5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Dec 17)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Brock Lesnar To The Rescue!

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Most WWE TV shows inch stories forward. That's fine - creative has to worry about 52 episodes of each brand per year, after all, and it's unrealistic to expect monumental plot developments every single time. That's why this week's SmackDown was so damn special.

Roman Reigns dumped Paul Heyman as his 'Special Council' and then went to end him for good with some steel chairs. Suddenly, Brock Lesnar marched out to paste The Usos, hit Reigns with some F5s and effectively save Paul E's bacon.

This was a huge, landscape-shifting moment.

It completely alters the dynamic of Reigns vs. Lesnar heading into Day 1 on 1 January; Heyman could be back beside Brock, and Roman won't have a skilled manipulator to fight verbal battles for him with WWE management. What a thumping end to the night this was.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more like this, check out 5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Dec 10) and 10 Biggest Promises WWE Broke In 2021!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.