SMACKDOWN 30/06/2016 - Were questions answered?

RAW on Monday night left a ton of questions desired to be answered in regards with rivalries, booking and the upcoming drafts. Much like an investigation scene, you really had to dig a little and poke the bear to know if you got the desired answer on this week's Smackdown. Did it deliver? Did it outdo the previous week's show? Did it answer all those questions we have been desiring to know the answer to? Let's dive straight into it shall we?

Alberto del Rio VS Cesaro VS Sheamus VS Apollo Crews (no.1 contender match for US title)

Sheamus probably felt that one later. Ouch!

So along with the number of questions we already had before the show, we were faced with another question straight off the bat with this match. What in the hell happened to the Rusev VS Titus o Neil feud for the United States Championship? This would be answered a little  bit later, but onto this for now. These four had an absolute horrible match on RAW in a tag team match and now had a chance to redeem themselves in a fatal four way. I will give them credit, they did just that. While it wasn't really anything spectacular, there's no denying it was a good one. Unfortunately with Rusev being such a big heel, you knew the winner of this match would be either Cesaro or Crews, but it was pretty well done.
Winner: Cesaro
Rating: 7.5

Rusev VS Cesaro (United States Championship)
After the fatal four way match, del Rio would proceed to attack Cesaro out of anger and do his stupid corner finisher onto the floor (please WWE, GET RID OF IT!) Rusev would then pick this as an opportune moment and say that if Cesaro was a real man, he would challenge him right then. Cesaro would not take this lying down and would proceed with the match despite having "injured ribs". This match was really well done with quite a few moments that had you thinking Cesaro could come back and win it. Unfortunately, once Rusev hit the Accolade it was over quicker than a rabbit makes babies. Now I know a lot of people would be furious with the fact that Cesaro tapped out so quickly, but in actual fact it is the right way to do it. If you think about it, he is supposed to have really injured ribs and let's face it, ribs hurt like a bugger when injured. It was realistic and very well done. No longer than five minutes after this match it was announced that Rusev would defend his title against Titus o Neil on the upcoming RAW show - boy WWE makes decisions fast don't they?
Winner: Rusev
Rating: 8

Dana Brooke VS Billie Kay
A match that I didn't think would go too well when first looking at it. Dana Brooke is still quite green in the ring and Billie Kay hadn't had that many matches on TV in NXT. Both actually did a pretty decent job. They didn't get a lot of time, and Billie Kay didn't get a lot of offence, but you could already tell that she has tremendous potential. I, for one, hope to see her on the main roster full time in the near future. As for now, it is important to note that despite making her debut on the main roster, she hasn't been officially listed on wwe.com's superstar list yet. This could mean that she might make sporadic appearances on the main roster to job to one of the other women until she is ready to come up full time, or it might be a one-off for now and she might rise in NXT first before being called up officially, or it could have even been a trial match to see how she does on the main roster and how people react to her before making a final decision. Only time will tell, but as of right now she isn't officially on the main roster.
Winner: Dana Brooke
Rating: 7.5

Miz TV featuring Dean Ambrose
While this segment was entertaining to watch, there was no real purpose to it except to setup a match for later that night (and I hear for the upcoming RAW too). There's not really much to say about it to be honest. There was no story development and nothing really happened. That sandwich got chowed down fast though - Dean must have really been hungry.
Rating: 5

The Wyatts VS enhancement talent
Just to start off, if I don't remember or am not sure who a superstar(s) is, and they have just been in a squash match, I will just call them enhancement talent. As is indicated by me even having to call them enhancement talent, this was a mortified squash match. I doubt the match even lasted two minutes. This was followed up by the New Day showing up on the titantron and mocking the Wyatts again. It would then show a closeup once again of Xavier Woods looking uncomfortable at what they were doing. Bray Wyatt addressed this and I don't know if Woods was actually meant to look scared or angry in this one, but he did look angry a bit this time around. It could be an indication that he is going to break out and give a beating to Bray Wyatt much like Daniel Bryan did. Overall it wasn't too bad, it felt a little bit of the same with, as mentioned above, something a little different that could further the story.
Winner: The Wyatts
Rating: 6.5

Sasha Banks VS Summer Rae
So you know all those rubbish storylines Summer has been involved in throughout last year? Hopefully not because those were some of the worst storylines imaginable and were massively painful to watch. Summer Rae proved that she deserves to be in a good storyline and deserves to be in the Women's championship picture. Not taking anything away from Sasha Banks, of course, but Summer is one of the most overlooked and underrated women on the main roster right now. It has been because of terrible booking and storylines that she has not come anywhere near the women's (previously divas) championship. I really hope to see more of Summer in the future. Both of these women did a really good job together and proved they deserve to be where they are.
Winner: Sasha Banks
Rating: 8

Dean Ambrose VS The Miz (Champion VS Champion)

While Miz TV didn't add that much value to the show, there's no denying this match did. It was a really enjoyable match and I'm glad to have seen it. Neither guy looked bad except for when Miz hit his finisher and Dean kicked out (there was a small part of me that thought it would actually be over), this was a big mistake because while kicking out of finishers have become the norm, I do think it should not be done unless it works. It did not work in this case and should not have been done. Otherwise, I had no real complaints about this match, each guy reacted and sold well and did really well together.
Winner: Dean Ambrose
Rating: 8

So with Smackdown now being over, were some of the questions we had answered? Firstly, were rivalries developed? Yes they were. We saw a definite rivalry develop between del Rio and Cesaro as it wouldn't make sense if Cesaro decided to just move on after he got attacked like that. We know that Titus o Neil and Rusev's rivalry could be coming to an end on RAW as they go at it once again on RAW for the United States championship. The fact that it's happening on RAW should be an indication that this match will be the final one. Nothing against Titus, but I just feel like these two have gone at it too many times already and haven't really done anything special together. You have to wonder who will be next to fight him though. Secondly, did this week's Smackdown top last week's? I think it is very close, however last week seemed more memorable than this one so have to give that question a thumbs down. Third and lastly, is there any indication as to who is going to get drafted? Not really, although with some rivalries happening on either RAW or Smackdown, it's almost an indication that these rivals could very well be split onto separate brands. Did you enjoy this week's Smackdown? What about my review of it? Don't forget to share this along and keep an eye out on more posts in the near future.

This is Stuverro signing out. PEACE!