4 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (April 15)
Charlotte Flair destroys Drew Gulak; WWE unifies more titles; SmackDown tag-teams tease a split.
RK-Bro lads Randy Orton and Riddle returned the favour by appearing on The Usos' turf.
Jimmy and Jey invaded Raw, so it was only fair that their WrestleMania Backlash opponents did the same come SmackDown. That was fine - the complete absence of Bloodline leader Roman Reigns was not. Nobody's suggesting that Reigns needs to dominate TV every week, but WWE literally just launched his next program last Friday.
He should've been on the show in some capacity to further it. Failing that, the promotion could've lined up some promo time (even pre-taped if they were worried about quality) for Shinsuke Nakamura. The fact they didn't shows just how unimportant this Undisputed WWE Universal Title bout will be on 8 May. If it even happens.
This was as milk toast an episode as you're likely to see. WWE's writers phoned in most of the segments, and there was an annoying lack of attention to detail in some of these quarter hours. On the plus side, the roster is good enough in-ring that poor booking rarely holds them back when they're given time.
Here's all the good and the bad.