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

1. An ATV? Really?!

Big E Kofi Kingston ATV
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Big E was WWE Champion a few months ago. What the f*ck happened?! The guy has been whipped out of main events over on Raw, put right back beside Kofi Kingston on Friday nights and is now smitten with an ATV that he never used before.

Huh?

It's hard to hate the thought of E/Kofi vs. Sheamus and Ridge Holland, but what is this ATV crap all about? Why should fans care about the heels trashing a quad bike that New Day didn't covet before? Surely WWE can come up with something better than this - just announce that the winning team becomes number one contenders. That's enough!

The promotion has a real hard on for inserting senseless gimmicks for the sake of it. 'How can we make New Day vs. Sheamus/Ridge exciting? Oh, I know! Let's pretend that Big E just got a new ATV and has fallen in love with it!". How rubbish.

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