WWF Smackdown

Rumble in the Bayou

By Kim | Aired on 01.22.2001

Royal Rumble Pay Per View - So here we are at the Royal Rumble, my favorite of all Pay Per Views. I know Wrestlemania gets all of the attention, but I love the anticipation of "Who will be next? Who will be the surprise entrants?"...

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2-3 Recap	Rumble in the Bayou Royal Rumble Pay Per View - The WWF heads to New Orleans for the Royal Rumble Pay Per View, where two titles will change hands and one man will win the chance to be the number one contender for the WWF Championship.	01.22.2001	B	Kim
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
2-2 Recap	All the wrestling ninety minutes can hold Cram 'Em In - In order to make room for a new sitcom debut, this week's episode was crammed into ninety minutes. It shows.	01.10.2001 01.11.2001	B-	Kim
2-1 Recap	Tangled alliances Violence Against Women - Stone Cold beats up William Regal, goes after Stephanie, and is rewarded by arch-enemy Vince with a title shot. What's up with that?	01.03.2001 01.05.2001	D+	Kim
1-14 Recap	Slimy Stephanie Girl Power - In the absence of her father and husband, Stephanie takes over the booking and manages to dish out damage to all of her enemies.	12.27.2000 12.28.2000	C+	Kim
1-13 Recap	Filler-mania Screwjob - Everyone gets time off for the holidays, so we are forced to watch matches with the likes of Kaientai and Lo-Down. Ho-hum.	12.20.2000 12.23.2000	C-	Kim
1-12 Recap	Vince McEvil Dysfunctional Family Picnic - Vince manages to insult his daughter, alienate his friends, and send his soon-to-be-ex-wife to the hospital, all in two short hours. You've got to admire that kind of productivity.	12.13.2000 12.15.2000	B-	Kim
1-12 Recap	It's the End of the World As We Know It WWF Armageddon Pay Per View - In the December Pay Per View, Armageddon, the world does not end. Repeat, the world does not end. What a rip-off. Instead, Rikishi takes a sick bump and Kurt Angle retains his WWF Title. Or does he?	12.09.2000 12.11.2000	B-	Kim
1-11 Recap	Linda, Call Your Lawyer! D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Vince McMahon returns to demand a divorce from his wife, for the crime of supporting Mick Foley in his role of commissioner. Meanwhile, all of the participants in the upcoming Hell in the Cell match beat on each other.	12.06.2000 12.08.2000	B	Kim
1-10 Recap	The Hell (In A Cell)? Long On Talk, Short On Wrestling - There's only one match in the first hour of tonight's show. One. Match. Do you think they have a Pay Per View coming up?	11.29.2000 11.30.2000	C+	Kim
1-9 Recap	Latino Beat Giving Thanks For The WWF - Eddie "Latino Heat" Guerrero loses the Intercontinental Title to Billy Gunn. Then there are a bunch of matches that no one cares about, really. I'll just give you some names: Tazz, Raven, the Hollys, Test, Albert. Convinced? Molly Holly puts on a great show and unveils an awesome finishing move against Trish Stratus. Stone Cold teams with Jericho against Kane and Benoit, but the match is a no contest. And the WWF has a down-home Thanksgiving food fight.	11.22.2000 11.27.2000	D	Kim
1-9 Recap	Survivor Series Survivor Series Pay Per View - Will something big happen again this year? Here's hoping a McMahon is involved.	11.18.2000 11.18.2000	B	Kim
1-8 Recap	Killing Time Killing Time - Smackdown is interrupted by a State of the Union address. Oh, wait. That was just a speech by Triple H that took about half of the show, and didn't tell us anything we didn't already know, and put everyone to sleep.	11.15.2000 11.15.2000	D	Kim
1-7 Recap	Hunter Becomes The Hunted Hunter Becomes The Hunted - Triple H finally starts talking, and gets huge amounts of heat. How could he go from near-face to heel in one week? Amazing. The announcers tell us that Triple H has a lot of explaining to do, and Triple H is on his way out to possibly do just that.	11.08.2000 11.08.2000	N/A	Kim
1-6 Recap	Rock-y Road Rock-y Road - We learn that on RAW, Rikishi beat up The Rock. Then, Rikishi said that The Rock told him to run over Stone Cold, and even gave him the car keys so that he could do it. How will The Rock respond? How will Stone Cold respond? And most importantly, will Rikishi ever stop bleeding from the forehead?	11.01.2000 11.01.2000	D	Kim
1-5 Recap	Post-Pay-Per-View Pandemonium Post-Pay-Per-View Pandemonium - The crowd goes wild for Stone Cold Steve Austin in the ring to open the show. Austin takes the mic, as Lawler warns us to "cover the ears of the children."	10.25.2000 10.25.2000	D	Kim
1-5 Recap	No Mercy! No Mercy! Pay Per View - Howard Finkel explains the rules -- basically, two teams go at it.	10.21.2000 10.21.2000	B	Kim
1-4 Recap	Is There A Pay Per View Coming Up? Is There A Pay Per View Coming Up? - Tonight, JR will be confronting Austin. Also, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, The Rock, and Triple H will all be involved in one match.	10.18.2000 10.18.2000	D	Kim
1-3 Recap	Waiting For Rikishi Waiting For Rikishi - Michael Cole informs us that Stone Cold is waiting outside the building to confront Rikishi. You see, it was revealed on Monday's RAW that Rikishi was the one who hit Stone Cold with a car last fall.	10.11.2000 10.11.2000	D	Kim
1-2 Recap	Kane Coulda Been A Contender! Kane Coulda Been A Contender! - Did you know that the Hardys' mom died when they were very young, and they taught themselves to sew, and now they make their own costumes? Aw, they're so cute.	10.04.2000 10.04.2000	D	Kim
1-1 Recap	Stephanie And Kurt: Friends Forever Stephanie And Kurt: Friends Forever - Smackdown! is in Pittsburgh, PA. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler wonder if Stone Cold will successfully complete his investigation this week.	09.27.2000 09.27.2000	D	Kim