5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Jan 10)

3. JoMo Making The Difference

Morrison capped a top class night by helping The Miz beat Kofi Kingston.

Yes, this was standard 50/50 booking from WWE. Kingston beat Miz last week and now the heel is returning the favour, but the presentation did make it clear that Miz only won due to help from Morrison at ringside, and the announcers did hammer home that John has perhaps changed his old friend's fortunes.

In one week, WWE has been able to present John Morrison as a force to be reckoned with, insinuated that he's making a former WWE Champion relevant again and set up a SmackDown Tag-Team Title feud that'll sing over the microphone and entertain inside the ring. It's good stuff. Really good stuff.

This was proof that 50/50 booking can work if there's some sort of game plan. When WWE creative know where they're headed, they're capable of making even the most tired of booking tropes work, and this was evidence of that.