Every WWE SmackDown Live Episode Ranked - From Worst To Best

9. Christmas On USA - 21/12/10

A lacklustre at best episode of SmackDown was headlined by John Cena defeating Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero, but the show ended with CM Punk attacking Cena after the match, signalling an end to Punk's run on commentary. The Punk/Cena feud wouldn't truly get going for another six months however.

The rest of the show was as 2010 WWE as it truly gets. Santino Marella defeated Chavo Guerrero in the sort of throwaway faux comedy match that didn't get anywhere close to the mark it was trying to hit.

The Miz had recently won the WWE Championship, and as a result a DQ loss in the opening match against Randy Orton was inevitable. Those hoping Miz would get a strong run as champion could see the writing on the wall at this point.

Drew McIntyre also beat Kaval inside 30 seconds. Kaval was released two days later.

Authored by John Bills

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.

Posted On: 18th Jul 2016

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