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

1. Shoe Cares?

Did anyone really need to know why Matt Riddle wrestles barefoot?

Isn't it rather obvious? WWE has already established his MMA background before, and Riddle himself has explored his real-fighting past in promos too. On SmackDown though, Michael Cole acted like a grizzled journo asking the tough questions when he quizzed Riddle, 'Why no shoes, bro?'.

This needless query forced WWE to come up with some utterly ridiculous backstory about how Matt has no feeling in his feet due to a frostbite incident as a kid. According to Riddle, who somehow kept a straight face, he's lucky his tootsies weren't amputated.

Then, after revealing that he has no feeling in his feet, Matt mumbled something contradictory about how his feet allow him to feel the ring and his opponents more than most wrestlers. OK... Again, who really needed to know any of this? Why couldn't they leave this one alone?