WWE SmackDown, February 21, 2014: 5 talking points

This episode of SmackDown was the go home show to the Elimination Chamber and it featured 4 of the 6 men participating in the Elimination Chamber match involved in matches against each other, and Wyatt Family faced Rhodes Brothers and Rey Mysterio in an exciting encounter. Apart of these matches, there were some more segments in the Emma/Santino and Summer Rae/Fandango and Titus O’Neil and Darren Young storylines, and one half of The Usos defeated one half of The New Age Outlaws…again.

With all that the show ended with the following talking points:

1. Why isn’t anything new happening in the Daniel Bryan/Kane storyline?

The show started with a match between the #1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship, Jack Swagger, and the fan-favorite, Daniel Bryan, with the “Flying Goat” winning it with a roll up. Entered SmackDown GM, Vickie Guerrero, and the Director of Operations, Kane, who ordered Bryan to face Cesaro next. Kane, as expected, interfered in the match and chokeslammed Bryan, the follow up was a Neutralizer from Cesaro.

This whole segment was just like any other segment between Kane and Bryan from past few weeks, where Kane enters the ring and attacks Bryan from behind, before chokeslamming him in middle of the ring. In fact, Kane’s role is still unclear, he isn’t involved in the Elimination Chamber, he isn’t facing Bryan at WrestleMania XXX, then what are these monotonous attacks all about? Nobody knows if anything exciting would unfold in this feud. In fact, right now I don’t even see an end to it.