10 best WWE Smackdown only Pay-Per-Views

#1 Vengeance 2003

Old School vs. New Schoo

The first ever Smackdown only event, excluding the then UK exclusive Rebellion, was not just the best single branded pay-per-view in history but one of the best and most underrated WWE events of all time.

The show opened with the first ever United States Championship match, under the WWE banner. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit had nothing short of a classic, easily the best PPV opening match since Bret and Owen Hart at WrestleMania X. This was a 10/10 performance, a technical collision that told a great story. Eddie took the win after a little help from Rhyno.

Jame Noble and Billy Gunn went one-on-one next. If Jamie won, he got to sleep with Torrie Wilson. The match went just 5 minutes, but for that time, it was surprisingly entertaining, they really made the most of it.

Bradshaw won a Bar Room Brawl, that had been presented by the APA. Featuring WWE Smackdown stars and the like of Doink The Clown, Brother Love and the Easter Bunny, this was pretty silly, but fun for the cameos at least.

Former WCW Tag Team Champions Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman reunited to challenge Charlie Hass and Shelton Benjamin for the WWE Tag Team Championships next. It was yet another 10/10 performance this evening, easily one of the best standard tag team matches of all time. A lot of fast-paced action and exciting near falls only added the thrilling action.

In a short match, Sable pinned Stephanie McMahon with help from A-Train. Although both are former WWE Women's Champions, they are also non-workers, but despite this, it was an entertaining match. Stephanie was pretty over here. The Undertaker took on an up-and-coming John Cena next in a match dubbed Old School vs. New School.

It was a pretty decent match; Cena hadn't had many good matches since his debut with Kurt Angle a year earlier, but this gave some hope that he could be a good performer one day.

Vince McMahon took on one-legged Zach Gowen next. This sounds like a bad one but it actually wasn't. Vince even bled pretty heavily which sold real well. The Chairman took a cheap win but Zach's performance was so good, and he received a standing ovation.

The main event was an excellent contest, a Triple Threat WWE Championship match with Champion Brock Lesnar defending against the Big Show and Kurt Angle.

Once again, a third and final 10/10 performance for the night, this was action packed with a dozen finishing moves, double teams, each man getting time to shine and a dramatic win for new WWE Champion Kurt Angle. It was an excellent match to end an excellent event.