WWE: Top 10 SmackDown episodes of 2013

1. January 8

Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show

Episode number 699 of SmackDown saw The Rock return after a 10 year gap. But it was overshadowed by a superb encounter between Alberto Del Rio and The Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Then SmackDown general manager Booker T was on a mission to outclass Raw and gave an existing card to look forward to. Randy Orton and Antonio Cesaro had a technically sound encounter while AJ Lee was teamed with Dolph Ziggler for a mixed tag team match.

Sheamus showed his dominance when he knocked out the 3MB in just 47 seconds. Then the show was capped off with a grueling last man standing match between Del Rio and Big Show with Del Rio emerging as the winner.

Randy Orton defeated Antonio Cesaro by disqualification (5:47)

Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee defeated The Great Khali and Natalya (w/ Hornswoggle) (2:45)

Sheamus defeated Drew McIntyre, Heath Slater, and Jinder Mahal in a 3-on-1 Handicap match (0:47)

Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) defeated The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil) (2:20)

Alberto Del Rio (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated The Big Show (c) in a Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Championship (14:08)