Hey Guys and welcome to a very quick Smackdown review column, i wasnt able to post over the weekend because of other things that were going on!
Anyway i want to start with the start of Smackdown, The Big Show's promo for me was poor and you could tell the crowd were not into it, it was ok to announce the 3 match stipulations for his match at Cyber Sunday against The Undertaker, by the way i am hoping for an I Quit match, as i would like to hear one of those participants say I Quit as that has never been heard of in regards to these two participants- the only thing that would have made this opening segment good would have been if Chavo Guerrero done something to annoy Show and to let the fans know he is annoyed with the treatment he has been recieving, i think a Chavo face turn is in the reckoning.
We saw a quick but veryy good Tag Team title match between Primo and Carlito and Hawkins and Ryder- i like this team with Carlito and Primo they bring so much to the tag team division, they picked a good win here, i would also like to see Hawkins and Ryder be given more exposure, maybe a lot more mic work, these two guys have got talent but i just dont think they are being used properly.
It looks like Funaki is now Kung-FU Naki- funny stuff!
Mvp and R-Truth put on a solid match, once again Mvp lost his match- i am just awaiting Gregroy Helms to appear to start a fued with MVP- Helms return to Smackdown is due very soon and i think MVP and Helms will put on a really good feud if it happens- my only complaint about this one was that Shelton Benjamin didn't make an appearance to continue his fued with R-Truth- Banjamin is the US champion and he hasnt even won a match in weeks, WWE need to give this guy more in-ring time and also i would hope very quickly this US Title match happens between R-Truth and Benjamin- WWE should give us a match on PPV- i am totally suprised nothing has been announced for these two at Cyber Sunday.
I loved that Maria won the Divas pole match, it's about time she got a push and got involved in the Diva's title picture- Maria v Michelle will be a good match- i also liked their confrontation backstage-McCool for me hasn't been booked good at all by creative since winning the title- so hopefully this fued with Maria can help her elavate herself and bring some much needed credibility to the title.
Is Maria going to go out with Festus?- interesting and humerous stuff.
Next up we had Undertaker in action on Smackdown, good to see the Dead Man finally competing on Smackdown its the first time he has competed on Smackdown since his 'banishment' in the summer- anyway he took on The Great Khali who is ready to definetly turn face which is a good thing, the match ended in a no contest with Big Show interfering, delivering a chokeslam to Taker then Taker got the upper hand hitting Show with a chair-this fued is beginning to get a lot better- and i am looking foward to the battle at Cyber Sunday between the two.
And finally we had a quick main event with Kozlov defeating Jeff Hardy in a decent contest-Kozlov picked up the win and him and Triple H had a stare down as the show went off the air, this ending was a teaser to try and get the fans to vote for HHH to battle Kozlov at Cyber Sunday, i am still not sure what the fans will vote for, ideally we would like a HHH v Hardy match again as you cant see Hardy losing to the game at 2 consecutive ppv's- but i wouldnt mind a triple threat match- anyway was a good ending.
Next week we have HHH v The Undertaker- i am looking foward to it but i guarentee the match will last at least 10mins and it will end with interference.
Overall another decent Smackdown which i would give a 7.5 out of 10.
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Until next time
The Chosen One