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From Goldberg challenging Bray Wyatt at WWE Super ShowDown to The Miz and John Morrison reintroducing "The Dirt Sheet" segments, this week's episode of SmackDown featured several contrasting moments.
The show felt quite eventful this week. WWE announced some matches that will take place at WWE Super ShowDown on February 27. A brief hiatus from the buildup to WrestleMania 36 and some questionable booking decisions impacted the show in negative ways.
But then again, SmackDown felt like an important show from start-to-finish, and that is always a good thing in today's era of Wrestling Entertainment.
Here are the 5 Biggest News Stories from this week's episode of WWE SmackDown (February 7, 2020).
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#5: The Miz & John Morrison parodied "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" just before Oscars 2020
Ahead of the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony this Sunday, The Miz & John Morrison reintroduced their infamous "Dirt Sheet" segments for the current generation of WWE fans.
The WWE Universe was in for a ride when both of them parodied Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", a film which received 10 nominations at the prestigious event.
The movie trailer was a really fun break from WWE's usual format for SmackDown, and "Once Upon a Time... On The Dirt Sheet" also tied in with Miz & Morrison's current rivalry with The New Day.
Even George Mizanin made an entertaining cameo in the trailer.
The whole extravaganza was comedy done right in WWE, and one doesn't expect any less from The Miz & John Morrison at this stage of their respective careers.
This is the type of content that got both of them over as a tag team back in the day, and the return of The Dirt Sheet was exactly what this feud desperately needed ahead of their eventual showdown against The New Day.
#4: Carmella is the number #1 contender for Bayley's SmackDown Women's Championship
At the end of the episode, Carmella, Dana Brooke, Naomi and Alexa Bliss took part in a Fatal-4-Way match to determine the number #1 contender for the SmackDown Women's Title.
Carmella came out on top by delivering a pair of superkicks and successfully pinning Bliss in an upset win.
This can be viewed as a resurgence for Carmella, who may be involved in a legit feud with the SmackDown Women's Champion after being paired with R-Truth for what almost feels like a year.
Bayley hasn't had the most success in drawing huge attention towards her segments recently, and after feuding with Lacey Evans, her stint with Carmella seems like a random choice at this moment.
At times, WWE tends to pair female competitors for long-term feuds without any major conflict involved in the process.
Carmella's random win may evolve into something bigger later on. But aside from fan support, WWE needs to include even bigger conflicts to create a SmackDown Women's Division that can compare to Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair's star-power over on Monday Night RAW.
#3: Roman Reigns and King Corbin's feud isn't over yet
Before Goldberg's segment could play out, King Corbin interrupted the episode's proceedings to get revenge on Roman Reigns for the dog food incident from last week's show.
Even before the interruption, Corbin would enter a production truck and vent his frustrations on a member of the production staff. This segment was pretty neat, but what followed later on in the night wasn't what the WWE Universe exactly wanted.
King Corbin's interruption would cause Roman Reigns to come out and brawl with him yet again.
After the whole fiasco, Reigns challenged Corbin to a Steel Cage Match at WWE Super ShowDown.
As I've pointed out several times before, both of these wrestlers have natural chemistry with each other in the ring. Corbin always manages to get a negative reaction from fans through his annoying antics, and with Reigns in the scenario, people can't help but root for The Big Dog every time.
But aside from their in-ring chemistry, this feud has no other reason to exist at this moment.
Maybe the higher-ups want to delay the inevitable for some reason, and we all know that one way or another, Roman Reigns is probably going to be involved in the Universal Title scenario at WrestleMania 36.
#2: Daniel Bryan was "changed" by "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt after all
After Royal Rumble 2020, viewers were eager to find out how Daniel Bryan would cope up after losing to "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
Just like Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, and The Miz, Bryan was changed by The Fiend.
Remarkably, Daniel Bryan has been the most resistant competitor against Bray Wyatt's evil alter-ego so far. But in the end, Bryan would inevitably fall against the Universal Champion, and all of that anger and resentment was channeled towards Heath Slater during this week's episode of SmackDown.
As Wyatt moved on to bigger things, Bryan couldn't stand Slater's remarks about how foolish he was to mess around with someone like The Fiend.
During their match later on in the night, it was apparent that Bryan might have scaled back to being a frustrated heel.
But with the "YES" Movement still being a huge part of Daniel Bryan's career, it will be interesting to see how Bryan manages to cope with both sides of his own character in the next few weeks.
#1: Goldberg vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt will be the big matchup at WWE Super ShowDown 2020
Goldberg is back.
After an embarrassing match with The Undertaker at last year's Super ShowDown event, fans have every right to question whether or not Goldberg can put on a decent contest with the most intriguing star of WWE at the moment.
I do think that Goldberg's matches are a separate entity in today's era of WWE. The man can still put on a very entertaining contest if everything goes as planned.
But the most interesting aspect of this situation is how both men will have to adapt their own in-ring game during the match. Because fans are aware of how idiosyncratic Bray Wyatt's in-ring style is, and when you pair that will Goldberg's short, but explosive skill set, it is hard to imagine what the end result will look like.
Of course, none of that would matter to a huge extent if the match ends up being only a minute long. Even the biggest Bray Wyatt fan has to be as apprehensive as he/she is intrigued by this entire situation right now.
