Best and worst of SmackDown Live After TLC- 18 December, 2018

#2 Worst: Samoa Joe's apology

We knew how this segment would play out the moment it was announced

Samoa Joe was one of the Superstars at the top of the show who did not cheer for Paige when she stepped down. Did anyone think he was going to apologize at all? I could have predicted how this segment would play out to the ultimate detail when it was announced.

And what I'd imagined in my head is exactly what happened during this particular segment. For all the air of freshness that the McMahon regime is supposed to bring, this segment harked back to the predictable. Two Superstars as talented as Samoa Joe and Jeff Hardy certainly deserve better.

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Let's hope that their match next week is better than this segment was. As Hardy mentioned during this segment, Joe hasn't won a title since he got called up and that needs to change soon.

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