2 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (May 8)

5. A Tepid Universal Title Segment

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Last week's 'Story Time' segment played to Bray Wyatt's mirthful strengths as a character. This face-to-face with Braun Strowman, during which both struggled with material that clearly just wants their pay-per-view match to happen already, didn't.

It was as tepid as they come.

Wyatt's reading of 'The Black Sheep' children's book last Friday was entertaining, recapped his history with Braun and perfectly summed up why the pair might be feuding. Last night's skit, however, didn't add much flame to the fire and only succeeded in exposing Strowman's contrived promo style.

This was totally avoidable, and only made Braun seem weak for jawing back and forth with Wyatt when he could've easily smashed him. It's starting to become painfully clear that this Universal Title match badly needs some cinematic help.

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