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SmackDown Live aired for the final time on the USA Network this week since the company is moving over to FOX next week, and will be presenting a stacked show which includes Kofi Kingston vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship and Kevin Owens vs Shane McMahon in a ladder match, with both of them putting their WWE futures on the line.
Hell in a Cell is next Sunday night, and the build-up to the show continued as the match between Erick Rowan, Luke Harper, Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan was officially announced. But as of yet, it is unknown as to whether or not the match will take place inside the Hell in a Cell structure.
WWE has seemingly booked themselves in a corner in recent weeks with next Friday's SmackDown taking place just two days before Hell in a Cell, and here are just a few mistakes that were made on SmackDown this week.
#4. Erick Rowan on the mic
Erick Rowan shockingly kicked off SmackDown Live this week and delivered a promo aimed at the two men he is expected to face at Hell in a Cell next weekend. Rowan has never been much of a talker, and it's clear to see why. The entire promo looked awkward for him to deliver.
Rowan spoke too fast in parts which prevented the crowd from reacting to him, and then waited too long for other parts, and it looked as though he forgot his lines. It was the best way to kick off SmackDown since this is the only match building for Hell in a Cell on the Blue Brand, but it should have been Luke Harper cutting the promo instead of his teammate.
#3. Carmella's involvement
Last week on SmackDown Live, Carmella helped Charlotte to fend off an attack at the hands of Sasha Banks and Bayley, who have seemingly had a new attitude in recent weeks. This was a strange move from WWE since Carmella didn't have an issue with either of the women, but it continued this week.
Carmella has since become the 24/7 Champion, which means that when she was forced to tap out to The Bank Statement, R-Truth picked her up and got her out of the ring, but left Charlotte to battle Bayley and Sasha alone, much like last week.
This time it was Becky Lynch who came out to even the odds and in the end, she sent the duo packing just after she attempted to lock in the DisArmHer on Banks. This made it clear that Lynch must not have been available for SmackDown Live last week, which is why Carmella stepped in to help Charlotte, and now Lynch will be part of the huge tag team match involving all four former NXT Horsewomen next week on SmackDown's debut on FOX.
#2. Chad Gable/ Mike Kanellis
It's hard not to feel sorry for Mike Kanellis at this point since he's unable to win a match on WWE TV and now his wife has started the rumor that the child she is carrying isn't even his. This week Mike came out and tried to defeat Chad Gable, who has been on a red hot streak in recent weeks, but obviously Kanellis wasn't able to step up to the challenge.
There was no reason why Kanellis needed to make himself look stupid by trying to step up to someone like Gable since it seems that the King of the Ring runner-up moved into a feud with Elias after the match. Elias suffered a broken ankle a few weeks ago which prevented him from facing Gable in the King of the RIng semi-final, so now it appears that he wants the match that he was denied.
Given the injury, Elias is probably yet to be cleared so WWE needed someone to face Gable, and poor Mike Kanellis was the man who was chosen and his losing streak continued.
#1. Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon
When are Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon going to finally find common ground or give up stepping in each other's way on WWE TV? The two men have already battled inside Hell in a Cell so it was obvious that the company were not going to subject them to that match again, so a ladder match was the chosen stipulation.
It is still unknown as to why this feud is on-going and why Shane McMahon even invited Kevin Owens back this week. Surely if there was an issue in any other company, Owens would have been gone and no other company would have invited him back.
Not only was a ladder match between the two men finally announced this week, but it's been decided that the match will take place next Friday on SmackDown instead of at Hell in a Cell. This leaves the PPV event with just three official matches a week before the show.
The only plus side of this situation is the fact that the entire feud between the two men will finally reach its climax next week.
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