Best and Worst of SmackDown (26th June 2020): WWE's constant mistake with Jeff Hardy revealed, Underutilized star finally gets a big win

#1 Worst: Centering the episode around The Undertaker

While the rumors have indicated that the reason for the Boneyard match being replayed was the high number of COVID-19 positive tests, it didn't feel necessary to center an entire episode of SmackDown around The Undertaker and his retirement.

While it's always nice to honor a legend of his caliber, The Undertaker never needed anyone to fight for his honor. It seemed to be WWE's way of getting out of a full two hours of programming. Weirdly, they slightly benefited off The Undertaker supposedly retiring after The Last Ride documentary.

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It would have been better to just honor him at the start of the show and then move on. While we may not be seeing The Undertaker around anymore, the reality is that the show must go on. There was a lack of build to multiple storylines on the show and the exemption of Matt Riddle and AJ Styles was one of them.

Styles and Daniel Bryan were perhaps the two most notable names missing from SmackDown.

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