There were 52 episodes of Friday Night SmackDown this past year. Considering WWE's secondary show airs every Friday night on USA that should go without saying, but it's used here to set up the fact that that means there have been 52 grades handed out for each one of those episodes.
Actually, 51. I missed a week.
Now that the year is up and the next episode of SmackDown that hits the air will be in 2015. That means it's time to look back on every grade for each episode in 2014.
Below is a complete list of each episode's air date, its grade, and the title given to that episode by yours truly. Each grade and title is clickable in case you want to go back and read full reactions for that particular show.
Jan. 3: B+ (Hi, New Year)
Jan. 10: C+ (Shielding Punk)
Jan. 17: C+ (Corporate destruction)
Jan. 24: C+ (Royal Rumble go home)
Jan. 31: B (Royal Rumble fallout)
Feb. 7: C (Orton vs. Christian)
Feb. 14: A (Happy Valentine's Day)
Feb. 21: C (Chamber time)
Feb. 28: B+ (Heel Batista)
Mar. 7: C+ (Real men wear skinny jeans)
Mar. 14: B (Believe in cohesion)
Mar. 21: C (Houston, we have a problem)
Mar. 28: C+ (More than a feeling)
April 4: D+ (WrestleMania 30 time yet?)
April 11: C+ (Back to the same)
April 18: C- (Believe in Evolution)
April 25: A (Believe in justice)
May 2: D+ (Extremities)
May 9: B (Fight on Friday Night)
May 16: D- (This is why we can't have nice things)
May 23: C- (I'm a Boliever)
May 30: C- (On to Payback)
June 6: C+ (Seth Rollins has spoken)
June 13: B- (Madness meets insanity)
June 20: B- (Time for a change)
June 27: C- (On to Money in the Bank)
July 4: B- (Independence Day)
July 11: C- (Take the Reigns)
July 18: D (Let's battle already)
July 25: D- (Moving on)
Aug. 1: C- (Slow motion)
Aug. 8: C (Lumberjack)
Aug. 15: B (On to SummerSlam)
Aug. 22: C- (SummerSlam fallout)
Aug. 29: D+ (Mailing it in)
Sept. 5: C- (Vulnerability)
Sept. 12: C (Stunt doubles)
Sept. 19: X
Sept. 26: B+ (Down goes Rusev)
Oct. 3: A- (V for Vendetta)
Oct. 10: B- (That was special?)
Oct. 17: D+ (Friday Night Chore)
Oct. 24: B (Go to Hell)
Oct. 31: B (Happy Halloween)
Nov. 7: B+ (No Authority)
Nov. 14: B- (The mask)
Nov. 21: C- (John Cena is the worst teammate)
Nov. 28: C+ (Daniel Bryan is The Authority)
Dec. 5: C+ (Stretcher job)
Dec. 12: C+ (TLC, here we come)
Dec. 16: B+ (That's more like it)
Dec. 26: C+ (Hold on a second, playa)
Breakdown:
A's: 3
B's: 16
C's: 25
D's: 7
F's: 0
That looks about right, no? SmackDown is hardly ever a terrible show but it's rarely anything truly special either. It's mediocrity is matched only by its consistency.
Here's to hoping the move to Thursdays shortly into the new year will bring about a change for the better.