WWE Smackdown Review 8/10/12

Note: Booker T. is in charge. No more seeing him on the broadcast booth. No more crazy ass commentary. Also we might see something good tonight. I am asking a lot from WWE because we both know that we don't get good wrestling but shitty mess. Here's the WWE B show: Smackdown..............

Opening Segment: General Manager Booker T kicks off the show to a big hometown pop. He talks about Sheamus taking Alberto Del Rio's Ferrari on RAW. Booker thinks Sheamus should apologize. Sheamus comes out and apologizes. Del Rio comes out and threatens trouble with the police for Sheamus taking his car. Del Rio is upset with Booker for not punishing Sheamus. Booker grants Del Rio a World Heavyweight Title shot for tonight's main event.
(Well this is a good way to start the show. Last week seeing Vince on TV and also having Booker T. being the new GM was good. This was better. ADR is going to be the heel to beat. I hope Sheamus is not next.)

Match#1: Sin Cara vs. Cody Rhodes
Winner: Cody Rhodes
(This was a good match to start the show. No Sheamus! Sin Cara is getting old. Time to do something with this guy. Also why is Cody back in mid card hell? WWE is at it again for burying good wrestlers.)

Match#2: Christian vs. Antonio Cesaro
Winner: Christian
(Another good mid card match. Christian is falling out of the main event but this is getting worse. Also who the fuck is this Cesaro guy? First he get Aksana then he has been beating Santino. This guy needs a better gimmick. I guess he is a big thing. I don't see it.)

Match#3: Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger
Winner: RKO
(This is another warm up match for the returning RKO. This is better than being stuck in mid card hell. Swagger needs a new gimmick. Or just release him and let TNA do something to him. Also, this is the second match that was under five minutes. Really WWE?)

Ryback/Jinder Mahal segment
(I don't think this was considered a match. I think this was something to kill time. This was semi boring to me. I guess guys are trying to kill the Ryback train. This was dumb seeing them beat up some young guys. )

Chris Jericho hosts The Highlight Reel with Vickie Guerrero. For some reason Dolph Ziggler isn't with her. Jericho shows footage of Ziggler losing to Alex Riley and Vickie challenges him to a SummerSlam match. Jericho says he's bringing back Y2J and accepts the match. Ziggler ran through the crowd, rushed the ring and laid Jericho out with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Ziggler stood over Jericho before leaving.
(Good way to show that Dolph is better than Y2J. We all know that Y2J is leaving after SummerSlam. At least he will put over Dolph before he leave. This was a good way to boost Dolph as the heel.)

Match#4: Darren Young and Titus O'Neil vs.Primo and Epico - #1 contenders match
Winners: Primo and Epico
(Here's an ideal for this shitty tag team division: Triple Threat Ladder Match for the titles at SummerSlam or do something to bring more prominance to these titles. This was dumb and lost on me. For some reason, seeing these guys wrestle makes me change channels. I guess that's the point.)

Rey Mysterio vs.The Miz
Winner: The Miz
(I feel like this was an insult to see these guys wrestle. The Miz should be facing mid carders. Not guys like Rey. Rey should be like Taker and only wrestle occasionally. This was a good match but it insulted me to see this.)

Daniel Bryan makes his way to the ring and calls AJ Lee out but Kane comes instead. AJ eventually comes out and it ended with Kane knocking Bryan out. They brawled until Kane chased Bryan through the crowd.
(Really? This was saved for Smackdown? What the fuck? Booker T. is going to be a good GM but AJ won't last much longer. Especially if they make her look saner than DB. Daniel Bryan should be chasing titles not being made into a fool.

Police come to the ring but Alberto Del Rio stops them because he wants his title shot. Sheamus tries to fight the cops away but they get the best of him. Del Rio join in and beat Sheamus down, working on his arm and applying the cross armbreaker. Trainers came out to help Sheamus to the back as SmackDown ended.
(This is getting old with these two. I am tired of ADR using a weak armbreaker to hurt someone. Sheamus is not that weak to submit to a simple submission. This made me mad to watch this shit as an ending. Really WWE? I am tired of these weak ass ending. End with a match not some bullshit.)

Final Thoughts: This weekend is TNA Hardcore Justice. I think that might be better to watch than seeing this mess this week. I could book a better show on WWE '12. This was garbage for the most part. I am going to watch a TNA PPV then off to watch another episode of WWE Raw. See you all for Hardcore Justice and WWE Raw.




Gene The Grappler