16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (July 23)

10. Ring Rust?!

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Take two.

OK, so this could've been an oversight from Pat McAfee. The well-meaning colour commentator noted that Bálor hadn't wrestled in two years on SmackDown. Then, he asked Michael Cole if that meant some ring rust could creep in against Sami Zayn.

Huh? Again, Finn had been wrestling a near-enough full time schedule over on NXT. He didn't just vanish from the ring when he moved to that brand in 2019. It's so odd that WWE's other announce teams barely acknowledge what happens on Tuesday nights.

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