5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Aug 18)

Downs...

3. Good Match, Wrong Decision?

LA Knight Austin Theory
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That number one contenders battle between LA Knight and Austin Theory was slick and well-worked, but the booking must be called into question. Theory challenging Rey Mysterio is much weaker than just moving on from Austin (again, for now) and having Knight eventually win the United States Title.

He's hot sh*t right now, but WWE feels hesitant go all in. It looked like they were going to after SummerSlam, but no. Also, having The Miz there despite his Raw status might not annoy some, but God only knows why WWE undermines its own Draft this way. That was avoidable!

Now, Theory is rolling to a match with Mysterio off the back of a distraction-filled rollup win. That's no disaster, but it hardly paints him as a strong hurdle for Rey-Rey. Yep, good match/segment with some irritating booking tropes that dragged it into 'Down' territory.

Bummer.

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