Rate the Smackdown!: 5/15/2018

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It's time for the OTHER Weekly Poll Sensation that sweeps the FAN-Nation! It's time, to RATE THE SMACKDOWN! ...LIVE!



So how good, bad, or meh was Smackdown this week?? It's time to find out. It's time to Rate the Smackdown... LIVE!!



Last Weeks Most Voted Rating: 7/10



----- 2016/Start of New Era Smackdowns



7/19: 2.92

7/26: 5.98

8/2: 7.4

8/9: 5.88

8/16: 6.62

8/23: 8.61

8/30: 6.41

9/6: 7.28

9/13: 8.37

9/20: 7.63

9/27: 7.72

10/4: 6.74

10/11: 7.46

10/18: 7.55

10/25: 6.70

11/1: 6.51

11/8: 5.71

11/15: 7.62

11/22: 7.04

11/29: 7.36

12/6: 6.79

12/13: 6.21

12/20: 8.14

12/27: 7.36



----- 2017



1/3: 7.57

1/10: 6.41

1/17: 5.89

1/24: 5.79

1/31: 6.24

2/7: 6.21

2/14: 7.14

2/21: 6.88

2/28: 5.47

3/7: 5.92

3/14: 4.84

3/21: 6.16

3/28: 5.58

4/4: 8.09

4/11: 7.21

4/18: 4.26

4/25: 5.54

5/2: 6.23

5/9: 5.50

5/16: 5.66

5/23: 5.14

5/30: 6.94

6/6: 6.41

6/13: 5.5

6/20: 5.61

6/27: 6.75

7/4: 5.07

7/11: 5.57

7/18: 5.24

7/25: 7.69

8/1: 7.91

8/8: 5.68

8/15: 4.19

8/22: 6.61

8/29: 5.83

9/5: 6.22

9/12: 7.42

9/19: 4.11

9/26: 7.18

10/3: 5.56

10/10: 7.18

10/17: 6.89

10/24: 6.46

10/31: 6.22

11/7: 7.42

11/14: 7.46

11/21: 6.41

11/28: 4.91

12/5: 5.44

12/12: 4.64

12/19: 4.33

12/26: 6.47



----- 2018



1/2: 5.81

1/9: 2.71

1/16: 2.54

1/23: 3.65

1/30: 5.91

2/6: 4.92

2/13: 3.52

2/20: 4.33

2/27: 5.05

3/6: 5.63

3/13: 5.13

3/20: 8.19

3/27: 5.78

4/3: 5.23

4/10: 7.29

4/17: 7.73

4/23: 6.77

5/1: 5.78

5/8: 6.35

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

/ 10
(Solid show tho. BUT Bryan in the ring...Joe on the promo....Cass dun goofed punching that little person the other week)

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May 15, 2018 21:04:40 GMT -5 ASYLUMHAUSEN said:

/ 10
(Solid show tho. BUT Bryan in the ring...Joe on the promo....Cass dun goofed punching that little person the other week)

Cass's Big Ass is Grass

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7

Bryan beating the shit out of Cass was funny

I like that they might be making Rusev Day a trio, which is how it should've been from the beginning

Almas looked good

I thought the Mellabration was pretty entertaining and I'm loving Carmella as SDL's 205 Live version of Enzo

Got to see Mandy's entrance again

BECKY LYNCH IS GOING TO MONEY IN THE BANK BABY!!!!!

AJ vs. Nak was pretty good. I just hope Nak doesn't choose a lumberjack match or I'm going to get banned.

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Yeah, there was zero chance of me watching this pre-taped.

[Hypnosis]

May 15, 2018 21:06:55 GMT -5 @dax said:

AJ vs. Nak was pretty good. I just hope Nak doesn't choose a lumberjack match or I'm going to get banned.

No matter how bad things get, please don't.  You're one of my favorite posters.

As for Smackdown, I give it a 7 as well.

Cass was torn apart verbally and physically, Becky won, Almas and Zelina finally debuted, Rusev, English, and Lana are a trio, and Nakamura tricking the ref to get the win over Styles was funny.

And yes, Mandy's entrance.

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6
perfectly acceptable edition of SDL

LMAO at Bryan destroying Cass.Calling him Big Edge is a huge insult to Edge he’s more Big Test with the shitty legs of Kevin Nash.

I didn’t peg Rusev as a big Britney Spears fan and then he tells Aiden to “Hit me baby one more time!”.Seeing wwe likes to troll Rusev I wouldn’t be surprised if Lana turned on him and ended up with Aiden.

Found it interesting that last Friday Renee appeared on Edge & Christian’s podcast said she was rather bored with how wwe uses her and she has options outside of wwe and then she’s on this show 5 times when for the past few months she’s lucky if she gets one appearance.

Crowd did not care about the mellabration until Asuka came out.I’m calling it now Asuka will get a good match out of Carmella and it won’t be because Mella has improved it’s because Asuka is in the top 2 or 3 of all worker in the entire company male or female.

Glad Becky’s losing streak angle is over but what a waste they did nothing to even tell a compelling story.

AJ/Nak was a good houseshow match which is a victory for those 2 in the wwe.I’m called it now the stip Nakamura picks  A Best 4 out of 6 balls match the rules are simple The 1st person to hit both balls 2 out of 3 times wins.

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May 15, 2018 22:00:18 GMT -5 @mrbonezone said:

Found it interesting that last Friday Renee appeared on Edge & Christian’s podcast said she was rather bored with how wwe uses her and she has options outside of wwe and then she’s on this show 5 times when for the past few months she’s lucky if she gets one appearance.

It's time for Renee Young to get in the ring, FAN!

In all seriousness, she's by far the best at what she does and I think she's still pissed about Talking Smack getting canceled.

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May 15, 2018 23:02:08 GMT -5 @dax said:

May 15, 2018 22:00:18 GMT -5 @mrbonezone said:

Found it interesting that last Friday Renee appeared on Edge & Christian’s podcast said she was rather bored with how wwe uses her and she has options outside of wwe and then she’s on this show 5 times when for the past few months she’s lucky if she gets one appearance.

It's time for Renee Young to get in the ring, FAN!

She doesn’t want that she just wants to be utilized more than one backstage interview a show where her only question is “Thoughts?”.

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May 15, 2018 23:02:08 GMT -5 @dax said:

May 15, 2018 22:00:18 GMT -5 @mrbonezone said:

Found it interesting that last Friday Renee appeared on Edge & Christian’s podcast said she was rather bored with how wwe uses her and she has options outside of wwe and then she’s on this show 5 times when for the past few months she’s lucky if she gets one appearance.

It's time for Renee Young to get in the ring, FAN!

In all seriousness, she's by far the best at what she does and I think she's still pissed about Talking Smack getting canceled.

Yep she said she loved doing that and unfiltered and they cancelled both so she’s not enjoying wwe much and I don’t blame her.I’ve heard similar things about Charly aswell.

[Bo Rida]

Yeah it's crazy, Renee is the best in her role since Mean Gene and they waste her. Sometimes she even suffers the one lame question and corridor stare segment the interchangable guys get.

It's easy to forget now but she played a key part in getting a lot of people over in NXT.

[msc]

Renee is proper good at the Mean Gene stuff and the pre-show "keep everything running smoothly" stuff - and it stands out, because bloody hell, they've had a lot of shit backstage interviewers and the like.

[Super Duper Dragunov]

This show was a lot of fun to watch.

With Bryan and AJ on the same show this just feels like the fans show. Especially booking Bryan to just destroy Cass. The crowd were into everything and it's so refreshing to be away the nauseating Roman stuff on Raw. Cass's promo was a little shaky, but dude had a lot to memorize, lol.

I really hope Carmella learns to wrestle because she's killing it as a heel. She gets it. I just really hope it all just clicks with her and she can find her niche in the ring. If she does she could be great. They introduced Asuka perfectly. I love when they do "you're opponent is..." and then let the music hit. It's so much better.

The match with AJ/Nak was actually enjoyable, and the fake out at the end was great. I wish this didn't telegraph him losing at MITB tho.

An easy, enjoyable watch, especially for a taped show. 7.

[theironyuppie]

May 16, 2018 3:35:07 GMT -5 Super Duper Dragunov said:

This show was a lot of fun to watch.

With Bryan and AJ on the same show this just feels like the fans show. Especially booking Bryan to just destroy Cass. The crowd were into everything and it's so refreshing to be away the nauseating Roman stuff on Raw. Cass's promo was a little shaky, but dude had a lot to memorize, lol.

I really hope Carmella learns to wrestle because she's killing it as a heel. She gets it. I just really hope it all just clicks with her and she can find her niche in the ring. If she does she could be great. They introduced Asuka perfectly. I love when they do "you're opponent is..." and then let the music hit. It's so much better.

The match with AJ/Nak was actually enjoyable, and the fake out at the end was great. I wish this didn't telegraph him losing at MITB tho.

An easy, enjoyable watch, especially for a taped show. 7.

Yeah, Paige being booked as a face GM is helping matters here too. I thought it was quite fun for a taped show, with no puzzling booking decisions, and even the two more annoying segments (Cass and Carmella's promos) ending in either ass-kickings or the threat of ass-kickings to come. With AJ/Naka being the best of their WWE matches so far (having a smart ending helps), I'd say a high 7, maybe low 8.

[Abdullah]

Another 7 for Smackdown.

As RAW shows us, there are worse grades.

May 15, 2018 23:03:35 GMT -5 @mrbonezone said:

She doesn’t want that she just wants to be utilized more than one backstage interview a show where her only question is “Thoughts?”.

Renee has expressed this frequently enough that I worry she might actually just leave at some point.

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May 16, 2018 10:06:44 GMT -5 Abdullah said:

Another 7 for Smackdown.

As RAW shows us, there are worse grades.

May 15, 2018 23:03:35 GMT -5 @mrbonezone said:

She doesn’t want that she just wants to be utilized more than one backstage interview a show where her only question is “Thoughts?”.

Renee has expressed this frequently enough that I worry she might actually just leave at some point.

Me to I don’t know why they don’t do more with her.She said her and Paige are pushing for a show together on the network but she doesn’t think it will happen.

edge and Christian were shocked how good she was doing their network show they wish the could have done more with her but not knowing how she would do and trying to get the entire season done in such a short window they only did one sketch with her and the same with Becky Lynch.

[trollrogue]

I'll give it an 8 since it made me turn off this Twitch live stream I was watching when Bryan started murdering Big Cass in the ring.

Renee will probably have options to become a manager for Dean Ambrose when he's back in the ring full time, I think she could be the babyface version of Zelina Vega and the feud with Ambrose and Almas (damn, their names even sound alike) writes itself.

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Ambrose is the last guy who needs a manager or mouthpiece, but heel Ambrose and Renee sounds pretty great. This era's Noble and Nidia.

[bootytea]

Smackdown just wiped RAW off the map in terms of having an overall fun show.

I feel interested in most of the feuds and the matches were all in good fun. Only flaw were the production mistakes at times.

9/10