6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (10 May - Results & Review)

4. Some Squashes Make Sense

Angelo Dawkins The Bloodline Solo Sikoa Paul Heyman Tama Tonga Tanga Loa
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This fan has a love/hate relationship with the traditional squash match. Sometimes, they click. Other times, not so much, and it's true to say most workers don't suit the squash style at all. It was forgivable on SmackDown due to The Bloodline's vicious antics, and the fact that Angelo Dawkins was a late replacement for Bobby Lashley.

Tama Tonga wasn't squishing Bobby like this, let's be real.

Keeping the bout short and sweet was the right call. Tonga vs. Dawks didn't need to be some multi-segment epic with a commercial break. WWE got The Bloodline out there, explained why Angelo was even in the brackets at all (Lashley's injury), then got out without hurting the heel group's lustre one bit.

That's a successful day at the office. Bonus points for Paul Heyman's horrified facial expressions when Solo decided to charge the ring and hit a spike on Dawkins post-match too. Meanwhile, Tama Tonga and the renamed Tonga Loa looked on with menacing expressions of their own.

Good stuff.

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