10 Most Underrated WWE Smackdown Moments Of All Time

Forgotten gems from the blue team.

By Justin Seagull /

WWE.com

This Tuesday, Smackdown Live begins its second era as its own brand, and goes live full-time for the first time in its seventeen-year history. Since Smackdown began in 1999, it has produced some of the most memorable moments in company history.

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Everybody remembers the time that in 2003 Brock Lesnar and Big Show imploded the ring after a colossal superplex, or when Edge cashed in the Money in the Bank briefcase on The Undertaker in 2007. And of course, there was the grocery store battle between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Booker T at the end of 2001. Who could forget that scene?

However, there are some really great moments in Smackdown history that seem to have flown under the radar. They rarely make the highlight reels, but they were nonetheless very important to WWE lore. Fans may have forgotten about these moments, but I haven't and, thanks to the WWE Network, I can revisit them all time and time again.

For your reading pleasure, here are the 10 most underrated Smackdown moments of all time.

10. MVP Beats The Big Show

After getting a big push upon his debut on Smackdown in late 2006, MVP found himself in the WWE doghouse by making light of his Wellness Policy drug test. As part of being in the doghouse, MVP was given a well-publicised losing streak throughout much of 2008.

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Ever the good soldier, MVP took everything that was given to him, and lost every match like a professional. Finally, when the powers that be decided that MVP's losing streak was to end, it happened in a big way.

MVP had to face The Big Show in a Last Man Standing match, and at stake was Triple H's spot in the 2009 Royal Rumble. Because MVP hadn't won a match in forever, and because a Last Man Standing match against Big Show was such a daunting task, it seemed like the deck was well and truly stacked against Montel.

For the entire match, MVP took everything that Big Show threw at him, and kept coming back up, earning the respect of the crowd, and turning babyface in the process. Yes, it took Triple H's interference with a sledgehammer for MVP to actually win the match, but when the referee finally counted Big Show down, the crowd exploded, mostly because they were happy MVP finally won a match, and the fact that Triple H was now in the Royal Rumble was a moot point.

Unfortunately, the MVP babyface push was wasted when he was drafted to Raw later in the year, but for one night, WWE had made a new star.

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