5 Most disappointing things about SmackDown Live this week (16 July 2019)

#1 Kevin Owens bailing

Why did Kevin Owens choose to run away?

Why in the world would WWE have their new anti-hero run?

Not only did that chip away at the credibility that Owens has tried to establish for himself, but it also was a lackluster end to SmackDown Live. Unfortunately for the show, which has been improving weekly, the incident happened after a relatively great two hours of programming.

In fact, between the locker room spilling out to support McMahon, to Owens getting one last stunner in on Shane, it was truly some of the best programming WWE has had in a while. The only problem was that WWE then had their top anti-hero run for the hills instead of standing his ground. That only helped to make Owens look weak and not the hero he was painted as.

Beyond all that, the solution to the problem was pretty simple. All WWE had to do was empty out the babyface side of the locker room too and give Owens a chance to brawl with Shane McMahon . At least that way, Owens wouldn't have had to run away and SmackDown Live would have had a more interesting ending.