WWE Smackdown Review - Friday 13th June 2008

With some good feuds building on Raw I was wondering how Samckdown this week were going to continue to build Edge vs Batista and what other feuds they were going to develop for Night of Champions.

Good Points

Good build for Edge and Batista

I’m really looking forward to this at Night of Champions as they are building this feud well. This week Vickie got Batista to sign the contract for the match without realising that he signed on a clause which said he had to beat the Great Khali tonight to get his shot at Edge. Seeing Batista continuing to overcome huge obstacles is continuing to build his position and is start making the fans believe he can beat Edge at Night of Champions

Continuation of non wrestling segments

Was good to see a lot of backstage stuff and in ring interviews. Not as much as last week but better than most weeks on Smackdown.

Finally Kozlov gets some mic time

After weeks of wasting time with Kozlov the WWE creative team finally started the ball rolling on his character. As the interviewer tried to interview him backstage he delivered a tirade in his native language which no one could understand. This leaves great scope for them to bring in an interpreter or for other ways they could take his character.

Bad Points

Not enough feuds for Night of Champions

So far the only two matches we have on the Smackdown side for Night of Champions is Edge vs. Batista and Matt Hardy vs Chavo which Chavo announced this week on Smackdown. All the matches at the PPV are going to be title matches so they need to set in stone a tag team title match and the new Divas Champion match.

Too many guys getting time on the show that yod don’t see on PPV’s

Smackdown this week gave TV time and matches to Mark Henry, Tommy Dreamer, Chuck Palumbo, Deuce & Domino and Jesse and Festus. Now when was the last time you saw these guys on PPV or actually do something meaningful on PPV? Smackdown writers need to invest in guys they are actually going to use at PPV.

Overall

Smackdown needs three strong feuds to hold the show together whereas it currently has only one. The entertainment factor has gone up they just now need to more thoughtful and careful with the time they have each week.