WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 25th April 2008

After a Raw that will be remembered more for the presidential candidates than for the quality of show I was hoping Smackdown could provide my entertainment this week.

Good Points

More non wrestling segments

I was glad to see lots more talking with segments involving Edge and CMP Punk as well as MVP and Matt Hardy being given time. I thought over all there was a better balance between wrestling and non wrestling segments. The only things thy need to do is break these segments up by not having too much talking in the first hour in the first hour and having more in the last hour.

Push for CM Punk

Was great to see CM Punk after Monday’s incidents where they dropped the ball with him to be put in the match of the night against Edge. Those two were given mic time and time for a decent match. Hope the consistency improves for CM Punk’s push.

Good Recap Video

Was great to se again at the start of the show a video recap of what has been happening over the last few weeks. This should be made mandatory for all TV shows.

Great Ending

The best ending to a Smackdown since before Wrestlemania. Was great to see HBK getting involved and costing Batista his title match against Undertaker with his swet chin music. Was great to see something so important and pivotal to a storyline happening on Smackown.


Bad Points

Use of Vladimir Kozlov

The way they are pushing him by having him beat on no name jobbers is getting rather boring. Yes it may have worked for Goldberg but wrestling has changed a lot since then and I think people are going to get very bored of his winning streak very quickly.

Working of Batista vs. Undertaker

Having this match as a championship match and trying to promote to the fans that the title could change hands was stupid. Most fans with at least 2 IQ knew that they were going to put all the promotional push in to the Undertaker vs. Edge match just to have Undertaker lose a couple of nights before. WWE needs to start treating it’s fans with more intelligence.

Overall

A good solid little Smackdown which got us hyped for Hardy vs. MVP and Batista vs. HBK. Don’t think it did enough to push Undertaker vs. Edge but a marked improvement.