Mark Bright looks at the first Smackdown of 2009.

WWE tape two weeks worth of Smackdown tonight from East Rutherford, NJ.

Throughout the weekend ahead of our live Great American Bash coverage on Sunday night, we’re posting our half-year awards, looking at the best and the worst of WWE in the first half of 2008.
So far on we’ve posted our awards for the following (click links to view our picks and reasons for them):
- Worst in-ring performer in the WWE
- Least improved wrestler of the year so far
- Worst WWE PPV of the year so far
- Worst announcer in the WWE (aka The Adamle Award)
- Worst feud/storyline in the WWE in …

Big Show will miss three weeks of action after examinations this week have revealed a fracture of his eye as a result of the injury suffered at last Sunday’s One Night Stand PPV.
At this point in time, he is still scheduled to participate at WWE’s Night of Champions PPV on Sunday, June 29.

Monday night’s edition of RAW did a 3.1 cable rating - up from last week’s 2.9 figure, but likely not as high as the company were expecting.
On the subject of ratings, WWE.com last night posted a piece defending last week’s poor ratings numbers. Its strange timing to issue such a piece, in my opinion. You can read it by clicking here.
WWE last night also confirmed that Big Show has been diagnosed with a fracture of the sinus cavity and possibly his orbital bone. He is scheduled to see a specialist …

WWE.com last night reported that Big Show is undergoing an MRI to determine the severity of his injury from Sunday night’s One Night Stand PPV after waking up on Monday to find the swelling had forced his eye shut.
As we reported yesterday, Show was stitched up following his match on Sunday night, but yesterday WWE made the decision to have him undergo an MRI to determine whether or not the swelling is being caused by a broken bone.
WWE.com last night also confirmed Randy Orton has been diagnosed with a suffered …