5 things WWE got right on Smackdown Live this week(2 October 2018)

After another repetitive episode of Raw that built no excitement for the Super Show Down event in Australia, fans knew that they could count on Smackdown Live to deliver a solid show that would get them pumped for a gloried live event.

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Putting the New Day's Cooking show and Asuka's repetitive battles with The Iconincs aside, Smackdown Live was a fun, eventful broadcast that left more narratives open for exploration in the coming weeks.

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#1 Underappreciated stars pick up huge wins

Finally, Shelton Benjamin has picked up a win.

The fact that Shelton Benjamin is in WWE for over a year and has not gotten a narrative to work with is an insult to the man's capabilities. Benjamin in his prime was the best pure athlete in the WWE, and now that he has finally got a chance to pick up a win in such a long time is great.

On the other hand, another underused veteran in the form of R Truth faced that same dilemma as Benjamin but only for a much more extended period and Truth's win in his mixed tag team match on Smackdown Live this week was a pleasant surprise. It's great seeing the creative team give these men some momentum that could advance their current runs forward.

#2 Randy Orton is the most convincing heel in the company

Orton in his prime is an excellent scene.

Randy Orton has been the best heel in WWE over the last few months, as his maniacal attacks on Jeff Hardy proved why he understands how to work a crowd into believing his motivations, and on this week's episode of Smackdown Live Orton took on Tye Dillinger in singles action, but the match never got underway. Instead, Orton and Tye had brawled until Orton got the upper hand and destroyed "the perfect ten."

Orton took one of the Tye's fingers and placed it in between the steel bars by the ring post and continued to bend it in ways that would make you turn away. This makes so much as Orton is looking to destroy the WWE Universe's heroes, and he wipes the connection fans have with them. For Jeff Hardy, it was his face paint, and for Dillinger, it's his ten chants which now he apparently can't do cause his finger has been broken in half.

#3 The saga of Milwaukee continues

English dropped some interesting footage.

Lana and Rusev had to face the man that betrayed their trust a few weeks ago and ask him the question what fans were asking for weeks, what went down in Milwaukee? And Aiden English finally revealed to the fans and his former best friend that the incident in Milwaukee was all about Lana's faithfulness to Rusev, as English showed footage of Lana saying that she "wanted him."

Fans already know where WWE is taking this narrative, as it's clear that footage English claims to be Lana's dirty little secret was actually misconstrued by English himself. But can we just appreciate WWE giving these superstars a chance to tell an attitude era like-story, as on Raw you would never see Rusev being given this amount of time to develop his own narrative?

#4 AJ Styles brings the heat

AJ Styles took a little page out of Undertaker's book this week.

AJ Styles was not on Smackdown Live this week due to Samoa Joe taking the liability of consistently bothering and targeting Styles' family every single week, but Styles did appear in a promo video where he spoke some bold words.

Styles spoke about his family's importance in his life and how Samoa Joe has robbed them of their sense of security, but the most newsworthy thing to come out of this promo was Styles claiming to bury Joe alive.

This has to be hinting to a buried alive match, and boy it has been far too long since WWE has produced one, while some might say that match type isn't PG in this era of WWE, honestly which fan would neglect the idea of seeing Joe and Styles trying to put each other down in the most nostalgic way possible.

#5 Becky Lynch is the answer to women's wrestling evolving in the company

Lynch is on fire.

Becky Lynch is just awesome, and it's so hard not to sing her praises every week, as she is possibly one of the very few superstars that actually believes in her role. Becky believes she was robbed for years of being the main event superstar on Smackdown Live, she was pushed to the back of the line for overnight sensations, and she was forced to sit and watch while her career degraded in front of her eyes.

This is a superstar that isn't just a badass but a superstar with a purpose, and that's what makes her the most interesting star to watch in the company today. Forget Ronda Rousey, as Becky is the future of women's wrestling, and if WWE continues to give her the chance to shine she will take them to heights they could never imagine.