6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (10 April - Results & Review)
1. “The System Didn’t Fail You, It Failed Me”
Some WWE TV vignettes can be a little hit or miss these days, but Drew McIntyre's prison time insert was top notch. Apparently, he paid a visit to Jacob Fatu’s old jail cell. Then, the Scot said that his arch nemesis belongs there, and he served up a quite brilliant line: “The system didn’t fail you, it failed me”. Drew explained that letting Fatu out before he joined WWE ultimately led to McIntyre being screwed out of the WWE Title.
Nice bit of heel delusion there.
Jacob’s rebuttal afterwards wasn’t much to write home about, but Drew casting himself as Fatu’s “judge, jury and damn executioner” come ‘Mania is a nice way to go. The prison cell vibes also fed into the “Unsanctioned” thing nicely. A beatdown from Drew on a handcuffed Fatu later worked out well enough, although the actual cuffs themselves wouldn't play fair.
That was a minor issue both managed to overcome, and Jacob was beaten down enough by the time the cuffs no-sold that he didn't really pose much of a threat to McIntyre anyway. WWE gave these guys plenty of time to get to the nitty gritty, and there was even a splash of blood to hammer home how brutal Drew is capable of being.
A fab pre-taped promo from McIntyre and a visually provocative handcuffing to the ring post helped sell the brutality fans should see from an "Unsanctioned" match in Las Vegas. Jacob's revenge (sounds like a movie title) is going to taste sweet. He's surely winning after this stiff kicking.
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