3 Interesting observations from WWE SmackDown (December 13, 2019)

By Kartik Arry
Modified Dec 14, 2019 14:06 IST
Roman Reigns pushed Dolph Ziggler off a ladder a few days before TLC 2019!
Roman Reigns pushed Dolph Ziggler off a ladder a few days before TLC 2019!

From Roman Reigns beating up King Corbin's allies towards the end of the show to Bray Wyatt's creepy invasion of The Miz's home, this week's episode of WWE SmackDown (13th December 2019) featured a lot of contrasting moments.

When it comes to the Blue brand's top feuds, they have successfully built up all the hype around Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns' respective storylines heading into this Sunday's TLC Pay-Per-View.

On the other hand, there are a lot of aspects the show needs to build upon.

But with that being said, last night's episode from the blue brand was quite enjoyable to watch as a whole.

Here are a few interesting observations from this week's edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX (December 13, 2019):

#3: Elias's Non-PG song for Bayley was a bold risk to take in today's cultural climate

As others have already pointed out for years now, WWE strayed away from their edgy version of the product as a new PG Era set in.

But what's surprising is that there have been a lot of risque segments on the main roster this year. We have Lashley, Lana and Rusev's soap-operatic shenanigans over on RAW, and Elias played a song for Bayley on SmackDown that would be considered inappropriate by today's standards.

Ironically, one could imagine The Rock making a cameo on the Blue brand to do the same thing that Elias did, and people would eat it up.

Again, there was bound to be some backlash, but it is refreshing to see that WWE dips their toes into Non-PG content from time-to-time.

On top of that, you could see how Bayley was almost going to break out of character by laughing out loud during Elias's impressive performance. This just goes on to show that the backstage segment itself was probably carried out with the consent of all parties involved.

#2: Bray Wyatt yearns for a family after all

One of the best SmackDown segments of the year occurred on last night's show.

Bray Wyatt found a way to invade The Miz's safe space. While Renee Young interviewed The Miz downstairs, Maryse could not be more horrified as their baby was found playing with Firefly Fun House's popular puppets.

What's more is that their daughter was found with a brand new Firefly Fun House puppet, that looks a lot like Liv Morgan, or maybe, The Fiend finally used Daniel Bryan's hair into making a new member of the Firefly Fun House after all.

But in the end, the most interesting takeaway from Miz and Wyatt's feud is that the latter yearns for something The Miz already has, and that is 'family'.

Wyatt lost his own family along the way, and you can see how his wish of being around a family manifests in the most creepy ways possible.

Whether he inserts himself in a picture of Maryse and her daughter, or whether Wyatt's character surrounds himself with puppets to make up for a family he once lost, you can see why Bray Wyatt is the one challenging his opponents, and not the other way around.

Do you think The Miz has any chances at coming out on top against a different side of Bray Wyatt this Sunday?

#1: Why King Corbin's shenanigans will bite him back at TLC 2019

I love that SmackDown has become a show that increasingly leans towards film structure more often than not these days.

Maybe that has already been that way in bits and parts before, but since their jump to FOX, you can see how some feuds, especially those involving Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns follow cinematic plots in their unique ways.

When Roman Reigns was tied up and covered in dog food at the end of last week's SmackDown, you knew that beating only added fuel to Roman Reigns' burning rage against King Corbin.

He is almost being portrayed as John Wick, who always takes out everyone in his path to accomplish something, no matter how bad it gets for him in between.

Similarly, Reigns came out to a huge pop on last night's episode to save Kofi from the clutches of King Corbin and his goons.

Everything gradually built up towards that moment at the end, where Reigns singlehandedly - for the most part - took out Ziggler and The Revival one-by-one.

After throwing Ziggler off a ladder on to the announcer's table, the camera panned to the story's villain in utter disbelief. As the episode closed out to The Big Dog's triumphant payback, the message became clear: Corbin might have escaped for the time being, but at TLC, there is no better way to close out this chapter with Reigns finally overthrowing the King at last.

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