WWE SmackDown: 4 huge mistakes WWE made on this week’s episode (May 21, 2019)
Just like Monday Night Raw, SmackDown also attempted to play off the success of the Money in the Bank pay-per-view and establish as many storylines as possible.
With the Super ShowDown event on the horizon, the creative team stepped up the work to set up matches for the event so that they could get at least a couple of weeks of build up to make things more exciting. In doing so, they ended up committing a few major mistakes just like they did a night earlier on Raw.
Even though there was a surprise return on SmackDown last night, coupled with the prospect of the 24/7 championship changing hands on the brand, things did not look up too much for the blue brand.
In this article, we will look at the four major mistakes that the creatives committed on this week’s episode, and what they could mean for the future of the two brands.
#4 Too many heels
The curious case of too many heels has hit WWE once again. At one point, WWE was filled with babyfaces who were competing for the top titles held by heels like Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan, Charlotte Flair, Bobby Lashley, and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Now the tables have been flipped and all the championships other than the tag team titles are held by faces in the company. This has given rise to too many top heels as compared to top babyfaces in the roster.
With men like Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, the returning Dolph Ziggler, Randy Orton, Lashley, Baron Corbin and many other all playing heels, the roster seems to be at a deficit of top-level babyfaces.
Whether its WWE’s plan to make the babyfaces look tougher against more challengers or just a miscalculated move, it seems like a major mistake which could haunt them sooner rather than later.
If WWE had returned Dolph Ziggler as a top babyface and had him team up with someone like The Miz, things could have been more interesting.