5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Apr 24)

Ups...

5. Forgotten No More

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On the plus side, bad boy biker gang the Forgotten Sons are in the title hunt.

They're a group to keep one eye on, if only to see how long they'll be allowed to look this dominant before WWE start to get bored and book them as losers. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen, because Jaxson Ryker and his troops have the potential to be that straight-ahead heel team SmackDown needs.

It's promising that Ryker, Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake targeted Kofi Kingston and Big E at the end of the opening segment. By doing so, they sent a message to everyone that they'll cut through the noise and only focus on the biggest dogs in the fight - right now, those "dogs" (by virtue of the fact they hold the gold) are New Day.

Cutler and Blake vs. Kofi and E should be fun, and there's also the chance to spin off into singles matches involving Ryker too. Just...don't change the SmackDown Tag belts in said singles matches, please WWE. Who'd do that anyway?

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