6 Ups & 1 Down From WWE SmackDown (April 19 - Results & Review)
Triple H reveals new tag belts; Cody Rhodes gets a new contender; The Bloodline gets...bloody!
Solo Sikoa is emerging as one to watch. The Bloodline's previously stoic heavy has found his voice, and Paul Heyman is pretty distraught about it. Last week, Solo had the debuting Tama Tonga take out his brother Jimmy Uso. This week, Heyman watched in horror as Solo snatched the mic from him and Tama bloodied up Kevin Owens just because he could.
This was actually a tough show on paper for WWE creative. They've got the Draft coming up next week, so things are going to change soon anyway. Also, new main man Cody Rhodes is on tour in the UK, so he wasn't available for the blue brand's latest. It says everything about Triple H's product that he was able to produce a fun night without major names like Cody, Roman Reigns, The Rock and more.
Women took centre stage in the main event (to better than expected results), Cody's first title contender for Backlash over in France was confirmed, the company introduced brand new tag straps and more. Yes, yes this was a really newsworthy episode despite the absence of countless heavy hitters.
Here's all the good and just a tiny bit of bad from SmackDown.