8 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Aug 28)
3. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura Moving On
Neither Cesaro nor Nakamura need to be involved from here on out.
SmackDown deserves credit for tying up loose ends there. Sami burst into the Tag-Team Championship dressing room and tried to get back on his old muscle's good side by hugging Shin and placing his IC Title next to their belts. The champs were having none of it, and they told Zayn where to go.
WWE don't do enough of this. It would've been so predictable for them to bring back Sami without mentioning his old running buddies pre-sabbatical, but they decided to book a short insert backstage that strengthened Cesaro and Nakamura as the masters of their own fate.
This was enough to satisfy those who wondered if the trio would get the band back together, and it put Cesaro and Nakamura over that Sami was keen. Why wouldn't he be? He relied on them to watch his back before, and would want that trend to continue. It won't, and it shouldn't.