5 things WWE did right on tonight's SmackDown Live

The road to WrestleMania is almost at its exhilarating end, as the Show Of Shows is less than a month away. The WWE Universe tuned into tonight's SmackDown Live with hopes of getting the answers to all those burning questions that were dropped at WWE Fastlane. Let's get to it and find out what WWE did right as they head towards the Grandest Stage of Them All.

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#5 Shane's scathing heel promo

Shane is a full-blown heel now

Shane McMahon was as big of a babyface as they come! Ever since he came back in 2016 to battle The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32, he has been a mainstay on the blue brand. It had gotten to the point that people were getting tired of his good guy shtick.

The company went the right way at Fastlane and turned Shane heel on The Miz, garnering him instant heel heat from The Miz's hometown crowd. Tonight, Shane came out and choked the announcer until he was satisfied with his introduction.

Shane proceeded to go the classic heel route and stated that he isn't the best in the world because he won the World Cup trophy and the tag straps. He's the best because he was born that way. And he's going to beat the tar out of The Miz at WrestleMania 35.

It would be nothing but an absolute delight to watch this match at Mania with the roles completely reversed.

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#4 WWE is building towards New Day as tag champs at Mania

This might happen at Mania

Black-Richochet and The Hardy Boyz faced off against The Bar and Rusev-Nakamura, a match that ended in chaos. The New Day came out after the match and took their merry time disposing off Sheamus and Cesaro.

It seems that WWE is not only planning for Kofi to win the top prize at Mania, but the company could also reward his brothers with the tag team belts! It could all come down to the incredibly satisfying moment of Kofi holding the WWE Title, hoisted on the shoulders of his brothers who would be holding the tag team belts.

If tonight's segment is any indication, we are probably heading for a multi-team match at WrestleMania for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

#3 Styles and Orton deliver a thunderous worked shoot promo

This match will steal the show

It's no secret that AJ Styles and Randy Orton are going to go at it at the Grandest Stage Of Them All. The Phenomenal One surprised The Viper with his patented move at WWE Fastlane, which came outta nowhere, just like the RKO.

Tonight, the two veterans faced off and delivered one of the best promos in recent memory. Orton belittled Styles on being an Indy darling while Orton was winning World titles in WWE. AJ fired back by stating that someone like Orton could never have survived the Indies. He got everything handed to him and he was always a part of factions to watch his back, namely Evolution, Legacy, Rated RKO and The Wyatt Family.

The segment ended with AJ challenging Orton for a match at Mania and looks like this could be the match that would steal the show at Metlife Stadium.

#2 Becky loses the crutch

Becky has finally dropped the crutches

This year, we might be getting a Women's Title Match that closes the show of shows. This has never happened before and there's no other match this year that comes even close to having the intrigue that the Women's triple threat match carries with it.

Becky, Ronda and Charlotte are doing their best to make sure the buzz keeps on going as they head towards WrestleMania 35. What ruined this storyline is Becky spending the entirety of the feud in a crutch. Becky is portrayed as a hero and the crutch shtick, although makes sense, has gotten old very fast.

Tonight, Becky dropped the crutches and faced Charlotte in the middle of the ring. The duo exchanged scathing words and advanced the storyline even further. Becky's crutches were holding her down since the past few weeks, but she can spend the next month proving why she deserves to be in the main event of Mania.

#1 The odds are again heavily stacked against Kofi

Kofi will have a hard time next week on SmackDown

WWE has got a golden goose in the form of Kofi Kingston. He was just another mid-carder a month ago. His performances in the Gauntlet Match and the Chamber Match suddenly skyrocketed him to the top, with the fans chanting his name and wanting him to finally win the big one.

As usually is the case, Vince McMahon doesn't like underdogs. Tonight, he made it clear that he doesn't believe one bit that Kofi could ever become a main event player. In homage to Daniel Bryan's Yes Movement storyline from 2014, Vince told Kofi that he is nothing but a good B+ player.

Vince proceeded to inform Kofi that he will be running the gauntlet one more time on next week's SmackDown, facing the likes of Orton, Joe, The Bar and Rowan. It would be interesting to see how Kofi will manage to beat these incredible odds.