[8.0] "Outside of the Noble/Gunn/Torrie/Nidia stuff and the APA squash, this was another very good episode of Smackdown here, with Eddie/Rhyno, the main event, and the opener all being really good matches. The opening segment, which featured a good Cena rap, and the Eddie/Benoit promo were also good."

[10.0] "Absolutely incredible episode of Smackdown and an outstanding go home show for Vengeance with the card looking stacked! It features a really fun opening segment with John Cena rapping to Stephanie, a fun catfight with Stephanie and Sable (although I wish Stephanie would stop shrieking), and of course it's a very strong in ring show with three must see matches in my opinion. The opening tag, Eddie Guerrero vs Rhyno and the outstanding 6-man main event. Eddie Guerrero is just so joyful to watch it's simply impossible to boo him and his segment with Chris Benoit is great. The APA running around giving out bar room brawl invitations is funny with a particularly random moment where the Brooklyn Brawler is desperate to join because he hates Doink the Clown. How can I not love something as random as that? The Noble/Torrie storyline is the only real weak point of the show."

[9.0] "I thought this was a really strong go-home show for Smackdown. The opening segment was probably the best rap segment that Cena has ever had. Thankfully they got all the Stephanie/Sable stuff out of the way early into the show, plus it was short. Every match on this show is solid to good except for the two really short matches. Benoit/Guerrero had a really good promo segment, and the main event did a really good job of building up the world title match."

[9.0] "Great go home episode for Vengeance. The main event was an absolute blast, great build for multiple matches and top notch action, and the opening tag match was great as well. Every single match at Vengeance had a reason and a build behind it, which is why it ended up so good, and episodes like this is what got us there!"