BRM Reviews the 11/22/2013 Smackdown

[Big Red Machine]

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Cody Rhodes & Goldust(c) vs. The Real Americans (w/Zeb Coulter)- 6.25/10
Why is this the opener? And why are the champs entering first? Is this Backwards Day or something?

THE GREAT KHALI vs. RYBACK- 4.25/10

AJ, TAMINA, & VICKIE BACKSTAGE- She books AJ vs. The Funkadactyls in a handicap match. Why are we putting the heel at a disadvantage? The good part of this, though, is that, from what I can glean from the conversation, this is the second week in a row where the events of Main Event have been important to the events of Smackdown.

HANDICAP MATCH: The Funkadactyls vs. AJ Lee (w/Tamina)- 2/10
This was going fine until Cameron got back up and took out Tamina. That’s right. Cameron took out Tamina.

BRAY WYATT PROMO- okay

REY MYSTERIO JR. & THE USOS vs. THE SHIELD- 6.5/10
So the Shield loses again, in a match with three days of build. Meanwhile, Cole and JBL remind us about how great they used to be.

Apparently tonight’s main event will be Dragon vs. Harper. So this match, which has not been mentioned until halfway through the show, gets the main event spot over a tag title match and Rey Mysterio’s return to the ring after being out for most of a year.

BIKG SHOW & ORTON SEGMENT- Decent. I really didn’t like Show saying that Orton hadn’t really done anything on his own. If this was Randy’s first title reign, that would be one thing, but it’s not. It’s his 11th. Randy has been a top babyface for the past few years. To say he had to sit back and wait for someone to hand him the title is ridiculous.

BIG E. LANGSTON & DOLPH ZIGGLER vs. DAMIEN SANDOW & CURTIS AXEL- DUD!
Sandow’s burial continues. And let’s make Axel look like an idiot afterwards, too.

WRESTLEMANIA VIDEO PACKAGE- OMFG SHEAMUS SHAVED!

DEL RIO PROMO- very good

DANIEL BRYAN vs. LUKE HARPER (w/the Wyatt Family)- 6/10
So they will job the Wyatts out to the Usos, but Dragon needs a distraction to beat Harper via small package?
Dragon and Punk get beaten down afterwards.

The wrestling was decent, but this show did very little to make me want to see Survivor Series.