5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Jan 7)

3. Happy Talk

Happy Corbin Madcap Moss Drew McIntyre Happy Talk
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Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss' talk show segment is supposed to be annoying, which is fine, but it's bad TV. Madcap's jokes are getting worse, and the whole playing dress up as Drew McIntyre thing didn't land with fans in the arena. Plus, it sadly means that this feud must roll on once McIntyre returns from injury.

Greeeeeeeat.

The skit seemed to last forever too. Here's a tip - when you have to script announcers to run down the length of segments (which Pat McAfee did here), maybe stop booking them to go quite so long. There was no need for this to gobble up so much airtime, especially when Drew wasn't even in the building.

It's hardly like McIntyre vs. Corbin is some must-see match that the Royal Rumble or next Saudi show can't do without anyway. Someone backstage obviously thinks this is pulsating, riotously-entertaining television. Sorry, but they're wrong.

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