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Let's take a look at how Smackdown played out tonight by reviewing each segment and talking about the hits and misses.Vince Starting SmackdownHit: I can't remember the last time Vince McMahon was on Smackdown...and Josh Mathews claims it has been at least three years.Miss: WWE typically claims there's no "B" show, but the fact that Vinnie Mac is never on the blue show, I'd say that claim falls by the wayside.General Manager AnnouncementHit: Booker T is the new General Manager of Smackdown, putting him into a great role. Doing commentary throughout the entire evening isn't his strong point, but he's ...

No Way Out is behind us and as SmackDown rolls into Baltimore, I’m starting a new article series where I review wrestling shows and give you a run-down of my least favorite parts. I’ll try not to just vomit hatred, but rather throw some positivity amongst the areas that frustrated and disappointed me. Mick Foley as SmackDown’s General Manager of the Night The issue is that he’s just in the role for the night. By giving him a one evening engagement, that essentially means that Mick is not going to be involved on upcoming shows ...

Each week, the contributors at GuysNation discuss the things that I feel are the bigger topics of the week in the world of professional wrestling. Typically it's RAW and SmackDown, but there could be Ring Of Honor and TNA Impact thrown in as well. This is the discussion for 11/11/11.What do you think about the pairing of R-Truth and The Miz? Future tag team champions, decent stop gap solution until bigger/better things open up for them, is it a waste of talent or do you not really care for one / both of them? Jeremy M: I ...

The final show prior to WWE's Money In The Bank pay per view.Smackdown actually has its stuff in gear. Not only do we know who's going to be in the ladder match, but they've all got reasons to hate each other. There might've been one or two guys I'd move in or out of the list of eight.The World Title match is more than set, and it's quite possible that this will be the last time the two meet for the next few months. They've already held enough one-on-ones between the duo, and another could significantly increase the yawn-factor of ...

With two episodes of Smackdown left before Money In The Bank, we've got a sub-par showing from the secondary show thus far.The main event scene is convoluted, Christian is being misused in his whiny angle, Sheamus just inserted himself into the title angle again, and Teddy Long switches from being the Power Playa who can make any decision he wants one week and then becomes the guy who can't change things the next week.A nice feud was brewing between Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan, and now it looks as though they've completely switched over to DiBiase vs Bryan so they ...

It's Friday...Friday...Friday...and because I don't like crappy pop music, that's the only reference to Rebecca Black you'll get from me or most of the authors on GuysNation.  Our style is more akin to talking about SmackDown and making light of the things that WWE presents to us, good and bad!I view this as Week 2 in the post-Edge era. Sure, he was put out of active competition last week, but that show still revolved around trying to clean up after his removal from the roster.  Sure, tonight's show is advertised to have a "going away party" for Edge thrown by ...

It's Monday night, time for WWE's flagship show, and I never thought I would be saying this, but R-Truth is your top contender for the World Championship.Well, yeah, John Cena is the co-owner of that spot, but it's still puzzling to me how R-Truth got into this position after being left off of most of the pay-per-view of the past year, but it is what it is and we'll make the most of it!What are the odds that they bring up the fact that Cena and R-Truth had a bunch of backstage segments when Cena was being forced to be ...

It's time for the Friday night show, and I have tons of excitement as I anxiously delve into this edition of Smackdown, which I have been anticipating since 10:10 pm EST on Monday night, when Edge announced that he was retiring.Forget all the secondary angles and championships, I want to know what's going to happen with the World Heavyweight Championship, which Edge has not yet lost.I'm assuming they're going to strip him of the title and put it up for grabs at the Pay-Per-View, but there are other possibilities.  Maybe Alberto Del Rio will be awarded the belt tonight?  He ...

Only 51 weeks remaining until WrestleMania, and we've only got one match booked! That's a lot of work left to do, and...plenty of time to set things up.With a more immediate need, Extreme Rules is coming up, and I can't think of any matches they've setup so far.  John Cena was last seen face to face with The Rock, battling back the members of The Corre, but neither of those guys is on the RAW roster.What will the flagship show do to battle the oh-so-creative Extreme Rules booking of Alberto Del Rio vs. Edge in a WrestleMania rematch? ...

It's the first Smackdown following Wrestlemania.  Edge is still the World Champion.  Wade Barrett is the Intercontinental Champion and his Corre compatriots are the tag champs.  Where does Alberto Del Rio go from here?  How will Cody Rhodes' big win affect him coming out of the flagship show?  Wil we ever see a continuation of Kelly Kelly & Drew McIntyre?How many times will they recap RAW?All this and more as Friday Night Smackdown rolls ahead!Alberto Del Rio starts off the show.  He doesn't have a fancy car, but he is showing up with Brodus Clay and his personal ring announcer.He ...