7 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (24 April - Results & Review)

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7. Routine But Fun Tag Title Defence

Now that The Wyatt Sicks are history, it's over to Damian Priest and R-Truth to carry SmackDown's tag-team division. They won't be getting any backup from the Motor City Machine Guns either, and it does feel like a missed opportunity that Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin burned bright then fizzled out in WWE. The creative team defo seems more comfortable with a wacky alliance like Priest and Truth than anything else.

Here, the unlikely allies beat MFT’s Tama Tonga and JC Mateo in around 10 minutes. The match was a vast improvement over Priest and Truth's lifeless defence vs. Kofi Kingston and Grayson Waller last week, that’s for sure. There was more energy in the building generally than there was in Las Vegas for last week’s SmackDown, but that bout really was the pits.

Putting the belts on Priest and Truth was an inspired decision, at least. They can always ride it out in matches like this to help the show, and guys like 'Ron Cena' are always going to get some sort of reaction out of a live crowd. Yep, it's a tidy spot for the pair as they fend off various squads before hopefully settling into a proper feud as champions.

As the subheading says, it was "routine", but that isn't meant as criticism. Sometimes, all a show needs is a couple of matches that hit the 6/7 out of 10 mark without trying to be too flashy or complicated. Weekly challenges like this one will fill the void left by the United States Title open season too.

Good stuff.