BRM Reviews the 6/21/2013 Smackdown *SPOILERS*
Posted: Jun 21st, '13, 14:47
OPENING SEGMENT- great! Dragon’s promo in particular was fantastic.
SHEAMUS vs. CODY RHODES (w/Damien Sandow)- 3.5/10
Cody spends the whole match working over Sheamus’ arm… then Shemaus just starts throwing clotheslines with the injured arm and not selling it at all. WTF?! Sheamus then locks in his own submission hold and Cody taps in three seconds. BOOO!
Sandow jumps Sheamus after the match, which has made me a bit less angry about this, but still…
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Curtis Axel(c) (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Wade Barrett- 4/10
WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: AJ Lee(c) (w/Big E. Langston) vs. Nattie Neidhart- 2/10
Any time Khali has some random-ass match, Nattie is always out there, but now that Nattie has an big, important Divas Title match against a dangerous crazy-woman with her big scary monster of a friend at ringside, Khali is nowhere to be found. Some boyfriend he is.
I’m also not sure what Nattie has even done to earn this title shot, but I am amused that AJ, who won a match to earn her title shot, had to wait two months before getting it, while Nattie, who did nothing at all to earn it, gets a title shot before the former champ gets her rematch. The match itself wasn’t very good. Nattie got all of the offense in until AJ locked in her submission finisher and Nattie tapped right away (basically the same as Sheamus vs. Sandow except that Nattie wasn’t working over a body part).
BACKSTAGE DIVAS SEGMENT- Kaitlyn and Layla are watching the finish of the Divas Title match when Aksana walks up to them and, just to be a jerk, calls Kaitlyn “trash.” Kaitlyn snaps and kicks her ass while Layla just stands there, shouting “Kaitlyn! No!” over and over, rather than trying to break the fight up.
CHRIS JERICHO vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)- 6.75/10
Very good submission wrestling towards the end, and I like what they did with Jericho attacking Zigger. Great way to incorporate him into this feud.
CHRISTIAN vs. Drew McIntyre (w/3MB)- 3/10
HOLY SH*T! DREW WON A MATCH! And CLEAN, too!
Nah. I’m just kidding. If you believed that, then you are gullible. It’s a3MB match for crying out loud!
Christian cuts a promo saying he came back for one more match, but he got interrupted by The Shield.
FROM THE VAULT MATCH- waste of time. Why do they insist on wasting valuable time with this?
PAUL HEYMAN PROMO- GREAT!
RANDY ORTON vs. DANIEL BRYAN- 7/10
I love the count-out finish and the stuff afterwards, which sets these two up for another match.
While some parts of the show were frustrating, I was still entertained 95% of the time, so a good show.
SHEAMUS vs. CODY RHODES (w/Damien Sandow)- 3.5/10
Cody spends the whole match working over Sheamus’ arm… then Shemaus just starts throwing clotheslines with the injured arm and not selling it at all. WTF?! Sheamus then locks in his own submission hold and Cody taps in three seconds. BOOO!
Sandow jumps Sheamus after the match, which has made me a bit less angry about this, but still…
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Curtis Axel(c) (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Wade Barrett- 4/10
WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: AJ Lee(c) (w/Big E. Langston) vs. Nattie Neidhart- 2/10
Any time Khali has some random-ass match, Nattie is always out there, but now that Nattie has an big, important Divas Title match against a dangerous crazy-woman with her big scary monster of a friend at ringside, Khali is nowhere to be found. Some boyfriend he is.
I’m also not sure what Nattie has even done to earn this title shot, but I am amused that AJ, who won a match to earn her title shot, had to wait two months before getting it, while Nattie, who did nothing at all to earn it, gets a title shot before the former champ gets her rematch. The match itself wasn’t very good. Nattie got all of the offense in until AJ locked in her submission finisher and Nattie tapped right away (basically the same as Sheamus vs. Sandow except that Nattie wasn’t working over a body part).
BACKSTAGE DIVAS SEGMENT- Kaitlyn and Layla are watching the finish of the Divas Title match when Aksana walks up to them and, just to be a jerk, calls Kaitlyn “trash.” Kaitlyn snaps and kicks her ass while Layla just stands there, shouting “Kaitlyn! No!” over and over, rather than trying to break the fight up.
CHRIS JERICHO vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)- 6.75/10
Very good submission wrestling towards the end, and I like what they did with Jericho attacking Zigger. Great way to incorporate him into this feud.
CHRISTIAN vs. Drew McIntyre (w/3MB)- 3/10
HOLY SH*T! DREW WON A MATCH! And CLEAN, too!
Nah. I’m just kidding. If you believed that, then you are gullible. It’s a3MB match for crying out loud!
Christian cuts a promo saying he came back for one more match, but he got interrupted by The Shield.
FROM THE VAULT MATCH- waste of time. Why do they insist on wasting valuable time with this?
PAUL HEYMAN PROMO- GREAT!
RANDY ORTON vs. DANIEL BRYAN- 7/10
I love the count-out finish and the stuff afterwards, which sets these two up for another match.
While some parts of the show were frustrating, I was still entertained 95% of the time, so a good show.