3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Nov 12)

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6. “Who Was That?”

Sami Zayn Adam Pearce Von Wagner
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Pat McAfee said that Sami Zayn "had a tall task" by taking on Jeff Hardy. Then, he put over how big Von Wagner is, but ruined everything by asking, "Who was that?". Honestly, one is starting to wonder if Vince McMahon just hates NXT and gets a kick out of making it look redundant.

WWE literally rebranded the show at NXT 2.0 and claim every Tuesday that it's the future of the company. So, it makes zero sense that Raw and SmackDown talents routinely take every opportunity they can to sh*t all over the brand and pretend they know nothing about it.

Von Wagner said nothing, looked bored to be there and didn't even get named. Yay? If this is supposed to introduce him to casual fans, then at least pay NXT some respect by running a brief highlight reel of his power moves from that show.

Urgh.

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