5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Aug 12)

Ups...

5. Looking On The Bright Side

Drew McIntyre Jey Uso Sami Zayn Claymore Kick
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Onto the good.

Whilst it defo isn't awesome to see The Usos lose a non-title match to guys who aren't even a proper tag-team (rumours that Drew McIntyre and Madcap Moss will be in the Women's Tag title tourney are unsubstantiated), the brothers were still in there with the number one contender to cuz Roman Reigns.

That made this one more palatable, and it's also true that Drew and Moss clicked as a one-off duo. This was a great spot for Madcap to be in, and it's really hard to argue with work as solid as what was presented throughout this tag-meets-post-match-story.

Sami Zayn taking a bullet for his Bloodline brethren is cool too, because that's something WWE can come back to next week when Sam is begging for acceptance. Creative recovered from that wobbly start earlier in the show, put a fun tag out in front of fans then continued the story.

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