[4.0] "The Promos REALLY save this show from being a disaster class. Cody did well with what he had since Cena wasn't there but the talking point was the women's promo which was one of the best I've ever seen. Both Bianca and Naomi made this feel real and it elevated the feud so much."
"WWE is on fire with some of these segments and matches leading into their biggest show of the year. A week earlier they had one of the best women's matches of all time in the main event, another big female main event on RAW and on this Smackdown they had the best women's segment in front of the crowd that they've ever done. Naomi and Bianca both cried while delivering their lines and at one point were screaming at full volume into each other while the crowd was murmuring about how different the segment was. Jade came out in a generic way at the end, but before that this was literally the best segment they have ever done with women."
[8.0] "In-ring wise, it was a rock-solid SmackDown after the Chamber but it was the collection of promos that kicked the quality up a notch for the fans to invest in WrestleMania even deeper. Such promos by Orton, Rhodes, Bianca & Naomi showed different variations of emotions that propelled respective rivalries while the matches were fairly good to great and ended a few feuds while progressing a few ahead of WWE's grandest stage. If this level of momentum is maintained, WrestleMania could be locked in as an exceptional event."
[4.0] "This SmackDown show was extremely disappointing compared to the other two shows we saw in WWE (not counting NXT). It was a show where nothing stood out except for a couple of things, the rest was a waste of time. The show starts with Randy Orton with the typical generic babyface promo, I don't like Randy Orton face, so nothing, beyond the intensity he puts into it, I don't care. Tiffany wins against Piper in an absolute filler match where Charlotte attacks her again {4.0} (STOP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER, AND DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH CHARLOTTE AND TIFFANY FOR GOD'S SAKE) The fight for the contenders is a typical tag team match, which is what it was, all tag teams can give much better matches if they are given time, but oh well, I'm happy for Preatty Deadly {6.0} The ultra cringe promo by Naomi and Bianca Belair for god's sake, if you want to cry go to the soap operas, here you come to be brave, not sissies. Shitty fight between Solo Sikoa "The Jobber par excellence" and Braun Strowman {2.0} although Braun's chokeslam on Jacob Fatu was the BEST OF THE NIGHT. The street fight was boring for a street fight, there was nothing interesting beyond Chelsea's outfit making reference to Mick Foley, but that's it, the return of Alba Fyre "Kay Lee Ray" was ok but I also don't understand why the hell she attacked Mick, they'll explain it to us in the next few weeks. {5.0} Cody Rhodes' promo was the same boring promo as always, man (HE CAN'T DO INTENSE PROMOS, EXTREME PROMOS, OR WHAT? ), the only good thing was at the end when he did John Cena's line, but it was a bit lame. Drew McIntre vs. Jimmy Uso again, I'm not even going to comment on this match, a TOTAL waste of time, and then Damian Priest comes to attack Drew, which I also don't care about {1.0} (the match isn't 1-on-1, it's 3-on-4, but since I care so little, fuck you) And then LA Knight takes the US title again, better than having a guy who doesn't appear as champion. But the match was absolute garbage, and they've already discredited the mid-card title again as HHH always does for both women and men. Please bring back The Rock to save SmackDown. HHH wanted to put on a show of the same quality as The Rock did with his stuff, but it turned out like shit. So he should go fuck himself already."
[6.0] "Adequate episode of Smackdown. Match of the night was Michin/Green by a long shot. Most of the wrestling in this episode was below average though."
[6.0] "A very light episode overall. The development is taking its time. A bunch of video recaps from Chamber. The promo segments did their job well and helped build up the rest. Cody--holy shit, his face. The pop and hype around him are amazing to see. I'm super hyped for what's next between him and Cena."
[4.0] "Smackdown is actually in the dumps right now. It's hard to get through. Like I dare say Collison dynamite impact raw nxt are all miles better right now and it's not close. I agree with everyone in here who says smackdown is a chore to get through bc it is lol"
[6.0] "Yeah, SmackDown continues to lag behind the other shows at the moment. The Cody Rhodes promo was fine but nothing as incendiary as what happened at EC."
[6.0] "Solid show overall. The matches and promos for me were very hit or miss with the US women's title match being the MOTN and Cody Rhodes having the best promo on the show."
[6.0] "Smackdown episode that is good to average. Randy Orton promo which is very cool with Orton summing up KO's jealousy perfectly. Can't wait to see what happens next with KO. The match between Stratton and Niven is nice with another good match to show Stratton's in-ring skills. Nick Aldis' segment summarising the dynamics of the tag division over the last 3 months is excellent. The challenger's match is good with good pace and a win for Pretty Deadly who, to my surprise, pin MCMG. Now THE promo of the night between Bianca and Naomi which is excellent and this is the kind of promo we want in the women's division. Everything Naomi says makes sense and justifies her attack on Jade Cargill. It's a very emotional segment that made an impression on me personally. Jade's attack is cool. I'm very happy to have a personal story in the women's division. Now on to this match between Sikoa and Strowman. This match sucks in terms of in ring and on top of that the DQ ending makes you say why this match even happened. However, the post-match brawl between Strowman and Fatu is nice. The street fight between Michin and Chelsea Green is good. I'm glad to see Alba Fyre back but I don't know what to expect from this possible alliance with Chelsea. Cody's promo is very cool with an American Nightmare that despite what it went through in the chamber, he's not giving up on John Cena. The match between Mcintyre and Uso sucked with little action, a win for Mcintyre which was pleasing but it's clear what the Scottish will do at WM. I like Priest a lot, I like Drew a lot but this rivalry is just a rivalry to keep Drew busy and is more beneficial to Damian Priest. The Main Event is fun in terms of in ring. I'm really pleased that LA Knight is getting the US title back. Nakamura's reign is one of the worst I've seen in the last two years. I was very happy when he came back with this brand new character, when he won the title at Survivor Series but since then his reign has been uninteresting and storyless. I hope LA Knight has a reign of the same quality as his first reign and I hope the European tour does Smackdown some good."
[7.0] "A very strange smackdown. The promos/segments were honestly spectacular, but the matches were pretty awful on average. I have to go 7 for the stories, but had the matches been good this could have been such an amazing episode"
"Adding Alba Fyre to become Chelsea Green's secret service is surprising, but exciting. Alba Fyre is heavily underused with her talent. Looking forward for this, though it really is surprising and in a bad way lol. Pretty Deadly getting a chance is amazing to see, too. Michin and Chelsea Green always deliver. They both have great chemistry together, and Michin being the street fight expert in the women's division is fitting. Rather weak episode as a whole, but there are some great moments, for sure."
[7.0] "The March 7th, 2025 edition of WWE's SmackDown was an eventful one! Way better than the crap I saw last time. Some gripes I STILL have about the show but the good overshadowed the bad. We had a perfect segment between Naomi and Bianca Belair where Naomi revealed she attacked Jade Cargill in an emotional exchange that left me feeling amazed by it and even more so when Jade Cargill showed up to kick some ASS! We also got a big monster brawl between Fatu and Strowman that ended with Fatu going through tables. Alba Fyre returned on this episode and joined up with Green and Niven! I'm not too excited but I'm interested to see where that goes. Cody came out and cut a damn good promo on Cena and told him to come get some. Lots of good within this one! The bad within this show was some uninteresting storylines here and there, some weak matches like Solo vs. Strowman and McIntyre vs. Uso as well as an uninteresting main event. Overall, a good show that needs to work out some kinks before it can go to another level. [***1/2]"
[3.0] "I don't know what happened last week. It was a very solid all-around episode of SmackDown. This whole episode was very flat. There are two passable matches on the show, but what I'm disappointed at is the fact RAW and NXT are killing it weekly, and SmackDown just feels bland. Next week's card looks promising, with a couple of solid matches."
[4.0] "The time has come to admit this, Smackdown is EASILY the worst show in between the two major promotions right now. Every match has almost zero value and badly performed to boot. The promos are often somehow worse. This show commits the cardinal sin of being both badly made AND boring. You can do one, but you can't do both and this episode nailed both. It's only saving grace is the fact Netflix at least edits out the endless and seemingly infinite ad breaks. The opening match between Stratton and Niven was basically fine but who cares? It only existed so Flair could do the same thing she has been doing for weeks and years if we are honest. A sloppy attack and a boring look to camera piece. The tag match tried but was sloppy and the crowd were completely disinterested. Solo vs Braun was a disaster and the finish was diabolical. The crowd was so quiet you could have heard two ants having whispered argument two miles away. Chelsea and Michin had a decent match but I'm f**ked if I ever want to see them in the ring together again. That has to be the 73rd time they've had a match together.Drew and Jimmy had a completely pointless match that was slower than two old people f**king and a finish so obvious you could see the clay more coming from space. At least we got to see Priest doing something, but the audience was borderline deceased by this point. The main event was just a reset from the poor decision made weeks ago that has been repeatedly made worse with every passing week. But at least the match was acceptable. The Bianca/Naomi promo was written badly, delivered worse and fell completely flat. It was the wrong twist with the wrong person for no reason. Nobody wants a Jade/Naomi feud. Unfortunately people are going to realise that very quickly over the next few weeks. Something positive did happen. Randy Orton delivered a decent promo. Cody Rhodes on the other hand delivered an exceptional promo. Full of emotion and clever language, you want to believe ever word he says, no matter how ridiculous. Without him this episode was a complete waste of three hours. Also, for the love of jeebus... WE GET IT. JOHN CENA TURNED HEEL! WE GET IT! Please stop replaying the package six times and episode. Between Raw and SD it felt like it made up 30 minutes of runtime. Poor episode with seemingly no attempt made to reverse the flow of mediocrity."
[6.0] "Promos did the hard carrying this week, with Naomi honouring her father-in-law Rikishi by admitting that she attacked Jade Cargill for Bianca Belair (like Rikishi ran over Steve Austin for The Rock), and then Cody Rhodes's reaction to John Cena's attack on him at Elimination Chamber (although the visible damage on him was done by Travis Scott). The in-ring was pretty lacking, with the two US Title matches being the best of a mediocre bunch."
"Promos and segments are very well done, same cannot be said for matches. Especially disappointed with the main event, too little time given, match itself was also not engaging at all. Shinsuke's title run ended with literally nothing made me question the decision to let Knight lose in the first place. Overall 5/10"
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