3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (April 29)

4. 50/50

Ridge Holland Sheamus Xavier Woods New Day Table
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Half and half booking time.

Xavier Woods beat Ridge Holland (with another roll-up style finish), then Sheamus pinned Kofi Kingston in a follow-up bout. It's always a waste of time when WWE does the 50/50 thing, and this was no exception. Sheamus vs. Kofi was predictably solid, to be fair.

Now, everyone moves onto a tables bout next week. That, hopefully, is a chance for WWE to get serious about building Holland/Sheamus as a proper heel tag-team. They'll be needed in the challenger role at some stage, and it's not like New Day will lose face by going through the wood in early-May.

Sheamus vs. Kingston would've been an 'Up' had it not been preceded by Ridge vs. Woods. The writers didn't need to tack that on to placate the babyfaces, nor do they need this bizarre subplot involving Butch; it seems they've already given up on that repackage job.

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