3 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (8 Nov)

4. The Lack Of Atmosphere

It might be unfair due to the different demographics they attract, but compare AEW Dynamite's crowds to the one on SmackDown for a second. Manchester seemed bored immediately, audibly groaned when 'King' Corbin was running through WWE comedy (poop jokes are hilarious) and barely popped for anything on the card.

That's worrying, not least 'cause the UK has always been a traditionally hot market for WWE.

There was a time when the company could put on pretty much anything and be guaranteed some sort of response from English audiences. Those days, it seems, are over, and the promotion only have themselves to blame for killing the buzz. They got a house show reaction for a house show presentation.

Fans didn't leap out of their seats to greet big names like Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns, and they couldn't be bothered booing much when Corbin was working his ass off to make (literally) crappy material work. SmackDown may as well have been recorded in-studio.