WWE SmackDown: 4 things WWE got just right on this week’s episode (August 20, 2019)

#2 Catapulted Buddy Murphy

If you've ever watched 205 Live in the past year, you'd have noted that no one performs better in the ring than Buddy Murphy. However, since he was elevated to the main roster, he remained out of the ring and never got to kickstart a feud with Ali or any other superstar.

Thanks to the fans noticing him during the attack on Roman Reigns, WWE finally decided to bring the Aussie into the picture and gave him a match against Reigns last week. Not only did Murphy impress almost everyone in the WWE Universe, but Reigns did an even better job at selling how good Murphy is.

While we believed that was a one-off push for the superstar, we were proved wrong this week as Murphy came face to face with the man who is known to elevate talent.

Daniel Bryan single-handedly gave Ali the push he deserved on the main roster and seems to have done an equal if not a better job at giving Murphy a push. WWE made the right decision by booking Bryan to face Murphy rather than throwing in Rowan into the picture and allowing Murphy to pick up the win.