[3.0] "Pretty bad episode. The segment with Sheamus and McIntyre and the end of the show were the best things."

[4.0] "The opening segment praising Vince was gross. Besides that the show was just kind of there. The opening match wasn't as exciting as I expected. I wish there was more women booked on this show, 3 minutes of wrestling for them is not enough.The main event was ok and for me was the match of the night. Overall it's a very skippable episode."

[3.0] "Catastrophically little wrestling and the scarcity of roster. There are very few really interesting stars. The stories are boring and trivial. Nothing new can be taken out of the release. It seems that something is happening, but somehow boring. The matches are repeated ten times each. Dialogues are square (sterile, lean). As a result, ppv is approaching, and interest is disappearing - a terrible paradox."

[6.0] "An odd show, crazy anout McMahons retirement, great to see Stephanie! Some ok matches and good story development. McIntyre vs Sheams should have been at Summerslam. Morgan/Rouseys promo was short but sweet. Awesome and surprising appereance by Lesnar"

[7.0] "An historic episode, you know... According to me the show is not that bad, good matches and continuations of storylines too."

[4.0] "A generally boring show, without many fights and also with that intrigue of Brock Lesnar so that at the end he came out to do his number, an F5 and home, little to highlight the truth."

[4.0] "Well the "thankyou Vince" chants were a bit tasteless, and the lack of much in the way of actual wrestling continued to be a major problem for Smackdown. The main event was pretty good overall but hurt by having two commercial breaks during it, and also a dumb finish. Not a great episode by any means but not quite the trainwreck the last few episodes have been."

[7.0] "Some people in here are definitely just trying to tank the show rating. This was a pretty solid show all around and the Brock surprise at the end was great."

[6.0] "Stephanie opened the show to send off a man who invented this place, created a mega fanbase for it and ruled it in his last stages with an iron fist. Irrespective of his filthy actions, his influence escalated WWE to the status it is right now. Considering as a personal note, what Steph did was wise but on the shoes of fans, it felt outright weird. I'm staying with the weird reactors. Profits, Usos & Theory had a messed up confrontation setting the main event on a rush. Nakamura vs. Kaiser was much better than their previous one with a win that felt surprising yet interesting. Morgan & Rousey had a short but fine face-off while McAfee & Corbin had an old-school style of hyping their match for SummerSlam. Vikings had a squash and their mini-feud w/New Day is probably set for a clash. Sonya is still trying to weasel her ways into authority but it's not happening and I'm glad it's over. Drew & Sheamus had a good face-off hyping their much awaited "Contender's Clash" and the new stipulation is kind of intriguing. Lacey did the same to Aliyah as last week which keens zero interest. The main event was fun while it lasted with a lame finish while Brock's post-match beatdown was done nicely. This episode didn't have all this buzz until the huge contradictions around the company. The changes weren't drastically seen here but I hope we're in for a wild phase. 6.5 out of 10 points!"

[1.0] "Given the big news of the day, I thought I'd give Smackdown a chance after a few years away, but it didn't go well. In-ring action was thin on the ground and not particularly inspiring, while everything else was complete garbage. Stephanie leading the crowd in a "Thank you Vince" chant to open the show was sickening. All of the promos in the Profits/Theory/Uso's segment were horrific, really insufferable segment. Nakamura has seemingly become a nobody and WALTER & Barthel a shadow of their Imperium days. Liv looked great but her and Rhonda's talking segment was terrible, really bad acting from both and at one point Liv's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her head. New Day are still doing the same old stale schtick, I had go away heat for that gimmick pretty much from its inception and it only got worse right up until I tuned out in 2018, now here we are in 2022 and nothing has changed. Pete Dunne has been turned into an embarrassment and for some reason McIntyre has a sword. Lacey Evans cut a droning, wooden promo and it sucked, then there was no match. Brock turned up to end the episode with an ass kicking and was the only person to seem like a star on the entire show. Also, after two hours I can safely say McAfee is my new most loathed commentator, what an insufferable character, instant go away heat. Overall this absolutely was not for me, maybe once Vince's creative stench has been fully fumigated and they get the belt off Reigns (who was thankfully absent) I'll give it another shot, but for now I won't be tuning in again."

[0.0] "? t was so bad No world champion Same old matches Well with or without vince smackdown was sucks soo bad Give the power on Hunter maybe Just maybe the show getting better Thank you vince WWE becomes wcw 2000"

[5.0] "I KNEW someone who didn't watch the show was going to hop on here and rate this show a zero because of Stephanie's opening promo, and while it was a little weird to attempt to garner so much sympathy for an asshole like Vince, he IS Stephanie's father, and so I can understand why she personally would want to thank him. The first match was very solid. Surprised Nakamura didn't win but this story with Ludwig and Gunther seems to have some legs to it. The Liv Morgan/Ronda Rousey face to face was very brief but it was a good way to advance a baby/baby feud. The McAfee/Corbin brawl and Pat's subsequent promo were both really solid. Pat being in the active storylines makes the show feel more real and connected. The Viking match seemed to be another squash win but then it had a count out finish for some reason. Raquel and Deville had a perfectly acceptable 3 minute match. Only match with a clean finish tonight oddly enough. The Lacey promo was more of the same we've seen. The promos are fine, decent even, but she needs new material. Lacey also excels much more as a more comedy oriented heel. The main event was... okay I guess but felt kind of disappointing. Felt really slow. Doesn't help that it ended in another DQ, but the main talking point here was Brock showing up after he had walked out earlier in the day. He put a hell of a beating on Theory and it was great. Nothing outright terrible here, nothing great either. Just a middle of the road show."

[5.0] "Giving 7 for the kick off. It was too sad to learn that vince mcmahon finally officially retired. I dont find brock's apperance little bit interesting. (**1/2)"

[8.0] "Overall I thought the episode as a whole was pretty good I loved the beggining and the ending seeing Brock show up was a nice surprise also loved seeing Jeff as well overall a good episode."

[0.0] "Stephanie McMahon ushers in the new era of wwe by starting a cult like chant for the accused rapist who had to quit because his allegations caught up to him. And 6000 mindless drones joined in. Thats all I really have to say about this show. ANOTHER DQ finish in a main event. Vince wasn? t the problem the entire company is just clueless."

[5.0] "It's sad when I gotta say the Raquel vs. Sonya match was the best on the show mainly because it's the only one that ended cleanly. Idk what the hell the Viking Raiders match was supposed to be and Lacey Evans is just lame."