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10. A McIntyre-less SmackDown

SmackDown life started so promisingly for big Drew.

His 'Open Challenge' segments led to several excellent matches, but then WWE saddled him with a feud against Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss. Now, after beating Moss at Day 1 and being ambushed by the heels backstage, McIntyre will take some time out to fix a neck issue.

This is a big loss for Friday nights, to be honest. Used properly, Drew is still one of the biggest stars WWE has, and it's hardly great that the company are about to lose him during the Royal Rumble hype. Fingers crossed this is just a temporary thing, because McIntyre must be involved in the 'Road To WrestleMania' somehow.

It'd be a surprise to see him before the Rumble on 29 January though. Wrestlers don't tend to bounce back rapid when heels wrap a steel chair around their necks and then smash it with a piece of metal rigging. Or, at least, they shouldn't.