4 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Aug 11)

Ups...

4. No Problems With This (If WWE Comes Through)

It'd be a smelly lie to claim LA Knight battering Top Dolla in a few short minutes was top tier wrestling telly or great follow on from his SummerSlam win, but it'll do for now. Let's look on the bright side - LA is starting to string some wins together on TV and PLE (this was his fourth on the spin), and that's progress.

Of course, Triple H really has to get the finger out and realise these hot reactions for Knight will fade eventually if they don't give crowds a reason to keep them going. That's an ongoing issue with how WWE handles rising stars that organically catch on though.

LA will be fine if he gets something major to do quickly.

That verbal spat with The Miz on Raw proved he's worthy, and he came out looking like a would-be ring general vs. Dolla on SmackDown. Wins like this could be the type peeps look back on later as building blocks for something greater. Here's hoping, eh?