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Talla Tonga won his match, while Tama Tonga lost his. Tiffany Stratton made a successful first title defense against Kiana James. With a big live event over the weekend, WWE made the next four mistakes on SmackDown.
#4. Losing means you deserve another shot, or failing upward with Nia Jax
Nia Jax and Lash Legend already lost twice to Brie Bella and Paige. The solution to the problem was to have them come out yet again to potentially get another title shot.
This is exactly how WWE booked Nia Jax when Ripley was WWE Women’s Champion and Raquel Rodriguez against Stephanie Vaquer. Each woman lost more than three matches, but officials felt the need to keep giving them shots.
It killed Vaquer’s reign and didn’t help Mami’s title run. The roster is full enough with viable challengers, especially since The Judgment Day apparently has the next shot.
#3. WWE overuses a forgettable match structure
Every match on SmackDown followed the same structural formula. The stars started and fought back and forth for a few minutes until a commercial break. The break took up nearly a third of the match time.
It made it hard for fans to get invested. To prove that point, the live crowd seemed more interested in someone getting kicked out of the arena than the contest between Matt Cardona and Ricky Saints.
The mid-match ad break also hurt Priest vs. Talla Tonga, Tama Tonga vs. Royce Keys, and the six-women tag team bout. If they just had the entrances followed by the match instead of cutting to a commercial and then airing a different video segment, the flow wouldn’t be disrupted.
#2. SmackDown’s lack of star power after WrestleMania 42
Perhaps the reason for the funeral taking up so much time on SmackDown was that most of the big stars not named Cody Rhodes took off after WrestleMania 42. Outside of The American Nightmare, the blue brand has Fatu and now Gunther.
Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre are absent for different reasons. CM Punk confronted Rhodes and could be used on SmackDown. The same goes for LA Knight, someone whom Triple H must not care about.
This dearth of top stars has force-fed the Usos down fans’ throats on both shows. It doesn’t help that the United States Title feud is over a person in a Gingerbread costume instead of the actual belt. Gone are the exciting tag team and US Title Open Challenges.
#1. The Funeral for a costumed character main events SmackDown
Writers give Gingy the Forrest Gump treatment by putting him into huge moments in WWE history, like when Hulk Hogan slammed Andre the Giant. He’s also photoshopped into John Cena winning his first title and Stone Cold Steve Austin getting arrested.
WWE officials seem to care more about him than Rey Fenix, who shows up to pay respects instead of wrestling. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the entire segment closed SmackDown ahead of a big PLE.
Trick apparently spent a bunch of money on a choir, a custom coffin, roses, and other amenities. It puts the United States Title in the conversation with the 24/7 Title with the way this feud has been booked.
The Open Challenges were often the highlight of SmackDown. Now the high points are Danhausen, Kit Wilson, and R-Truth, and not the in-ring product. This is what Triple H and TKO have turned it into after WrestleMania 42.
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