6 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Sept 1)

4. No Messing About

Normally, this writer would bash WWE for bunging supreme talents like KO and Sami in a short squash match, but it worked a treat on Friday. They showed good levels of aggression when cutting through members of the LWO, and then grabbed mics to warn Judgment Day that they're next.

This was all necessary considering Kev and Sami will war with JD in a 'Steel City Street Fight' at Payback this weekend. Again, like the mini-confrontation with Lashley and The Profits before it, this was a straightforward and well-worked segment that got the job done.

No frills, maximum thrills.

No-one should whine about the LWO taking this kind of loss either. Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde are a peripheral team on the roster right now, and the tag champs have a heated story coming up on PLE. In other words, this squash had to happen.