I don't usually watch Smackdown, but tonight I caught the last hour and a half of the show and I figured I'd say something about it.
I thought the show was pretty good, for this era of WWE and Smackdown. Smackdown seems to be a lot more balanced then RAW in that the mid card (middle of the show) comes across as meaningful on SD, while RAW only seems to matter at the opening and the end.
I'm not going in any particular order so...
I'm going to start with Daniel Bryan. I liked Bryan's get up and new entrance music. He seemed to have a different presence about him. When he came out with that music and "swagger," I thought "that's the American Dragon!" and I'm not even an ROH viewer.
He had a good match as usual and I think the commentators even did a good job during his match with the help of Barrett. Not all that interested in the Barrett/Bryan feud at this time, but I think they are both guys that can pull their own weight with Bryan being the latter (still can't help but think what Nexus would of been like if Bryan stuck around and co-ran it with Barrett.)
Bryan gives me a reason to tune into SD when he's not just wrestling guys for the sake of wrestling.
Oh, I don't know if Bryan was wearing new attire, but for me his attire and music appeared new and it made me think of WWE's power to get someone over. I'm under the impression that WWE purposefully holds guys back. You can't make everyone a legend, but accessories such as music, signature moves, and attire among other things help wrestlers get over and WWE knows what does and doesn't work (with a small error of margin.)
If WWE wanted to push Zack Ryder to the sky, they'd probably change his entrance music, but they're not interested in that for the time being so they figure his music is adequate for a guy just reaching the mid-card. Anyway, the point is that WWE seems to be letting up the reigns on Bryan and it's fun to watch.
As for the Ryder, Cody, Ted, Zeke segment and match. It's good to see Ryder on TV and though I didn't catch the entire match, I thought the segment was good and I'm probably one of the biggest proponents of Ted's face turn. There is no fucking reason whatsoever that a feud between Dibiase and Rhodes should not be epic, but I have little faith in WWE and feel that when it does occur it will be watered down and it will it waste it's time getting their fathers over.
Koz vs Henry was a blah match. (Later Koz.)
Cool to see Sheamus come out and play up his tweener role on the mic. This is a solid bottom of the card feud, there's only so much Sheamus can do with Henry. Versatile Barbarian vs a Beast.
I watched the six man tag match and I'm interested to see how MM's (Joe Hennig) career shapes out. He's definitely using a throwback tag style to make up for Otunga's weaknesses, but you can tell Joe knows what he's doing, if only some what dated. I didn't really care about the match as far as outcome went, but it looked like a decent match with decent psychology. That Tag Finisher they used looked brutal!(the good way)
As for the main event, I think I catched most of the match. I'm not high on Truth, Christian, Orton or Morrison, with the most interest probably on Morrison (I really think this guy could do use a new set of boots.) A lot of guys wear those long shin guards and bigger boots, Morrison needs something to make his legs look bigger. Otunga has some sweet ass boots.
The match looked good, but none of those involved drew me in to watching the show. Christian will not get rid of Orton while has the world title in that we won't see Christian as Champ vs someone besides Orton, Orton will eventually win out. I'm glad to hear Orton is the locker room leader on SD. I bet the divas are excited about that. What a selfless guy to step up and take the reigns of the show he's been on ... however long it was it took him to win the World title since coming from Raw.
Anyway, there was some good matches, some good story building, and some good things to look forward too so all in all I found it to be a good show.
Oh, I also liked that Aksana chick! Was she on NXT--the one that married Goldust? This Aksana looked good and was very convincing. She looks like she'd be the black widow of some awesome stable, but she'll probably just become another face among the divas.
I thought the show was pretty good, for this era of WWE and Smackdown. Smackdown seems to be a lot more balanced then RAW in that the mid card (middle of the show) comes across as meaningful on SD, while RAW only seems to matter at the opening and the end.
I'm not going in any particular order so...
I'm going to start with Daniel Bryan. I liked Bryan's get up and new entrance music. He seemed to have a different presence about him. When he came out with that music and "swagger," I thought "that's the American Dragon!" and I'm not even an ROH viewer.
He had a good match as usual and I think the commentators even did a good job during his match with the help of Barrett. Not all that interested in the Barrett/Bryan feud at this time, but I think they are both guys that can pull their own weight with Bryan being the latter (still can't help but think what Nexus would of been like if Bryan stuck around and co-ran it with Barrett.)
Bryan gives me a reason to tune into SD when he's not just wrestling guys for the sake of wrestling.
Oh, I don't know if Bryan was wearing new attire, but for me his attire and music appeared new and it made me think of WWE's power to get someone over. I'm under the impression that WWE purposefully holds guys back. You can't make everyone a legend, but accessories such as music, signature moves, and attire among other things help wrestlers get over and WWE knows what does and doesn't work (with a small error of margin.)
If WWE wanted to push Zack Ryder to the sky, they'd probably change his entrance music, but they're not interested in that for the time being so they figure his music is adequate for a guy just reaching the mid-card. Anyway, the point is that WWE seems to be letting up the reigns on Bryan and it's fun to watch.
As for the Ryder, Cody, Ted, Zeke segment and match. It's good to see Ryder on TV and though I didn't catch the entire match, I thought the segment was good and I'm probably one of the biggest proponents of Ted's face turn. There is no fucking reason whatsoever that a feud between Dibiase and Rhodes should not be epic, but I have little faith in WWE and feel that when it does occur it will be watered down and it will it waste it's time getting their fathers over.
Koz vs Henry was a blah match. (Later Koz.)
Cool to see Sheamus come out and play up his tweener role on the mic. This is a solid bottom of the card feud, there's only so much Sheamus can do with Henry. Versatile Barbarian vs a Beast.
I watched the six man tag match and I'm interested to see how MM's (Joe Hennig) career shapes out. He's definitely using a throwback tag style to make up for Otunga's weaknesses, but you can tell Joe knows what he's doing, if only some what dated. I didn't really care about the match as far as outcome went, but it looked like a decent match with decent psychology. That Tag Finisher they used looked brutal!(the good way)
As for the main event, I think I catched most of the match. I'm not high on Truth, Christian, Orton or Morrison, with the most interest probably on Morrison (I really think this guy could do use a new set of boots.) A lot of guys wear those long shin guards and bigger boots, Morrison needs something to make his legs look bigger. Otunga has some sweet ass boots.
The match looked good, but none of those involved drew me in to watching the show. Christian will not get rid of Orton while has the world title in that we won't see Christian as Champ vs someone besides Orton, Orton will eventually win out. I'm glad to hear Orton is the locker room leader on SD. I bet the divas are excited about that. What a selfless guy to step up and take the reigns of the show he's been on ... however long it was it took him to win the World title since coming from Raw.
Anyway, there was some good matches, some good story building, and some good things to look forward too so all in all I found it to be a good show.
Oh, I also liked that Aksana chick! Was she on NXT--the one that married Goldust? This Aksana looked good and was very convincing. She looks like she'd be the black widow of some awesome stable, but she'll probably just become another face among the divas.
Oh wait, the commercials 