Smackdown Results - May 30, 2008

Interrupting Batista

Batista has a match against Shawn Michaels on Sunday. Since Shawn Michaels can't be on Smackdown this week, they decided to keep Batista busy by having Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, and Vickie Guerrero providing conflict.

The only cool thing about this segment was that Curt Hawkins had extended mic time. Always wanted to see what he can do on the mic.

Matt Hardy vs Elijah Burke

Pretty good match between these two. Since Matt Hardy was going to win anyways, they should have just promoted it as a US title shot. That would have added more credibility to Matt Hardy as champion. Plus, it would have given Elijah Burke some momentum as well.

Winner: Matt Hardy

Chuck Palumbo vs Finlay

Pretty decent match, but there just wasn't any heat behind it. It's hard to look past the fact that both of these guys have been completely ignored by the writers over the last couple of months.

Winner: Finlay

CM Punk vs John Morrison

Good match between these, but nowadays you can expect that since they have so much chemistry together. This was a bit of a weak effort in promoting the Singapore Cane match, though.

Winner: CM Punk

Big Show & Batista vs Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder

Big Show was Batista's mystery partner. That made absolutely no sense. There's not a "friendship" between the two characters. Plus, Big Show isn't exactly involved in a rivalry with La Familia. It felt way too random.

Match was good. As you would expect, Batista and the Big Show dominated since they were the ones that are actually booked for a pay per view match.

This was just a time filler, and it was painfully obvious.

Winners: Big Show & Batista

MVP vs Jamie Noble

This matchup should have been done when MVP was the US champion. Jamie Noble would have provided him with a fresh challenger while Matt Hardy was injured.

Anyways, good match. Just wished that WWE had given us a reason to care about the match since neither guy is actually being used in a storyline right now.

Winner: MVP

Vladimir Kozlov vs Shannon Moore

This is a step up for Vladimir Kozlov. He hasn't actually had a chance to face someone as established as Shannon Moore is. His in-ring performance is still lame even though he's going up against a very good performer in Shannon Moore. Maybe he'll get to work with Jimmy Wang Yang soon?

Winner: Vladimir Kozlov

Maryse vs Michelle McCool

Maryse still looks awkward with Deuce & Domino. Guess it's just because Cherry was such a perfect character fit with those guys. Kind of sad that they've been relegated to being Maryse' valet, though.

This match was basically to promote two things. It advanced the storyline between Maryse and Cherry. Plus, it promoted the fact that Michelle McCool is a submission "specialist" now.

Winner: Michelle McCool

Undertaker Confronts Edge

It was obvious that the writing team spent all of their time this week working on the final segment of the show. It was easily the best segment of the night. It wasn't something that was thrown together in 30 seconds like everything else on the show was.

Edge does a tremendous job of acting again. Since the Undertaker's character limits his acting range, it was up to Edge to sell the story. He does the "scared heel" routine really well.

Also, the use of La Familia in this segment was good as well. It allowed Undertaker to take out his aggression without actually making Edge look weak. That's one of the reasons why stables are useful.