SMACKDOWN 14/07/2016 - The final show

"Black and Blue I crawl along, the Smackdown that has come and gone, Time to watch it on another day - it goes Live and Live and Live and Live..." After bitching and moaning about how terrible RAW mostly was, I can happily say this show outshone it by a mile. The good far outweighed the bad in this show and am happy to say it was a good way to end Smackdown before it goes live on Tuesday Nights. With that being said, let's take a look at what exactly made it so good.

Sasha Banks VS Dana Brooke w/Charlotte

I would like to start by saying it was really refreshing to see a women's match start the show for a change, however I kind of wish they had been given more time. While this was really just a rematch from RAW, it still would have been nice to see a bit more time given to these women. Also, I understand that we are wanting to give Sasha a big push and make her look strong, but (and I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this) I honestly think they should have given the win to Dana Brooke, especially because later on we would find out that their will be a tag team match at Battleground with Charlotte and Dana VS Sasha and a partner of her choice. That's just me though, feel free to disagree if you like. As for who Sasha's partner could be, I know a lot of people think it could be Bayley, and don't get me wrong there is a chance it could be, however I feel like they will save Bayley for Summerslam season if not just after Summerslam. That will leave Bayley time to have a rematch for the NXT Women's championship at Takeover: Back to Brooklyn and then debut on RAW the night after Summerslam.
Winner: Sasha Banks
Rating: 7

Rusev w/Lana VS Dolph Ziggler
Remember that time when Dolph Ziggler was a champion? No? I don't really blame you considering that it was more than a year and a half ago and he hasn't been put into any good storylines since. Unless you count his amazing story with Rusev and Lana and Summer Rae last year, which I hope you don't because I was being completely sarcastic and think it was the worst storyline ever - shame on you if you thought I was being serious. But onto this matchup, all I can say is that it wasn't bad. It was nothing special, but it was well put-together. While I did expect Zack to interfere, I thought it was only going to be after the match, but hey I guess WWE can surprise you from time to time even if it was only a little bit.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
Rating: 7

New Day fight at the Compound
Now this was the exact same clip shown on RAW, however I enjoyed it so much that I didn't mind watching it again. For anyone who knows me or has been reading my previous RAW or Smackdown posts, you will know I absolutely despise highlights. This is one of the very few exceptions. What can I say, I really enjoyed watching it and am still interested to see if either team shows up before Battleground and what will happen.
Rating: 9

Enzo & Big Cass VS AJ Styles & Karl Anderson w/Luke Gallows (The Club)

Two teams I always enjoy seeing in the ring. I can't really fault them on anything here, I thought they did a really good job here. I know a lot of you are probably upset that Enzo had to tap out, but I think this is a really good move. It doesn't make Enzo look weak, it just gives the Club a lot of momentum heading into the drafts as well as the Battleground PPV. I still believe that the Club should win at the PPV so they can look like a team to be reckoned with.
Winner: The Club
Rating: 8.5

Tyler Breeze w/Fandango VS Kalisto w/Sin Cara
First off, it was good to see these two in singles matches again, although I will admit I did not pay much attention because I just didn't feel like it would be that great. It's not a shot at any of the guys in the ring or at ringside, it's just the way they have been booked. Even when they first had a match together, you still couldn't help but feel like you're not going to get invested in it because of how shit all of these guys have been booked in the past. It didn't feel so great to me, but a friend of mine disagrees and I will take his word for it as, like I said, I didn't really pay much attention to it and I do know how talented they are.
Winner: Kalisto
Rating: 7.5

Miz TV feat. Darren Young w/Bob Backlund

So remember how much grief I was giving the win of Darren Young on RAW? And remember how I said I wasn't really feeling it and said I would be willing to give him a chance to prove himself? All I have to say is...WELL DONE DARREN YOUNG! Darren took a gimmick that I had little to no faith in and he convinced me that this is going to work. I really don't know if WWE will allow him to capture the Intercontinental Championship at Battleground, but damn Darren made a believer out of me. Darren has shown that he has a completely new gimmick and completely new attitude. He is actually reminding me of how he used to be in NXT Redemption, the worst NXT ever done! Back then he did great work and had great matches with Titus o Neil. I see that Darren Young again and truly hope he goes somewhere.
Rating: 9

Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins VS Dean Ambrose & Sami Zayn
I know a lot of people were quite disappointed by this as we were originally expecting a great one-on-one match between Owens and Ambrose before the match was thrown out in less than a minute because of interference by Zayn and Rollins. I will admit that I was slightly disappointed too, but I can't deny that these guys did a really good job together, and I'm not surprised that they did. All four of these guys are top guys and rarely have bad matches. I suppose that technically this is the first time since his return that Rollins didn't quite get a clean victory, but it sort of was a clean victory in a way as Owens was just helping his partner out. Regardless, I was not disappointed by the outcome as well as the match. I would like to add that it is very rare for a heel team to close the show with a win, so good job to WWE for that. It's a real sign that things are going to change come the Draft.
Winner: Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins
Rating: 8.5

And that's that for this week's Smackdown! I would like to remind you again that this is the last Smackdown that is being taped beforehand and from Tuesday all shows will be broadcast Live (obviously only dependant on your location). I am looking forward to the live Smackdowns as well as seeing a separate roster and seeing where they all go. Hope you've enjoyed this review and I will see you soon.

This is Stuverro signing out. PEACE!