4 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Feb 23 - Results & Review)

Downs...

4. There Was Something Missing

AOP vs. The Street Profits wasn't bad from a mechanical standpoint by any means, but it did suffer because the feud between factions hasn't been very interesting. It's honestly hard to remember why these squads are even feuding in the first place, and WWE has done a poor job of making people care.

There are zero stakes here (nobody holds a title, for example), and it's been a struggle to give much of a toss when Bobby Lashley is blatantly more invested in his World Title chances at Elimination Chamber. Yeah, you can probs tell this writer has a bit of a love/hate relationship going on with Final Testament vs. The Pride.

Karrion Kross being vicious by injuring Lashley's arm is cool, but the rivalry has been mediocre and very-much secondary so far. It doesn't feel nearly as fleshed out as most Triple H stories to date. In fact, it sort of feels like latter day Vince McMahon has been booking this.

No, that's not a compliment!