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

1. Nothing Really Happened?

SmackDown was pre-taped, which meant that WWE doubled up on content for the live audience last week. That'd explain why Roman Reigns and Goldberg only appeared in backstage promos previously. The E wanted to save their go home staredown for this week's show, which is fair enough.

Y'know what isn't fair enough? The fact that nothing came of it.

Goldberg got in Roman's face briefly and twisted his familiar cries of, "You're next" into something else. "I'm next", he barked. That was a reference to becoming Universal Champ, but it kinda fell flat with the crowd, and the whole segment was severely lacking in drama and intensity.

It was a step backwards from those sit-down interviews both worked individually last week as well. There's just no chance in hell that Goldberg is leaving Saudi with Roman's belt, and everyone knows it. WWE are back to doing a poor job of selling any peril for the champ.