6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (31 Jan)

1. The Lack Of Bray Wyatt

Fiend Daniel Bryan
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It was totally understandable that Daniel Bryan took a week off. He was a beaten, disconsolate man after Royal Rumble's Strap Match, and he was filmed for YouTube questioning whether or not he loves pro wrestling "too much".

That's all well and good, but where the hell was Bray Wyatt? There was no 'Firefly Fun House' segment, and barely any mention of his 'Fiend' character at all beyond some Rumble recap. It's not that Wyatt needs to wrestle every week as Universal Champion, but he probably should be featured somehow.

Isn't that why he has two personas?

WWE chose to kill time this week instead of motor forwards towards WrestleMania and the Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns match everyone and their dog (hopefully one that eats better-quality food than 'King' Corbin) knows is coming.

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