7 Ups & 1 Down From WWE SmackDown (Aug 19)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Just A Win All-Round

Sheamus Ricochet
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Where to start with this glorious match/segment?!

WWE gave the Fatal-5-Way plenty of time, which makes the Intercontinental Title look important. They also covered Sami Zayn's arse by booking a kayfabe injury spot following some believable near falls. Zayn looked like a million bucks out there, especially when he returned from injury to try, try, try again.

Sheamus is the right man to challenge Gunther just now though. What a fight they're going to have in Wales, man. On that, the Irishman's lacerated and bruised thigh (which WWE made sure to shoot) helps tell the tale of necessary physicality in the IC division these days.

Everybody involved got some shine here, including Madcap Moss. He's somebody this writer worried might fall by the wayside post-Vince, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Moss contributed to the kind of multi-man that's hard to do well, put it that way.

Montreal's crowd got loud and everyone worked hard. This was a huge success.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more wrestling, check out 10 Wrestlers WWE Shouldn't Rehire and 10 Things We Learned From Charlotte Flair On Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions Podcast!

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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.