This week's Friday Night Smackdown was a much more meaningful show in recent memory with a damn good main event and a number of new Money in the Bank participants announced for the PPV in 2 weeks. SO, what that being said, here is Smackdown in 1000 words or less!
#1
The most meaningful event to come out of WWE's B show this week is that we have 5 new qualifiers for Smackdown's Money in the Bank Ladder match. By the looks of things, a lot of new blood this time around, which is always a good thing. With more qualifying matches coming up at this Teusday's Live Smackdown, all this match needs is a tad more star power and we might be in store for a career-making night for some young up and comers.
Intercontinental Champion and US Champion Santino Marella defeated David Otunga and Cody Rohdes in a nothing tag match to qualify, Tensi destroyed Justin Gabriel in a forgettable squash to earn his spot, Damien Sandow maintained his winning streak tearing Zack Ryder apart in boring fashion while TYSON FREAKIN' KIDD def Jack "Jobber" Swagger in an acceptable bout to advance to the promise land.
It's good having both the US and IC champs in Smackdown's Money in the Bank as the next logical step for these champions is a World Title shot. Tensi is an addition I can do without as I'm still not sold on him as a monster heel OR as a agile ladder match participant. The same goes for Sandow, but unlike Tensi, his promos are growing on me and there is definite potential for growth here. But Tyson Kidd is a different story. It's great that he will be front and centre in less than 2 weeks on PPV to "strut his stuff" as they say. However, I'm still not getting my hopes up. While the wrestling diehards are salivating over Tyson's "push" , they are forgetting that:
a) the roster is VERY THIN at the moment.
b) last year's SD Money in the Bank had Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel in it and where are they at this current moment?
I'm happy for Kidd. His matches on NXT (including his fantastic match with Michael Migilicutty 2 weeks ago) have maintained a good standard in WWE and I hope he steals the show in 2 weeks, but it's going to take more than a stellar performance at Money in the Bank to get him whee he needs to be.
#2
Smackdown produced a great main event that probably should of been saved for a PPV. But you take what u get given. It was a well-paced 10 minute contest that had a great beat down by the heels that spilt to the announce desk. Sure, it had the standard "one man out while two fought in the ring", but there was never a moment where things seemed lost. Del Rio had some legitimate sequences where you actually thought he had the match won (The Cross Armbar spot was one of them), while the Brogue Kick came out of nowhere and was sold to PERFECTION by Ziggler. Yes, you read right: the Celtic Warrior Sheamus pinned Dolph for the 6TH CONSECUTIVE TIME in a to retain his World Heavyweight Championship.
There is no real point in resurfacing the same, obvious argument that i brought up in my last Smackdown review because it is clear to me WWE are convinced they are doing the right thing as it relates to Ziggler. Most probably, all these losses mean that he will be picking up the Smackdown Money in The Bank Briefcase in Phenoix, but that's another story for another day.
That's all that mattered this week on Smackdown! I'll be back on Weds/Thurs for this week's RAW, NXT AND Tuesday's live . Until then, enjoy your wrestling!!!
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