Essentially a Waste of Time

If the WWE ever wanted to prove that their Smackdown fans were secondary to the watchers of RAW, they proved it this past Friday.

Replaying John Cena’s verbal attacks towards The Rock that were made on RAW, the WWE was simply lazy. Why not have the guy come out and talk so more? He draws ratings when he’s out there, so why not take the chance? Or even better, why not have The Rock address Cena’s comments?

Maybe then the people that watch RAW would feel obligated to watch Smackdown every Friday.

Even worse they ended up doing the same thing with the sped up version of the Undertaker/Triple H confrontation on this past Raw as well.

What this says is simple:

If you watch RAW, you don’t really need to watch Smackdown, because nothing of any real importance happens there and secondly, aside from building up angles for pay per views, the show doesn’t offer anything that can’t be seen anywhere else.

Big mistake.

Overall, things like this have to stop in order for Smackdown to truly be accepted as a show that doesn’t play second fiddle to anything else.

It’s just not cool.

What was cool though was seeing Dusty Rhodes come out and tell his son Cody that he needed to refocus. How did the dashing one do that? By beating up Rey Mysterio and taking off his mask, that’s how. This could be a pretty good match for Wrestlemania, if the WWE is smart and allows Mysterio as much rest and time to get to where he needs to be physically. Simply put, if he competes the way he did in his match against Kane, he’s not going to put anyone over.

Things weren’t all bad though, as the main event was fun and seeing Vicki Guerrero beg everyone for her job and get canned was great. Seeing Alberto Del Rio break up the party at the end as well almost made the show watchable.

The matches:

Rey Mysterio vs. Kane: It’s so sad what Mysterio has become due to injuries. The greatest cruiserweight in the United States at one time, Mysterio’ matches are slow and routine now. Regardless, the little kids love him to death and he’s still a draw, so he’ll wrestle until he can’t anymore. Anyone who sees all those little kids with masks on all over the arenas knows that. However, while Mysterio in 1999 could pull off a match with a big man like Kane, he can’t anymore and if the WWE is going to get anything good out of him in the ring, they should help him put over a heel youngster and not force a monster like Kane to job out to him.

Rosa vs. Layla: Michelle McCool took out Rosa and cost her the match. A waste of five minutes that builds the type of angle that isn’t going anywhere.

Jack Swagger vs. Kofi Kingston: Kingston was energetic and Swagger did a decent job selling, but this match was nothing special. Obviously an attempt to get these two to build something for Wrestlemania, having Kingston compete “injured” and the heel Swagger take advantage is the oldest trick in the book.

Wade Barrett vs. The Big Show: Another set up for what could be a Wrestlemania bout, Show sold a bevy of punches, kicks and a sleeper early on before he fought back and ended up with the win via-count-out. Again, more of a sneak peak, rather than a full-on contest.

Edge and Kelly Kelly vs. Drew McIntyre and Vicki Guerrero: Aside from getting to see the gorgeous Kelly Kelly, this match was solid. Edge and McIntyre have chemistry and traded some decent offense, but the fact that Guerrero caught a spear from KK was hilarious and the best part of the match. However, it’s horrible that someone with so much potential such as McIntyre gets handed crappy angles such as this and can’t be put in a decent, long-term program.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14260 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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