5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (May 20)

4. Better Than It Had Any Right To Be

Happy Corbin Andre The Giant Memorial Trophy
WWE.com

Score one for Happy Corbin too.

Your writer has to be honest. He had a feeling of overwhelming dread once it became clear that Corbin was coming out for an obvious long-winded promo skit, but it was surprisingly solid and did move his feud with Madcap Moss on a tad. That was unexpected.

No, the Andre trophy isn't as important as WWE occasionally likes to pretend it is, but Corbs did well with what he had here. It's not easy for someone to go out there solo for 10 minutes in front of a lifeless crowd and yak on about a secondary feud. The big guy managed it though.

Online reports suggest that Moss is about to get a much-needed overhaul too, and that should be considered a huge positive for these guys. They couldn't keep going as they were, and they needed to oust that Andre trophy at some point.

Advertisement
Contributor

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.