[7.0] "Un bon SmackDown cette semaine. J'ai particulièrement apprécié le premier match entre Tama Tonga et Ilja Dragunov. C'était bien stiff, technique, et ça fait plaisir de voir Tama Tonga à ce niveau. Je pense qu'il aura bientôt sa chance pour le titre de Carmelo Hayes, il le mérite. Ensuite, je retiens la qualification de Kiana James pour l'Elimination Chamber. C'est une belle façon de la récompenser pour son excellent Royal Rumble, même s'il faudra probablement retravailler sa gimmick pour qu'elle ait un vrai impact. Trick Williams se qualifie également, ce qui est logique : c'est l'un des futurs talents majeurs de SmackDown et de la WWE. Il ne remportera sans doute pas le match, mais j'espère qu'il aura de bons spots, mieux qu'au Royal Rumble. Le Main Event est agréable également. J'aime beaucoup Aleister Black et j'espère que sa rivalité contre Randy Orton débouchera sur un match à WrestleMania. Black est de retour à son meilleur niveau, et j'attends avec impatience la suite."

[6.0] "Eine Solide bis Gute Smackdown Ausgabe. Viele Matches hier auf der Card, die auch fast alle wirklich unterhaltsam gewesen sind. Was mir auch sehr gut gefallen hat, war das Wortgefecht zwischen Sami Zayn und Cody Rhodes. Bin gespannt wie es bei den Fehden weitergehen wird. Cody muss meiner Meinung nach irgendwann Heel Turnen. Besonders gut fand Ich hier Aleister Black vs. Randy Orton, Tama Tonga vs. Ilja Dragunov & das Triple Threat Qualifikations Match für den Elimination Chamber Spot der Männer. Insgesamt gebe Ich der gesamten Ausgabe von Smackdown, 6 Punkte."

[5.0] "Not a bad show but not great. Iyo vs Giulia was advertised but on free television but zero build was utterly stupid. Main event wasn't bad. Kiana winning the triple threat was probably the highlight as we were caught completely off guard as Charlotte was the play it safe card. Rhea & Giulia seemed to be both be protected with ANOTHER interference with Lash & Nia. Trick is getting more and more over every week with a decent triple threat match with Melo & Priest We demand better for this road to Wrestlemania."

[4.0] "Overall, that wasn't good episode. We got many matches, almost everyone was good in wresting, but not so intresting in a storytelling. The best things were Oba and Kit segment/match, both qualification matches, especially men's, Cody and Sami promo and Charlexa's segment. Everething else was just a mideocre and we don't get really good steps in a storylines."

[7.0] "Not a bad show, not a great show. Somewhere in between. The duration is obviously stressful to pass through, since a lot of it is inconsequential filler, but most of the matches on this show were on the better side. Especially that triple threat qualifier for the men's EC. Drew did a great job on this show IMO, his presence played a bit part and I liked the Solo, Jacob and CoDeH segment. Trick Williams is hilarious, charismatic, talented and I absolutely am loving his push like the audience is as well. All together, RAW as of now is the B show for sure. So much for "Netflix"."

[8.0] "Great show! You have some very good backstage segments, specifically the one with Cody and Sami, they're doing a great job at building Giulia and Kiana which is also good to see, all the matches were in 6-8 range and I think they got all the qualifier winners right. Not much to complain about this show."

[6.0] "Cody will die Show eröffnen, doch bevor er wirklich was sagen kann, wird er von Jacob Fatu konfrontiert. Auch Nick Aldis und Drew McIntyre kommen dazu und es bricht ein kleines Chaos aus. Melo und Ilja hypen sich für ihre Matches und dann gehts auch mit der Action los. Nach dem Match zwischen Ilja und Tama Tonga entsteht noch ein Brawl, bei dem Ilja Hilfe von ein paar anderen Wrestlern bekommt und der mit einem Einspieler der Wyatt Sicks endet. Ein paar kürzer Segmente folgen, bevor Jade Cargill den Ring betritt und eine kurze Promo hält. Der Qualifier der Frauen war dann ebenfalls ganz okay. Kit Wilson vs. Oba Femi war dann eher ein Segment als ein Match, aber sehr unterhaltsam. Alba Fyre gegen Tiffy war ebenfalls ein nettes Match. Es folgt ein intensives Segment zwischen Samy Zayn und Cody. Es folgt ein sehr nices Triple Threat und ein gutes Match zwischen Rhea und Giulia, was ruiniert wird. Sehr schade. Kurz danach talked sich the Miz versehentlich in ein Match mit Oba Femi und dann kommt der Main Event. Dieser wollte bei mir allerdings nicht richtig zünden."

[8.0] "Another great Smackdown. Drew McIntyre is the best. Ilya vs. Tama was great. Double the intensity, double the fun. Always nice to hear "thank you" at the end of a match. Charlotte vs. Kiana vs. Nia was really good. Shocking result, but Kiana's been a highlight recently, so absolutely the best decision for EC. Kiana is on another level atm. So happy for her win and to hear "Kiana" chants. She deserves an entrance repackage/image rebrand to match her in-ring skill. Feels like they've barely scratched the surface of her overall potential. Oba vs. Kit was amazing - two of my absolute favourites for very different reasons. Tiffy vs. Alba - holy hell, those gnarly suplexes did not look kind on Alba.. Chelsea is great - let's hope it's a minor injury. Melo vs. Priest vs. Trick was good. Might be the best I've seen Priest look in a while and Trick winning is great for EC. Wade is such a pro at covering timing mistakes and botches. Giulia vs. Rhea was great; Giulia's ad-break stomp on Rhea looked... ouch.. I'm glad Giulia's regularly rubbing shoulders with the top card now. Aleister vs. Randy was good - Aleister winning this one was a surprise. Smackdown continues to be better than Raw in 2026 and next week's show already looks good."

[8.0] "This was a very well-written episode of SmackDown. It felt like the majority of the SmackDown roster was featured in some way tonight. The matches on the show were decent, not up to par where I would wanna see it, but it's treading its way upward. But this was solid. If you had told me SmackDown would be better than RAW last year, I would've laughed. But with the younger talent shining, and solid matches mixed in with some great segments like the Cody Rhodes and Sami Zayn bit. You can deliver quality television as they did. Trick Williams is super over, and I'm glad Kiana James got her moment. Overall solid episode. Now we head into next week for the go-home show in Louisville, Kentucky, as he hits the final stop before WWE Elimination Chamber in Chicago."

[7.0] "Pretty good show here, had a great amount of matches, and flowed through pretty well. Cody, Jacob, & Drew kicking off the show went as about as it was expected to be. Ilja vs Tama was good. MFT & Wyatts segment was good as well, i'm just hoping that they do this blowoff match and completely move on. i'm tired of feuds ending but not actually ending. Jade's promo was fine I guess? Her promo game needs work in my opinion. Both triple threats were very fun with very well selected winners. Kit vs Oba wasn't anything spectacular from an in-ring perspective, but the whole poem reading stuff was gold. Tiffany vs Alba was decent. Giulia vs Rhea was fine until the shenanigans ending, same goes for the Randy/Aleister match. Overall, good show with a lot of very enjoyable matches."

[6.0] "Smackdown was a show that had some serious effort put into it, but there were still many ups and downs. The show starts off with a pretty good Fatu Rhodes Mcintyre promo. I feel that Fatu Mcintyre Rhodes is the way to go to close out Night 1 of Mania. We then get a pretty good Dragunov Tonga match, I just would've preferred it go 15 minutes, the end segment between the MFTS and Wyatt Sicks was incredibly underwhelming. This rivalry NEEDS TO END, hopefully next week. We then get a surprising triple threat match where Kiana wins. I like it, unpredictable television is what Smackdown desperately needs. Kit Wilson, continues to be very entertaining, as he got destroyed by Oba Femi, however, these segments have become very repetitive, especially with Oba, it'll be good to see him fight Miz next week. Oba can really go in the ring, he's more than a squash match guy. Jade Cargill cuts a useless promo, to set up a useless Tiffany Stratton match. I'm so tired of babyface Tiffy time, and Alba Fyre needs to leave WWE, why is Kay Lee Ray wrestling in a fkn suit. Sami and Cody cut an EXCELLENT backstage segment, teasing a possible Sami heel turn, which is absolutely necessary for his character Gargano continues to be a joke, as well as the tag team division which is way too talented for this creative bs. The Trick triple threat was excellent, and Trick was absolutely the correct winner. The show at this point feels like it'll never end, as we get a useless match between Ripley and Giulia, which is good until the bs DQ finish. AND FINALLY we're at the main event, which gives Black the win over Randy bc of Drew interference, but unfortunately we will likely forget this happened by next week. The show was good in some parts, bad in others, and it's just way to freaking long. 5.5/10 show"

[6.0] "This felt like an improvement. Some solid story work done and it flowed a little better but I can't help but feel bored by the pacing. Three hours is a hard enough sell at the best of times and this was a little flat at times."

[5.0] "Cody, Fatu, and McIntyre. Apparently, none of them can do without the others at the moment. Personally, I could do without the MFT stuff. Even Dragunov has to lie down for this nonsense, which I can't understand at all. Jade Cargill is just as unconvincing on the mic as she is in the ring. And now she has Charlotte's attention, although I really hope that the Nature Boy's daughter can put an end to this in the medium term. Charlotte won't be at Elimination Chamber, though, because Kiana James will secure the spot instead. Oba Femi is still in clear exhibition mode before Kay Lee Ray shows that she could thoroughly embarrass Stratton if she wanted to. Trick Williams is already the favorite going into the Triple Threat and goes on to win it. Oh, and the big RAW box is going back to the red brand. The match between Giulia and Ripley is decided by DQ because Jax & Legend make their appearance. The main event also ends with a distraction, but brings Aleister Black the success he's been waiting for."

[8.0] "Another very solid episode of SmackDown in 2026. In fact, so good in places that it could have ended up being a 9 or even 10 - except for the biggest remaining issue with the booking, which I'll come to. Great segment with Sami and Cody, good storyline progression with those two and Jacob and Drew. Every one of the matches was fun in its own way, and both of the EC qualifier winners were excellent decisions - Trick Williams is already massively over and will bring some serious star power to the Chamber, and the surprise victory of Kiana James (when Charlotte was assumed to be a sure thing) was a great sign for her continuing momentum; she has it all, between the look, the promo ability and the athleticism, and has only been derailed by a bad injury which required a gradual reintroduction to in-ring activity. Now - her "associate" on the other hand...Giulia has been mishandled for almost her entire main roster run, certainly the whole time since she got switched to SmackDown (even though things seemed like they might be looking up this year) after a pretty promising start on Raw. It has been widely assumed to be because of Road Dogg not understanding or liking her, and this has seemingly been confirmed by her reposting a complaint about Road Dogg's booking of her on her social media. Whether this was an error because of something being lost in translation, or her frustration with his creative genuinely boiling over, we don't know yet. But what we can clearly see on TV week-to-week is that he does not see what Triple H saw in her and has no idea how to get or keep her over. She was supposed to have a match with IYO this week, which people got excited for, but this was then switched to Rhea with no explanation given in kayfabe or otherwise. That program could have been the beginning of a real turnaround in her fortunes, but the U-turn on it is a worrying omen about whether they intend to keep pushing her after Road Dogg cooled her off so much in 2025. It is time to switch her to Raw and get her away from his extremely poor booking of her. So that's my two cents on that. Otherwise, this show was excellent."

[7.0] "Idk why people are rating these shows with their comments, they realize just by putting [8.0] doesn't count for a rating, right? Regardless, solid show, happy to see Kiana James win her match. Other matches were as expected"

[8.0] "Some really good matches like Tama vs Ilja, the women's triple threat, Tiffy vs Alba and the men's triple threat. Those were all good. There were some funny backstage segments too. The squash match was okay but I wanted to see more offense from Kit Wilson. I fell asleep before I could watch the main event but I heard it was a bit slow which is common for a Randy Orton match, that's just his style. All in all this seemed like a fine show by Smackdown standards. I don't watch Smackdown every week so that was a bit of a pleasant surprise."

[6.0] "Not a bad Smackdown episode but also not a strong one. The match I was mostly looking for, Giulia against IYO, didn't happen. Another unnecessary fals advertisement from WWE."

[7.0] "Another good episode of SD. The opening segment was good. Fatu reminding us that without Drew he would have been in the chamber is good. Drew's line, "All bark, no bite, " is great for showing that Fatu talks but doesn't do anything. Ilja/Tama is, unsurprisingly, a good match. The brutal wrestling style of both men came through in this match. It was great to have Tama win because he's the only one, along with Solo, who's interesting in this clan. The post-match was good with Ilja throwing himself at MFT. The Howdy/Solo announcement was good. Cargill's promo was random. Flair/James/Jax was good too. A decent match with an incredible result. Kiana James pinning Charlotte to get into the chamber was shocking but excellent. Oba/Wilson was cringe and horrible. Putting a talented wrestler with an awkward character doesn't work. Give Oba Femi real matches. Stratton/Fyre. Excellent match... for Stratton. It was a one-sided match. Yes, Alba had two or three offenses (including the famous tornado DDT that she pulls out in the few matches she does), but that's not enough to make the match important. At least it reminds us that Stratton is excellent in the ring. The Zayn/Cody backstage segment is the segment of the evening. We had an interesting argument where Sami accuses Cody of betraying him and Cody justifies himself by saying that opportunities must be seized. Sami apologizing to Cody shows that Sami is weird. Williams/Hayes/Priest is the match of the evening. I finally got to see the Williams/Hayes match, which I really enjoyed. Priest did a great job in this match. It was great to see Trick Williams win, as he's been one of the standout performers so far this year. I was looking forward to Giulia/Rhea, but was a little disappointed. The in-ring action was fine, but if the match had lasted longer, it would have been much better. The Nakamura/Tama backstage segment is interesting. Nakamura is right in saying that Tama is held back by Solo and that he needs to go solo. Black/Orton was okay, but nothing more. The match was too slow and lacked rhythm. The result is surprising. Having Black beat Orton is great. It shows once again that having him fight Priest was a bad idea."