15 Things You Might Have Missed From Last Night’s WWE SmackDown

2. Some Greatest Rumble Hype Interrupted Nakamura & Styles

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AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura is a WWE Title feud. Therefore, it's the biggest issue currently on SmackDown, and it shouldn't be pushed by the wayside so WWE can harp on about a Network one-off already splashed across every segment on the show.

That's what happened during the main event tag-team match, and it occurred at the worst possible time.

No sooner had Aiden English tagged in Nakamura (to beat on an injured AJ) than WWE were going screen-in-screen to hype the Greatest Royal Rumble for the millionth time. Now, nobody should blame the company for putting over upcoming shows, but they didn't need to do it just as Nakamura entered the ring for the first time in the match.

The timing was awful here.

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