3 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Dec 20)

3. Daniel Bryan Taking The Heat

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Here's another should have, could have.

The main event tag match was a perfectly fine use of everyone involved. Dolph Ziggler was the right man to lose, and the babyface team winning was the correct call from WWE due to Miz and Daniel Bryan vying to chase Bray Wyatt. There was just one thing wrong it all: Bryan, the wrong man, worked the heat section.

A more logical flow for the bout would've been Miz taking a royal kicking from 'King' Corbin and Ziggler before making the hot tag to a fired-up Bryan that Brooklyn was so obviously excited to see wrestle. That didn't happen. The agents decreed that Daniel should take the beatdown before making a "hot" tag (tepid tag?) to Miz that sent the crowd mild.

Seriously, this isn't helping The Miz's cause as a likeable baby. His big moment went over like a fart in church with the New York fans, and everything felt like it was in the wrong order. Miz needed to be that babyface in peril, not Bryan.

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