5 reasons why The Fiend didn't appear on SmackDown this week

#4 Avoid making the character look stale

Have WWE used The Fiend too much in weekly television?

Let's be honest here. As much as the WWE Universe is in love with The Fiend right now, especially with all the different storyline avenues that have been taken so far, the company is starting to make the character a weekly attraction. The problem with this however is that it starts to remove the uniqueness of the character and could make it become stale.

Now, that wouldn't be an immediate thing and would probably take months to actually play out, but the more the company goes back to the well that is The Fiend, the less options they have for the character later. With that being said and the company making the character somewhat of a weekly attraction, it makes sense to slow things down a bit.

Not only does that create the opportunity for WWE to stage a surprise return later down the line, it also allows the company some time to figure out what to do next. Of course some fans are probably not going to like that and want The Fiend back on television as soon as possible, but imagine what doing so would risk.

If nothing else, The Fiend is one of the company's most powerful entities in a long time and it would be a shame to waste it during a period with so little activity or significance.