6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (June 4)

3. Getting The Wrong Twin (On Purpose)

Roman Reigns Jimmy Jey Uso Paul Heyman
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Roman Reigns could write the book on how to maximise your minutes in WWE. The current Universal Champ did have more to do on this show than last week, but he didn't eat up half the runtime with meandering promos or anything of the sort.

Instead, he laced his to-the-point skits with some superior heel sh*thousery.

The Usos lost to Rey and Dominik despite the fact that Jimmy's shoulder was clearly off the canvas when Dom rolled him up. Such excuses didn't work for Reigns though. He asked the twins if they understood why he was so mad about their failures, then asked "Jimmy" if he gets his role. The catch? He was looking at Jey when he said that.

Jey pointed out who he was, then Roman said it hardly matters given how bad things are going for the team lately. That was fantastic arrogance from someone who has become a real master of the subtleties. Reigns playing mind games with his cousins is the way to go.

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