WWE Smackdown 03-03-05
Well here is my first review of a WWE show. I originally posted this at lopforums.com, a wrestling message board I belong to a frequent quite bit. This was kinda geared toward them so it may be a little hard for people not too into wrestling to get.
Well, decent Smackdown! tonight with a few cool little things covering up some of the bad wrestling.
Cena's opening speech was pretty good but not "main event" good and I still don't see him being ready to main event Wrestlemania. C'mon guy pick it up. But wow, what a speech later on by the champ. Very, very intesne and was perfect to make people just despise JBL.
I thought the tag match at the beginning was actually pretty bad. I don't know why. All the guys seemed uninterested in the match and the timing was a bit off. Did notice Eddie continually having the ref distracted so maybe that was for some heat between he and Rey. The one punch KO by Jindrak on Reigns was a bit weak. Could be a decent little undercard feud between Jindrak and Reigns but should have just been another brawl instead of a one punch surprise.
WWE still are gradually building this cool little Carlito/Teddy feud. Hope the payoff is something decent.
Nice bout between Heidenreich and Booker. I liked this match and thought both guys did pretty good in it. Way better than the tag title match in my opinion. And while I don't like Booker in this feud, its not too bad. Just reminds me too much of the Snitsky/Shelton 3 week feud with the DQ by heel then a DQ on face. Heres hoping the third match is next week and Booker does what Shelton did and just win the damned match.
Nice segment with Angle and HBK. Cool visual seeing HBK emerge from his disguise and attack Angle. Sure it wasn't as intense as the attack Monday by Angle but made Angle know Michaels is there and ready.
Useless stuff with the diva losers. Waste of a mixed tag match, complete waste. Sure it got Big Show on TV but the segment later on would have been enough. And instead of showing us how bad Michelle is now why couldnt they just train her and debut her on Raw in a few months. I'm very mad at this because this time could have been used for some Chavo/London buildup which I guess the WWE already forgot. What else should I have expected?
Odd segment between Chavo and Rey supposedly trying to put heat between Rey and Eddie. Didn't like the segment as it seemed too obvious of a way to hint at a turn and just kinda made me feel like I was being talked down to.
I'm cool with Big Show vs. Akebono at Mania. Shows segment with Funaki should have been his TV time for the night. I know alot of people think the Akebono match is a stupid idea but I like it cuz it will give a spectacle type feel for one of the Mania matches. And even though most Americans don't know Akebono, WWE does stand for WORLD Wrestling Entertainment and would be a good thing to make the Japanese think the WWE actually cares about them.
Main Event was pretty good between OJ and Cena though its sad when a flunkie like Orlando completely outshines the main eventer of Wrestlemania in a match. Everything Cena did in the ring seemed boring and way too overdone while Orlando's offense(when he was allowed to have some) was good and actually showed some depth to his moveset. Nice to see a new US Champ and this match almost made OJ look like he will be a credible US Champ. Plus it put some more heat between Cena and JBL which is always a good thing. Plus it was very funny seeing JBL spin the title while OJ was holding it with his big dumb grin on.
My overall grade for this show will be a:
B
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Now listening to the D12 album "Devil's Night"
Well, decent Smackdown! tonight with a few cool little things covering up some of the bad wrestling.
Cena's opening speech was pretty good but not "main event" good and I still don't see him being ready to main event Wrestlemania. C'mon guy pick it up. But wow, what a speech later on by the champ. Very, very intesne and was perfect to make people just despise JBL.
I thought the tag match at the beginning was actually pretty bad. I don't know why. All the guys seemed uninterested in the match and the timing was a bit off. Did notice Eddie continually having the ref distracted so maybe that was for some heat between he and Rey. The one punch KO by Jindrak on Reigns was a bit weak. Could be a decent little undercard feud between Jindrak and Reigns but should have just been another brawl instead of a one punch surprise.
WWE still are gradually building this cool little Carlito/Teddy feud. Hope the payoff is something decent.
Nice bout between Heidenreich and Booker. I liked this match and thought both guys did pretty good in it. Way better than the tag title match in my opinion. And while I don't like Booker in this feud, its not too bad. Just reminds me too much of the Snitsky/Shelton 3 week feud with the DQ by heel then a DQ on face. Heres hoping the third match is next week and Booker does what Shelton did and just win the damned match.
Nice segment with Angle and HBK. Cool visual seeing HBK emerge from his disguise and attack Angle. Sure it wasn't as intense as the attack Monday by Angle but made Angle know Michaels is there and ready.
Useless stuff with the diva losers. Waste of a mixed tag match, complete waste. Sure it got Big Show on TV but the segment later on would have been enough. And instead of showing us how bad Michelle is now why couldnt they just train her and debut her on Raw in a few months. I'm very mad at this because this time could have been used for some Chavo/London buildup which I guess the WWE already forgot. What else should I have expected?
Odd segment between Chavo and Rey supposedly trying to put heat between Rey and Eddie. Didn't like the segment as it seemed too obvious of a way to hint at a turn and just kinda made me feel like I was being talked down to.
I'm cool with Big Show vs. Akebono at Mania. Shows segment with Funaki should have been his TV time for the night. I know alot of people think the Akebono match is a stupid idea but I like it cuz it will give a spectacle type feel for one of the Mania matches. And even though most Americans don't know Akebono, WWE does stand for WORLD Wrestling Entertainment and would be a good thing to make the Japanese think the WWE actually cares about them.
Main Event was pretty good between OJ and Cena though its sad when a flunkie like Orlando completely outshines the main eventer of Wrestlemania in a match. Everything Cena did in the ring seemed boring and way too overdone while Orlando's offense(when he was allowed to have some) was good and actually showed some depth to his moveset. Nice to see a new US Champ and this match almost made OJ look like he will be a credible US Champ. Plus it put some more heat between Cena and JBL which is always a good thing. Plus it was very funny seeing JBL spin the title while OJ was holding it with his big dumb grin on.
My overall grade for this show will be a:
B
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Now listening to the D12 album "Devil's Night"
posted by The White Falcon at 11:50 PM
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