The Smack Addict Podcast

In this episode, John Cena and Chris Benoit go head-to-head to make up for the inconclusive result of last week’s battle royal, with the winner going on to face Brock Lesnar in the main event for the WWE Championship. Who will win? Also, Paul Heyman has a new-yet-familiar assistant, and Jamie Noble is competing for the ‘most despicable wrestling boyfriend’ crown. Join Matt and Daniel for a pretty...

20 men will be pitted against each other in a battle royal in the episode we’re covering today, and the winner faces Brock Lesnar for the WWE title that night. But isn’t that actually a pretty terrible deal? Also, Los Guerreros continue to have inter-familia conflict, and Jamie Noble tries to get a grip on Nidia, who is not letting her temporary blindness keep her away from ringside. Matt and Kris...

Survivor Series has come and gone, but Team Lesnar remains an entity (for reasons that aren’t totally explained), so all but the eponymous member of that group are wrestling tonight. Matt and Will also discuss Matt Hardy’s sudden disappearance from the Smackdown roster, whether or not the Undertaker died on PPV, and Hardcore Holly’s attempts to become Steve Austin 2.0.

It’s time to throw ten guys in a ring and see who comes out on top, it’s time for Survivor Series! We’ve got a big five-on-five elimination tag match and it’s… opening the show? Okay, that’s a bit off-putting, but we also have two big gimmick matches, with an Ambulance Match on the Raw side of things (which we will talk about, despite that not being totally our ‘thing’), and the Undertaker will ta...

Survivor Series 2003 is mere days away, so the various members of Team Angle and Team Lesnar are throwing down tonight, including in the main event, where Chris Benoit will team with *~*mysterious fifth member*~* of Team Angle, whoever that is. Backstage, Vince McMahon shares a nightmare he had with a truly horrifying ending, and later he harrasses a priest. Also, Eddie Guerrero is whisked away fr...

The teams for the big five-on-five Survivor Series match are shaping up, but will John Cena be on Brock Lesnar’s team, or will he side with the angels and end up on Kurt Angle’s team, now that Faarooq is out of the picture? (And can someone please get Faarooq’s doctor on the phone, so we can get some answers?) Also, Paul Heyman is gross with Torrie for no good reason, Vince McMahon uncorks a rathe...

Boo! It’s Halloween on the blue brand, and that’s almost part of the show! What else is part of the show? Well, this week, that’s an especially astute question for you to bring up, listener! For there is some weirdness around which segments are on the WWE Network/Peacock and which segments are very much not on those same streaming platforms. But what about the show itself, is there good wrestling?...

In some ways, this episode feels like the beginning of a new era on Smackdown. Vince McMahon reveals who the new GM is (hint: it’s not Sable), Los Guerreros put their tag titles on the line against T̶h̶e̶ ̶W̶o̶r̶l̶d̶'̶s̶ ̶G̶r̶e̶a̶t̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶T̶a̶g̶ ̶T̶e̶a̶m̶ uhhhh, the Bashams, and there’s a big Sports Entertainment-y main event. Plus we bid farewell to a certain unique wrestler, and we dig into the...

We’re back with another Smackdown-only PPV, headlined by a Biker Chain match for the big belt between Brock Lesnar and the Undertaker. The (possibly) most important match is between Vince McMahon and his daughter Stephanie, and will we be mercifully spared of more McMahon drama in the future? Also, Eddie Guerrero tries to hold onto his US title despite recently being brutalized by Big Show, and Jo...

Today Matt and Daniel are covering a sports-entertainment-tastic episode of Smackdown, with very little in-ring action. And yet, it’s still pretty good? There’s a teary interview with Stephanie McMahon (even though she’s supposedly banned from the show), Jamie Noble and Nidia are victimized by the Vince McMahon machine, and the Undertaker barely explains what the upcoming Biker Chain Match is. Gra...

Matt and Will are here to talk about an odd episode of Smackdown this week, from an unexpected figure cutting a promo to open the show, to an extended gross-out gag finishing things off. In between, what happens? Well, there are several non-matches, a debut of a future Smackdown star, and the main event of No Mercy 2003 is given a (kind of random) gimmick. Look out for that sewage truck, it’s the...

Big Show and Eddie Guerrero have a series of memorable exchanges on this episode, but that’s not a good thing. There’s a match, a questionable burrito, and a trip to the bathroom, and it’s all in service of US Championship match at No Mercy… I guess. Also, Vince makes Stephanie cry, and two other feuds are smushed together in a tag match main event, when Kurt Angle and the Undertaker go up against...

It’s the Eddie Guerrero show tonight, with Latino Heat pulling double duty, defending both the WWE Tag Team Championship as one half of Los Guerreros, and the WWE United States Championship against the now-partnerless Charlie Haas. Can Eddie successfully retain both titles? And will Vince McMahon get to bestow the WWE Championship onto Brock Lesnar in a fancy in-ring ceremony that may or may be at...

We’ve arrived: it’s time to talk about the Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar Iron Man Match for the WWE Championship. Matt and Daniel talk over the details they like and dislike about Iron Man matches, as well as the other event of this episode, like a pretty good tag team title match! It’s Smackdown’s big show in September (since they didn’t have a PPV), so let’s dig in!

It’s time for the John Cena-Eddie Guerrero parking lot brawl! But wait, this episode of Smackdown is weirdly shorter than the other ones, and is there a good reason? Oh, maybe not good, but certainly weird! And since it’s September 11th, is there a very weird ‘patriotic moment’ in this show? Oh, absolutely. Also, ahead of next week’s Iron Man (Ironman?) match, Matt went ahead and watched every WWE...

Tonight’s episode is sick with championship fever, as Kurt Angle puts his WWE title on the line against Undertaker, Rey Mysterio defends his Cruiserweight title against Tajiri, and the (self-proclaimed?) World’s Greatest Tag Team tries to keep the tag titles and fend off the regressive APA. Matt and Daniel break it all down, including a Sablicious continuity error, and Brock Lesnar being a full on...

SummerSlam has come and gone, and we’re in El Paso for a great episode of Smackdown! Matt and Daniel break down Eddie Guerrero’s homecoming and John Cena’s attempted thwarting of it, as well as the big triple threat match to determine who will face Kurt Angle next week on Smackdown. (Next week? Not at the next PPV? Okay, Smackdown, sure…) There’s only four matches on tonight’s show, but that’s mor...

It’s the biggest party of the summer, and it’s one of the Big Four PPVs in WWE (back when they were still called that), it’s time for SummerSlam 2003! The Smackdown offerings are simple: we’ve got a boring A-Train-Undertaker match, a decent US title four way, and a big Wrestlemania XIX rematch between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar. Also happening that night: every McMahon, live and in-person, whethe...

We’ve covering the ‘go-home’ show for Summerslam 2003, but is the Smackdown side all that strong compared to recent PPVs? Matt & Daniel talk about that, PLUS Kurt Angle’s welcome intensity and street fight with *shudder* Big Show, ALSO Brock Lesnar’s destruction of Zach Gowen (in front of Zach’s own mother!), PLUS A-Train and Sable have an off-putting interaction. All this (and more!) can be h...

We’re 10 days away from Summerslam 2003, and on this episode, Matt & Will discuss the episode where we all met the REAL Brock Lesnar, since he’s a big bad boy now and is somewhat aligned with Vince. Big mean Brock steps up against Spanky and destroys him, and Vince also sets up A-Train to destroy his daughter Stephanie in the main event. B-b-but that’s his d-daughter! Can he really be so heartless...

We’ve covering an episode with a big cage match tonight, and that means Brock Lesnar is going head-to-head with… Vince McMahon? And the special guest referee is… Kurt Angle, the WWE champion? Along with a confounding main event situation, there’s also a couple of rematches from Vengeance, with John Cena looking for his first victory over the Undertaker, and Eddie Guerrero facing Chris Benoit once...

Kurt Angle is fresh off his WWE Championship win at Vengeance, and Mr. McMahon has tossed him and his friend(?) Brock Lesnar in a match against Opponents of Vince’s Choosing, but can they stay friends (despite Kurt pinning Brock at Vengeance)? Will Eddie Guerrero immediately lose his US title to Tajiri? Will Chris Benoit carry (*checks notes*) famed clown wrestler Doink to a five-star classic? And...

The Smackdown portion of the brand-exclusive PPV experiment begins with one of the best shows of the year, as long as you ignore midcard matches that barely belong on TV, let alone a PPV, as well as the two McMahon-centric matches. What you’re left with is a decent John Cena-Undertaker match, a solid tag team title match, a fun, workrate-oriented opener for the new WWE US title, and a big-time mai...

This is the go-home episode of Smackdown before Vengeance 2003, so we’re shoring up some storylines: Eddie Guerrero isn’t just facing Chris Benoit for the new US title, he’s also jealous of him! Stephanie doesn’t just hate Sable, she’s also sad and angry with her father! Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle aren’t just allies, they’re friends… Or are they? All this, plus the APA being rude to an American s...

Matt & Will are covering a loosey-goosey episode of Smackdown, featuring a semi-retread for a main event, two John Cena raps, and one conspicuous Presidential Skybox. The semifinal matches for the United States Championship tournament get decided, Brock Lesnar is sent packing early, and Kurt Angle is in the fight of his life in the main event. There’s a lot of fun stuff going on, so join us an...