6 Ups & 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (25 Oct)
1. Jewel In The Crown
Not to be confused with next Thursday's Halloween Horror show, this six-man version of the Crown Jewel ten-man tag was a thoroughly enjoyable romp in keeping with the sharp upturn in quality this edition of SmackDown underwent during its second hour.
Roman Reigns remained the ring general of this most recent era of the blue brand, building on contests with Seth Rollins and Shinsuke Nakamura ruined by f*ck finishes with a bracing battle afforded finally afforded a clean one. So clean, in fact, that he offered it out to Ali.
That awkwardness aside, this was the sort of meat-and-potatoes main event WWE should be sure to feed audiences with regularly. The action's lowest bar was good, often graduating to great, whilst all six men had their strengths played to and weaknesses hidden by quick tags and intelligent structuring.
Amongst a slew of spotfest and cocaine "classics", some earnest in-ring action was a welcome way to cap off the wrestling week.