5 Ups And 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Mar 21)

3. Comedy That's Actually Funny

WWE and comedy don't always go hand-in-hand. In fact, most of WWE's comedic escapades are absolutely cringe-worthy, particularly when it comes to impersonations. The Club's "Old Day" segment provided WWE's 10 worst minutes of television in 2016, but somehow, against all odds, the company have now produced two examples of genuinely funny imitation-based comedy in the last few days.

It started with Southpaw Regional Wrestling on WWE's YouTube channel on Friday, and continued with The Miz & Maryse's Total Bellas knockoff skits on SmackDown. Dressed-up as their WrestleMania opponents, Miz & Maryse mocked John Cena and the Bellas for John's ridiculous house rules, reticence to marry Nikki, and rigid personality, and while some of the jokes fell a little flat, Miz was pitch perfect as RoboCena, and Maryse went all-in on her Nikki impression.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, this has become one of SmackDown's most heated feuds heading into WrestleMania. Cena responded furiously with a borderline shoot interview on Talking Smack, and with just one week of television to go, the intergender tag match has boatloads of bad blood.

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