WWE SmackDown: 3 things we are glad didn’t happen on this week’s episode (January 29, 2019)
SmackDown Live has slowly crept up the ranks and become at par with the flagship show of WWE, Raw, since the past year or so.
This has been achieved by the presence of some top stars and performers in the business today, namely Becky Lynch, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Charlotte Flair, and Daniel Bryan.
Any episode of the brand which involves all these superstars in some capacity is always great. This week's episode was great due to these superstars being a part of interesting segments that made their storylines better.
Apart from that, the episode had a surprise change in the United States Champion, and also gave us the number one contender for the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships.
While a few bad spots surely made the show questionable, there were still some things we are glad did not happen on this week’s episode.
Check out what they were and share your thoughts in the comments section below!
#3 The Bar get an automatic rematch
While WWE has done away with the automatic rematch clause, which allows a superstar who has recently lost their championship a shot at the title again, we have still seen Shinsuke Nakamura get his rematch against Rusev.
Nakamura even went on to beat Rusev in the rematch at the Royal Rumble pre-show to reclaim his championship, only to lose it again to R-Truth two nights later.
While it seemed as though The Miz and Shane McMahon were building towards a lengthy feud with The Bar, that does not seem to be the case anymore.
After The Bar lost their titles to The Miz and Shane, Shane set up a fatal four-way match to determine the next contenders for their titles.
The match not only included The Bar, but also included The New Day, The Usos, and Heavy Machinery.
While it would have made sense for The Bar to get their rematch by trash talking in a promo and getting The Miz or Shane McMahon to accept their challenge, it was good to see that WWE is following the conditions they had laid down just a weeks ago on Raw when Seth Rollins asked for his Intercontinental Championship rematch from Triple H.