Best and Worst of WWE SmackDown - Huge Elimination Chamber match possibly confirmed, Mistake made in Wyatt-Goldberg segment?

Welcome to this week's edition of Best and Worst of SmackDown. It was an interesting episode on the blue brand this week and certainly a big upgrade from last week - which was an underwhelming episode as a whole.

We've been praising RAW for a while now since Paul Heyman has made some drastic "game-changing" moves to the Red brand and SmackDown has dipped in quality ever since the move to FOX.

However, as we know, all it takes is a few good episodes to regain any lost momentum and SmackDown certainly has the roster for it. It's simply the fact that RAW has been better in terms of superstar utilization.

Either way, this was the go-home show to WWE Super ShowDown and it added a decent amount of hype to the upcoming Saudi Arabia show that normally doesn't have much hype surrounding it. Either way, here were the ups and downs of SmackDown:

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Best: A multi-man title match teased for WrestleMania?

John Morrison cutting a promo before the 8-man tag team match

The Usos and The New Day teased another feud in the opening segment of SmackDown. While we loved that and would prefer to see them go at it at the show of shows, the alternate isn't so bad - a multi-man tag team match for the SmackDown Tag Team titles at WrestleMania 36.

From the look of things, the teams involved will be The New Day, The Usos, John Morrison and The Miz, and possibly Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. For The Usos, it will mark the third year in a row where they'll be competing for the SmackDown Tag Team titles at WrestleMania - while it'll be the second time in three years for The New Day.

We expect The New Day to retain at Super ShowDown as title changes in Saudi Arabia are rare.

Worst - Lacey Evans' babyface turn

Did Lacey Evans confirm an Elimination Chamber match?

We're not big fans of Lacey Evans as a babyface. Her persona seems more suited to be a heel, even with her Marine Corps background. We're not denying that down the line, she could organically turn face, but right now, it doesn't seem to translate on-screen as much as people might hope.

Evans is a babyface only because they needed a face to feud with Bayley on SmackDown, similar to how they needed a heel to feud with Becky Lynch for three months when she first became the RAW Women's Champion.

However, what we did like was that Lacey Evans confirmed an Elimination Chamber match and stated that she has to get past five other women (one of whom we expect to be Sasha Banks) to earn a SmackDown Women's title shot at WrestleMania 36.

She's an obvious choice to be in the Chamber. She's been doing well in the in-ring aspect, but as of this standing, her babyface role doesn't seem to be one that should last long. However, we did like that Renee Young called out her past behavior of being a bully.

Best - Short and crisp Bella Twins segment

A well-deserved induction

Alexa Bliss introduced Nikki Bella and Brie Bella to A Moment of Bliss in what turned out to be the first segment of this kind that we can remember where there was no unnecessary interference.

Instead, Bliss' role was simply to announce that the Bella Twins would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020 - a well-deserved and inevitable induction. Given that both sisters are now pregnant and Nikki Bella has had various neck issues over the years, it truly seems as though their days as in-ring performers are over.

While the duo would undoubtedly have had the itch to return on many occasions, they're smart enough to prioritize their health. Moreover, they have many different things going on and multiple streams of income as well, so it's not like they need to wrestle.

We liked this segment because it was short, crisp and to the point. This is how you utilize such appearances on the show without wasting time or dragging it on.

Worst - The Fiend/Goldberg segment

As much as we'd love to heap praise on this segment, there wasn't too much to it. The Fiend Bray Wyatt and Goldberg had a confrontation face-to-face for the first time and for a moment, it was all great.

Ultimately, it ended with Goldberg knocking The Fiend down with a spear, only for the Universal Champion to get back up and disappear under the lights. While we understand why it was the go-home show's closing segment, perhaps it wasn't the right choice. Goldberg hitting just one spear and ending the show felt slightly underwhelming, even if we know that he isn't going to win at WWE Super ShowDown.

Instead, WWE should have had Naomi and Carmella close the show as they had a solid bout. Either way, we expect Goldberg and The Fiend to main event WWE Super ShowDown and possibly have a match that goes on for 5-7 minutes at most.

As we know, Goldberg hardly works more than 5 minutes, but it isn't about the time spent - it's how it's utilized in the ring.

Best - Good filler for Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan teaches Heath Slater a lesson

We often complain when a top superstar isn't actively involved in a storyline at all times. What we need to realize is that in WWE, things are cyclical and there aren't always going to be good storylines available for top stars.

When you look at the scenario of WWE today, there are many top stars and Daniel Bryan has belonged to that list for a long time. There has been a bit of impatience with regards to Bryan and his WrestleMania plans, with nothing seemingly in place for him.

As a result, he's been in a few filler matches and that includes the latest episode, where he had another match with Heath Slater - with Drew Gulak at ringside. Gulak had told Bryan backstage that he had a PowerPoint Presentation to critique him and Bryan shut him up with a win over the former tag team champion.

We loved this because it was filler - but not in a bad way. This is how top stars need to be utilized when not involved in any active storyline.

Best/Worst - The Symphony of Destruction

A fun contest

It was March 5th, 2018, when we last saw the "Symphony of Destruction match". At the time, it was Braun Strowman going up against Elias when the two were feuding and Strowman was by far the hottest babyface in WWE.

This time around, the two men would team up as they're now both babyfaces and took on the duo of Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro with Sami Zayn at ringside to do their bidding. While it was a chaotic and fun match that got a great reaction, we couldn't help but notice that they were using traditional tag team rules in a match that had no DQ.

The flow of the match didn't make much sense but ultimately, that didn't matter since it was over with the crowd. Strowman and Elias got the win for the babyface team after Elias sent Cesaro through a table while Strowman powerslammed Nakamura onto a piano.

He once again got the pin over the former Intercontinental Champion and we wonder what's next for him as he holds the legendary title heading into WrestleMania.

Best - The right match with the right winner

This was great fun to watch

We felt that this was the overall highlight of the night. Carmella has now put on two great matches back-to-back - falling short to Bayley in a SmackDown Women's title match last week and falling short to Naomi this week in a #1 contender's match.

Naomi beat Carmella and will now go on to face Bayley at WWE Super ShowDown. There were rumors that she could be involved at WrestleMania 36 in the title picture, but with the Elimination Chamber match being teased and Sasha Banks' return an inevitability, we can't see a scenario where Naomi walks out of Saudi Arabia as the SmackDown Women's Champion.

Regardless, we're happy to see her back in the mix and she got a well-deserved title shot. Realistically speaking, the two best options for female babyfaces right now are Carmella and Naomi - so going forward this year, we hope that they'll become more integral parts of the Women's division in SmackDown and WWE in general.