5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (2 Jan - Results & Review)

1. This Tag-Team Feud Sucks

Please stop this.

SmackDown featured a pre-tape video from Bo Dallas/Uncle Howdy droning on and on and on about “the meaning of family” and taking shots at Solo Sikoa’s past. It was the usual nonsense from The Wyatt Sicks. Personally? So over them. Here’s hoping they don’t dominate the tag conversation on SmackDown in 2026 like they did for much of 2025.

It perhaps says everything that Shinsuke Nakamura and Tama Tonga starting a little side story is more interesting than the tag title feud. They appeared in a brief exchange backstage, and the pair spoke Japanese to one another. Solo wasn't so sure he liked that, but Tonga ensured him that it was nothing to worry about. Then, he glanced back over his shoulder before walking away with Sikoa.

Talking about something Howdy and gang weren't even involved in speaks volumes about how boring they are as a group these days. They've got a stranglehold on the tag belts whilst top teams like The Street Profits, Fraxiom, The Motor City Machine Guns and more continue to sit in catering doing next to nothing. Hmm. That doesn't sit well, especially when The Sicks have been so crap.

This feud between The Wyatts and Solo's MFT group has no juice to it whatsoever. Dark days are ahead if WWE believe this constitutes thrilling TV for these 3 hour long SmackDowns. Repeat: Get those belts off The Sicks as soon as humanly possible so the blue brand can recover from their nightmare-inducing reign.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but...they suck.