BRM Reviews the 4/19/2013 Smackdown

[Big Red Machine]

OPENING SEGMENT- would have been much better if Fandango wasn’t touching Lillian so creepily. If he had just asked her to dance normally and then dropped her and insulted her dancing, it would have worked much better.

SANTINO MARELLA vs. FANDANGO- 3.75/10
Fandango totally just stole Bray Wyatt’s finisher.

BOOKER T, TEDDY LONG, & THE BIG SHOW SEGMENT- I’m not sure how Teddy is supposed to be turning heel in this angle. He gave Big Show a fair match, and while he did go behind Booker’s back on Raw, it wasn’t really something Booker had any jurisdiction over in the first place.

KOFI KINGSTON vs. WADE BARRETT- 5.5/10
Well… somebody’s getting a push. Big win for Kofi. I think it’s entirely possible that they put both belts on him at the same time.

THE NEW INTERVIEWER CHICK INTERVIEWS MARK HENRY- Great. When asked why he has been attacking Sheamus, Henry simply answers “because I can.” Then Sheamus attacks him, just like had been doing to Sheamus during interviews. Love it!

ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez) vs. JACK SWAGGER (w/Zeb Coulter)- 8/10
AWESOME MATCH! Great story, beautiful selling... just awesome. I really wish WWE would use time limit draws because this was really the place for one.

SHIELD PROMO- OMFG This was awesome. I CANNOT F*CKING WAIT FOR THE 6 MAN TAG MATCH ON RAW!

PRE-TAPED SEGMENT IN THE PARKING LOT TO SET UP THE NEXT MATCH- MORONIC! This did absolutely nothing to make me want to see the match, and was just plain stupid. I get that you really do need a reason to put Hornswoggle in a match with normal-sized opponents, but they really should have found a way to do this that didn’t make Nattie look like a whiny jerk. Complaining about having your parking lot stolen? Really?

MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH: The Great Khali, Hornswoggle, & Natalya vs. Primo, Epico, & Rosa Mendes- DUD!
Rosa Mendes (the woman on the roster who wrestle the least) spends most of the match beating on the best female wrestling in the company… then Khali gets in and pins one of the Colons after about four moves. How did this help anyone or the show in any way?

MARK HENRY & THE BIG SHOW vs. RANDY ORTON & SHEAMUS- 6.25/10
Very good match, but not quite main event quality. They should have used the time that they gave to the “From the Vault” match to this.

Overall, a good episode of Smackdown, although I really could have done without the six person tag team disaster.

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MARK HENRY & THE BIG SHOW vs. RANDY ORTON & SHEAMUS- 6.25/10
Very good match, but not quite main event quality. They should have used the time that they gave to the “From the Vault” match to this.

Overall, a good episode of Smackdown, although I really could have done without the six person tag team disaster.

what from the vault match? I must have seen a different version....

[Big Red Machine]

MARK HENRY & THE BIG SHOW vs. RANDY ORTON & SHEAMUS- 6.25/10
Very good match, but not quite main event quality. They should have used the time that they gave to the “From the Vault” match to this.

Overall, a good episode of Smackdown, although I really could have done without the six person tag team disaster.

what from the vault match? I must have seen a different version....

Don't know. I skipped it. It looked to be late 80's. I think I've been watching the European version. What did you see instead of the From the Vault match?