20 Greatest WWE SmackDown Matches Ever

7. Rey Mysterio Vs. Andrade (January 22, 2019)

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A ludicrous festival of violence that celebrated the art of cooperative combat whilst dishing out the most vicious version of it, Rey Mysterio's two-out-of-three falls battle with Andrade was the pick of a blistering bunch of television matches, not least because a Samoa Joe run-in robbed it of a finish.

In attempting to lay down a marker for the upcoming Royal Rumble, 'The Samoan Submission Machine' beat the f*ck out of both men. It felt crueler than a regular interruption - Joe was a scumbag for taking out two battle-worn warriors, and a total jerk for stealing the win away from either of them. They'd have bangers either side of this classic too, proving the best of the bunch as no white hot fluke.

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