[5.0] "Omnipresence has a new name: Uso. The twins win an important title match and make the OTC proud. Meanwhile, SmackDown! is promoting a World Cup--which, like a FIFA Peace Prize, nobody really needs, right? The first match in the tournament for this strange trophy goes to Santos Escobar, who manages to eliminate the fallen main eventer Nakamura. Meanwhile, LA Knight gets to know Bray Wyatt. Of all people, Shotzi then manages to rise to the top contender spot after a very lackluster Six-Pack Match. But Rousey certainly isn't losing sleep over Blackheart. In the tournament for the strange World Cup, Braun Strowman then quickly and ruthlessly dismantles the filler opponent Jinder Mahal. Afterward, the Viking Raiders prevent a match between B-Fab and Zelina Vega by attacking everything and everyone near the ring. Then the Bloodline goes straight into the War Games matchmaking against the Brawling Brutes & Drew McIntyre. It lacks depth, but it's intense. A strong match to start, but after that the show loses quality and feels merely functional. I still don't quite understand what the point of this World Cup is."
[6.0] "This was a solid episode. The opening match was pretty good. The other encounters were very average. The last segment with the Bloodline and the Brawling Brutes was fun. The other segments were boring."
[6.0] "A good but disappointing opener, a mediocre match with a new number one contender, a mid match between Santos and Nakamura, a pointless squash between Braun and Jinder, some irrelevant segments in between (cool return by the Viking Raiders, but they never do something with them, and the start of the LA Knight vs Bray Wyatt feud that ended killing all of the later's momentum). Then, the final segment that sets up the male WarGames, I felt it so forced despite the Brutes and McIntyre having some bad blood with the Bloodline."
[6.0] "Apart from the opener and the Escobar and Nakamura match their wasn't really much in this show. I did enjoy the Viking raiders return though, that was very well done."
[7.0] "The main event of the show is definitely the victory of the Uso Brothers over the New Day and becoming their longest-standing team champions in the team division. It is also worth noting the beginning of the World Cup tournament and the return of the Vikings. And the rest of the usual show where there was a pleasant wrestling, fun action and an atmosphere of entertainment is clearly a strong side of the promotion. Pizza and juice helps me to get double pleasure!"
[8.0] "The evening kicked off with a spectacular showdown between Usos & New Day which felt pretty important after a long time. The story they developed within a short time was deep enough to revisit this masterpiece of a rivalry. The result was in doubt by several factors but at the end, Usos prevailed still as the flagbearers of the tag division. The action continued towards the first stage of the World Cup tourney as Nakamura & Escobar presented a short, crisp work-rate clash that had more room to crave. The result solidified Escobar as a fresh face to thrive in the scene of the IC title and Nakamura enacted the role of giving a strong impression very well. Bray Wyatt found his first prey in LA Knight despite battling his demons inside and the rivalry could go both ways. However, the freshness of the feud is real and I'm excited to see how it plays out. The women's six pack challenge was a shipwreck of offense from all as the small ratio of good moments got outweighed by the awry major altercations. Despite being a mixed bag, Shotzi emerged as the new challenger for Rousey which could be an easy work. Strowman performed in a lighthearted way to advance in the World Cup bracket against Mahal while Valhalla arrived in convincing fashion as Sarah Logan expectedly rejoined the crew as the new mastermind of Viking Raiders. The Bloodline closed the show with a purpose of celebrating The Usos' historic feat but had their hands almost full with their enemies set for a war. Brawling Brutes & Drew McIntyre comprise a packed team that serve as great equalizers for the ruling faction of the brand. Meanwhile, a single spot is left and whoever fills it must be fitting enough to carry the story forward. This episode provided a massive progress towards new arcs & arcs that exist heading to the PPV where fresh options were considered to move higher. The decisions were almost acceptable while the in-ring work was kept straightforward with a variety of matches. I'm pretty sure that the card of Survivor Series looks rigid for a great event because of the rock-solid build of stories with a convincing purpose of utilizing the WarGames atmosphere."
[7.0] "Opener was great. Santos vs Nakamura was good as well. The women's match was weird. A botch then oh hey Shotzi won. A LA Knight vs Bray feud is an excellent idea and I am all for it."
[8.0] "Very good Smackdown, a quality opener, a good mid card. Despite the botch of the table I found the 6 pack very fluid and nice. The segments were pretty funny and the War Games set up without too much delay. Show seen in streaming"
[9.0] "Incredible show, amazing show, brilliant show, Smackdown delivered so much this week, what can I say, New Day vs Usos easy **** 1/2 star and MOTN, Nakamura vs Escobar, fun to watch and good match, *** 1/2 star, Womans? alrighty, satisfactory match for *** stars and last, ok squash, but I got to like Braun a little bit after his return as wrestler (as human not so much) but I mean he is doing okay, the highlights of this show for me are also not only the opening match but segments, this smackdown had beautiful segments and kinda memorable if I can be honest. The Viking Raiders officaly begins their another raid in Smackdown, this time even Sarah Logan is gonna be with them, I think that for the first time in Main Roster they can be actually entertaining, I recently liked their video packages too, and now fully focusing Bloodline vs Brawling Brutes and even Drew involving in that, Lovely stuff I loved this, this show gets, matches: 8 segments: 9, overall 8.5, 9 in cagematch rating, wholesome show"
[5.0] "I really don't understand how some of these show get such a high rating. Besides the tag team championship match, I thought this episode of Smackdown was below average. A Braun Stroman squash, horrible women's match, and a mediocre World Cup match does not deserve a nearly 9 point rating."
[8.0] "Not anywhere as good as the current rating would suggest but this was a good wrestling show. The opening tag match to be the longest reigning tag champs in history was good. Shinsuke/Santos had a solid match, the women's #1 contender's match was a clusterfuck but not in a good way. Whatever Roman was going to do before the show ended due to the Usos' big win was interesting, but the brutes came out, as did Drew to set something up for the Survivor Series. Also La Knight Bray is the funniest feud ever"
[8.0] "Opens with the tag title match which wasn't the best Usos vs New Day match but it felt big, it felt more important than any match they've had and the near falls were incredible. Nakumura vs Escobar could've used more time but was a fun t.v match. Shinskue vs Muta got mentioned which was neat. LA Night and Bray Wyatt have an interaction, inject it into my veins. WWE really likes to do 6 pac challenges on Smackdown, I like how Shotzi is getting the spotlight. Braun and Jinder are two people who've been world champs in the past 5 years... the match goes under 2 mins. Idk man I dig the Viking Raiders and Sarah Logan return. Bloodline stuff was ok without Sami, Wargames is going to be fun and the show got me excited for the event. I want Kevin Owens to do something stupid in the big cage."
[7.0] "Jeez, Smackdown is fucking overrated nowadays (probably because of the endless, overhyped Bloodline crap). Anyway, the Usos vs New Day and Shinsuke Nakamura vs Santos Escobar carried this episode. It was also nice seeing Shayna Baszler look like a killer again, and Ronda Rousey had a witty line at the end of her segment too."
[7.0] "Nice episode of Smackdown, the first half of the show was the clear highlight with New Day/Usos and Nakamura/Santos being both really good. The Rest of the show was solid enough but I don't think it kept up the pace. Six pack challenge was fine, Strowman's squash was what it should've been. Backstage segments were enjoyable but not amazing. Same goes for the closing Bloodline/Brutes segment"
[6.0] "Some good stuff on the show. First hour was vastly superior to the second hour. The amount of 10s this has been rated is ridiculous though that's an obscene rating. "I thought it was a very good show for the most part" and gave it a 10......what bro? A 10 is a perfect score."
[5.0] "When I opened this section and saw that last night's Smackdown has 9.27 average rating I was the least to say shocked. The opening match was good, just what you can expect from these teams, but nothing we haven't seen before, definitely not their best match (and that one-d didn't look really great); fair first world cup match between Santos and Shinsuke, almost awful women six pack match and a squash win for Strowman, that is really not a 9.27 in my books; the best part came at the end between The Bloodline and The Brutes with McIntyre, I hope they give them a nice old-school rivalry that of course culminates with a memorable match."
[5.0] "I guess I'm in the minority but I thought, with the exception of the tag match and the final segment, that this was a fairly mediocre Smackdown. The tag match was good, but a little bit underwhelming (the heat segments from the Usos are eternal, jesus). Shinsuke v. Santos was alright, the women's match was a trainwreck, the La Knight/Bray segment had this weird awkward vibe that made me laugh, the Braun squash was there, Sarah Logan is back... and the final segment delivered its purpose. My guess that I'm so down on this episode is that it has the worst pacing I've ever seen on a wrestling show. I swear there were segments when it was two backstage promos (that most of them were not good), an entrance and another commercial. It's not fun watching this show live."
[10.0] "How can you rate a show like this? Matches quality is high, storylines are hot, first serious interactions with some for Bray Wyatt, the World Cup is pretty over, the return of the Viking Raiders (with Sarah Logan)... Excellent!"
[10.0] "Probably one of the best shows of all these years, incredible. What a great job by the whole cast for delighting us with this show bomb, very complete. Good wrestling, good surprises and most of all, Sheamus and Drew getting back together. I love it."
[8.0] "The bulk of the score here is for the Usos/New Day match, another really good one in their series, and one that led to the Usos breaking the New Day's record for the longest tag team title reign in WWE. Bray Wyatt has an actual opponent for once in LA Knight, Shotzi become the next challenger for Ronda Rousey, and Max The Impaler showed up... wait, that was Sarah Logan? Anyway, looks like the men's WarGames is Bloodline vs. Drew McIntyre, the Brawling Brutes and one other, so no The Judgment Day."
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