6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (17 Jan - Results & Review)

5. Guns Get It (Whilst Los Garza Shines Again)

Motor City Machine Guns Los Garza
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Companies like ROH once understood that promoters could hurl two fine tag-teams at fans, give them a fair chunk of time, then sit back and enjoy the spoils as everybody watching got lost in the magic. Old-school Honor fanatics would've seen some parallels between Motor City Machine Guns vs. Los Garza and prior tag classics like The Kings Of Wrestling vs. The American Wolves. Look that 2010 bout up if you've never had the pleasure.

Overall, this Garza vs. Machine Guns effort was a cracking little number one contenders match that enhanced everybody involved in it. Angel and Berto have been getting more spotlight than usual recently, and the Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley pairing is starting to settle into a neat groove after a hot start to WWE life. The incoming partnership with TNA should also be interesting for those lads, 'cause it could send them back towards Impact for a cameo spot or two.

Pretty Deadly stuck their noses in to try and help Garza, but the bumbling Englishmen actually cost them the chance to win. That side story keeps going, which is nothing to moan about. Now, WWE has PD vs. Garza and a fine Guns vs. DIY title match that could feasibly rock the house come the next Saturday Night's Main Event (assuming that's the plan).

It'll be another winner for this revived division no matter when Trips pulls the trigger. The paranoid vibes he's giving Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa have been working for the champs too. It's genuinely great to see the tag pack get this kind of attention.

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