finlay getting in the MITB match.

Undertaker vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Solid main event with Taker thankfully getting his win back.

Very good show.

Grade: A-

3/20/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Solid HHH promo on Orton.

HHH vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Bad match with HHH getting his win back, like Undertaker did last week.

MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin: Solid match with MVP winning the US title.

Shawn Michaels vs. Kane: Solid match.

Jeff Hardy vs. Brian Kendrick: Good Extreme Rules match.

Undertaker vs. JBL: Solid match.

Final segment: Very bad Cena/Edge/Big Show promo exchange.

Solid show once again though the final segment was typical Cena.

Grade: B

3/27/09 Smackdown

Kane/Christian/Finlay/Shelton Benjamin vs. MVP/CM Punk/Kofi Kingston/Mark Henry: Not a great opener.

Big Show vs. Jesse/Festus: Squash.

Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.

Cena/Big Show promo: Your typical Cena promo.

Matt Hardy vs. R-Truth: Solid match.

Carlito/Primo/Brie Bella vs. John Morrison/Miz/Nikki Bella: Solid match.

Maryse vs. Michelle McCool: Bad Divas title match until Gail Kim returns and attacks both. A bit bizarre considering that her vignettes stopped airing a few weeks ago.

Final segment: Very good HBK promo until Undertaker goozled him for the chokeslam.

Very mediocre episode compare to the last couple months. The show just dragged.

Grade: C

4/10/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Awesome segment.

Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston: Decent match.

Great Khali vs. Santino Marella: Squash...

Gail Kim vs. Michelle McCool: Solid match.

Edge/Cena promo: Great segment.

Colons vs. Legacy: Solid match.

Orton promo: Decent.

Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy stretcher match: Great match.

Awesome show.

Grade: A

4/17/09 Smackdown

Jeff Hardy vs. Big Show: Solid match...

Khali kiss cam: Worse than usual because it hyped the edition at the PPV with "Santina".

Maryse vs. Gail Kim: Decent at best.

R-Truth vs. John Morrison: Solid match.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Undertaker: Great match.

MVP vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.

Batista vs. Ted DiBiase: Bad main event.

Solid show.

Grade: B

4/24/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Great Edge promo.

Matt Hardy/Kane vs. CM Punk/Jeff Hardy: Really good match.

Big Show vs. Undertaker: This was nothing but punches pretty much...

Maryse vs. Gail Kim: Good match.

MVP vs. Chavo Guerrero: Decent match.

Batista/Shane McMahon vs. Legacy: Bad main event.

Decent show.

Grade: B

5/1/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Really good.

John Morrison vs. Shelton Benjamin: Good match despite Morrison having no reason for the sudden face turn.

Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho elimination match: Great match.

Layla/Eve danceoff: Boring and really pointless...

MVP vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match despite the MVP/The View stuff.

Edge vs. CM Punk: Great match.

Great show. Lots of good wrestling and the only bad part was Layla/Eve.

Grade: A

5/8/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty good.

R-Truth vs. Mike Knox: Decent because Truth was there to carry it.

Michelle McCool vs. Gail Kim: Solid match.

John Morrison vs. Charlie Haas: Good match.

CM Punk vs. Edge: Good match though not as good as the previous week.

Layla/Eve arm wrestling: Boring...

Dolph Ziggler vs. Great Khali: Boring...

Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho: Great match.

Good show. Not as good as last week as the Layla/Eve stuff AND Ziggler/Khali dragged the show down a bit but still full of really good matches.

Grade: B+

5/15/09 Smackdown

John Morrison/CM Punk vs. WGTT: Great match.

Edge/Jericho segment: Really good.

Jeff Hardy vs. Ricky Ortiz: Complete squash.

Hardy promo: Decent at best... good writing but Jeff's really bad on the mic.

Gail Kim/Melina vs. Michelle McCool/Alicia Fox: Solid match.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Jimmy Wang Yang: Decent match though the winner was obvious from the start.

R-Truth vs. Mike Knox: Same as last week but with the face winning instead.

Edge vs. Chris Jericho: Great match and aftermath.

Really good show. Great storyline progression and only the stupid Hardy/Ortiz squash (did Hardy even NEED it?) sucked.

Grade: A

5/22/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Pretty good.

Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas/Ricky Ortiz vs. John Morrison/Cryme Tyme: Good whenever Ortiz wasn't in it.

Michelle McCool vs. Gail Kim: Solid match.

Rey interview: Really good.

Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk: Good match.

Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth: Solid match.

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy: Great match.

Good show. A show with no bad parts obviously gets a perfect score.

Grade: A

6/5/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Really good.

Shelton Benjamin vs. John Morrison: Good match.

Jericho/R-Truth segment: Solid but it was one of those "one thing isn't like the other" moments. Truth hardly had anything going for him at the time.

Chris Jericho vs. R-Truth: Solid match.

CM Punk vs. Umaga: Good match.

Melina/Gail Kim/Eve Torres vs. Michelle McCool/Layla/Alicia Fox: solid match.

The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler: Boring...

Rey Mysterio vs. Edge: Great match.

Another really good show. Great storyline progression, good matches, and only Khali/ziggler really sucked.

Grade: A

6/12/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Really good.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Great Khali: Boring...

Eve Torres/Melina vs. Layla/Michelle McCool: Good because the two girls whose names start with "m" were THAT good in this match.

John Morrison/R-Truth vs. WGTT: Solid match.

Jericho promo: Great promo with Rey's mask in his hand.

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho: Great match.

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy: Really good though not as good as the match before it.

Really good show despite the broadcast being in poor quality (everything was in slow motion).

Grade: A

6/19/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Great segment.

Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho: Decent at best because it was pretty short.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Great Khali: Boring...

Melina vs. Alicia Fox: Very sloppy match and the attack by Michelle bumps it up a bit.

Edge/Morrison promo: Very good.

Edge vs. John Morrison: Great match.

Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Haas/Ricky Ortiz vs. R-Truth/Cryme Tyme: Decent at best.

Jericho/Mysterio promo: Great segment.

Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk: Good match.

Solid show. Although this was a better broadcast than last week the show itself was a slight step down with Khali/Dolph and Melina/Alicia being weak matches.

Grade: B+

6/26/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent at best.

R-Truth vs. Shelton Benjamin: Good match.

Michelle McCool/Alicia Fox vs. Melina/Gail Kim: Solid match.

John Morrison vs. CM Punk: Great match.

Jeff Hardy/Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho/Edge: Great cage match.

Awesome show. Some solid PPV build and no bad parts mean the obvious.

Grade: A

7/3/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good Punk/Hardy promo exchange.

Finlay vs. Ricky Ortiz: Squash.

Dolph Ziggler vs. R-Truth: Pretty good match.

Kane vs. Rey Mysterio: Good match.

Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty: Decent tag match.

Maria/Melina vs. Michelle McCool/Layla: Not a great match.

Edge/Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk/Jeff Hardy: Good main event.

Another good show.

Grade: B+

7/10/09 Smackdown

Kane vs. Jeff Hardy: Good opening match.

Dolph Ziggler vs. John Morrison: Good match.

Melina/Eve Torres vs. Michelle McCool/Layla: Not a great match.

Great Khali vs. CM Punk: Bad match.

Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty: Decent tag match.

Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho: Excellent main event.

Decent show.

Grade: B

7/17/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Excellent Punk/Hardy promo exchange.

CM Punk vs. John Morrison: Very good match.

Layla/Ortiz dance off: Complete filler segment.

Kane vs. R-Truth: Decent match.

Hart Dynasty/Natalya vs. Cryme Tyme/Eve Torres: Decent match.

Jericho/Edge segment: Good promo exchange that set up a Jericho/Edge feud when Edge returns.

Chris Jericho/Dolph Ziggler vs. Jeff Hardy/Rey Mysterio: Very good main event.

Another good show.

Grade: B+

7/24/09 Smackdown

Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho: Very good opening match.

Great Khali vs. Mike Knox: Very bad match.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Finlay: Solid match.

Hardy/Punk segment: Very good promo exchange between the two.

Eve Torres vs. Natalya: Decent match.

R-Truth vs. Charlie Haas: Decent match.

CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio: Very good main event.

Another good show.

Grade: B+

7/31/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Hardy promo that announced the main event.

Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty: Good match with Cryme Tyme becoming #1 contenders to the tag titles and having a good promo exchenge with Jericho and Big Show afterwards.

Michelle McCool/Layla vs. Eve Torres/Melina: Not a great match.

Dolph Ziggler/Mike Knox vs. Finlay/Rey Mysterio: Good match.

Great Khali vs. Charlie Haas: Squash.

Jeff Hardy vs. John Morrison: Very good main event with Punk turning full heel afterwards.

Good show once again.

Grade: B+

8/7/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Great Punk promo that made the main event.

John Morrison vs. Tyson Kidd: Really good match.

Charlie Haas vs. Slam Master J: Bad match.

R-Truth vs. Finlay vs. Mike Knox vs. Dolph Ziggler: Really good match.

Chris Jericho vs. JTG: Solid match.

Great Khali vs. Ricky Ortiz: Squash.

CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy: Great match, great attack on Jeff afterwards by Punk.

Very good show with lots of solid wrestling.

Grade: B+

8/14/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: Typical Punk promo... not that it was bad though because it was anything but bad.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Finlay: Good match and the stuff afterwards was pretty good with Mike Knox giving Finlay a backbreaker on the steel steps.

John Morrison vs. CM Punk: Great match as expected.

Melina vs. Layla: Boring...

Big Show vs. JTG: Boring...

Jeff Hardy vs. Hart Dynasty: A handicap main event that was actually quite good.

Solid show.

Grade: B

8/21/09 Smackdown

Rey Mysterio/Cryme Tyme vs. Chris Jericho/Big Show/Dolph Ziggler: Good match.

Kane/Khali segment: Boring...

Mike Knox vs. Finlay: Solid match.

Punk/Hardy segment: Great as soon as Punk showed up.

Melina/Maria vs. Layla/Natalya: Not that good and sloppy at points.

CM Punk/Hart Dynasty vs. John Morrison/Hardy Boyz: Great match.

Really good show.

Grade: B

8/28/09 Smackdown

Opening segment: AWESOME Punk promo that ended up making the main event.

John Morrison/Matt Hardy vs. Hart Dynasty: Solid match.

McIntyre/R-Truth segment: Not a great segment.

Melina vs. Layla: Not a great match as usual.

Rey Mysterio vs. Kane: Solid match.

Cryme Tyme vs. Chris Jericho/Big Show: Decent match and I don't really count the Jericho/Shad match as it didn't have a pinfall/submission result and turned into this match.

Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk cage match: Great match and the stuff afterwards was great in that it got Jeff to say goodbye to his fans and put Punk over big time.

Great show.

Grade: B

2/18/11 Smackdown

12 man tag: Good match but Edge uses the spear, which is banned, to beat Dolph. Vickie comes out, strips Edge of the title, gives it to Dolph, and fires Edge.

Layla/Maryse vs. Eve Torres/Beth Phoenix: Okay match.

Kofi Kingston vs. Miz: Solid match.

Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov vs. Justin Gabriel/Heath Slater: Bad match.

Vickie/Teddy promo: Very bad with Teddy rehiring Edge and making Dolph defend his title next.

Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent match though Edge regains his title, rushing the storyline and making all this pointless. Dolph's fired from Smackdown too.

Pretty bad show, with odd pacing, bad booking, and constant bragging about this being their 600th episode, like they were begging for Hollywood to accept them.

Grade: D

2/25/11 Smackdown

Rey Mysterio vs. Kane: Solid opener.

Rey/Dusty/Cody segment: This was awesome with Dusty telling Cody to apologize to Rey, only for Cody to beat him down instead.

Layla vs. Rosa Mendes: Complete nothing match.

Jack Swagger vs. Kofi Kingston: Extended squash of the IC champ.

Big Show vs. Wade Barrett: Bad match.

Drew McIntyre/Vickie Guerrero vs. Edge/Kelly Kelly: Not a great main event with the faces winning, and Vickie gets "fired" from Smackdown.

Outside of the first half hour this show was very boring.

Grade: D+

3/4/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very solid Edge promo.

Edge vs. Drew McIntyre: Solid match.

Cody promo: Not as good as last week but still very good.

Santino Marella/Vladimir Kozlov vs. Heath Slater/Justin gabriel: Not a great match.

Undertaker promo: Very good promo on HHH in his return to Smackdown.

Beth Phoenix/Rosa Mendes vs. LayCool: Bad match.

Big Show vs. Kane: All angle to turn Kane face once again. Meh.

Cole promo: Your typical Cole promo, and it's silly to hype a former wold champ as the trainer of an announcer.

Jack Swagger vs. JTG: Squash.

Final segment: Decent Edge/ADR contract signing.

Decent show until the divas match, then it all fell apart.

Grade: C

3/11/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Solid Edge/ADR promo exchange.

Kane/Big Show vs. Wade Barrett/Heath Slater: Bad match that was originally supposed to be Kane/Barrett.

Cody Rhodes vs. JTG: Squash.

Cole/Cena promo: This was actually decent because serious Cena showed up.

Layla vs. Kaitlyn: Squash.

Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre: Solid match.

HHH promo: Your typical HHH promo pretty much.

Edge/Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio/Brodus Clay: Average main event.

Very boring show, as the in-ring action was weak and there was lots of talking.

Grade: C-

5/6/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Christian promo that made the main event.

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan: Very good match.

Cody promo: A very good heel promo on the crowd.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Big Show: Bad match.

Layla vs. Alicia Fox: Squash.

Sin Cara vs. Tyson Kidd: Solid match.

Randy Orton vs. Christian: Very good main event, but Orton won the title five days after Christian won it. Terrible booking.

A good show that's most remembered for WWE trolling the smarks in the main event.

Grade: B+

5/13/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good segment that made the main event.

Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan: Very good match.

Cole/Layla segment: Very bad segment with Cole burying the Divas until Kharma came out.

Kane vs. Wade Barrett: Very boring match.

Khali Kiss Cam: Boring segment that advanced the Jinder Mahal angle.

Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase: Not a great match and it was heel vs. heel.

Christian/Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry/Sheamus: Very solid main event.

Not a great show as the middle portion is very skippable.

Grade: C-

5/20/11 Smackdown

Christian vs. Sheamus: Very good match.

Brie Bella vs. Natalya: Very short and dull match.

Ezekiel promo: Not a great promo.

Ezekiel Jackson/Big Show/Kane vs. Corre: Very boring match.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Daniel Bryan: Decent match though Bryan not being allowed to beat Chavo is questionable booking.

Ted DiBiase vs. Trent Barreta: Squash.

Great Khali vs. Jey Uso: Squash.

Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry: Not a great main event.

Very boring show.

Grade: D

5/27/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good promo exchange that made the main event.

Sin Cara vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match.

Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes: Solid match.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Heath Slater: Squash until the rest of the Corre attacks Ezekiel.

Kane vs. Great Khali: Bad match.

Alicia Fox/Tamina vs. Kaitlyn/AJ: Not a great match.

Sheamus vs. Christian vs. Mark Henry: Solid main event.

First hour was good, second hour sucked except for the main event.

Grade: B

6/3/11 Smackdown

Christian vs. Mark Henry: Solid match and a good Christian promo afterwards.

Tamina/Alicia Fox vs. AJ/Kaitlyn: Not a great match.

Jinder Mahal vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Wade Barrett: Bad match.

Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase: Solid match.

Randy Orton vs. Sheamus: Very good main event.

Another decent, but unspectacular Smackdown. The IC title feud and the undercard just aren't working.

Grade: B-

6/10/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good Christian promo that turned him heel.

Ezekiel Jackson/Usos vs. Corre: Bad match.

Jinder Mahal vs. Trent Barreta: Squash.

AJ vs. Tamina: Decent match.

Orton promo: Very good promo exchange with Christian.

Daniel Bryan/Sin Cara vs. Ted DiBiase/Cody Rhodes: Solid tag match that was originally Cara vs. DiBiase.

Randy Orton vs. Sheamus: Very good No DQ match.

Solid show but nothing spectacular again.

Grade: B

6/17/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good promo exchange that made the main event.

Wade Barrett/Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase vs. Sin Cara/Daniel Bryan/Ezekiel Jackson: Pretty decent match.

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Jinder Mahal: Squash.

Big Show promo: Show basically mentions that ADR could be at the show, then Teddy Long comes out and ays that nothing can happen between Show and ADR or else he and Show will lose their jobs.

Big Show vs. Mark Henry: No match as it was an angle.

Alicia Fox/Rosa Mendes/Tamina vs. AJ/Kaitlyn/Natalya: Not a good match.

Usos vs. Justin Gabriel/Heath Slater: Decent match.

ADR promo: Very dull promo until Big Show comes out and ADR escapes through the crowd.

Sheamus vs. Christian: Very good main event.

Very weak go-home show. Way too much filler.

Grade: C-

6/24/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Christian/Long promo exchange that made the main event.

Sin Cara vs. Ted DiBiase: Solid match.

Daniel Bryan vs. Cody Rhodes: Solid match with a great promo exchange between them before the match.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Wade Barrett: Bad match with Ezekiel retaining the title.

Heath Slater/Justin Gabriel vs. Usos: Decent match, but filler.

Jinder Mahal vs. Yoshi Tatsu: All angle.

Kane vs. Christian: Solid match.

Kane/Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry/Christian: Solid main event.

Very good show.

Grade: A-

7/1/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good Christian/Teddy segment that made the main event.

Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry: Not a great match.

Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase: Solid match.

Christian vs. Sin Cara: Very good match.

Cody Rhodes vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Bad match.

Kane vs. Wade Barrett: Solid match.

Final segment: Very good Christian/Orton contract signing.

Another very good episode of Smackdown.

Grade: B

7/8/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good promo exchange involving the MITB participants and Christian.

Daniel Bryan/Ezekiel Jackson vs. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Solid match.

Jinder Mahal vs. Trent Barreta: Squash.

AJ vs. Tamina: Decent match.

Mark Henry vs. Kane: Bad match.

Sin Cara vs. Tyson Kidd: Solid match.

Usos vs. Justin Gabriel/Heath Slater: Decent match.

Randy Orton vs. Sheamus: Solid main event.

Another good show.

Grade: B+

7/15/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Orton/Christian promo exchange.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Ted DiBiase: Not a great match.

Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan: Very good match.

Sheamus vs. Sin Cara: Decent match.

Big Show/Mark Henry promo: This was pretty solid.

Kelly Kelly vs. Rosa Mendes: Squash.

Justin Gabriel vs. Heath Slater: Decent match.

Randy Orton vs. Kane: Decent main event.

Solid show again.

Grade: B

7/22/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very solid promo that made the first match.

Christian vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Decent match.

Bryan promo: Very good promo that put over his MITB win until Slater interrupted him.

Daniel Bryan vs. Heath Slater: Solid match.

Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett: This was basically an angle that turned Sheamus face.

Randy Orton vs. Kane: Very good streetfight main event.

Very good show.

Grade: A

7/29/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good HHH/Christian promo exchange.

Christian vs. John Morrison: Solid match.

Barrett/Bryan promo: Very good promo exchange between them.

AJ/Kaitlyn/Natalya vs. Alicia Fox/Tamina/Rosa Mendes: Bad match.

Mark Henry vs. Bobby Howard: Squash.

Usos vs. David Otunga/Michael McGillicutty: Bad match.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Bad match.

Randy Orton vs. R-Truth: Decent main event.

Very mediocre show, especially in the second hour, with too much focus on Raw wrestlers at times.

Grade: C

8/12/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Solid HHH/Christian promo exchange.

Sheamus vs. Christian: Decent match.

Divas Of Doom vs. AJ/Kaitlyn: Squash.

Sin Cara vs. Tyson Kidd: Decent match.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Daniel Bryan: Decent match but Bryan tapping in 5 minutes is bad booking.

Cody Rhodes vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Bad match with Cody winning the IC title.

Mark Henry vs. Johnny Curtis: After months of vignettes, Curtis gets squashed in his debut.

Randy Orton vs. Great Khali: Bad main event.

Very mediocre and poorly booked Smackdown.

Grade: C-

12/9/11 Smackdown

Wade Barrett vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Very boring match.

Bryan/Cole segment: Very good promo exchange that resulted in Cody attacking Bryan, and resulting in a math between them later.

Zack Ryder vs. Heath Slater: Squash.

Ted DiBiase vs. Jinder Mahal: Very dull match.

Henry/Big Show segment: Very good promo exchange that results in Big Show destroying Henry's ankle.

Sheamus vs. David Otunga: Squash.

Cody Rhodes vs. Daniel Bryan: very good match.

Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler: Very good main event with Orton winning and thus choosing the stipulation for his match with Barrett at TLC, a tables match.

Very average show. Each good part was followed up with a squash pretty much.

Score: Grade: C

12/30/11 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Booker/Cody/Dustin promo exchange that hyped next week's Booker/Cody IC title match.

Ted DiBiase vs. Jinder Mahal: Very dull match.

Tamina/Natalya vs. Alicia Fox/Kaitlyn: Bad match that had Tamina turn face after the match.

Justin Gabriel vs. Hunico: Decent match though way too short.

Big Show vs. David Otunga: Squash.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. Drew McIntyre: Very boring match.

Sheamus/Hornswoggle/Slater segment: Very bad promo exchange between the three.

Sheamus vs. Heath Slater: Pretty good match.

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett: Very good Falls Count Anywhere match.

Very boring show. Loads of filler.

Grade: C-

1/6/12 Smackdown

Booker T vs. Cody Rhodes: Very good IC title match with Cody retaining.

Hornswoggle vs. Heath Slater: Very bad over the top rope challenge with Hornswoggle winning it.

Ted DiBiase vs. Hunico: Decent match.

Barrett/Sheamus/Jinder segment: Good promo exchange between Barrett and Sheamus until Jinder came out. Nobody would take a Sheamus/Jinder feud seriously after all of Jinder's losses over the last several months.

Santino Marella vs. Drew McIntyre: Very dull match.

Air Boom vs. Primo/Epico: Very good match.

Tamina vs. Natalya: squash.

Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan: Pretty good main event.

Average show bordering on decent. Booker/Cody was very good as was the tag match and main event, but stuff like Hornswoggle/Slater, Natalya getting squashed, and Jinder feuding with Sheamus almost cancel it out.

Grade: C+

1/13/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Bryan/Henry promo exchange that made next week's main event.

Justin Gabriel vs. Heath Slater: Solid filler match.

Cody Rhodes vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Not a great match.

Ted DiBiase vs. Drew McIntyre: Very dull match.

Sheamus vs. Jinder Mahal: Another dull match.

David Otunga vs. Santino Marella: Very bad filler match.

Brodus Clay vs. Tyson Kidd: Squash.

Tamina vs. Natalya: Squash.

Barrett promo: Pretty good promo that had him challenge Sheamus next week.

Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show: Pretty good main event with a good closing angle with Show accidentally shouderblocking AJ.

VERY boring show outside of the main event stuff. The whole middle of the show was either filler or a squash.

Grade: C-

1/27/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good Show/Bryan/Henry promo exchange that made the main event.

Cody Rhodes vs. Justin Gabriel: Very rushed match.

Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre: Another rushed match.

Primo/Epico vs. Santino Marella/Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett: No match as Orton RKO'ed all the Smackdown jobbers.

Hunico vs. Ted DiBiase: ANOTHER rushed match.

Brodus Clay vs. Alex Riley: Squash.

Natalya vs. Aksana: Natalya loses in 5 SECONDS.

Big Show vs. Mark Henry: Big Show wins this match before it starts as he's declared the winner after the commercial break.

Terrible go-home Smackdown... not one good match, bad Rumble build, and other stuff not mentioned here such as replaying the entire Kane/Ryder match from Raw and having Natalya FART in a backstage skit. Yeah...

Grade: F

2/17/12 Smackdown

Big Show/Great Khali vs. Cody Rhodes/Wade Barrett: Bad match.

Ted DiBiase vs. Hunico: Decent match but very repetitive.

Usos vs. Primo/Epico: Solid match.

Bryan promo: Pretty good promo.

Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus: Decent match.

Jinder Mahal vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Bad match.

Alicia Fox/Tamina Snuka vs. Natalya/Beth Phoenix: Not a great match.

Battle royal: Typical battle royal until Santino won and became part of the Elimination chamber match.

Very average go-home Smackdown.

Grade: C

2/21/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Solid Sheamus/Bryan/Miz promo exchange that made the opening match.

Sheamus vs. Miz: Very average match.

 Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler/Jack Swagger: Decent match.

Great Khali vs. Drew McIntyre: Squash.

Mark Henry vs. Big Show: Not a great match.

Ezekiel Jackson vs. David Otunga: Bad match.

Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk: Good main event.

For a "Super Smackdown", this show was very average.

Grade: C

3/16/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good promo exchange that made the opening match.

Kofi Kingston vs. David Otunga: Not a great match.

AJ vs. Nikki Bella: Not a great match.

Great Khali vs. Cody Rhodes: Another bad match.

Orton/Kane promo: Decent promo though the reason for the feud still screamed of a reason to get them on the WM card.

Big Show vs. Drew McIntyre: Squash.

Mark Henry vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.

Chris Jericho vs. Sheamus: Very good main event.

Very weak show outside of the beginning and end.

Grade: D+

3/23/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Sheamus/Bryan/AJ promo exchange.

Mark Henry vs. R-Truth: Squash.

AJ vs. Brie Bella: Not a great match.

Zack Ryder vs. Jack Swagger: Decent match.

Big Show vs. Kane: More of an angle than a match.

Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater: Squash.

Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler: Bad match.

CM Punk/Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan/Miz: Solid main event.

Another very weak Smackdown outside of the beginning and end.

Grade: D+

4/10/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Bad segment that resulted in Daniel Bryan/Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus/Gene Okerlund in the main event.

Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry: Not a great match.

Ryback vs. Benny Camer: Squash.

Usos vs. Heath Slater/Tyson Kidd: Decent but lacked any point except for Jimmy Hart getting the mandible claw.

Piper's Pit: Very good with Bryan and AJ as the guests.

Great Khali/Alicia Fox/Natalya vs. Drew McIntyre/Bella Twins: Bad match.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Hunico: Bad match.

Cody/Dusty/Big Show segment: A segment that failed to advance anything basically.

Daniel Bryan/Alberto Del Rio vs. Sheamus/Gene Okerlund: As expected, more of an angle than a match.

Very Raw-esque show. Only one decent match and LOTS of filler.

Grade: D

4/20/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Bryan/AJ promo.

AJ vs. Natalya: More of an angle than a match.

Brodus Clay vs. Hunico: Squash.

Darren Young/Titus O'Neil vs. Usos: Bad match.

Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio: Not a great match.

Ryback vs. Danny Lerman: Squash.

Daniel Bryan/Mark Henry/Cody Rhodes vs. Sheamus/Big Show/Randy Orton: Solid main event.

Another weak Smackdown outside of the beginning and end.

Grade: D

4/27/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good Bryan/ADR/Show promo exchange that led to the opening match.

Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio: Not a great match.

Alicia Fox vs. Nikki Bella: Bad match.

Darren Young/Titus O'Neil vs. Yoshi Tatsu/Ezekiel Jackson: Squash.

Orton promo: Average until Jinder Mahal came out and got RKO'ed.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Tyson Kidd: Squash.

Great Khali vs. Cody Rhodes: Bad match with Khali actually winning clean in two minutes.

Ryback vs. Jacob Kaye: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Mark Henry: Solid main event with a solid Sheamus/Bryan promo exchange to close the show.

Yet another Smackdown that was terrible in between the beginning and end.

Grade: D

5/4/12 Smackdown

Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan: Just an angle as ADR interferes a minute in.

Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Hunico/Camacho: Pretty solid tag title match.

Brodus Clay vs. Jack Swagger: Not a great match.

Damien Sandow vs. Derrick Bateman: No match as Sandow refuses to wrestle Bateman in his debut.

Ryback vs. Derrick Bateman: Squash.

Kane/Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show/Randy Orton: Decent match.

Layla vs. Natalya: Squash.

Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus: Very good main event.

Even with the main event, the middle of the show was still the typical pointless filler.

Grade: C-

5/11/12 Smackdown

Sheamus/Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho/Alberto Del Rio: Decent match that ended with a DQ.

AJ vs. Kaitlyn: Squash.

Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show: Not much of a match as it was an angle that had Laurinaitis ring the bell while Show was in Bryan's Yes Lock. Another rehash of the Montreal Screwjob...

Ryback vs. Heath Slater: Squash.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Alex Riley: Squash.

Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio: Not a great match and another screwy ending.

R-Truth vs. Jack Swagger: Decent match at best.

Darren Young/Titus O'Neil vs. Zack Ryder/Santino Marella: Bad match and bad use of the IC champ and a guy who got himself over without WWE's help, as O'Neil and Young win the match.

Brodus Clay vs. Hunico: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Chris Jericho: Solid main event, however it was the third screwy DQ ending between these guys on the show.

Very bad episode.

Grade: D

5/18/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very dull and pointless as Punk interupted Laurinaitis, despite not having anything to do with him for months lately.

R-Truth/Kofi Kingston vs. Darren Young/Titus O'Neil: Not a great match.

Damien Sandow vs. Yoshi Tatsu: No match as it was just a Sandow promo and beatdown.

Daniel Bryan vs. Zack Ryder: Squash.

CM Punk vs. Kane: Not a great match.

Santino Marella vs. Cody Rhodes: Santino wins with the Cobra in one minute.

Randy Orton vs. Sheamus: Solid main event though it took a while to get going.

Outside of the main event this was another bad show.

Grade: D+

6/1/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very bland Sheamus/ADR/Otunga promo.

Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater: Decent match.

Damien Sandow vs. Ezekiel Jackson: Squash.

Ryback vs. Ryan Shelton/Chris Lyons: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler: Good match.

Santino Marella/Zack Ryder vs. Darren Young/Titus O'Neil: Bad match and Santino and Ryder get attacked by Big Show afterwards. The US champ is used to put over another angle...

Cody Rhodes vs. Tyson Kidd: Squash.

CM Punk vs. Kane: Good main event.

Mediocre show.

Grade: C-

6/8/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very dull ADR/Sheamus promo that makes the first match.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Great Khali: Bad match.

Brodus Clay vs. Derrick Bateman: Squash.

Sin Cara vs. Drew McIntyre: Decent match.

Ryback vs. Kevin Mahoney/Tony Andrioti: Squash.

Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler: Very good match.

Hornswoggle/Cole/Sandow/Kidd segment: Very bad segment with Hornswoggle dressed as JR and built to what will be a squash next week.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Jimmy Uso: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Kane: Decent main event.

Way too much filler.

Grade: D+

6/15/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good promo exchange that made the opening match.

CM Punk/Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler/Daniel Bryan: Solid match.

Brodus Clay vs. Heath Slater: Squash.

Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox: Squash.

Laurinaitis/Big Show promo: This was pretty "meh".

Christian vs. Jack Swagger: Solid match.

Ryback vs. Ari Cohen/Mike Testa: Squash.

Damien Sandow vs. Tyson Kidd: Squash.

Cena/Laurinaitis promo: Very underwhelming promo exchange to close the show.

Another show full of filler matches.

Grade: D+

7/13/12 Smackdown ("Zackdown")

Opening segment: Decent Ryder/ADR promo that made the first match.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Sin Cara: Solid match.

Darren Young vs. Primo: Average match.

Christian/Santino Marella vs. Dolph Ziggler/Cody Rhodes: Solid match.

Big Show vs. Great Khali: Squash.

Ryback vs. Tyler Reks: Squash.

Damien Sandow vs. Justin Gabriel: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Chris Jericho: Very good main event.

Average show, as there was the usual filler.

Grade: C

8/24/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very dull Orton/ADR/Sheamus promo exchange.

Ryback vs. Jinder Mahal: Squash.

Layla vs. Alicia Fox: Squash.

Sin Cara vs. Heath Slater: Okay match.

Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent match.

Santino promo: Very lame with him asking the "cobra" why they weren't on the same page.

R-Truth/Kofi Kingston vs. Primo/Epico: Decent match.

Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio: Okay main event.

Very boring show with a focus on stale characters and a lot of filler.

Grade: D

9/7/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very boring ADR promo that made the main event.

Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes/Miz: Solid match.

Daniel Bryan vs. Zack Ryder: Decent match outside of the terrible finish with Ryder shaking Bryan's hand then getting put in the No Lock for the tapout. Ugh. This made Ryder look like a complete idiot.

Damien Sandow vs. Randy Orton: Solid match.

Usos vs. Primo/Epico vs. Prime Time Players: Decent though a bit rushed for a triple threat at under 5 minutes.

Wade Barrett vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.

Sheamus vs. David Otunga: Bad main event.

Very mediocre show full of filler, and Otunga in the main event?

Grade: C-

10/5/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent Sheamus/Big Show promo exchange.

Kofi Kingston/R-Truth vs. Prime Time Players: Okay match.

Ryback vs. Primo: Squash.

Layla vs. Alicia Fox: Solid match.

Wade Barrett vs. Jobber: Squash.

Miz vs. Sheamus: Average match with a screwy ending.

Del Rio/Orton/Otunga promo: Very mediocre and made the next match.

Kane/Daniel Bryan vs. Alberto Del Rio/David Otunga: Average match.

Big Show vs. Tensai: Not much of a match, with a screwy ending.

CM Punk vs. Dolph Ziggler: Good main event.

Very boring and pedestrian episode, with the only thing standing out being Punk/Ziggler.

Grade: D+

10/19/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Okay segment that made the next match.

Randy Orton vs. Miz: Average match.

Rhodes Scholars vs. Tyson Kidd/Justin Gabriel: Decent match.

Big Show/Dolph Ziggler vs. Team Hell No: Solid match.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Ted DiBiase: Squash.

Heath Slater vs. Brodus Clay: Bad match with Slater actually winning.

Layla vs. Natalya: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett: Solid lumberjack match.

Very dull show full of filler.

Grade: C-

10/26/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very dull Orton/ADR promo exchange.

Kane vs. Cody Rhodes: Okay match.

Miz vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett: Solid match.

Layla/Kaitlyn vs. Eve Torres/Aksana: Bad match.

Daniel Bryan vs. Damien Sandow: Solid match.

Final segment: Decent Big Show/Sheamus promo, mainly because of how serious it was and putting over the Brogue Kick.

Another weak Smackdown full of filler.

Grade: C-

12/7/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Typical contract signing faturing Big Show and Sheamus. Decent but typical.

Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan: Okay match.

Sandow promo: He asks an apprentice some questions until Miz came out, cut a joke on him, and left. Filler to get both on the show with Cody out.

Brodus Clay/Usos vs. 3MB: Bad match.

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett: Solid match.

Great Khali/Hornswoggle vs. Primo/Epico: Bad match and Hornswoggle pinned Epico.

Truth/Cesaro promo: This was decent.

Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio: Solid main event.

Average/mediocre show, as the first hour was full of filler and a Big Show match, and the second hour was better aside from the tag match.

Grade: C-

12/14/12 Smackdown

Big Show vs. R-Truth: Squash.

Rhodes Scholars vs. Usos: Decent match.

Sheamus/Big Show promo: This was okay outside of Big Show coming off as a cowardly heel.

Kaitlyn vs. Aksana: Bad match.

Miz TV: This was not good outside of The Shield.

Prime Time Players/Primo/Epico vs. Justin Gabriel/Tyson Kidd/Great Khali/Hornswoggle: Bad filler match.

Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio: Solid match.

Sheamus vs. Antonio Cesaro: Good main event.

Very dull show.

Grade: C-

12/28/12 Smackdown

Opening segment: Okay Sheamus/Big Show promo exchange.

Brodus Clay vs. Primo: Squash.

Kane/Daniel Bryan/Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett/Cody Rhodes/Damien Sandow: Solid match.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Zack Ryder: Decent match.

Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent match.

Sheamus vs. Brad Maddox: Squash.

Usos vs. Prime Time Players: Not a great match.

Big Show vs. Alberto Del Rio: Okay main event.

Okay show, with a lot of filler.

Grade: C-

1/4/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent promo exchange that made the main event.

Miz vs. Heath Slater: Not a great match.

Great Khali/Hornswoggle/Natalya vs. Primo/Epico/Rosa Mendes: Bad match.

Wade Barrett vs. Kofi Kingston: Decent IC title match with Barrett retaining.

Tamina Snuka vs. Layla: Solid match.

Sheamus/Randy Orton vs. Big Show/Antonio Cesaro: Decent main event.

Solid show.

Grade: B-

1/11/13 Smackdown

Opening segent: Okay Rock promo that resulted in him performing his finishers on Rhodes Scholars.

Randy Orton vs. Antonio Cesaro: Decent match, though way overdone.

Dolph Ziggler/AJ vs. Great Khali/Natalya: Bad match.

Sheamus vs. 3MB: Squash.

Team Hell No vs. Primetime Players: Squash.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show: Very good LMS match for the WHC with Del Rio retaining.

Outside of the main event it was a bad show.

Grade: D+

1/18/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: This was a decent "championship fiesta" outside of ADR and Sheamus suddenly getting along despite their feud MONTHS ago because they're faces now.

Kofi Kingston vs. Antonio Cesaro: Decent match.

Great Khali vs. Tensai: Squash.

Wade Barrett/Rhodes Scholars vs. Randy Orton/Team Hell No: Decent match, though quite formulaic.

Miz vs. Primo: Not a great match.

Alberto Del Rio/Sheamus vs. Big Show/Dolph Ziggler: Decent main event.

Okay show, though very middling.

Grade: C

1/25/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Your typical promo exchange featuring stale characters and makes the main event.

Sheamus vs. Wade Barrett: Solid match.

Natalya vs. Rosa Mendes: Terrible match.

Punk/Shield/Rock promo: Good promo exchange to build Punk/Rock.

Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre: Not much of a match.

Miz vs. Darren Young: Bad match.

Alberto Del Rio/Team Hell No vs. Big Show/Rhodes Scholars: Very good elimination main event.

Outside of the main event and Rock promo little stood out. Smackdown is starting to feel a lot like Thunder whereas Raw's felt like Nitro for a while.

Grade: C-

2/1/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent promo exchange outside of Booker announcing the Elimination Chamber (obvious) and Swagger being involved, despite getting squashed the last time he was on TV.

Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara vs. Team Hell No: Good match.

Great Khali vs. Jinder Mahal: Squash.

Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow: All angle as this was a backdrop to a Shield attack.

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett: Decent match.

Jack Swagger vs. Kofi Kingston: Solid match.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Alberto Del Rio: Solid main event.

Solid episode for building the EC PPV.

Grade: B

2/8/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Decent Big Show/Booker promo that made Big Show/Kane.

Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes: Very rushed match.

Great Khali vs. Titus O'Neil: Squash.

Mark Henry promo: Solid promo exchange with Booker that made the main event.

Big Show vs. Kane: Decent big man match.

Jack Swagger vs. Justin Gabriel: Squash.

Tensai vs. Drew McIntyre: Not much of a match.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Sin Cara: Decent match.

Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton: Average main event.

Mediocre show, as most of it felt like rushed filler.

Grade: C-

2/15/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very good Show/Jericho promo exchange that made a match between them.

Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton: Decent match because of the Orton carryjob.

Tamina Snuka vs. Layla: Solid match.

Rock promo: Pretty good until Sandow took Rock's finishers at the end.

Brodus Clay/Tensai vs. 3MB: Bad match.

Miz vs. Cody Rhodes: Not a great match.

Jack Swagger vs. Zack Ryder: Squash.

Big Show vs. Chris Jericho: Average match.

Lots of filler on this show before a PPV.

Grade: C-

2/22/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Good promo exchange that made Swagger/Orton for later.

Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow: Solid match.

Kaitlyn/Layla vs. Tamina Snuka/Aksana: Bad match.

Jack Swagger vs. Randy Orton: Good match.

Miz vs. Cody Rhodes: Not a great match.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Wade Barrett: Decent main event.

Decent show.

Grade: B-

3/1/13 Smackdown

Alberto Del Rio vs. Damien Sandow: Good match.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Miz: Solid 2 out of 3 falls IC title match.

Swagger/Colter promo: Very good interview that results in Swagger bullying JR until ADR makes the save.

Prime Time Players vs. Team Hell No: Bad match with Kane blindfolded (with a goat face) and Bryan's arm tied behind his back, the opposite from Raw.

Fandango vs. Zack Ryder: Nothing but cheap heat as Fandango's name wasn't pronounced right.

Big Show vs. Randy Orton: Not a great match.

Not terrible, but very middling.

Grade: C

3/8/13 Smackdown

Opening segment: Very solid Zeb Colter promo until ADR and Ricardo mock the vignettes of him and Swagger.

Team Hell No vs. 3MB: Not a great match.

Ryback vs. Damien Sandow: Not a great match.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler: Good match despite Dolph losing again.

Mark Henry vs. Yoshi Tatsu: Squash.

Tamina Snuka vs. Kaitlyn: Bad match.

Fandango vs. Justin Gabriel: No match because Justin Roberts didn't pronounce his name right. Ugh.

Sheamus vs. Big Show: Not a great match.

Very dull show.

Grade: D

3/15/13 Smackdown

Sheamus/Randy Orton vs. Rhodes Scholars: Decent match, almost exactly like the one on Raw.

Tamina Snuka/Aksana vs. Kaitlyn/Layla: Not a great match.

Kane vs. Dolph Ziggler: Solid match.

Fandango vs. Great Khali: No match as Khali didn't pronounce his name right. Ugh.

Mark Henry vs. Ryback: All angle thankfully.

Jack Swagger vs. Chris Jericho: Good main event.

Decent episode.

Grade: B

3/22/13 Smackdown

Miz TV: Decent promo exchange between Sheamus, Orton, and Big Show.

Mark Henry vs. Zack Ryder: Squash.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston: Good match even though it was probably match #1000 between them.

Jack Swagger vs. Chris Jericho: Good match.

Rhodes Scholars vs. Brodus Clay/Tensai: Bad match.

Antonio Cesaro vs. Miz: Okay match outside of the US CHAMPION putting over storylines that he's not in.

Randy Orton/Sheamus/Big Show vs. 3MB: Squash main event. Yes, 3MB is in the main event.

Very boring and badly booked show.

Grade: C-

4/19/13 Smackdown

Fandango vs. Santino Marella: Squash.

Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett: Good match yet overdone and Barrett loses again.

Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger: Decent match, but dragged at points and I still have no idea why Swagger's still in the main event scene.

Great Khali/Hornswoggle/Natalya vs. Primo/Epico/Rosa Mendes: Terrible match that took place because Rosa took Hornswoggle's parking space. Yes, you read that right.

Sheamus/Randy Orton vs. Big Show/Mark Henry: Very boring main event.

Very boring show.

Grade: C-