Best and worst of the 1st WWE SmackDown of 2021- Special tributes to Brodie Lee, Glaring mistakes with writing, Major return 

#1 Worst: Billie Kay's confusing booking on WWE SmackDown, and in a sense, Roman Reigns' as well

.@BillieKayWWE can add Manager to her resumé... We think? 🧐#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/vuehffWYo6

— WWE (@WWE) January 2, 2021

Why was Billie Kay, who assembled the Natalya and Tamina team on WWE SmackDown, cheering for the opposition ie. The Riott Squad? If the idea is to make Kay the manager for The Riott Squad, going forward, it would be a terrible idea because there's a huge disconnect between her over-the-top vibe and The Riott Squad's punk rock gimmick.

.@RubyRiottWWE & @YaOnlyLivvOnce pick up the win... with a little help from @BillieKayWWE?#SmackDown @NatbyNature @TaminaSnuka pic.twitter.com/QzuRT2FMVg

— WWE (@WWE) January 2, 2021

One of the central issues with the WWE SmackDown product overall is just how badly written some of the characters are. The idea of long-term storytelling is often discarded in favor of a cheap pop or a chuckle, as we saw here.

Speaking of bad writing on the WWE SmackDown brand, did you notice how it took Roman Reigns much longer than the rest of the world to figure out that Adam Pearce had made the main event?

Are we suggesting that the Universal Champion himself does not watch the WWE SmackDown product? Maybe he reads SmackDown results on SK Wrestling.