6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Mar 18)

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6. Anything Goes = Logical

WWE WrestleMania 38 Sami Zayn Johnny Knoxville
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Sami Zayn announcing that his match with Johnny Knoxville is now "Anything Goes" made perfect sense. This was always the right way to go with a one-on-one match between pair, if only because they'll need all the bells and whistles they can muster to make it watchable for longer than a few minutes.

Solid decision then.

Zayn's promo was a typically delusional rant too, and that's always fun. WWE also had Knoxville accept almost immediately, which helps put him over as a reckless stuntman incomer who doesn't realise just how badly Sami could hurt him if he wants to.

Nobody should have a problem with a match like this. It's an undercard attraction between celeb and wrestler, and it'll be violent enough (you really think Knoxville won't do some borderline-stupid sh*t?!) to pique interest for 10 minutes or so.

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