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WWE wanted to hit another home run with this week's episode of SmackDown to complete the build for WrestleMania 35.
We are only a few days away from the mega event now, and WWE did everything they could to ensure that they highlight each and every match from the blue brand which will take place at The Showcase of Immortals.
We will see Samoa Joe walk into the event as a champion for the first time in his career, and Ricochet and Aleister Black compete for a title at the mega show for the first time.
Apart from that, a dream match between Randy Orton and Aj Styles has been set, and it could prove to be the best non-title match of the night.
While WWE tried hard to highlight each and every match for the night, they still managed to make a few major mistakes.
Let's take a look at 3 huge mistakes made on this week's SmackDown Live, and how they might affect the matches on Sunday.
#3 Letting Asuka stand tall
WWE hasn't done enough to build on the two Battle Royals that will take place at WrestleMania. The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal will be for the men, while the women will compete in a Women's Battle Royal.
SmackDown took notice and set up a mixed 18-person tag team match to hype both the battle royals in one go. As there were so many superstars involved, a brawl broke out which saw bodies being thrown everywhere and Asuka was the only one standing tall in the ring at the end of it.
While Asuka would be the perfect choice to win the Battle Royal after she lost the SmackDown Women's Championship, we all know that standing tall before a big match usually leads to something bad.
Lacey Evans was rumored to receive a major push and challenge Asuka for the Women's Championship at WrestleMania had Asuka still been holding the title. This means that there is now a chance that the battle royal will boil down to these two women on Sunday, and Evans will eliminate Asuka to win the match.
#2 Adding Ricochet and Aleister Black to the SmackDown Championship match
Ricochet and Aleister Black came close to winning the Raw Tag Team Championships this week before they lost the match as a result of a count out.
The two men have been a breath of fresh air on the red brand that has severely been deprived of good tag teams since the past year.
While the two men should have taken on The Revival at WrestleMania for the Raw Tag Team titles, they have surprisingly been added to the SmackDown Tag Team title match at the event.
This is a shocking decision as SmackDown has many other deserving tag teams who could have taken their spot in the fatal four-way match, and there is not much room for another tag team to make their place in the roster.
WWE should have instead given The Revival a chance to compete at WrestleMania, and defend their titles against these two men while giving Ricochet and Black's spot to The Hardys, The New Day, The Good Brothers, or Sanity.
#1 Putting the spotlight on Samoa Joe at the expense of Ali
Samoa Joe is all prepared to take on The King of the Cruiserweights Rey Mysterio at the Show of Shows to defend his United States Championship.
Mysterio competed on Raw this week and battled Baron Corbin instead of his scheduled match against Kurt Angle. Mysterio lost the match to his bigger opponent which dented his chances for a victory on Sunday.
Joe, on the other hand, was fed another former cruiserweight competitor in the form of Ali. Ali was one of the hottest superstars on the blue brand a few months ago but has been directionless since his return from an injury.
Ali took the fall to show Joe's dominance, especially against smaller opponents, to build him for his championship defense clash on Sunday.
Instead, the creatives should have used an underused superstar to take the fall or some other superstar from the mid-card which would have done the same for Joe and protected Ali in the process.
On the other hand, we all know what one superstar losing and another winning right before a major event means.
