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

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4. Bron Breakker’s In-Ring Bow

Bron Breakker WWE SmackDown Debut
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In-ring bow for the main roster, of course.

Some guys just suit the humble squash match, and Bron Breakker is one of them. His debut on SmackDown was 100% old-school Steiner goodness, and WWE's announcers thankfully didn't try to hide that family history. Instead, they fully embraced what Bron was doing - he was uncle Scott out there.

The match was standard enhancement talent destruction for around 90 seconds or so, and the live crowd gobbled it up. It makes sense to introduce Breakker to a wider viewing audience this way. He's a physical beast, and deeper characterisation can come the longer he's on Friday nights.

For starters, this was good stuff. WWE didn't try to portray Bron as some multi-layered enigma or anything of the sort. Nope, he was 2002-era Brock Lesnar. Or, maybe late-80s era Steiner Brothers would be more apt given the family ties. However you slice it, this worked.

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