Battle of the Brands - Raw Vs. SmackDown Live: May 30, 2017

#4 Shocking Moments: Winner – SmackDown

Here comes the money.

SmackDown arguably had the more shocking moments of the week, but that’s not really saying a whole lot. The first such moment came with the long-anticipated SmackDown debut of The New Day. In the weeks leading up to Wrestlemania 33, New Day felt as if they were on the decline, and a split between them felt like the best option for a while.

However, bursting onto Tuesday nights, interrupting The Usos in the process, the three men reminded us all that they really can bring the entertainment factor to a sports entertainment show. This is the perfect feud for both New Day and The Usos at the moment, and it felt like last night we got just a little taste of what is to come. At least four of the five guys involved in this makeup SmackDown’s best talkers right now, so we should all be very excited to see where this goes.

The second moment of the night came when Shane McMahon announced the very first women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. It’s a privilege to be living through the days of the women’s revolution because we have become used to seeing many ‘firsts’, the first ever Ironwoman match, first ever women’s Hell in a Cell match, and now this. And the build up to the announcement was brilliantly done as well.

Initially, it was a shock to see this match not main event the show, but once you realised what they were doing, it all made perfect sense. The match didn’t even get started, as all of the women just began beating on each other before the bell. This showed the levels of intricate detail SmackDown still puts into its female division, and the show was a whole lot better for this.

Raw feels like it is building up to a few revelations, but nothing really happened this week to make us double take. The Kurt story is interesting, but we don’t know enough about it yet, and the Enzo beat down angle is also yet to come to its conclusion.