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

Ups...

4. A-List Alphas

Chad Gable Montez Ford
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Worse, WWE can't even claim that they don't have worthy challengers for Rey and Dominik in the tag-team scene. Both The Street Profits (if they're up for some babyface vs. babyface interim stuff) and Alpha Academy (if they'd rather have something more substantial) would work as rivals for the father/son duo.

They're proving it with their own feud.

Otis and Chad Gable have clicked as a unit, and Gable vs. Montez Ford was a neat little match that's worth checking out for the first few minutes alone. Sure, Otis appeared to be late coming out for the finish, but then he wrecked shop and redeemed himself by looking like an absolute killer during that injury stuff with Ford.

This was a great piece of business overall. WWE managed to extend the feud without a proper tag-team match, and they're one step closer to establishing the Alphas as a credible enough threat to the reigning champions. More of this booking, please.

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