13 Ups & 0 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown

1. Kill 'Em All

One of the best WWE angles of the year closed last night's SmackDown, as Luke Harper and Erick Rowan brought their hellfire down upon Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, and the general ringside area, leaving the show in a state of complete disarray.

It began with Bryan calling out his betrayer, Rowan, whom he'd "treated as an equal and a friend," only for the "liar" to destroy him after being revealed as Reigns' attacker. Bryan was on fire. His conviction on the microphone was unmatched by anything we've seen from this company in months. He wasn't speaking, but spitting, and if this was the start of a babyface turn, content like this will make him the most believably fiery good guy in wrestling.

Though Rowan initially came to the ring alone, the ambush was inevitable. Luke Harper blindsided Bryan to begin the beatdown. Reigns' music then hit to a considerable pop but while 'The Big Dog' put up a fight, he was soon overcome by the monsters. Harper put him into the steps, Rowan sent his back against the post, and with Roman down, the former Bludgeon Brothers sent Bryan through the announce table with a brutal double powerbomb. Security guards were slammed onto exposed concrete and Rowan used a bit of broken barricade to batter Reigns in between all this. It was nuts.

What a tremendous job WWE have done not only with building Rowan up as a monster, but also reintroducing Harper. This is, without a shred of irony, such good sh*t, pal.