8 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (10 Sept)
5. The World's Most Famous Caterpillar
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Heavy Machinery's squash win over the luckiest local goobers in wrestling was joyous for more than just the two jobbers gifted the opportunity of examining the Madison Square Garden ceiling.
Otis' Caterpillar was perhaps the most over incarnation yet - the fans popped huge for the mini-monster popping out of his top and slip-sliding across the mat, all soundtracked to Corey Graves' typical disgust.
Knocking around the nerds before sealing the deal with the Compactor, much to the joy of the New York crowd. They should donate half of their payslips to Daniel Bryan for becoming such a relevant pair of sh*kickers on the blue brand - months of working those matches earlier this year still look good on the directionless duo.
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