3 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Jan 15)

2. Another Dream Match

Daniel Bryan Cesaro
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Last week, Daniel Bryan rolled around with Shinsuke Nakamura during the number one contendership Gauntlet bout. Both men looked inspired, and they produced what was undoubtedly the best part of that entire match. On Friday night, Bryan did it all over again with Naka's soon-to-be-ex-partner Cesaro.

These lads could wrestle forever and it'd never be dull.

The fact that WWE offered some set up was appreciated too - Bryan was chumming around with Otis and Chad Gable when Cesaro acted like 'Captain D*ckhead' and got up in his face. That build was simple, logical and did actually give an already-enticing match some more sizzle.

Then, the bell sounded and it was just glorious. Even more interestingly, Bryan lost (his selling was incredible). That was unexpected, but Cesaro's win should give him something to brag about in the future if Dan wins the Royal Rumble. Even if he doesn't, it still awesome to see the Swiss do well.

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