7 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (May 14)
4. Shane & The Goons Prevail
![Shane McMahon Roman Reigns](https://cdn3.whatculture.com/images/2019/05/c278adf0778b46fc-600x338.jpg)
SmackDown's opening segment led to Shane McMahon booking himself, Rowan, Daniel Bryan, and Elias in a handicap bout with Roman Reigns and his cousins, The Usos. The stipulation was that if The Miz interfered, their MITB cage match would be scrapped.
A simple piece of effective heel booking produced a fun second-hour bout. While the first two acts were relatively slow and methodical, things came alive in the third. The heels dragged out an extending heat segment on Jey Uso, and things picked up thereafter, with the bout becoming the always-exciting Big Move Buffet towards the end. The bad guys took advantage from there. Elias put Reigns into the steps, and Shane, that crazy cat, nailed the Coast to Coast on poor old Jey for a clean victory, giving him some heat heading into MITB.
The action came thick and fast towards the end, making this one of the best things on the show. A dirtier finish might have worked better for McMahon's heel character, though.