3 Ups & 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Mar 28)

1. A Dumb Conclusion

In a bubble, last night's main event was perfectly acceptable. Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper wrestled a competent nine-minute match that never got out of second gear, but was relatively well-paced, and at least had a story behind it (unlike most of the action on the card). The problem is the conclusion, however, and what came after it.

The finish saw Harper hesitate on a discus clothesline, giving the impression that he was still under Wyatt's control. This allowed Bray to gaze into his eyes and nail him with Sister Abigail for the victory, and it came-off entirely flat. It was a limp finish ahead of Bray's big match at WrestleMania 33, and a moment that suggests Harper hasn't quite shaken-off the Wyatt Family's shackles, and faces an uphill battle to do so.

The cameras cut away to Abigail's burial site immediately after, and there was Randy Orton. Brandishing the paddle that Wyatt had placed on him last week, Orton spiked it into Abigail's grave, then stated he was going to win on Sunday. Though brief, it was every bit as lame as it sounds, and in revisiting the Abigail material, SmackDown's writers have proven their creative bankruptcy when it comes to this feud.

Orton vs. Wyatt should still be a hot match, but this was an ineffective go-home segment.