I know that this is essentially a SmackDown review, but let me take you back in time to the Attitude Era, where Vince Russo, the head writer created some of the most compelling segments in the history of the company but was always reined in by his boss, Vince McMahon. After his stint in WWE, Russo would go on to WCW and TNA, and many have said that he never attained the same level of success elsewhere, because he never had a filter like Vince McMahon.
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Creativity is obviously a good thing, but I wonder if the think tank on RAW and SmackDown may be going a little overboard by having the men and women in the Money in the Bank ladder match at the same time. One can be confident of the outcome based on the Boneyard match and the Firefly Funhouse match, but there are numerous other examples from WWE history (and even recent memory on RAW and SmackDown) that aren't nearly as good.
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"Both the Men's and Women's Money in the Bank matches will be taking place at the same time"Here's a preview of what the WWE HQ will look like during that match:#SmackDownpic.twitter.com/mrkqVdYTAS
While this was not technically on SmackDown, because the announcement was made during the show, this point makes it to the list.
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Riju Dasgupta
Riju Dasgupta is the most-read active writer in Sportskeeda at the moment, across all sports. Having come on board in 2016, Dasgupta is best known for the 'Best and Worst' column, something that has become a staple for the site!
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