WWE SmackDown: 3 huge mistakes WWE made on this week’s episode (June 11, 2019)

Following a decent event in Saudi Arabia, there were a lot of hopes pinned to the first Raw after Super ShowDown, but fans did not get what they were expecting. This led to a lot to be desired from the blue brand this week.

Fans were expecting some major angles to play out as WWE has already announced four top title matches for the next pay-per-view event, Stomping Grounds.

While WWE brought out the biggest Superstars they have in their roster, they failed to make as big of an impact as they would have expected to make.

This led to them committing many mistakes, which had a lot of impact on the Superstars involved and not just the storylines that they’re a part of.

In this article, we will look at the 3 biggest mistakes that WWE made on this week’s episode of SmackDown and how it will have an impact on the Superstars involved going forward.

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#3 Not turning Bliss against Nikki

WWE should make the angle about Alexa Bliss using Nikki Cross for her own benefits

Nikki Cross found life on the main roster recently after months of being off TV. She’s making every moment count now as she has been aligned with the former Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss.

Bliss was acting like a nice babyface until the creatives quickly decided to keep her heel on SmackDown last week after appearing as a babyface on Raw. Cross, on the other hand, still seems to be playing a babyface character and trying her best to impress her new friend through her in-ring talent.

While it made sense to have Bayley compete against someone close to Bliss before Stomping Grounds, feeding the babyface Cross to her seemed like a mistake. WWE should have protected this rivalry, and instead built on a story between Bliss and Cross where one remained a heel while the other played a babyface which could have ultimately led to a feud between the two after Stomping Grounds.

#2 The Kevin-Zayn treatment

A Kevin-Zayn partnership on its own can rule both Raw and SmackDown

After weeks of making Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn feel like the top stars of the company, WWE has once again managed to make them feel like over glorified elite Superstars similar to the role they played before their injuries.

Owens and Zayn have both gotten their matches with the WWE Champion and the Universal Champion but managed to prove little to nothing in each one of their matches.

Instead of wasting talent like this just to make a few Superstars seem much superior, WWE could have easily formed a threatening tag team and made the two men the Tag Team Champions of either brand.

It’s surprising that Zayn has still not won a single main roster championship, and even Owens has been without a title for some time. WWE is making a huge mistake putting the two men with other heels such as Baron Corbin and Dolph Ziggler as they are great working together and talking others down. Judging by the way things are going, it seems like Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn will not be part of another pay-per-view.

#1 Making the show about Shane McMahon

Shane McMahon has been getting over at the expense of top superstars for months now

At almost 50-years old, and with limited in-ring talent, there is almost no chance that Shane McMahon will ever become the face of the company or even the blue brand. We are forced to even think about this because of the fact that Shane has been receiving most of the spotlight in WWE recently.

With Superstars such as The Miz, Elias, Roman Reigns, and Drew McIntyre involved in the mix, it is amazing that the creatives are making the mistake of pushing Shane as the leading man. They could have easily used him as the catalyst to push someone like McIntyre without getting involved in the in-ring action and taking him to the top title picture.

Shane took over more than 16 minutes of screen time this week after getting almost half an hour on Raw which makes one wonder why WWE is focusing so much on a man no one will even miss if he’s off TV in a roster filled with extremely talented men and women.