[5.0] "One of the poorer episodes of Smackdown during this time. It felt like there was so little wrestling for the first hour and half of the show. A lot of promos, video packages, etc. Which usually isn't a bad thing but it felt like it took away from the any in-ring time which Smackdown was better known for in comparison to RAW. Not sure why Mysterio and Tajiri lost to A-Train and Big Show when they defeated the tag team champions last week, very strange. The Piper/O'Haire v Rikishi/Snuka thing dragged. You can tell the crowd don't really care about something that happened 20 years ago. Nathan Jones looks to be written off by the FBI (I think? ). I know he's green but he's holding his own and it's not like he's botching every move he's doing. Feel like they should have stuck with him for another while, maybe? The main event is the best part of the show. The real start of the Cena push."

[4.0] "Nothing on this show even remotely stood out as good on this show except for the main event and Cena/Lesnar promo exchange. Rey and Tajiri were dominated by Big Show and A-Train, a bad women's match, Eddie/Noble and Matt/Kendrick were extremely short, and there was a Piper/Snuka promo exchange in 2003. Yeah."

[6.0] "Pretty much a one match show, but the superb main event with John Cena defeating Chris Benoit to become the number 1 contender is a true hidden gem. It definitely felt like things were back on track for Cena because of the surprise ending where he went over clean! The rest of the show was okay, but messy in parts because a lot of the feuds here just don't feel all that interesting and it also felt like things was changed at the last minute. For example Rey Mysterio and Tajiri was positioned as the number 1 contenders last week, but this week they randomly lose to The Big Show and A-Train. Team Angle instead resumed their long running feud with Los Guerreros with an appealing match made at Backlash. Elsewhere WWE unsurprisingly have no faith in Nathan Jones so he gets "whacked" by the FBI. The Piper's Pit segment is still a bit messy, but at least put some spotlight on Sean O'Haire as well as giving us a fun Jimmy Snuka return. The ongoing Torrie and Sable storyline just feels needlessly confusing."

[6.0] "Lesnar, Benoit, and Cena was good stuff, and set the stage for either one of his potential opponents. The piper pit segment was also good, and Sean OHaire is also a really good talker also Jimmy Snuka randomly appears. Cena vs Benoit was a solid main event, and Cena winning made sense given Cena was going after Lesnar for months."