Both this week's Smackdown! and the just completed Judgment Day drove home a major point: the brand desperately needs the Draft Lottery to make it worth viewing.

SD! I would have mostly missed if I hadn't videotaped it... I was so bored by it overall that I slept through most of it.

The matches set up for the PPV overall didn't grip me. Except for Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (Jr.) was pretty much the only match on the card I was looking forward to, followed by the Cruiserweight title bout.

At the PPV itself - Haas/Holly vs. MNM was more entertaining than I expected thanks to Charlie Haas. When he was in the ring, the match was exciting. When Bob Holly was in, it wasn't.

As a match Carlito vs. The Big Show was mostly mediocre - until Matt Morgan lifted Show up for an F-5. It wasn't as stunnintg now after seeing Brock Lesnar do it several times - but it still made for a surprise.

I never thought I'd find a Kurt Angle match dull, but this one was. It felt like it dragged on.

Orlando Jordan isn't exactly gripping as the US Champion (to think: I liked him before he joined JBL!), but a title match against Heidenreich? Face or heel, he's still awful in the ring, and definitely doesn't deserve a title hunt.

JBL vs. John Cena was a really massive brawl, hopefully a blowoff to their feud. Problem is: who makes an interesting challenger now? Booker T? Cena owned him in the US Title hunt. Kurt Angle again? Yawn. Unless Eddie Guerrero will step up as the next challenger, there's really nothing interesting right now.

SD! is in desperate need of fresh blood in the talent pool - and better writers. Both brands need some, but Smackdown! more.