5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (July 3)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The Amount Of Actual Wrestling

Matt Riddle John Morrison
WWE.com

SmackDown was wrestling heavy.

The four matches offered ranged from decent TV fare to borderline pay-per-view quality. In fact, there's an argument to be made that John Morrison would give Riddle a better showcase at Extreme Rules than 'King' Corbin. The same could be said for his partner The Miz, actually, and it's not like those guys have anything else going on anyway.

Drew Gulak's big shot at becoming Intercontinental Champion worked well (he was never winning, but the bell-to-bell action was technically sturdy), the Kofi Kingston vs. Shinsuke Nakamura main event had a nice pace to it and later set up a new pay-per-view match, and Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss served its purpose.

All in all, WWE presented close to 50 minutes of wrestling across the two-hour show. Take into account ad breaks, promos and other segments and that's not too shabby. Nothing felt too long or too short either - it was all perfectly timed.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more like this, check out 10 Ridiculous Tag-Teams WWE Missed Out On and 10 Embarrassing WWE Debuts You’ve Totally Forgotten About!

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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.