Retro Ups And Downs For The Highest Rated WWE SmackDown Ever

You voted for it so here we are to review the highest rated episode of WWE SmackDown ever including Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to blow up the DX express after he got hit by a car, The Rock being The Rock and a whole lot of attitude era madness!
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[@rashnudamz8418]

I could listen to Simon talk about anything and he'll be entertaining! One of the best presenters on KZbin!

[@CyberHaunter]

Amen

[@officialdwaynejohnson3451]

WWE Backlash 2000! Come on Simon, don't leave us hanging. Let us know how the story ends

[@chuytristan9717]

I third that!

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

I fourth that

[@JaniceTZ]

@@john-olivierlukama1548 I fifth that!

[@Kelsiemcmahon20]

I 6th that hurry up Simon backlash 2000

[@MadnessHero88]

Survivor Series 2002: First Elimination Chamber Match.

[@jessewaltz2508]

I'd like to see the 1st episode of Monday Night TNA Impact get upped and downed. 1/4/2010 when they tried to compete with Raw

[@jknight1984]

JR: Try...

[@AwkwardAutognome]

Survivor Series 1990 please. The most amazing debut of all time. The Gobbledy Gooker! Plus the debut of some obscure deadman gimmick.

[@YetiMan500]

A dead man gimmick?! Surely that didnt have last long

[@AwkwardAutognome]

I cannot remember the name of it. I think it was the Gravedigger or maybe The Mortician. Something like that...

[@rickyblaze-starwarsbattlef4413]

John Naylor the bottom-stealer

[@jtmoney1188]

Suggestion: The Raw after Eddie’s passing... 🙏🏿🙏🏿 Happy 53th Birthday to latino heat 💯

[@2nd100k]

ive just had a mental breakdown and ups and downs has possibly saved my life. thanks simon.

[@jesterking27]

I honestly had forgotten Essa Rios was a thing. Not really a joke here, just that small relic of nostalgia had escaped my memory. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@facethefear3591]

Ups and downs of starrcade 1983

[@mamrezzp1581]

Suggestion: Wrestle Kingdom 9

[@meirnissim5927]

Highest rated Nitro

[@VIGLounge]

I will die on this hill! Halloween Havoc 1997! Up vote it!

[@richardwilcox2784]

Having recently watched it no, just totally obsessed with NWO, but for anyone who hasn't seen it the Eddie versus Rey Mysterio match is really good, you should really watch that if you can

[@VIGLounge]

@@richardwilcox2784 I'm arguing for it solely for Eddey and Rey. That DDT!

[@MTG_Scribe]

I like that Stone Cold was treated as some kind of poltergeist for 90% of Smackdown.

[@YetiMan500]

Yeah and ironically not the dead man they had on the show

[@GoddesseyCreations]

"poltergeist"😂😂😂😂

[@ShaundaLeer]

In Your House: Bad Blood 1997 with Kane's debut

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

That's Gotta Be.....That's Gotta Be an UP

[@anisboukhalfa6740]

Raw 1000 ( cm punk heel turn )

[@Dwbulldog04]

I was at this event in Charlotte. I remember when the show ended and everyone was leaving to the exits, the glass breaks and Stone Cold came out to salute the crowd. Everyone came running back into the arena to see him

[@shauncrawfordguitar]

Suggestion: Simon does his first ups and downs!

[@isaiahbragg9385]

Yes

[@genzn1ster]

Back when each show had a unique stage set

[@thribs]

To be fair, they still did before the pandemic

[@RaghavanN]

I miss the Smackdown Fist.Good Old Days!

[@genzn1ster]

@@RaghavanN my favorite of all time

[@VTSadashi]

Wrestlemania XX Eddie Gurrero's First PPV Title Defense

[@craigconn8664]

Suggestion: Wrestlemania X

[@georgeharvey4226]

Suggestion: WrestleMania 22 - my first Wrestlemania when I got into wrestling and one of my personal favourites.

[@MoonMan421100]

Suggestion: first episode of WWE’s ECW

[@MetropolisKid]

i can vaguely remember watching this episode on thursday on UPN being in the 4th grade and literally talking about how cool it was that stone cold blew up the DX express. my god. the memories.

[@MrAeroHD]

"You know the song if you were a fan of the Smackdown video game" or Botchamania :)

[@djphilbinbounce]

This is crazy as this was the first ever Episode of Wrestling I had ever watched, Aged 9 years old, sat on my Grandma's sofa! I remember hearing all the fuss of this WWF wrestling when I was in school and I decided to give it a watch. Instantly hooked!

[@theexplainer2235]

Suggestion-Wcw greed 2001 -the last wcw ppv ever

[@raineydayscott]

WCW Halloween Havoc 97 WCW Bash at the Beach 96 WCW Halloween Havoc 96 I will not rest until Simon does some 90’s WCW

[@samemtp]

Starrcade 83

[@eddymatrix9982]

Retro ppv up and downs idea: 1.WWE hell in a cell 2009 2.WWE wrestlemania 30 3.The highest rating of wcw ever 4. WWE wrestlemania 19

[@RaghavanN]

For the next Retro Ups and Downs-Royal Rumble 1999,Wrestlemania 13,Unforgiven 2006 or Wrestlemania 20

[@TheAdamwalters]

Rumble 99 gets so much hate. It was first current wwe vhs I had at time and I watched the hell out of it. Massive soft spot for that one

[@andrewmcmaster6810]

Wcw greed 2001. It is a worse ppv than december to dismember,everyone vote it! Lets put Simon through watching another terrible event 😂😂

[@simonarnold9199]

Royal rumble 2001

[@brianglass7089]

No Way Out 2009. Edge loses the WWE title and wins the world title in the same night.

[@kyreeseclarke805]

This comment aged perfectly that the recent video he did that got me going through some other retro videos

[@timmytur0k884]

Malenko was ahead of his time. Same goes for a lot of the cruiserweights from WCW.

[@timshelton7560]

How about Fully Loaded 2000 Triple main event: Undertaker vs Kurt Angle Triple H vs Chris Jericho The Rock vs Chris Benoit One of my favorite ppv's.

[@tankkilla7488]

There’s no such thing as a triple main event. There can be only one main event.

[@TomTalksRubbish]

With this ups and down we now need backlash 2000 please please please!

[@joshua2814]

I almost choked on the apple I was eating when Simon said “do a crossword.”

[@Reacher85]

WCW Monday Nitro August 31st 1998 Highest Rated Nitro ever

[@TheWadson]

Do Backlash 2000 now, so we can see how the stories end

[@jeffmatherly4105]

This video is just like that episode of smackdown. I'm at 12 minutes and keep expecting a down and it forces me to keep watching. Intentional? Doubtful. Brilliant? Absolutely.

[@rohinpatel7861]

Happy b'day eddie

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

Let's have the most Baywatch of all PPVs: Bash at the Beach '95...

[@garrymclaughlan6433]

My kids were watching something with David Arquette the other day, all I could think of was David Arquette as World Heavyweight Champion, that ruined my memory of him and his Hollywood career.

[@byoung8023]

Suggestion: Wrestlemania 19

[@Naruto0s44]

Man triple h's promos was awful in 2000 when he exaggerated the uhh lmao rock called him out on it in a promo

[@samborley5402]

"I am The Game uhhhhh, for the next twenty minutes uhhhhh, I will be talking uhhhhh, and saying absolutely nothing uhhhhh"

[@Naruto0s44]

Word lmao thank God in 2001 he stopped it

[@Naruto0s44]

You know what I don't like about triple h is that not all his matches were great and he works at a slow pace which I don't like sometimes he's top ten but not top 5 of all time in the attitude era. But in the ruthless aggression era he is top five because he got better during that era because he was the only star left from the attitude era to be honest

[@Naruto0s44]

And I can't say Chris Jericho was a star because they put him in the midcard after 2002

[@G9izz]

Simon actually makes me laugh too much 😂😂

[@DomSr]

Yes, the "My Time" HHH theme was the best theme

[@antonioscalzo3733]

Wrestlemaina 18 drowning pool performance of triple h’s entrance amazing my favorite point in wrestling history

[@epicletsplays3219]

WCW Halloween Havoc 1999

[@pratyushchandra3354]

Do highest rated WCW Monday Night Nitro episode ever next

[@Mdgeist316]

The Monday Night Nitro featuring Goldberg vs Hogan in the main event at the Georgia Dome.

[@superdadandsuperson4319]

Bash at the Beach 1996

[@shobitchouksey3442]

That's my favourite attitude era moment ever I wish we would see more of that

[@jimmyrock18]

Awesome review, please do Backlash 2000

[@terryfloyd3505]

Thank You very much for not censoring Benoit out of your video -it didnt glorify him, just stated the fact that he existed and was there-nice to see someone just acknowledging his existence

[@DJDoubleCee]

Oh man, I remember when Stone Cold blew up the DX bus. I never fully understood how he did it though. Was it some sort of dynamite he dropped onto the bus?

[@Naruto0s44]

They rigged it

[@corwin81]

How about doing the first Starrcade?

[@kurthuxel9829]

Loving all theUps and Downs! How about doing the highest rated/most buys for an NXT Takeover?

[@Shaunxp]

Please do NWO Souled out it is absolutely hilariously bad.

[@jeancarlosantolalla]

Simon Miller: The Rattlesnake of What Culture.

[@swapnilthorat4648]

Please do RAW1000. Where punk turns heel on rock. That was one of the best Raw episodes ever.

[@nickyrussas1266]

2008 SummerSlam I love edge vs taker in the hell in a cell match 😍

[@shuturmouthkeeptlkn9384]

That original smackdown theme though 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@raymondhill335]

Hey Simon. Please bring back retro ups and downs.

[@scottkendrix6231]

Dean Malenko will always be one of the greatest, most underrated, technical wrestlers of all time.

[@akaskeletor3357]

“Need a curve ball just toss a McMahon in there” hahaha so true

[@j0njn]

Repo Man! Now that I have your attention: This Tuesday in Texas, please. The aforementioned masked man was there.

[@briangordon6352]

I think the next retro ups and downs should be Royal Rumble 1998 please and thank you

[@shadormy6350]

This was so much better than the highest rated Raw. Bloody good episode of Smackadown.

[@chrisdonson3584]

Vengeance 2005, Triple H vs Batista, Hell in a Cell WHC match Cena/Christian/Jericho WWE title Angle vs HBK

[@socorroleroux]

No fam, “My Time” is the best entrance theme of all time. Put some respeck on it.

[@fordevoGAME]

What about One Night Stand 2006? That shit was great!

[@VXGaming]

I kinda want to see Retro Ups N Downs for WCW were David Arquette won the belt.

[@cdh359]

By we need at lest one wcw before the end of the year I say Halloween havoc 1991

[@meirnissim5927]

Wrestling with Wregret did Halloween Havoc 1991

[@thething1374]

Halloween Havoc 1995...

[@meirnissim5927]

@@thething1374 Wrestling with Wregret also did Halloween Havocs 91 98 & 2000

[@ajwhite3758]

Idk why but I want him to do souled out 98

[@leeshwan903]

Halloween 🎃 Havoc 1998! Please and Thank you!

[@smorgasbord26]

Backlash 2000 was I think the first ppv I ever watched and taped on channel 4 so this exact period is absolutely golden nostalgia for me being recapped in the pre match videos. The rock Vs triple H main event just felt so big time huge

[@babarazamsucks]

😂😂😂I can’t believe Simon tried to sing the theme song of SmackDown over and over again in his own unique way!🤣🤣🤣

[@FlyBoyEnterprises]

The storyline with DX Express bus exploding is part of the career mode in Smackdown 2 on the PS 1. The REAL question is WAS the DX Express the repurposed Lex Express.

[@Vaudiven]

2 words got me to check out wrestling, a name. Kurt Angle

[@SoundlessMound]

Now do the lowest rated Raw and Smackdown shows of all time.

[@andywesthead]

That’s just the normal Ups and Downs, no?

[@shives1866]

@@andywesthead damn it!!! you beat me to it lol

[@ratedrva757]

Why that would only be episodes from a few months ago

[@QAZ-OMEN]

Well sticking with the last 2 weeks options of choices. Let's do ups and downs for the first episode of wcw nitro that beat raw in the rating war

[@babarazamsucks]

😂😂😂It’s called the DX Express, dude!🤣🤣🤣

[@keeton]

I really wanna see that new David Arquette film on his wrestling

[@Adamjoe92]

Wrestlemania 18! Hogan v Rock, most ridiculous Stone Cold Stunner on Scott Hall and all the fun of the hardcore championship. Just a few highlights worth covering

[@martinjauregui102]

The August 31, 1998 episode of WCW Nitro.

[@simonmarshall19]

Ill never forget Hulk Hogan did a sound bite on Vince Russo when Garrett lay down for hogan to pin him .

[@MreenalMams]

The lowest rated RAW of the attitude era

[@TheReignofHorror]

Since we are approching the Hell in a Cell PPV my suggestion this week will Hell in a Cell 2009 (the very first Hell in a Cell PPV).

[@joshbunton6424]

Personally I'd love to see Armageddon 2000

[@aksharnarayanan]

That image at 17:58 is gold

[@xGriz58x]

Ok do CM Punk's pipe bomb promo Raw 2011

[@dilanhakyeri640]

Suggestion: Wrestlemania IX

[@cerabrii398]

You should do WCPW True Legacy that'd be fun

[@TheAdamwalters]

Road doggs thrusts demoralise the opponent so when they take the move even though it’s pretty soft they are too sad/embarrassed to kick out! Science 🤓

[@ahmadceasar5484]

The too cool dance was legendary Simon

[@benoshea6064]

The invasion ppv the opening video package alone was a thing of beauty

[@ctobs5650]

Wrestlemania 20 was a superb card

[@jkgonzo1]

WrestleMania XX

[@hairydave82]

As Hell In A Cell is coming up at the end of the month, why not do Ups & Downs for the greatest Hell In A Cell match ever. No Way Out 2000.

[@JimmyNotes]

Give it an up!

[@chrisatkins9195]

Wouldn't call it the greatest but its definitely top 10. The 6 man hell in a Cell was awesome

[@jonoldfield5713]

What bout a retro ups and downs 4 the original nxt be4 it became gud

[@christianhafer9819]

The Big Boss Man is an underrated gem. I've always enjoyed him.