BRM Reviews the 7/20/2012 Smackdown

[Big Red Machine]

OPENING SEGMENT- eh. I really didn’t like Sheamus cheap-shotting Ziggler.

KOFI KINGSTON, R-TRUTH, PRIMO, & EPICO (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. HUNICO, CAMCHO, & THE PRIME TIME PLAYERS (w/A.W.)- 4/10

BIG SHOW ATTACKS EVERYONE- decent

DAMIEN SANDOW vs. ZACK RYDER- great for what it was. Ryder got his offense in in the beginning, then Sandow took over and looked just plain vicious!

DANIEL BRYAN & AJ ON THE PEEP SHOW- DUD! The “No!”s were obviously canned, as is evidenced by the many fans you can see doing the “YES!” hand-motion while everyone is supposedly saying “no.”
Also, Christian seems to have become a heel all of a sudden. And why the hell would Dragon not know about his own match? This was just stupid. Horrible, horrible segment. The most enjoyable part of this was Dragon putting the teddy bear in an armlock.

Did I miss something? Why are the announcers pretending that Kane and AJ had a romantic relationship? A relationship requires mutual consent. Kane did not consent. If AJ and Kane are exes because of that, then someone needs to go arrest Trish Stratus because she and I were dating when I was thirteen.

KANE vs. DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ)- 7/10… and WHOA this just got interesting. Awesome aftermath.

HEATH SLATER vs. ROAD WARRIOR ANIMAL- it was what it was

VICKIE GUERRERO & RICARDO RODRIGUEZ BACKSTAGE- fun

REY MYSTERIO & SHEAMUS vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER & ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez & Vickie Guerrero)- 6.75/10
Not good enough for a main event, but close.
I freaking LOVED Vickie interrupting Del Rio’s entrance!

OMFG! MORE of this stupid MITB cash-in teases. Not only is this an obnoxious plot device because of how repetitive it becomes, but is also makes the announcers annoying as hell as they constantly having to remind us that the bell never rang. Once again, Dolph ends the night looking bad.

Overall, not a very good episode of Smackdown