WWE SmackDown August 2: five talking points of the show

WWE SmackDown on August 2 was taped almost a week back and this paved way for a lot of spoilers online. This week’s SmackDown was promoted hugely as a show where Alberto Del Rio will choose his opponent for SummerSlam.

Apart from this, the show also featured a mild build up to a few other smaller feuds along with a few strong matches. Let us now look at the five talking points:

1. Alberto Del Rio is made to look a weak Champion

The entire show was based on Del Rio’s choosing of his SummerSlam opponent, and the moment arrived almost instantly, as Del Rio walked out to the ring on the show’s opening segment. While most of us were awaiting a good decision from the Mexican aristocrat, he went on to choose Ricardo Rodriguez as his opponent; he nearly chose him but didn’t courtesy Vickie Gurrero.

It is quite obvious that Del Rio is missing the presence of Ricardo as the latter makes Del Rio look a better character just with his mere presence. Ricardo brings the necessary flair that the Mexican needs especially during his entrances. Sadly, his character has taken a huge downfall over the past few weeks.

The show’s opening segment has made it quite obvious that Christian will beat Del Rio for the title at SummerSlam. His recent loss at RAW this week was an indication and the segment where he looked like a weak Champion nearly cemented this fact. Del Rio is an excellent in ring worker, but WWE needs to make sure that they tweak his character a little bit and make him less dependent on Ricardo, as he’ll surely not be around Del Rio forever.