6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (6 Sept - Results & Review)
WWE gears up for SmackDown's jump; Cody Rhodes' next challenge set; Giovanni Vinci flops.
The end goal for Solo Sikoa's Bloodline spin off is to give Solo and Jacob Fatu a leg up on the roster and firmly establish them as workers on the level of top stars like Roman Reigns. That'll be a challenge, but it's one Triple H is willing to throw his might behind. 'The Game' is also one for taking things slow, which frustrates some fans.
They want Roman to demolish and destroy now.
It was Sikoa and crew who did the destruction on this week's SmackDown. Solo challenged Cody Rhodes for the WWE Title again, and Nick Aldis ended up booking a steel cage showdown for next week's debut on USA Network. Maybe Roman will return to action then? That's guesswork, admittedly. The cage gimmick should also keep troops like Fatu at bay.
SmackDown was in a holding pattern here. It was still good (the number of 'Ups' suggests that) for the most part, but there were some annoying negatives. One, in particular, had this writer rubbing his eyes and firing up WWE's wiki page to see if Vince McMahon is still involved in creative.
Here's all the good and bad, including that puzzling decision.