#1 Not a moment to spare
If you watched SmackDown Live, you'll know that a lot was crammed into those two hours of television content. I mean Bayley vs. Ember Moon should have gone a lot longer, but Bayley picked up a win in almost no time at all, and this was because SmackDown Live has limited time as compared to RAW which has an extra hour to spare.
To put such a match on SmackDown would have eaten up valuable time, in my opinion, and more importantly, it would have taken away from the sheen of The Fiend. I'm sure that WWE wants to keep him as a special attraction and for the world at large, The Fiend has not wrestled since SummerSlam.
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So in a way, I'm glad this was the dark match. Very few things in wrestling feel special and The Fiend certainly does.
This is awesome!