BRM Reviews the 11/4/2011 Smackdown (back on track!)
Posted: Nov 6th, '11, 22:41
STREET FIGHT: Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes- 8/10. Undeniably awesome match, but the finish felt flat to me. I guess it just felt like there was too much wasted time between the DDT on the outside and the RKO in the ring. If he had done the RKO outside, or just gotten the pin after the DDT, it would have been better. I loved the stuff with the baggers, though.
TED DIBIASE JR. vs. TYSON KIDD- 3.5/10, but only because it was so short. Kidd is SOOO underused.
MARK HENRY & DANIEL BRYAN SEGMENT- F*CKING AWESOME! And props to them for starting this off with Henry giving an interview and Dragon doing something else, so that there is a reason for there being a camera there and for everything being where they are.
ALICIA FOX vs. NATALYA- 1/10! WTF? Nattie shouldn’t be losing after taking so little offense! The match wasn’t bad aside from the fact that it was ridiculously short.
BIG SHOW PROMO- umm…Big Show. Frankenstein was the name of the scientist. The monster was never named. Otherwise it was a good promo.
CHRISTIAN- BIG SHOW SEGMENT- eh.
SHEAMUS WADE BARRETT- 6.5/10. I liked the finish and the aftermath.
DRAGON & BIG SHOW SEGMENT- Good stuff
SIN CARA vs. EPICO- I went into this match expecting a squash. Boy was I wrong. No rating. AWESOME segment
MARK HENRY vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/The Big Show)- For the combination of the match and the aftermath, I will give it 7.25/10. The match was only about 6.75, but this wasn’t about the match, as much as it was about the aftermath. The match was just the means to set things up the way they needed to be (Show pissed off enough to punch Henry, Dragon out of it enough that Show needed to wake him up, and that Dragon wouldn’t be able to immediately just say that he didn’t want to cash in.
Overall, an awesome episode of Smackdown! The only negative (aside from the Divas match) was Booker T’s commentary.
TED DIBIASE JR. vs. TYSON KIDD- 3.5/10, but only because it was so short. Kidd is SOOO underused.
MARK HENRY & DANIEL BRYAN SEGMENT- F*CKING AWESOME! And props to them for starting this off with Henry giving an interview and Dragon doing something else, so that there is a reason for there being a camera there and for everything being where they are.
ALICIA FOX vs. NATALYA- 1/10! WTF? Nattie shouldn’t be losing after taking so little offense! The match wasn’t bad aside from the fact that it was ridiculously short.
BIG SHOW PROMO- umm…Big Show. Frankenstein was the name of the scientist. The monster was never named. Otherwise it was a good promo.
CHRISTIAN- BIG SHOW SEGMENT- eh.
SHEAMUS WADE BARRETT- 6.5/10. I liked the finish and the aftermath.
DRAGON & BIG SHOW SEGMENT- Good stuff
SIN CARA vs. EPICO- I went into this match expecting a squash. Boy was I wrong. No rating. AWESOME segment
MARK HENRY vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/The Big Show)- For the combination of the match and the aftermath, I will give it 7.25/10. The match was only about 6.75, but this wasn’t about the match, as much as it was about the aftermath. The match was just the means to set things up the way they needed to be (Show pissed off enough to punch Henry, Dragon out of it enough that Show needed to wake him up, and that Dragon wouldn’t be able to immediately just say that he didn’t want to cash in.
Overall, an awesome episode of Smackdown! The only negative (aside from the Divas match) was Booker T’s commentary.