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

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The Right Call

Daniel Bryan Jey Uso
WWE.com

This writer was wrong.

It's important to put one's hands up when that happens, and he was. Previously, yours truly had said that Jey Uso shouldn't lose for a good while yet. Really, that point should've come with more context. Jey shouldn't lose constantly, but it's perfectly alright for him to come up short against top class workers like Daniel Bryan.

That's what happened on SmackDown, and it rocked. This was a sweet way to prep Daniel for Roman Reigns, which should be awesome. It was also some logical babyface revenge after Uso had attacked Bryan several weeks ago. WWE did a neat job of linking everything together here.

Jey didn't look like some useless jobber either. He got his licks in, and Daniel is a clever-enough performer to realise how vital that could be to the story later on; what's to stop Reigns from sneering and reminding Bry that he struggled to get past Jey?

Rock solid booking all round.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more like this, check out WWE Survivor Series 2020: 10 Things That Must Happen and WWE Survivor Series 2020: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True!

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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.