11 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Jun 18)

5. Copy & Paste

Kofi Kingston Sami Zayn
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This week's Raw saw Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn join forces with Big Banter Baron Corbin to face The New Day in a 2-out-of-3 falls match. They lost 0-2 within 12 minutes.

This week's SmackDown saw Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn face Kofi Kingston and Seth Rollins in a 2-out-of-3 falls match. They lost 0-2 within 12 minutes.

WWE's lazy, repetitive, copy/paste gimmick has rarely been so apparent this year. Is an algorithm writing the show these days or do they still employ actual human writers?

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