5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Apr 10)

4. Tucker's Performance

Tucker Otis Mandy Rose
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Take a bow, Tucky.

Though he's appeared to be the weaker character in Heavy Machinery since day one, Tucker put in a career-best performance on SmackDown. His promo work was passable, and then he showed great fire during his return match with Dolph Ziggler. Yep, ol' Tuck can be proud of this one.

Whilst it was slightly disappointing not to have any true follow up on that kiss between Otis and Mandy Rose, WWE has time on their side with that story. They haven't rushed through it, so why start now? This was perfectly acceptable work from Tucker, Sonya Deville and Ziggler, and the real meat is in that mixed tag anyway.

That can either happen at Money In The Bank or on an episode of SmackDown soon. Seeing Tucker display his happiness for Otis then try to kick Dolph's ass was fine, and it did show that the big guy has some potential as a singles should WWE go that route eventually.

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