6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Jan 5 - Results & Review)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. The Main Event’s Action (Pre-Finish)

AJ Styles LA Knight
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Not to harp on the point, but the finish to that main event Triple Threat really did annoy. It was especially grating considering the quality of work Randy Orton, LA Knight and AJ Styles were putting in before Roman Reigns stupidly had his Bloodline troops interfere to cause a Fatal-4-Way at Royal Rumble.

Orton, Knight and Styles were on course to deliver something really special before the no contest decision occurred. Everyone (including LA when he might've got lost in the shuffle here) got enough licks in to look like strong candidates to win, and the bout was genuinely ticking along nicely before the sour ending.

Bummer, but at least WWE knows they can come back to this three man dynamic in the future if they need to. Hell, bung it on a few house shows to give live gates a thrill locally. It was pleasing to see AJ back on top form, and to see someone like Knight continue to show he belongs in the upper card mix.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more like this, check out 10 Moments Wrestlers NEVER Recovered From and 10 Things WWE Raw: Day 1 Told Us About WrestleMania XL Season!

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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.