7 Ups & 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Backstage (Dec 10)
2. Treble Jeopardy
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A tacked-on Jeopardy parody "Smarten Up" was only really included in the show to put over the fact that WWE featured in a round on a recent episode, but the segment rapidly fell apart when it became apparent how little the panel and King Corbin gave a sh*t about the format or the questions being asked.
Renee Young and Booker T clung on to the concept as long as possible but weren't given the outreach of a helping hand by the trio of disinterested "contestants".
The show has some of this sh*t in this slot every week and little of it actually works. It's a shame too, because one of the best home-grown segments was binned this week, presumably because of the time this took up...
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