3 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (April 7)
3. Not Sure Why This Failed To Click
Judgment Day's promo segment before the tag match vs. Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar sagged, and WWE should definitely be concerned about the overall lack of interest fans showed when Damian Priest mentioned Bad Bunny; the rapper will do a lot of heavy lifting for Backlash, after all.
This was one of two in-ring promos that reeked of WWE trying to chew up time on the show so they didn't have to book anything that'd push the story forwards. Unfortunately, the aforementioned tag match struggled along until the finish too.
Eek!
Keep in mind that WWE will present pretty much the same match as a possible headliner in Puerto Rico next month. The only difference is that Bunny will replace Escobar - that means general in-ring quality will take a hit. Here's hoping folks are more excited for that than they were for this bizarre anomaly for one of Raw/SmackDown's hottest stables.