Bodeen’s Top 5 Moments: WWE SmackDown (2/5/2021)

Edge heads to Smackdown to chat with the Tribal Chief, Rey goes old school and Big E retains gold–and Bodeen has the Top 5 Moments from Friday’s edition of WWE Smackdown!

SmackDown continued to show its dominance over Monday Night RAW with yet another solid episode that helped set up things for the SmackDown roster on the road to WrestleMania. On a show that featured Edge returning to his SmackDown roots, it’s time yet again to look at the top 5 moments that stood out on SmackDown this week.

5. Rey Mysterio take a page out of Eddie Guerrero’s playbook  

Rey Mysterio is without a doubt, one of the greatest cruiserweights in the history of professional wrestling and has continued to put on great performances as he has gotten older. Despite this, however, Rey’s babyface character can get grow old at times. That’s why it is so great to see Rey occasionally break away from the clean babyface role and break the rules.

Rey would take a page out of the playbook of Eddie Guerrero and hide under the ring during a match between Dominik Mysterio and King Corbin, grabbing Corbin’s foot when Corbin was entering the ring, putting Corbin in position in for a 619 from Dominik

Hopefully, this also helps develop the character of Dominik Mysterio and can help make Dominik feel less basic and generic.

4. Cesaro beats Daniel Bryan  

As much as people hate seeing Daniel Bryan, lose at the rate he has been recently, there is no denying it is great to see him putting over new talent and forgotten names. Cesaro is another one of these forgotten and underused names that has been put over by Daniel Bryan recently.

Bryan and Cesaro would put on a great match, despite the short time they had to put on a match. Cesaro looked incredibly tough, making Daniel tap out to a sharpshooter, despite bleeding from the side of his head.

With Cesaro looking this strong and looking to separate from his tag team partner, Shinsuke Nakamura, this could be the start of the push that fans have been waiting for.

3. Roman Reigns opens the show 

SmackDown has arguably been a much better viewing experience then Monday Night RAW and a large part of that is the transformation of the Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. Roman has continued to put on great promos and matches every week, with Reigns coming across as more cold every week.

Tonight was another great performance from the Tribal Chief, as Reigns asked Edge to come out, only for Edge to leave Reigns waiting in the ring, irrating the Universal Champion.

This segment did a great job in setting up the confrontation between Edge and Reigns later in the night and felt smooth and quick unlike a lot of opening promos.

2. Edge comes home 

During his hall of fame career Edge has been both a RAW superstar and a SmackDown superstar. However SmackDown has always felt like home to Edge with Edge easily being one of the biggest contributors to the rise of SmackDown. From his amazing matches with the likes of Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero, to his battles later in his career with the likes of Chris Jericho, Edge has been a huge part in SmackDown history.

Edge delivered yet another great promo this week, as he talked about the choice of Wrestlemania opponents he has, only for Reigns to interrupt, asking Edge for a answer. Before he could get a answer, Kevin Owens would hit Reigns with a stunner, leaving Reigns with no answer.

This segment did a great job in creating tension between Edge and Reigns, with the only downside being Edge feeling like a afterthought after Owens attacked Reigns.

1. Big E retains the Intercontinental Championship. 

Big E’s push as a singles superstars has been great to see. Even during his time winning titles with The New Day, fans always wanted more from the powerhouse of The New Day. Luckily we have gotten to see Big E’s full potiontal as a singles competitor as he retained the Intercontinental Championship  in a great match against Sami Zayn and Apollo Crews.

The match did a great job in showcasing the character of all 3 men involved. With Big E showing his powerhouse ability, while Apollo continued to look more aggressive and Sami continued to be a deluded heel.

With Big E, now looking stronger then ever with the Intercontinental Championship, it will be interesting to see if he will keep the title heading into WrestleMania.

These were my top 5 moments for Smackdown this week. What were some of your favourite moments and who do you think Edge will challenge? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.