7 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Sept 25)

1. Fun Match, Buuuuut...

Sami Zayn, AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy could sit down to play WWE 2K20 and make it fun. They're individually talented, and mesh well as a trio - SmackDown made that obvious, but...why did WWE give away their Triple Threat two days before Clash Of Champions?

As The Hurricane used to say, "What's up with that?!".

It was a strange decision, one that forced the announcers to talk about the match like it didn't really matter. Cole and Graves cannot be pulled up for putting this in its proper place; the Intercontinental Title wasn't on the line and ladders, whilst at ringside, weren't part of the match.

Zayn winning also seems to rule him out of the running to become the "undisputed" titleholder this weekend, and that sucks. In fairness, AJ did pose with both belts atop the ladder too, so perhaps creative just want to keep things open.