10 Live Observations From Attending WWE SmackDown Live In Manchester
1. We Were Oblivious To The Fiend!
By the time that the SmackDown taping had come to an end, there was a sense of disappointment amongst fans at the fact that we didn't get to see Universal Champion 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt in action.
While there was an accepted acknowledgement amongst the WWE Universe that this joint taping of SmackDown and then Raw wouldn't feature WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, fans had spent all day and all show hoping that The Fiend would turn up to cause chaos on SmackDown.
Sadly, those same fans of SmackDown would be left disappointed at a Bray Wyatt-shaped hole.
Of course, the TV audience tuning in to watch SmackDown later that Friday night would be treated to a backstage segment where The Fiend took out Daniel Bryan in a move that seems to suggest these long-time rivals will be renewing their bad blood and doing battle for the Universal Championship.
It's only today, with the live SmackDown experience in the rear-view mirror, that the penny will have dropped for in-attendance fans that The Fiend was even on SmackDown in the first place.
Why WWE wouldn't show Wyatt's attack on Bryan in the arena, who knows!