1 year of WWE SmackDown on FOX: 3 positives and 2 negatives

#2 (Negative) An awful winter period for SmackDown

KARMA.#SmackDown @BaronCorbinWWE @WWERomanReigns @WWEUsos pic.twitter.com/fEUJujxVfA

— WWE (@WWE) February 1, 2020

The "NXT invasion" episode of SmackDown may have been exciting, but it was the only good episode of the show for a few months following the WWE Draft. The Blue brand's product from October until a month before WrestleMania was pretty mediocre for the most part. The roster was also uninspiring, although WWE could have booked the Superstars in a better way.

There were some bright spots, like the Otis-Mandy romance and Daniel Bryan's Universal Title chase against 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt. But a lot of the storylines just dragged, with SmackDown's habit of keeping them going beyond their expiry dates being prominent here.

Roman Reigns' feud with King Corbin was at least a month too long, while the Intercontinental Championship became a prop during Shinsuke Nakamura's title reign. Kofi Kingston followed up on his crushing defeat to Brock Lesnar by acting as if nothing happened. Even Bayley hadn't hit her stride as a heel yet.

SPEAR!!!!#SmackDown @Goldberg #TheFiend @WWEBrayWyatt pic.twitter.com/jWDQiYWXoO

— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2020

Hardly anything of note happened on SmackDown during those four months, but the worst of them was the feud between Goldberg and The Fiend. The WWE Hall of Famer won this one-sided feud and entered WrestleMania 36 as SmackDown's top Champion. Thankfully, things would significantly improve after the 'Show of Shows'.