7 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Oct 14)

5. Benefit Of The Doubt

Liv Morgan 2022
WWE

OK, this writer has dumped on Liv Morgan's booking long enough. Her SmackDown Women's Title reign was awful, granted, but that nightmare is over and everyone has to pick up the pieces. Friday's vicious attack on Sonya Deville was a step in the right direction.

Seeing Liv echo her creepy laugh from Extreme Rules was cool, and that bump through the table on Sonya looked great. Meanwhile, both Michael Cole and Wade Barrett did a predictably-stellar job of laying out for 75% of the skit but still asking the key questions about why Morgan has been so erratic lately.

Good commentary.

A standard heel turn could be the best plan for Liv. Or, this might be her taking another leap towards the dark side via Bray Wyatt-led carnage. Wyatt has changed wrestlers before by being around the place, and he could do so again with Morgan.

Advertisement
Contributor

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.