Best and worst of SmackDown Live- 3rd October, 2017

#4 Worst: Placeholder matches

These showcase matches do no one any good at all!

Whether it was the tag team match between the women, or Tye Dillinger vs. Baron Corbin (we'll give Bobby Roode vs. Mike Kanellis a pass because of how long it has been since we saw either man on TV), there was no reason to care for these matches.

They were just placeholders to kill time and fill in two hours of content on the show. Had we been given any kind of reason to watch these matches, the circumstances could have been a little different.

Things are intense from the JUMP as @MsCharlotteWWE & @BeckyLynchWWE battle Ms. #MITB @CarmellaWWE & #SDLive #WomensChampion @NatbyNature! pic.twitter.com/TZ1Wd4UPTA

— WWE (@WWE) October 4, 2017

Ultimately, RAW, all said and done is offering us a Shield reunion. SmackDown has a man turning into a dog, as one of its featured storylines. Some of the best performers do not even get TV time.

Let's hope that things do pick up this weekend and beyond for the blue brand. It is shocking just how far the show has fallen, in just a year since the first brand split.

Woof woof!