After Sunday's Battleground PPV surpassed all expectations
to be the frontrunner for main roster Show of the Year, Monday's Raw was a
fantastic reminder of how well this company can do the whole "flagship
show" when it abandons 50-50 booking, long promos saying nothing, and
genuinely surprising twists. Which is why SmackDown Live last night was disappointing!
That's not to say SmackDown Live's inaugural episode as its
own brand was bad; it actually was a pretty enjoyable way to spend two hours
watching wrestling. The problem is that we were promised a "New Era,"
and instead we got a reminder that SmackDown Live truly is the B-Show right
now.
On the good: Apollo Crews looked more relevant last night
than he had in almost a year of NXT and main roster shows. Of the six men in
the main event battle royal, I would have put the most money on it NOT being
Ziggler advancing to SummerSlam, but The Show Off has graduated from his
endless feud against Big Banter Corbin into a honest-to-goodness main event at
the second biggest show of the year.
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