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

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The Show-Closer’s Upside

John Cena LA Knight Cody Rhodes Jey Uso
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Look, Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso announcing they'd be there in advance was silly, but the show-ending brawl on SmackDown made for red hot TV. Fans in attendance for the show loved every second of it, and it's fair to say WWE is onto something with Cena, Knight, Cody and Jey as a unit allied against this Bloodline and Judgment Day mix.

WarGames awaits, probably.

Most will likely be cool with that if it means Survivor Series isn't some Raw vs. SmackDown reprise. For now, seeing Rhea Ripley pull strings and Paul Heyman get into the nitty gritty of business dealings outside The Bloodline nest is really, really interesting.

It's safe to say the show-closing scrap worked despite that prior moan in the 'Downs' section. Yes, Rhodes and Uso magically being there just to add numbers to a situation that hadn't developed yet made no sense, but the electric combo of crowd noise and star power was hard to resist.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more wrestling, check out 10 Things WWE MUST Do Before 2024 and WWE Fastlane 2023: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.