Welcome to the February 27th edition of the Slingshot Suplex Smackdown Review. This week we'll see an appearance from John Cena and they Hardy's square off as the build for Wrestlemania continues. Lets see what this week brings us shall we.


John Cena's music hits to open the show and gets a huge pop, which is the reaction he deserves. I know alot of people got so used to cheering the anti-heros in wrestling through the attitude era, but if u ask me it was time for wrestling to have another "hero" ala Hulk Hogan in the 80's and Bret Hart in the 90's. Especially with the more attention to the family unit now instead of just 18-24 year old males. Cena sais that the title is being held by a coward and that he wants a rematch for that belt tonight. Edge makes his way out to the stage. Sais if Cena wants his rematch he'll do it. But Vickie comes out and states that Edge will not compete tonight. Cena will face Big Show instead. OK but predictable opening.

Colon's vs Miz and Morrison: WWE Tag Title Match:

This tag feud has been highly entertaining to this point and tonight they will face for the Colon's tag titles only. They recap the "date" from last week, truly hilarious stuff. Primo and Miz start off the match. These 2 teams have beautiful chemistry together. Simply the 2 best tag teams WWE has had in years. Hopefully the fact that neither Miz or Morrison qualified for money in the bank will mean a wrestlemania match between these 2 teams, maybe to unify the titles. I wanna see a Tag TLC match between these 2 teams..now that would be awesome. The Bella twins make their way to ringside. These 2 should just stay in the back, I know the whole date last week was hilarious but this feud doesnt need the fucking bella twins ok. Primo plays the babyface in trouble. Carlito gets the hot tag. Morrison goes for the flipping neckbreaker but Carlito counters into the backstabber, by the way my favorite finishing move in wrestling. Carlito gets the pin and the Colon's retain the titles, and leave with the girls. Good match, nice fast paced action with everything making sense and flowing nicely.

Ricky "the dragon" Steamboat will be inducted to the hall of fame this year. Arguably the best "in ring performer" of his time and maybe ever, if you havent seen this guy in action look him up cause its a thing of Beauty.

Vladimir Kozlov vs Undertaker:

The fact that this match is taking place now pretty much confirms that Shawn Michaels will win monday night to go on to face Taker at Wrestlemania, not that i ever thought he wouldnt anyways. I'm one of few people that i've seen online that actually likes Kozlov, and he looks pretty good so far in this match. I like his old school heel persona, I pretty much like anything that is throwback anyways. Very solid match and Kozlov shockingly pins the Undertaker when he counters ol' school into a powerslam. I really hope they dont make the match at Mania a triple threat match. Please give us Shawn vs Taker one on one. Hopefully they put Kozlov over here just to make it less obvious, we'll have to wait and see I guess.

Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy:

Matt has been absolutely brilliant since turning heel. I wasnt sure how well he could pull it off but he has in a big way. Jeff comes out in street clothes, looks like they are gonna go with the "i dont want to fight my brother" type angle, until enough is enough and Jeff cant take it no more. Its booking 101 but its extremely effective when done right and so far this has been done right. Alot of reports are that WWE changed they're plans when the plans for Christian to be the attacker were leaked on the net, but I honestly think that this was the plan all along. Jeff sais whether Matt likes it or not he is still his brother. Matt snatches the mic and sais he is not his brother, and for once this is gonna be about him. Sais he has always been the more talented Hardy, i actually agree with him some there, as a pure wrestler Matt has always been better but Jeff's unique look and a couple of fresh high flying moves always got him more attention. Matt keeps telling Jeff to fight him, then he slaps him in the face, Jeff still wont so Matt backhands him pretty hard lol. Jeff just shakes his head and walks away to a good pop from the crowd. Jeff stops on the stage and makes the fans cheer to rub it in to Matt. Great segment and job well done by both men, this angle is going along very nicely.

Shelton Benjamin vs Chavo Guerrero:

MVP is on commentary. I love his face turn so far, that losing streak really got him over as a face after a while. In my opinion I'd rather see this feud being an A & B feud between MVP and Shelton with Chavo C'ing his way out of it, but it seems we're getting a 3 way battle for the U.S. title so ok. I'd like to see it all end at Mania with a triple threat for the belt but I think its wishful thinking and will probably happen on Smackdown more then likely. Shelton and MVP have a staredown on the outside, Shelton picks Chavo up and throws him into MVP. Sweet roll up by Chavo when they get back in the ring gets the victory. MVP rolls in the ring behind Shelton and hits the drive-by leaving him laying.

John Cena vs Big Show:

Main event time. Big Show has apparently gone back to being Edge and Vickie's lackey. Will probably continue that way until after Mania but i'm sure Big Show will eventually get sick of it. Not sure what Big Show will be doing at Mania, i guess he could end up just being in Edge's corner. Cant see him not doing anything though. Big Show keeps telling Cena its his job, I guess implying that its nothing personal. Probably just Big Show talking durin the match, but maybe it means something who knows. Big Show is outstanding here while he is in control, constantly talking to Cena and mocking the fans. It took him a while but Big Show, starting with his run as ECW champion, wich was awesome by the way, finally got how to perform as a giant. Tremendous match so far, maybe the best these 2 have had together. They're doing a great job at teasing Cena's comeback only for Big Show staying in control. Cena finally starts his comeback after Show misses off the second rope. Again Big Show takes control after stopping Cena from hitting the attitude adjuster. Chokeslam attempt but Cena gets him up and hits the attitude adjuster this time, always impressive when done to Show. Edge somes out and rolls in then out of the ring, not sure what that did lol. Big Show gets up and nails Cena with a huge punch, then chokeslam and gets the win. Awesome main event. Great match by Cena and Big Show. I guess Edge coming down was a distraction but it looked awkward because Edge never touched him, he just rolled in the ring and right back out again. But ok lol. Edge stands over Cena after Show leaves the ring and taunts him with the belt.

Overall a pretty solid show. Great tag match with miz and morrison/colon's, kozlov pinning Taker was a suprise, the Hardy's segment was brilliant, and a very solid main event.

Welcome everyone to this weeks Smackdown review. Sorry I missed ECW this week but things came up and I wasnt able to get to it. Tonight is the first Smackdown since NWO so things should be very interesting with Edge and Triple H holding both world titles, again lol. So lets see what this week brings us shall we.

Smackdown opens much like Raw did this week. With the World Heavyweight Champion, Edge. He begins by cutting your basic, but always effective, heel promo running down the fans saying that hes a winner and they're not. Basically most of the same things he said on Raw. Mentions that hes an 8 time champion now. Ok i might just add that being a multi-time champion doesnt mean even close to what it once did. Jeff Hardy interrupts. Now i'm not a huge Hardy fan although I understand why some people are. But cmon, the facepaint just looks horrible i'm sorry. I'm sure some people like it, but to me it just looks dumb on him, some wrestlers can make that work but in my opinion hes not one of em. Jeff sais Edge gets special treatment because hes "married" to Vickie. Back and forth banter between the two, and Jeff challenges Edge for the belt. Segment ends with Jeff hitting the twist of fate and leaving Edge laying.

Recap of the ending of Raw is shown. Like i said in my Raw review, i believe i was the first one who predicted this outcome, just thought i would toot my own horn there for a second.

Vickie is shown in the back, Kizarny comes in and sais...something about, ah who cares. Edge kicks him out and then tells Vickie that he will face Jeff Hardy tonight. Vickie tells him that it wont be a title match. Edge sais of course not cause it would be stupid, Vickie gives him a dirty look.

Michelle Mccool & Maryse vs Eve Torres & Maria:

Yay a divas match. Can u sense my sarcasm? I used to like womans wrestling but somewhere along the way it just got really horrible and boring, now no matter how hard i try i just cant enjoy it. Maybe its because most of them are just plain bad. I wish they would just put Mickie, Michelle, Jillian, Nataylia, and Beth on the same show because they are really the only ones that know how to work anyways. Then you can have a decent womans division and leave the rest to just show their asses. Maryse pinned Eve. Lets move on.

Miz and Morrison and the Bella twins are shown on their date. Funny stuff here out of Miz and Morrison, they're always pure gold. They degrade the waiter who is obviously Primo in a disguise. Primo and Carlito are in the kitchen both in disguises, Carlito has long blond hair and a blonde goatee lol. Extremely funny stuff here lol. Miz and Morrison finally recognize them. The Colons accidentally hit the twins with pies. This is just a hilarious segment lol. This feud has been really entertaining. Next week they will have a match for the Colon's tag titles.

Shelton Benjamin & Chavo Guerrero vs MVP & R-Truth:

First let me say that why Chavo has gotta be involved in this feud i dont know. I guess they dont have anything else for him to do. I like Chavo but i'm begging for a one on one feud between MVP and Shelton and this seems to be heading toward a triple threat match. The heels jump R-Truth before the match and before MVP can even make his way out there. MVP comes out for the save to a decent MVP chant. Now we have a 2 on 1 match with R-Truth being taken out of the equation. MVP is getting more and more over with every passing week. Sweet looking t-bone suplex by Shelton. Chavo tags himself in wich Shelton didnt like. Shelton the returns the favor leading to Chavo attacking him and hitting him with the frog splash. Chavo then leaves the ring, MVP hits Shelton with the drive by boot for the victory.

Next is a sit down interview with Jim Ross and Triple H about what happened on Raw. I know we've seen Orton/Triple H before but this time around Orton is as hot a heel WWE has had in quite a long time and WWE finally is acknowleging the marriage of Triple H and Stephanie. They have actually made this feud feel very fresh again. The whole buildup has been masterfully done, and the match at Mania should be a classic. Triple H basically sais that Orton has crossed the line and then gets emotional and walks off the set. This should obviously be the main event at Mania this year. I love how WWE is going back to storytelling in this past year, rather then just relying on the same, u screwed me i'm gonna get ya angles they were doing for so long.

Umaga vs Scotty Goldman:

Scotty Goldman's last match in WWE has him getting his ass kicked by the samoan bulldozer himself. I know alot of internet "smarts" love these ROH guys but seriously if they ever thought this guy was gonna get over in the WWE they were high. Umaga has been getting a very positive reaction wich i believe WWE should be trying to not let happen. The face sceen on smackdown is crowded right now with Triple H, Jeff Hardy, MVP, Taker, and soon Mr. Kennedy, they really need Umaga to be that big time heel right now.

Vickie comes out next to tremendous heat. She throws Kozlov's name in the race to face the Undertaker. Shawn Michaels better come out of this and face Taker at mania, and I believe he will. I guess this "chase to end the streak", is something to kill some time with over a month to go till Mania. Kozlov cuts a promo and sais he will break Taker, sounding just like Ivan Drago from Rocky 4 lol.

Hall of Fame inductees announced this week were the Funk Brothers. Just an awesome choice for what looks to be one of the best classes to be inducted yet. Just simply legends of the business and a very fitting choice to go into the HOF.

Edge vs Jeff Hardy:

Main event time up next with Edge facing Jeff in a non-title match. Edge should end up facing John Cena at mania for the title, the seeds for that were planted on Raw. There has been rumors that John Cena could end up facing Hulk Hogan but i just dont see that happening. I've read the spoilers and Cena will be on Smackdown next week, but still no title rematch has been made for Cena/Edge. I just cant see them waiting weeks to do that rematch and then having Cena face Hogan, it just wouldnt make any sense. If Hogan does wrestle then it would make more sense to have him face Jericho considering how he has been running down all the legends as of late. Pretty solid back and forth match, Edge and Jeff obviously have great chemistry and could continue they're long time rivalry for yet another many years to come. Jeff hits the swanton but Matt comes out and hits him with the twist of fate ending the match in a disqualification. Matt then gets on the mic to some very good heat and tells Jeff that he will have to face him next week on Smackdown. Matt has been very solid in his heel work so far, again, i'm loving WWE going back to its storyline routes, nothing sells tickets more then solid storylines and good drama. After Matt leaves the ring Edge hits Jeff with the spear and ends the show holding the title high in the ring.

Well nothing really special on this weeks show, though that doesnt mean it wasnt a good show. The Miz and Morrison/Colon segment, and the main event was very good and stood out to me as the best segments on the show. WWE has time to go with a nice slow build to Mania and seem to be doing just that, wich in the immortal words of Diamond Dallas Page, "thats not a bad thing, its, a good thing :)"

Welcome to the Slingshot Suplex Smackdown Review for this friday the 13th of February. This week brings us the first appearance of Jeff Hardy after the malicious turn attack on him by his brother Matt at the Royal Rumble, revealing that indeed it was him who was Jeff's attacker all along. So here we go.


Edge and Vickie make their way to the ring to kickoff the show. My mind wants to say Edge retains this sunday but if u read my Raw review from this past week, you see that there might be a different plan of attack for WWE heading into Wrestlemania that doesnt involve Edge in the title picture. Anywho, Edge claims hes not 100 percent going into this weekend. Saying that Taker injured his neck last week with the tombstone. Mentions Big Show punching him. Vickie's turn to talk now. Huge heat. Vickie sais Edge wont compete tonight in order to avoid further injury. Amazing heat from the crowd although its hard to tell how much is being pumped in with the edit machine. Weeeeeeeeeelllll its the Big Show. Big Show comes out and tells Edge come this Sunday he'll have No Way Out. If Edge drops the title this sunday look for this match to happen at mania. Bickering back and forth continues before Vickie interrupts and sais that Big Show will take on Kozlov, Taker, and Triple H later tonight in a fatal 4-way match. Pretty good opening segment.

For those of u who didnt read my Raw Review. My theory is this. Orton reminded everyone monday that he gets to choose what champion he faces at Mania. Then later they showed Stephanie talking on the phone to someone and by the way she was talking, i get the feeling it was Triple H she was talking to. Triple H becoming champ sunday and then getting involved with the whole mcmahon/orton angle would actually make perfect sense considering he's a part of the Mcmahon family. Dont call it a prediction just yet, as their is factors that wont allow me to fully say thats what is gonna happen. Just call it a gut feeling.

MVP vs Chavo Guerrero:

I'm loving the face turn from MVP. I've always been in a big fan of his to begin with, and i'm just glad he's not losing every week. This a rematch from a couple weeks ago. Big MVP chant during this match. Thats getting louder every week. Shelton comes out and hits the Gold Standard on MVP causing a DQ. Chavo then hits the frog splash on MVP while he is layed out. Seems they are teasing a 3 way fued here. Id much rather just see it 1 on 1 with Shelton and MVP, but ok.

Taker is shown in the dark and cuts a promo about the chamber match this sunday. His usual good stuff. Has their ever been a better character in wrestling, i think not.

Cut to the Colon's with the twins in the back. Miz and Morrison interject and they seem to be battling a little bit over the girls. Apparently they'll have a match later tonight, winners get to take out the girls. This whole fued these 2 teams have going has to end with a title unification. Otherwise they shouldnt be fueding at all.

Colon's vs Miz and Morrison:

These 2 teams are just so much fun to watch, that i could never get sick of seeing them face each other. Great sequence with Primo and Morrison in the early goings. Probably the 2 best tag teams the WWE has had in a very long time. Hot tag to Primo and he comes in and does the "face clears house" portion of the match, Miz ends up pushing Primo off the top allowing Morrison to hit his flipping neckbreaker for the victory. Decent tag match and Miz and Morrison get the girls. Sluts, lmao, ha ha.

Jeff arrives and is greeted by some guys and gals on his way in. He's up next.

Jeff makes his way to the ring after commercial. They show a video of Matt and Jeff growing up together over the years as Jeff cuts his promo about how Matt betrayed him. Jeff basically sais hes gonna blow off the whole deal, and move on to this sunday to become champ again. Something tells me Matt wont allow that to happen, lol duh. Short and sweet promo by Jeff.

R-Truth vs Ezekial Jackson:

R-Truth makes his annoying entrance to the ring. I dont like to hate on wrestlers but this guy just isnt all that good as i've stated before. Is he the worst ever, not by a longshot, but he just annoys me i guess lol. He's basically a one trick pony. He's got his 2 moves he hits and other then that is barely average. The fact that he was TNA champ at one point just shows how bush league that company is but thats another whole blog all together. I dont know how good Ezekial is on the mic yet, but hes very impressive in his presentation so far. I guess R-Truth is a viable mid card talent, but if he ever goes beyond that i'll be very very suprised. He victory rolls Ezekial here and gets the upset victory. This is actually a decent little mini-fued going on between him and Ezekial. See unlike other wrestling bloggers at some sites i wont mention here, i can give credit even to wrestlers i dont like.

Maria is interviewed in the back, who cares.

Michelle McCool vs Maria:

Michelle seems to be a natural heel but Maria should never enter a wrestling ring other then to strip down to a bikini or bra and panties. Hopefully this wont last long. Eve comes out, distracts Michelle, Maria gets the win with a schoolboy. Lets move on.

Triple H promo next in the back. Nice looking new T'shirt for the game. Sais he has an advantage in the chamber because its his 6th time.

Triple H vs Big Show vs Undertaker vs Kozlov:

Main event time up next as the 4 men make their entrances. Should be a pretty good main event. Too much action for me to report it all so i'm not gonna try lol. Definitely curious to see how Kozlov holds his own this Sunday with the 5 established main event players he'll be in there with. So far a nice fast paced 4-way match with nonstop action. Edge eventually comes out and spears Big Show ending the match in a DQ. Show ends with Edge standing tall with the belt.

Decent Smackdown this week leading to No Way Out. I'll be back either saturday night or sunday morning with my Pay Per View Predictions.

Hello everyone and welcome to my Smackdown review column. Once again i would like to encourage everyone to leave a comment on my review and/or your thoughts on the show and feel free to discuss other peoples comments with them also. Id like to have a nice little wrestling forum here for intelligent fans to discuss with each other this art of entertainment that we all love.

Tonight is the second night of the back to back smackdown tapings which will probably mean more edited in crowd noise then usual. It is this reason alone that i will always like Raw a little better then smackdown, u just get the real emotion. I wish WWE would just go with the crowd reactions on Smackdown the way they are but they feel the need to pipe some in every week and its always so obvious when they do it. So lets see what this friday night brings us shall we.

Qualifying Battle Royal For Elimination Chamber Spot:

Multiple Superstars in the ring already as Kozlov and Khali make there way to the ring, which makes it pretty obvious that one of them are going to win the spot. Vickie comes out and announces that Jeff Hardy will get a spot if he makes it back in time so this match is for the last spot. Oh man Scotty Goldman is out, and i thought he might win, haha. Wow a Kizarny spotting, not sure how good he is in the ring yet but he has something that alot of superstars dont have and thats the ability to stand out, thats usually a plus. MVP eliminates Shelton then is eliminated by Chavo. Shelton then nails MVP before commercial. Wouldnt a U.S. title match between MVP and Shelton at Wrestlemania be sweet. They'll probably both end up in money in the bank though so hopefully they'll give them a match at No Way Out, but i'm probably wrong and they'll probably just end up fueding on Smackdown for the belt. Back from break and Khali is throwing guys out with ease as he should be doin in this type of match. But after eliminating Hawkins and Ryder Kozlov dumps him from behind pretty much locking him up as the winner. Hes left with R-Truth and the Colons. Nice spot with the triple dropkick. He then backdrops both the tag champs at the same time leaving him and R-Truth, who i'm not a real big fan of. Kozlov then dumps him over the top for the win. Thats really the only thing that made sense considering his involvement in the main event picture lately. I actually like Kozlov. He has a long way to go but does bring a sense of "old school bad ass heel" to the table.

Interview with Hurricane Helms next. Boy has his return fell flat. I think he was in line for a push until the crowd reactions he was supposed to get was pretty much non existant. Too bad cause i like hurricane but if you read my column on what makes a good worker then you probably can understand why his push ended fast. He didnt even get a spot in the rumble match. He cuts a promo that Matt has always been a jerk and is just letting that out now. He tells Matt hes going to find him later.

Edge and Vickie in the back talking about the elimination chamber. Big Show comes in and taunts Edge a little with a smile on his face. Edge tells him not to try anything cute or Vickie will take him out of the chamber. Big Show tells him sarcastically that he believes in him. So is Big Show turning face or whats going on. I dont know, dont really care because Big Show can play a Tweener just fine.

Matt Hardy is in the ring and calls Hurricane out. Hurricane makes his way to the ring and we have a fight going on. Hurricane gets the upper hand before Matt tries to escape but gets stopped. Hurricane should of let em go because Matt ends up beating him down pretty bad. Good segment to show the vicious side of Matt Hardy. I would just like to say i knew the attacker on Jeff was Matt all along. I know alot of fans thought or hoped it would be Christian but if you've watched wrestling as long as i have it was obvious that all the subtle hints pointed to Matt. I predicted it right after the first attack and man i love being right lol. This angle i believe is much better build for the emotions of Wrestlemania then if it was Christian.

Shelton Benjamin vs MVP(non-title)

Shelton cuts a decent promo before the match. Hes really come into his own the last few months. Hey hey leave Peyton Manning alone though (i'm a colts fan lol). MVP makes his way to the ring. I believe the face turn for MVP will be very succesfull. He has all the tools to be a main event player and these two could both be favorites to end up winning money in the bank. Good MVP chant at one point, all reports is that hes very over as a face at house shows. Very nice match showing just a sampling of what these two can do together. MVP gets the win with the Drive By boot. Cant wait till the title match.

Colons and R-Truth are in the back heading out for 6 man action. As i said earlier i'm not a big fan of R-Truth. I just dont think hes all that good. He has a couple of decent moves but outside of that his ringwork is lackluster at best and his entrance is borderline annoying to me and i just dont see him moving very far up the card anytime soon.

Colons & R-Truth vs Miz and Morrison & Brian Kendrick:

First of all it makes no sense to not have the raw tag champs appear on raw but yet they wrestle on Smackdown this week. Hopefully they unify the tag belts soon as they're is really no need to have two with the limited amount of tag teams there is. Colons and R-Truth come out to some piped in crowd noise. The crowd was saying the "wassups" but the whole shtick is running its course fast and thats not a good thing for R-Truth. That being said this should be a very good 6 man. R-Truth gets beatdown before giving Carlito the hot tag. The Colons are the best babyface tag team in quite some time. Kendrick hits "the kendrick" on Carlito for the win. Decent but short 6 man tag match.

Jeff will return next week, should be interesting to say the least.

Michelle McCool vs Eve:

As i have stated before i'm not a fan of the divas outside of Beth and Mickie. So this match interests me very little. If they can wrestle decent i dont mind but most of them just suck. There is plenty of Tits and ass on tv and the internet i dont prefer to see it on my wrestling show, but maybe thats just me. Michelle is on the rise though and seems to be improving in the ring quite a bit. This heel role seems to fit her nicely. She eventually gets Eve to tap out holding on to the hold until Maria comes out. Maria is a real big waste of space if u ask me and should never be in a ring actually wrestling. But lets move on shall we.

Interview with Matt who really seems to be embracing his new heel role. He threatens another "accident" on Jeff before next week. Sais he'll be waiting and ready to welcome back Jeff next week. Should be good stuff next friday.

Umaga vs Kung Fu Naki:

Oh boy Funaki should of stayed in the back lol. Great to see Umaga back kicking ass again. I'm a huge fan and in my opinion Umaga could make a great heel champion sometime. Not sure if he will ever get the belt though. Umaga actually plays to the crowd a little bit in this match. That is very interesting. Might not mean anything but its definitely worth noting. Typical Umaga beat down but just nice to see the big man back.

Edge & Big Show vs Triple H & Undertaker:

Its main event time folks. All 4 men of course are in the chamber match at No Way Out so a nice idea for a tag main event. The Smackdown chamber match should be more interesting then the Raw match, and even though u would think one of the belts will change hands i just dont think it would make sense to do so. I see both champions retaining at the PPV. I'd just like to point out that even after all these years the Undertakers entrance never gets old. Very nice spot with Edge going for the spear and Triple H hopping up and almost catching him in the pedigree. Triple H and Edge show in this match what could possibly be an excellent WrestleMania title match if thats the direction WWE goes. Thats the only direction i can see them going and i believe they will have a stellar match for the belt. So far this is an excellent tag match. Taker gets the hot tag to a huge pop and clears house before Big Show hits him with a legdrop while he had Edge ready to tap out. Triple H's turn for the hot tag but he gets caught with a chokeslam. Edge pushes Show who knocks him out with a big right hook. Taker then gets tagged in and tombstones Edge for the victory while Show just stands on the apron watching. Solid Tag Team main event to end what was a pretty decent smackdown.

Solid show. Good job of furthering Matt hardy as a heel, great match with Shelton vs MVP, and a very solid main event to end the show. Next week should be very good with Jeff returning.