WWE SmackDown Live: 5 interesting mistakes that WWE made this week (July 30th, 2019)

The road to SummerSlam has almost reached its climax since the company heads to Toronto in just under two weeks time. There were another three matches announced this week on SmackDown Live, which means that the tally is now 10 for the entire card.

Ahead of last night's show, there were reports that Vince McMahon had forced the show to be re-written because he wasn't happy with the original script, something that was made evident when The New Day's match was changed three times throughout the day.

Whether or not the fact that there were many last-minute changes is why the show felt so "thrown together" is questionable, but there were certainly a number of mistakes that WWE could have rectified throughout the episode.

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#5. Women's Tag Team Championship match never happened

Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville never got their tag team match this week on SmackDown Live

Last week on SmackDown Live, one of the biggest botches that were part of the show was when Mandy Rose informed Sonya Deville that she had secured them a Women's Tag Team Championship match this week as part of the show.

Rose went on to state that if they won that match then they would be given a Women's Tag Team Championship match, in a backstage segment that has been making headlines all week.

The WWE Universe obviously expected the match to happen this week so that they could find out if it was a Women's Tag Team Championship match or not, but interestingly Rose, Deville, and The IIconics were all missing from the show and WWE instead opted to go with a tag team match between Bayley, Ember Moon, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross.

It's now safe to assume that the Women's Tag Team Championships won't be defended at SummerSlam either.

#4. Roman Reigns segment was too choreographed

Roman Reigns was the victim of a mystery attacker this week

Roman Reigns looks set to face Samoa Joe at SummerSlam in two weeks time and it's thought that this is who he was going to challenge to a match at the end of this week's show. Of course, Reigns never made it to his interview with Kayla Braxton because the set fell on him as he walked down the corridor backstage.

The segment was cringeworthy, to say the least, and it was obviously pre-recorded since WWE relieved heavily on a number of different camera angles which gave away the fact that Roman was never in any real danger since there was a huge gap under the set when it did finally hit the floor.

It's unknown where this angle will now lead since it's turned into a whodunnit mystery, but hopefully, it's the last time WWE tries to create something like this backstage because it was quite hard to watch.

#3. Trish Stratus vs Charlotte?

Trish Stratus and Charlotte will collide at SummerSlam in Toronto

Ever since Charlotte Flair made the statement last week that she was going to face someone better than Ember Moon at SummerSlam, the WWE Universe put two and two together and realized that Trish Stratus had to be the woman in question.

It was WWE's worst kept secret and even though the match was made official this week on SmackDown Live, WWE went the wrong way about it. There was no real reason given as to why Trish was invited back to be on Kings Court, so it was obvious that Charlotte was going to interrupt and when she did it all became a little too predictable.

Charlotte should have attacked Trish and saved us from having to listen to the shocking promo between the two women, but instead, there was a lackluster back and forth and now the two women will face off in Toronto next Sunday night.

#2. Heavy reliance on Raw superstars once again

SmackDown Live has relied heavily on Raw superstars in recent weeks

The Wild Card Rule has seemingly been forgotten over the past few weeks since the term itself wasn't actually mentioned this week on SmackDown Live, but seven superstars still made their way over to The Blue Brand to be part of the show.

Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss have become regular members of the SmackDown roster but took up a spot that could have been used by any of the women in the locker room. The same could be said for Drew McIntyre, who could have been replaced by Elias, who's actually on SmackDown Live.

WWE obviously no longer has a brand split, but the heavy reliance on Raw superstars over the past few weeks has made it so that many of the under-utilized stars in the locker room continue to be overlooked.

#1. Aleister Black/Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn will face Aleister Black at SummerSlam

Aleister Black managed to defeat Cesaro at Extreme Rules a few weeks ago after he was revealed to be the man who finally upped the courage to knock on his door. Since then, Black has returned to his darkroom and the feud with Cesaro hasn't continued despite the fact that many fans believed that the duo would work well together.

This week on SmackDown Live, Black put out another challenge and Sami Zayn was the man who answered it and said that he would see The Dutch Destroyer at SummerSlam. Is this the way Black's character is going to work, just random matches and challenges and no actual storyline? Cesaro and Black could have continued their feud after Extreme Rules and even had a rematch the week after on SmackDown Live, but WWE completely dropped the ball with this feud and now the WWE Universe are the ones who miss out.