3 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (April 7)

2. Hard To Argue With This Quality

Sheamus GUNTHER
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Some on socials have remarked that GUNTHER vs. Sheamus feels old hat.

Your scribe almost spat out his pint of Guinness or Stiegl reading that. How could anyone get bored of seeing these workers beat the snot out of one another? They, along with Drew McIntyre, produced one of the best bouts across 'Mania weekend, and they brought a bit of that magic to free TV.

GUNTHER vs. Sheamus will be one that WWE can come back to time and time again over the next few years. It's guaranteed to play before significant noise, because people love seeing this sort of physicality from two well-booked brutes. Speaking of brutes, Sheamus' Brawling variety scored the win this time.

Granted, Imperium backups Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci could use a win or two themselves, but that's a small gripe in the grand scheme of things. This six-man sprint was a top start to the show, and even squeezed in more bruising GUNTHER vs. Sheamus exchanges.

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