5 Botches, slip-ups, and outrageous moments from WWE SmackDown LIVE (April 4th, 2017)

WWE SmackDown LIVE completes a marathon stretch of programming for the big WrestleMania 33 weekend, giving us a few high notes to cap off the string of shows. The biggest moment of the night was the debut of Shinsuke Nakamura, the former NXT Champion who came under the WWE Umbrella with much ballyhoo and fanfare. He noticeably arrived on the tail end of a Miz promo, momentarily giving hope that the two could have something special planned in the ring together.

A Nakamura vs. Miz turned out to be a tease that never came to fruition; and because of that, it became a moment on this edition of the botches. Other moments that join it include a slightly off pinning attempt by Alexa Bliss, a sign that shows how committed Roman Reigns detractors might truly be, and a thrown chair towards Dean Ambrose that didn’t impact him the smoothest way possible. But hey, it ain’t ballet.

Gifs of those moments and more lie ahead, so here are 5 of the botchiest and most outrageous moments from this episode of WWE SmackDown LIVE.

#5 Empty upper deck

WWE usually does a good job of hiding the bare portions of the arena on most nights of televised wrestling, but they dropped the ball here during Randy Orton’s entrance. Looking at the upper deck of the arena opposite the hard camera, it looked like there wasn’t a single section opened up for seating.

To be fair, this was the fourth straight night of WWE in Orlando and the third time in this very arena. The hardcore superfans that travelled from out of town either already bailed out of Florida or they were tiresomely attending their fourth live night of wrestling.