The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (October 25)
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SmackDown, airing on FS1 this week due to the MLB World Series, had a week to go before the Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. The former WWE Champion, Kofi Kingston, was in action, we saw a preview of the big tag team clash next week, and Brock Lesnar did a surprise attack. With its go home show in the books, how well did SmackDown do in hyping up the card for the kind of event whose reputation is poor with the fans? Who got the most and least out of last night's show?
Loser: Kofi Kingston
After having a six month title reign, beating all comers, and rarely taking any losses, Kofi Kingston is now being rolled up by the lowly Dolph Ziggler in random tag team matches on SmackDown. This kind of booking does no one any favors. Kofi Kingston looks worse for having lost in such a fashion while everyone he beat from April to October looks worse for having lost to someone who goes on to lose like that. As far as promoting the Crown Jewel card, this didn't help.
This is the reason why WWE doesn't make any stars and has to keep bringing out the likes of Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.
Loser: Lacey Evans
When is Vince McMahon going to take a hint that the Lacey Evans push just isn't working? That question is mostly rhetorical, but segments like this still do her no favors. The pre-match promo was unnecessary and the entire thing just fell flat with the audience.
Lacey Evans isn't over in the slightest and the more she's given prominent spots like this, the more her weaknesses get exposed. If she isn't sent to NXT, she should be part of a tag team that can cover her weaknesses up until she improves.