Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly WWE SmackDown hits and misses series.
The October 25 episode of SmackDown went down in Brooklyn, New York. WWE also taped the go-home episode of SmackDown for Crown Jewel this past Friday. You can check out spoiler results from the tapings here.
With that being said, here are the hits and misses from 10/25 Friday Night SmackDown.
Hit – Randy Orton and Triple H’s promo segment
Two absolute legends of this business going back and forth on the mic. Doesn’t get any better than that. The crowd was chanting RKO. It sucks that Hunter can no longer get physical because of the defibrillator otherwise we’d have seen him go at it. Overall, the promo did a fantastic job of setting up Orton versus Owens in Saudi Arabia.
Miss – Ending to Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes VII
What’s the point of doing a Best of 7 when you aren’t going to give the fans a decisive winner? Yes, the whole point was to set up the triple threat for the United States Championship at Crown Jewel. But Melo versus Andrade needed a winner because that was the point of this entire feud. An underwhelming ending to an otherwise brilliant feud. I’m looking forward to the match though.
Hit – Gunther destroys Cody Rhodes on the mic
Nothing’s more dangerous than a cold, calculated heel that makes sense. Gunther telling Cody he didn’t show up to work because he refused was such a fantastic line. It seems that are slowly peeling away the “Good Guy” mask from Cody with all these promos and segments featuring Owens, Orton, and now Gunther on WWE SmackDown.
Miss – Naomi vs. Candice LeRae on WWE SmackDown
A decent match at best. I’m glad that Candice LeRae is once again starting to get some love from WWE Creative. Naomi seems to be the one to challenge Nia Jax for her title after Crown Jewel. Let’s see how Bayley fits into the whole picture.
Hit – MCMG win tag team titles on WWE SmackDown
After giving arguably the match of the night against #DIY, MCMG capped off the show with a huge title win over The Bloodline. Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin have wrestled just three matches in WWE and they’re already the tag team champions on SmackDown. The blue brand couldn’t have asked for a better team to represent its tag team division.
Honorable Mentions
- The Usos are back together. Jey Uso did exactly what he needed to do by costing the Tongans their tag team titles. With The Usos finally reunited, it’s only a matter of time before we see the brothers go after all of these amazing tag teams on the WWE roster.
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