6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Mar 17)

Ups...

6. Good Use Of Everyone

Onto the good stuff, and there was a lot of it.

The mixed tag match was a fine example of formatting bouts that suit everyone involved. Santos Escobar is steadily finding his feet on the main roster, Zelina Vega got her licks in, Dominik Mysterio continued playing the bratty coward who hides behind his 'Mami', and Rhea Ripley got the win.

Some matches fly under the radar or are forgotten almost immediately, but still manage to help the wrestlers working them later. This was one of those - literally everybody here was positively affected by what happened bell-to-bell. That's really lovely to type, being honest. It defo isn't always the case.

WWE's booking was fairly watertight all night, and it was smart to give Ripley a win heading into her coming pull-apart with Charlotte Flair. Similarly, spotlight the more cowardly aspects of Dom's character before he played big man to daddy was clever.