4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (May 29)

2. The Use Of Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle's buggy, intense stare was chosen as the ideal way to introduce Matt Riddle to the SmackDown audience watching on FOX. That's smart for a few reasons.

First, Angle carries weight as a legend with most casual WWE fans. Second, the Olympian was special guest referee for Riddle's final NXT match against Timothy Thatcher on Wednesday night. Thirdly, the way the production team spliced Kurt's comments in with footage of Riddle was really classy.

This was way more effective than some squash match would've been. There's time for that over the next few weeks - for now, hearing Angle big up Riddle as SmackDown's next breakout star is awesome. Yours truly wouldn't even complain if Kurt was brought in as a manager for the first few months of the former UFC man's run on the brand.

Inoffensive cameos that serve the purpose of getting fresh talent over are the best kind of cameos. Credit must be given to WWE for recognising the value of Angle here, and Kurt deserves praise himself for doing everything to put over Riddle.