[6.0] "SmackDown ist diese Woche nicht ganz so stark wie zuletzt manchmal, aber immer noch auf einem guten Niveau. Das Match zwischen Imperium und Ricochet & Braun war gut, ebenso das Schlusssegment zwischen Roman Reigns und Sami Zayn. Ich bin überrascht, dass es offenbar noch ein Titelmatch für Zayn bei Elimination Chamber gibt, wo Cody Rhodes bereits als Herausforderer für WrestleMania feststeht und Rhodes-Reigns doch viel mehr Sinn ergibt als Rhodes-Zayn. Die weiteren Matches waren allesamt nicht der Rede wert. Charlotte nervt weiterhin. Hier zeigt sie mal wieder, dass sie keinen Moonsault kann, was sie aber nicht daran hindert, ihn zu zeigen. Und neu in ihrem Repertoire von Moves, die sie nicht beherrscht, ist eine Handstand Clothesline, die auch vollkommen albern aussah."

[6.0] "A great opener, Raiders vs Brutes was nice, and the women matches were nearly ok. Final segment was good, but I don't feel the hatred Sami has for Roman. I mean, he was his lapdog just a week before, and yes, he was brutally attacked by the Bloodline after he betrayed Roman, but going from 0 to 100 in one week... Uuhh, I don't know."

[6.0] "Aw, was Roman Reigns once again unable to "carry" his overhyped show + story yet again? Anyway, the opening tag match and Charlotte Flair vs Sonya Deville were both very good matches. Sami Zayn receiving that loud crowd pop was awesome to see too. The show was nothing spectacular though, so this is getting a 6."

[5.0] "This episode was pretty average. All the matches were average and then there was stuff with Bloodline."

[5.0] "Outside of the backstage segments with the bloodline, the opening match, and the main event angle with Roman/Sami this was a smackdown filled with filler. It's a fine show due to the things I mentioned but nothing crazy"

[8.0] "Nothing really remarkable in-ring wise but the opener was a really fun match and the main event angles was top notch"

[7.0] "A perfectly fine episode of smackdown, the roman promos were great, ok to good matches throughout, i enjoyed the NASCAR segment for just pure sillyness. Looking forward to next week."

[8.0] "In my opinion it was a super decent show with important implications and good matches. The RR promo was great with that Zayn arrival."

[4.0] "Pretty mediocre show aside from the Bloodline and Sami. It didn't felt that WWE has all this momentum looking at this show. Excited for Sami/Roman at Montreal."

[4.0] "The wrestling on this sow was mostly fine but i found that not much happend as we all but knew that it was going to be roman sami at EC"

[8.0] "Good opener. Ricochet and Strowman are a damn fun tag team. Final segment was fantastic, as expected. If this is the reaction Zayn gets in South Carolina, just imagine what it's going to be like in Montreal."

[4.0] "Eine unterdurchschnittliche SmackDown Ausgabe. Nach dem Rumble hätte mehr kommen müssen. Es lohnte sich eigentlich nur das Endsegment zu schauen."

[6.0] "The end result of this show saw Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn get made for the Elimination Chamber, with Reigns taking the match because he wants to beat Zayn in his home city of Montreal (an old Vince staple). As much as people like Cody Rhodes, why is this run ending with him and not Zayn? Rest of the show was OK, with some good tags, but underwhelming women's matches. I enjoyed the Mysterio NASCAR race, and whatever it was that Finn Bálor thought was a good idea to wear."