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Acey Review
Smackdown 7/23/10

That's right they're back...And more opinionated and brutal as ever!

Kane Heavy Weight Champion Promo
I have always liked Kane, I think his championship reign was long overdue. He seems to have always been underappreciated by the WWE (un)creative team; he just lingered there on the back burner for years, no significant pushes, nothing. I'm glad that he's finally gotten this push. However, I was kind of bored during his promo. It was supposed to show his frustration, which it did; however, it was bland. It was an eight minute promo and I was slightly unentertained. 3-star promo (6/10)

Matt Hardy & Christian vs. Drew McIntyre & Cody Rhodes
Knowing that I am a mark for heels, my favorites in this match were McIntyre and Rhodes. Christian was looking very aggressive in this match almost as if he was trying to show his partner what he's capable of. Matt and Christian were getting along great, they did quite a few double team moves. Cody needs to bulk up a bit in my opinion, I think with his talent constantly improving, if he were a bit bigger, they might put him up against higher talent. I mean he went from facing Triple H and Shawn Michaels to Matt Hardy and Christian. Not that I have anything against Christian, but Rhodes was competing with main eventers/former heavyweight champions, and now he's back to being a midcard.

I've never been a big fan of Matt Hardy, he is of course the more talented Hardy, and he has very unique in-ring abilities. I believe he showed this off very well in this match. I've said it a few times about McIntyre, he's a very intense in-ring performer, aggressive just how I like my men (Mmm), but he's boring on the mic...I think this thing developing between Matt and Christian could be interesting, I mean I don't think they'll go anywhere as a tag team to be honest Matt is just "meh" in my opinion I really don't care whether I see him or not. I'd rather see Christian rise to higher levels of competition, but again this could be interesting to see if they stick together.

Match Result: McIntyre pins Hardy 3.7-Star Match (7.4/10)

Alberto Del Rio Promo
I think his promos are meant to appeal mostly to women because all I get from this guy is that he's good-looking and I can see him having that "I'm a handsome douchebag who gets all the ladies" gimmick...No further comments at this time. 2.7-stars (5.4/10)

LayCool Best Friends Promo
Do I need to say how much I can't stand hearing that dumb high school valley girl talk? It makes me want to puke every time I hear them. Fuck, break them up, have them turn on each other, have Layla kick McCool's ass, give McCool a double cheese burger because she hasn't eaten in ten years, and make them SHUT THE FUCK UP! 2.9-stars (5.8/10)

Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
You know, Vicki could be cute if she lost weight. Anyway to the wrestlers...WHY IS ZIGGLER ALWAYS MADE SOME BIMBO'S BOYFRIEND? Ugh...Everyone know's he has a wifey...Ehem...Me. No but in all seriousness, Dolph's push shouldn't have to put him under the grotesque thumb of Vicki Guerrero. He's always improving in the ring and if they just gave him a chance to develope his charisma, he could be great upper midcard material.

I always enjoy seeing Kofi fight, I'm a mark for those damn spot monkeys. You can feel his in-ring intensity through the tv. That's great, love seeing his matches, don't really like hearing him talk...Needs immprovement in that field.

As far as this match up goes, I think Ziggler and Kingston are a great match up. Dolph with his aggression and ameteur wrestling, kofi with his high-impact intense style. This match was very entertaining, I think they should definitely keep this feud going and give Dolph Kofi's title.

Match Result: Dolph wins with Sleeper Hold 4.5-star match (9/10)

SES Mystery Man (Mercury) vs. Big Show
Finally he is unmasked...And I was wrong when I didn't think it was Joey Mercury. Shame on me, how could I have forgotten a set of washboard abs like that. (Mmm) This match was lame, it was solely for the purpose of unmasking Mercury. Meh...3-star match just for the unmasking (6/10)

Grooming Tips with Cody Rhodes
Yeah, not entertained, but dayum, mmm can I have a piece of that? That was a promo for women and gay/bi guys because he looked like Campbell's Soup "Mmm Mmm Good!" 2.5 stars (5/10)

ANOTHER DEL RIO PROMO? Okay come on, it's overkill. He's cute okay but if he doesn't just come out already and beat someone up, I'm gonna find him myself and drag him into that ring and show him the right way to make an impact...Spade-style. No rating for this one I skipped through it.

Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger
Swagger has got to be the most talented in-ring competitor who is THAT annoying. He's great to watch in the ring but I HATE being subject to listening to him speak and watching his promos. I love me some good old-fashioned mat wrestling, nothing gets me going more than a man who can get down and handle himself like that on the mat. Swagger's submissions look terribly painful; Mysterio got worked in this match. Swagger is a machine in the ring, they need to have him utilize that, Swagger should face Kane definitely, in a really good competitive match with a clean finish that would be epic. I don't like seeing his talent wasted on an overrated wrestler like Mysterio.

This match was great but a disappointing because Mysterio won, ew...When is his contract up? Ugh!

Match Result: Mysterio wins (1. Swagger is DQed 2. Mysterio taps out 3. Mysterio pins Swagger) 4.6-stars (9.2/10)

The Kane attack at the end was great for the crazed vengeful brother gimmick. I liked it.

All in all the show was okay, the promos weren't entertaining in the least. The matches were good, I really want to see more of Ziggler and Kofi, I liked their match a lot...Not too thrilled about Matt Hardy and Christians little team, hopefully it doesn't progress, just let them go their own ways, and let Christian move on to better singles competitors. Anyway, to sum it up the show earned 3.3-stars...I guess the show was average, but only because of the boring promos; if the promos had been better the show would have probably gotten like 4 stars...

The promos in this show failed, but the matches earned my stamp of approval.




Edited by AceySpade - 25/July/2010 at 05:35

Originally posted by Ministry Hunter Do I notice slight bias towards Mr. Nemeth there Miss Acey? *LOL* But Smackdown seems to be becoming more and more "blah" to me every week, plus I'm tired of the burial of Swagger, WWE never tried to get his title reign over, as even when he was champion, they booked him as an idiot constantly.

Hell yes I'm biased for my hubby.

Yeah Swagger has great talent, he's fan-fucking-tastic, but again the WWE (un)creative team treats him like shit...

       Yeah, the Mysterio vs Swagger match pissed me off no end. No other sport would let a lame player take the field to give a sub-par performance as the main event - but for some reason its ok for Mysterio to do it - to show he has 'heart'. He's starting to remind me of the Black Knight in the Holy Grail movie. Swagger losing to him was a travesty, and it looks like Kane is being set up for the same SuperRey treatment.

[QUOTE=AceySpade] Acey Review
Smackdown 7/23/10

That's right they're back...And more opinionated and brutal as ever!

Im marking out right now as I love your reviews, dont need to watch the shows I can just read what you write on here.

Kane Heavy Weight Champion Promo
I have always liked Kane, I think his championship reign was long overdue. He seems to have always been underappreciated by the WWE (un)creative team; he just lingered there on the back burner for years, no significant pushes, nothing. I'm glad that he's finally gotten this push. However, I was kind of bored during his promo. It was supposed to show his frustration, which it did; however, it was bland. It was an eight minute promo and I was slightly unentertained. 3-star promo (6/10)

Yeah Kane has done far better promos. Im a Kane mark as well, I liked how he kind of touched on the fact hes been kept on the back-burner for years by comparing himself to a Goldfish that is suffocating. But rather than hype the fact hes now champion at last he ranted more about the Undertakers ''vegative state'' which Im now really sick of hearing about. Its very hard to tell if Kane is heel or face but thats part of his appeal.

Matt Hardy & Christian vs. Drew McIntyre & Cody Rhodes
Knowing that I am a mark for heels, my favorites in this match were McIntyre and Rhodes. Christian was looking very aggressive in this match almost as if he was trying to show his partner what he's capable of. Matt and Christian were getting along great, they did quite a few double team moves. Cody needs to bulk up a bit in my opinion, I think with his talent constantly improving, if he were a bit bigger, they might put him up against higher talent. I mean he went from facing Triple H and Shawn Michaels to Matt Hardy and Christian. Not that I have anything against Christian, but Rhodes was competing with main eventers/former heavyweight champions, and now he's back to being a midcard.

I've never been a big fan of Matt Hardy, he is of course the more talented Hardy, and he has very unique in-ring abilities. I believe he showed this off very well in this match. I've said it a few times about McIntyre, he's a very intense in-ring performer, aggressive just how I like my men (Mmm), but he's boring on the mic...I think this thing developing between Matt and Christian could be interesting, I mean I don't think they'll go anywhere as a tag team to be honest Matt is just "meh" in my opinion I really don't care whether I see him or not. I'd rather see Christian rise to higher levels of competition, but again this could be interesting to see if they stick together.

Match Result: McIntyre pins Hardy 3.7-Star Match (7.4/10)

I like Cody but not sure about the whole ''Dashing Cody Rhodes'' gimmick as it just screams lameness. A feud seems to be developing between Christian and Matt Hardy which will be a decent mid-card offering. I hope both stay face throughout but if one has to turn heel I hope its Matt. Drew is someone I see potential in but he just needs to find his niche.

Alberto Del Rio Promo
I think his promos are meant to appeal mostly to women because all I get from this guy is that he's good-looking and I can see him having that "I'm a handsome douchebag who gets all the ladies" gimmick...No further comments at this time. 2.7-stars (5.4/10)

If he can impress in the ring I think he could go far, trouble is he reminds me of Eric Escobar and we all know what happened to him.

LayCool Best Friends Promo
Do I need to say how much I can't stand hearing that dumb high school valley girl talk? It makes me want to puke every time I hear them. Fuck, break them up, have them turn on each other, have Layla kick McCool's ass, give McCool a double cheese burger because she hasn't eaten in ten years, and make them SHUT THE FUCK UP! 2.9-stars (5.8/10)

Yeah the lame school girl chat is sooooo annoying, but then thats the point, your supposed to hate them so the gimmick is working. It could be argued that the heat they get is the wrong kind as its more ''please just go away'' rather than ''I want to see a babyface kick your ass.'' The whole gimmick still screams PG-Beautiful People as well.
Yey
Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler
You know, Vicki could be cute if she lost weight. Anyway to the wrestlers...WHY IS ZIGGLER ALWAYS MADE SOME BIMBO'S BOYFRIEND? Ugh...Everyone know's he has a wifey...Ehem...Me. No but in all seriousness, Dolph's push shouldn't have to put him under the grotesque thumb of Vicki Guerrero. He's always improving in the ring and if they just gave him a chance to develope his charisma, he could be great upper midcard material.

I always enjoy seeing Kofi fight, I'm a mark for those damn spot monkeys. You can feel his in-ring intensity through the tv. That's great, love seeing his matches, don't really like hearing him talk...Needs immprovement in that field.

As far as this match up goes, I think Ziggler and Kingston are a great match up. Dolph with his aggression and ameteur wrestling, kofi with his high-impact intense style. This match was very entertaining, I think they should definitely keep this feud going and give Dolph Kofi's title.

Match Result: Dolph wins with Sleeper Hold 4.5-star match (9/10)

Good match and Dolph came off looking strong by getting a win with only a minimal distraction aid from Vickie. I think Vickie in Dolph's corner is smart as she is a heat-magnet and he doesnt always come across as the strongest promo guy, he is a excellent worker though. I would like to see him take the title off Kofi, still not sure if KK will make it to headliner status.

SES Mystery Man (Mercury) vs. Big Show
Finally he is unmasked...And I was wrong when I didn't think it was Joey Mercury. Shame on me, how could I have forgotten a set of washboard abs like that. (Mmm) This match was lame, it was solely for the purpose of unmasking Mercury. Meh...3-star match just for the unmasking (6/10)

Yeah pile of shit match that existed only for the unveiling of Joey Mercury, dont really see where Mercury can go from here, being CM Punks lackey isnt really going to help his career. I think Punk looks ok with the shaved bonce, but he needs to trim the beard.
 
Grooming Tips with Cody Rhodes
Yeah, not entertained, but dayum, mmm can I have a piece of that? That was a promo for women and gay/bi guys because he looked like Campbell's Soup "Mmm Mmm Good!" 2.5 stars (5/10)

He came across like a commercial. Not liking the gimmick but to Cody's credit he played his part well.

ANOTHER DEL RIO PROMO? Okay come on, it's overkill. He's cute okay but if he doesn't just come out already and beat someone up, I'm gonna find him myself and drag him into that ring and show him the right way to make an impact...Spade-style. No rating for this one I skipped through it.

Yeah two vignettes per-show is to much, I paid no attention to this.

Rey Mysterio vs. Jack Swagger
Swagger has got to be the most talented in-ring competitor who is THAT annoying. He's great to watch in the ring but I HATE being subject to listening to him speak and watching his promos. I love me some good old-fashioned mat wrestling, nothing gets me going more than a man who can get down and handle himself like that on the mat. Swagger's submissions look terribly painful; Mysterio got worked in this match. Swagger is a machine in the ring, they need to have him utilize that, Swagger should face Kane definitely, in a really good competitive match with a clean finish that would be epic. I don't like seeing his talent wasted on an overrated wrestler like Mysterio.

This match was great but a disappointing because Mysterio won, ew...When is his contract up? Ugh!

Match Result: Mysterio wins (1. Swagger is DQed 2. Mysterio taps out 3. Mysterio pins Swagger) 4.6-stars (9.2/10)

Swagger impressive as ever and he reminds me more and more of Kurt Angle all the time which isnt a bad thing. As Acey said his submissions look painfull, John Cena take note. Rey winning again was painfull to watch.

The Kane attack at the end was great for the crazed vengeful brother gimmick. I liked it.

Enjoyed it until Rey got the better of him, wanted to see Kane tombstone him again.

All in all the show was okay, the promos weren't entertaining in the least. The matches were good, I really want to see more of Ziggler and Kofi, I liked their match a lot...Not too thrilled about Matt Hardy and Christians little team, hopefully it doesn't progress, just let them go their own ways, and let Christian move on to better singles competitors. Anyway, to sum it up the show earned 3.3-stars...I guess the show was average, but only because of the boring promos; if the promos had been better the show would have probably gotten like 4 stars...

The promos in this show failed, but the matches earned my stamp of approval.

First time I've watched Smackdown in a few weeks, was ok, nothing mind-blowing. I like Kane as champion but I hate seeing the talented Swagger being misused and Rey constantly getting put over him.
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Since Undertaker isn't going to be back until Night of Champions then I guess we can safetly assume that Kane will be keeping that title until then or Hell in A Cell which if so is a good 3 month reign