4 Ups And Downs From Last Night's WWE Smackdown (Jan 9th)
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4. Tag Title Match Entertains
There was plenty to like about the triple threat Tag Team Championship match between the Usos, Miz/Mizdow and Goldust/Stardust. Aside from being a decent little match, there were a lot of little things to note: Cody Rhodes is no more. Aside from a Disaster Kick to Miz, Stardusts offense is vastly different and almost unrecognizable compared to Codys moveset. Its really remarkable to see him become a completely different character. Whether that is a good thing and will lead to a bigger push at some point, Stardust certainly deserves a better position on the roster for his commitment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4EtNBSW4Ws Just when it looked like he had jumped the shark, Damien Mizdow found a way to be entertaining again. His flopping around as Miz traded pinning predicaments drew an ovation from the real crowd (not the canned audience), then he got the most involved in a match that hes been for a long time, tagging himself in, hitting a couple moves and nipping up to a nice reaction. He even played face-in-peril for a moment. It was a nice change of pace, and hopefully WWE wont forget about this storyline and actually pay it off for once.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
