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I thought that the go-home episode of WWE SmackDown had a cinematic quality to the overall proceedings, this week. It was more good than bad for sure, all said and done.
With that in mind, I'm going to list down what I liked and what I disliked about this week's show, for your reading pleasure. Be sure to leave a comment and tell me if you agree or disagree with my opinion.
The build to WWE TLC wasn't the greatest until this week, with Seth Rollins turning heel on RAW and everything that has happened on SmackDown. I loved the fact that every match on SmackDown had a storyline reason for it.
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And now with that said, I will begin my 'Best and Worst' list for SmackDown!
#1 Best: Elias mocks Bayley with a song
I am looking at comments online and I can understand why people are understandably upset about Elias making suggestive comments about both Sasha Banks and Bayley. I can even understand why not everyone is a fan of Elias calling Bayley unattractive because she looks like a 'dude' now. But this segment was obviously carried out with Bayley's permission and I know that she's a huge fan of the Attitude Era, and hence, I will choose to focus on the positives here.
The issue with a lot of professional wrestling these days is that there's no sense of edginess to it at all; it's all too vanilla. The Rock used to roast all of his opponents with meaner insults than Elias' and as a result, they used to be elevated and their upcoming matches would have a lot more people invested in them. This has been a key component that has been missing in today's product, and I am all for making people uncomfortable at times, in this manner.
Hey, and it led to more screen time for Dana Brooke, so that's always a positive!
#1 Worst: Where is Lacey Evans though?
Where WWE lost out, however, in my eyes, is the fact that there was no sense of consistency to the product at all. I think it's pretty clear at this point that Bayley and Lacey Evans will not be clashing at WWE TLC, which I think is a mistake because the feud was set and raring to go and I wanted it done by the end of the year so that Bayley could move on to others.
Lacey Evans was missing from this week's show and that just took away a lot of the oomph that was built up last week, in my opinion. Sasha Banks is away as well, recording her own rap album and that hurt the show in a pretty big way too!
I like how Daniel Bryan's absence makes the show more interesting. But these absences just do not! They leave the audience completely baffled!
#2 Best: Bray Wyatt invades The Miz's house in a terrifying segment
If I had to name my favorite segment from WWE SmackDown this year, this has to be it. The whole sight of The Miz being terrified for his daughter, who was seemingly playing with Bray Wyatt's puppets, made for great viewing. This is a segment that belonged in a horror movie, and The Miz's acting, in particular, was awesome!
It certainly helps that The Miz is an actual actor because I could believe every second of it. I think that the words 'mind games' get thrown around quite often, but this was the first time, I would say that they were genuine mind games. Whoever is handling creative duties for Bray Wyatt is an absolute genius.
What do you think of the new puppet in the Firefly Fun House, folks? Could that be Liv Morgan? Were the pigtails perhaps made with Daniel Bryan's hair?
#2 Worst: Not going all the way with Otis?
Certain WWE Superstars are more popular in certain parts of the world. But Otis from Heavy Machinery has been getting a massive reception in every single arena across the world! And as good as The Revival are, I'm just not feeling The Revival vs. The New Day, personally.
Maybe it's because the feud hasn't been as heated as it needed to be, leading into the pay-per-view. But I honestly think that Heavy Machinery needs the biggest push in the world, as they are so incredibly popular. They are a throwback tag team in a sense because they're just as big as classic WWE tag teams used to be in the past!
The worst thing that can happen is that Vince McMahon breaks up Heavy Machinery. I love the fact that Tucky talks while Otis grunts all the time. They need a run with the Tag Team Championships very soon.
#3 Best/Worst: The backstage attacks and the main event
I loved how everything was set up with regard to Roman Reigns. After the humiliating attacks last week, he was portrayed as an unhinged being, who took apart King Corbin's security detail all on his own in the backstage area.
I just thought that the main event with Corbin and Kofi Kingston, and then Corbin and Ziggler vs. The New Day just went on for far too long. I mean it was great because the place erupted when Roman Reigns invaded the arena but it just took far too long to get there.
It's hard to care about King Corbin taking on Kofi Kingston because they had no cause to hate one another before tonight. And so, I was just waiting for the Reigns invasion that everyone in the audience knew was going to happen.
So, that is our final 'Best and Worst' before TLC. Are you excited, folks?
Ex WWE writer blasts Liv Morgan HERE
