8 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Oct 16)

2. Learn A New Hold

It was rather surprising to see the Universal Title main event pitting Roman Reigns against Braun Strowman end clean. Most would've had some sort of screwy run-in finish or double count out at the top of their betting slips for this one, but Roman ended up choking Braun out with a new submission hold.

The upshot of this is that Reigns has learned a new move before facing Jey Uso inside the cage at Hell In A Cell on 25 October. Basically, this was a preview of things to come. There's a good chance Roman will lock that hold on and force Uso to say "I Quit" at HIAC. Or, Jey will pass out and argue that he never actually said those words.

It works either way.

Being honest, it was strange to see Reigns win with anything other than the 'Superman Punch' or his spear. Michael Cole pointed out that Roman has barely ever (if at all) won by submission in his career. The 'Tribal Chief' continues to evolve.