The contract signing on Smackdown felt major with how they put it together and the fan response to pretty much everything. Roman was cocky, Punk was emotional and Seth was furious, the little moment between Punk and Heyman actually came off genuine, but I knew when Punk sarcastically thanked Roman there was going to be a sting in the tail......"but that's not the favour I'm owed"
Simple bit of development for Chelsea and Zelina, not the best location for Zelina as the babyface with 2 British women as the heels, but the segment served served it's purpose, not sure about Carter and Chance as her allies though.
The Street Profits vs Pretty Deadly was a fun match, had fans buying into a potential title change in the closing stretch.
I loved Naomi’s vignette, she's throwing herself into this heel turn, from the look, to the outfits to the conviction she cut that promo with, and like any great heel she's found her justification.
The staredown between Charlotte and Jade was a nice little bit of foreshadowing and I thought the match with Michin that followed was good, I thought it would be a squash under the circumstances but it was really competitive put some shine on Michin.
Tiffany's promo afterwards was by far the best she has cut, they smartly played off the negative response to last week's segment and Tiffany cleverly flipping Charlotte's arrogance on her, and delivered it in a more serious tone, less hyper barbie doll, more determined young athlete.
After his promo I hope they book Jacob vs Strowman in a Last Man Standing match next week with the winner facing LA Knight for the US title at Wrestlemania, this does not need to be a triple threat with Strowman, this needs to be about the next building block for Jacob.
One of the things I like about Triple H's booking is how positions multiple challengers for the titles and we saw that with Orton and Drew laying their marker with Cody at the start of the show. I also liked the backstage brawl with Drew and Priest after he beat Orton, I think Drew needed that win and it was funny to see happy Drew for like 30 seconds lol, the fact he was still rolling around on the car bonnet as Punk made his way to the ring was a great touch.
There were another 2 vignettes for Aleister Black and Rey Fenix, the latter with a surprising announcement!
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