SmackDown was back at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut Friday night. The episode was filmed last week ahead of Saturday Night's Main Event, which meant that follow up from that show was limited.

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s weekly review of "WWE SmackDown," where the fact that it was a taped show right before the end-of-year holidays doesn't totally excuse the lackluster product. Not to start ...

WWE's creative team must be on some sort of winter break or have released a bunch of writers from right underneath our noses, because the December 20 episode of "SmackDown" was made with equal parts ...