5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Sept 8)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Monster Pop & New Tag-Team!

Austin Theory Grayson Waller
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Give LA Knight some minutes on the mic and he'll smash it every single time. Personally, this guy doesn't mind him wrestling The Miz again despite that whine in the 'Downs'. That's more to do with WWE's jarring presentation than anything else anyway.

LA was magic in Boston, and it's sweet to see the writers keep banging the drum for Grayson Waller and Austin Theory as a tag-team. They've got serious potential together. Between LA's promo, some continuation for the heels and the Knight vs. Theory match, this was some solid, solid wrestling telly.

Austin seems a little less...forced than he was as United States Champ too. Honestly, he's a breakout babyface waiting to happen after some time teaming with Waller as arrogant pieces of sh*t. On SmackDown, Theory was excellent foil for the super-over LA.

Good stuff.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more like this, check out 10 New Directions For WWE After Payback 2023 and 10 Worst Wrestling Matches With The BEST Builds!

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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.