A can-miss episode of Smackdown
The final episode of Smackdown before WrestleMania XXVI focused on hyping Sunday’s pay-per-view through video packages and cut-ins from WrestleMania Axxess.
There were only three matches on the show: a 10-man tag team match involving all of the Money in the Bank ladder match participants, a divas match and a main event of R-Truth versus The Big Show. There also was a promo by Chris Jericho, which was interrupted by Edge.
The good thing is that if you taped the show you can get through it pretty quickly by fast-forwarding through the commercials and video packages.
Other thoughts on Friday’s show:
The best match on the show was the 10-man tag team match that pitted the Money in the Bank qualifiers from Raw (Christian, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, MVP and Evan Bourne) against the MITB qualfiers from Smackdown (Drew McIntyre, Kane, Dolph Ziggler, Matt Hardy and Shelton Benjamin). I like the idea of babyfaces and heels teaming up in these types of situations. McIntyre was booked to stand out, as he scored the winning pin and the announcers singled him out as the guy everyone disliked. ...
There was a cool spot in the 10-man tag match that saw Benjamin leap up to the top rope and toss Bourne across the ring. ...
There was little heat for the main event in which The Big Show defeated R-Truth by disqualification. Before the match, R-Truth and John Morrison – two guys I usually enjoy watching – did a bad comedy segment that made them both look like dorks. ...
Predictably, the Beth Phoenix versus Vickie Guerrero match was a sham, as Guerrero announced that it was going to be a five-on-one handicap match that involved Michelle McCool, Lalya, Maryse and Alicia Fox. This was a good showcase for Phoenix, who has picked up steam since going babyface. She was dominating the match until the numbers finally caught up with her and Guerrero pinned her. Phoenix got the last laugh, however, as she pantsed Guerrero, revealing granny panties that had “excuse me” written on the back. Now that was funny. Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim and Eve Torres made the save when Phoenix was being beaten down by the heels. This sets up a 10-woman tag team match at WrestleMania.
Comments
I actually cracked up when Jericho started going on and on about his, Edge's and the crowds DNA. Friggin hilarious! Haven't had that happen watching wrestling for a while That was the highlight for me.
Posted by: AMC | March 27, 2010 11:01 PM
I don't know if we, in Europe, should feel fortunate or not, the Smackdown Sky Sports aired was a WrestleMania Special with only clips of previous WM matches, with the lengthy recap clips we've seen all week long to promote this year's WM.
So we didn't get to see the painful R-Truth/Morrison skit at the end of the US version of Smackdown.
On a side note, wwe.com has an annoying feature that forces me to chose between versions of their websites aimed at France or Germany. the problem is... I'm in neither and it won't let me click on anything on us.wwe.com... anybody else in Europe that had the same thing and got around it? (short of using a proxy)
Posted by: Nicolas | March 27, 2010 11:34 PM
@Nicolas: I don´t have that problem, and I am from Denmark
Posted by: Martin | March 28, 2010 5:26 AM
OK somebody has to say it, Vicki Guerrero must have a flatulence problem. Why else would she have excuse me on the seat of her granny panties?
Posted by: MDP | March 28, 2010 7:24 AM
this week all the WWE programming was all about hyping WM. Even though I did watch Smackdown I found Monday's Impact taping on YouTube. Since there wasn't any replay this week I caught a break and watched it anyway while I taped Smackdown. Nothing really to get excited about on SD.
Posted by: Dave | March 28, 2010 12:25 PM