3 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Feb 18)

3. Unconvincing Go Home

The Usos Viking Raiders
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Sorry, but it'll take a lot more than a two minute DQ win for The Viking Raiders to look like credible challengers for The Usos. Why do WWE find it so hard to present Erik and Ivar as serious threats?! Look at them! They're big dudes who work a stiff, rugged style, and it's baffling that they're so consistently undermined.

This feud has been one of WWE's worst for a while.

It'll end at Elimination Chamber, and that's a good thing. Everything, from Jimmy and Jey stealing the viking duo's helmets to these so-so matches, sucks hard. Please don't stretch this through until WrestleMania, creative team. You'd be doing SmackDown a huge disservice.

Perhaps the most unforgivable thing about all this is that The Usos and the Raiders look like they have some in-ring chemistry together. That's been squashed in favour of some bullsh*t narrative about stolen viking helmets. HOW THRILLING.

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