5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Aug 13)

3. The Next Logical Step

Baron Corbin MITB
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Last week, this same dude said that Big E couldn't go from teasing a Universal Title push to working a "meaningless feud with some midcard heel". Well, he is doing just that. It's not all bad though! This writer is happy to take his point back, because E's Money In The Bank status is perfect for Baron Corbin's story.

The down-on-his-luck "bum" (WWE's word) should be seeking any way to dig himself out of the hole he's in. Snatching the MITB case and trying to cash it in before E is one way to do that. Hey, some people will hate it, but what else is E doing anyway? He was holding a whiteboard for Bianca Belair on this show, for crying out loud.

Actually working a story is a step in the right direction.

That's not to say that this should last very long. E should comprehensively defeat Baron, wreck his evil scheme to scoop the supposedly surefire title success and then move on. Meanwhile, Corbin can plummet deeper and deeper into the mire.

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