Best and Worst of SmackDown Live- 26th June, 2018

#3 Best: Momentum for Rusev ahead of AJ Styles

I thought Rusev scored an important win

I thought Rusev making Xavier Woods submit was a great way to build him up for AJ Styles. Woods is almost the same size as the WWE Champion and works a similar fast paced style. He's also enough of an established name to have the win seem meaningful. This was a pretty impressive performance overall.

.@AJStylesOrg should be taking notes, because that was a truly DOMINANT performance by the #BulgarianBrute @RusevBUL! #SDLive #RusevDay pic.twitter.com/ssiKUAEzGO

— WWE (@WWE) June 27, 2018

Will Rusev become the next WWE Champion? That remains to be seen but this was a good start.