WWE SmackDown Live: 5 Things WWE did right on this week's episode (2nd April 2019)

#1 An excellent contract signing segment

It's incredibly rare that a contract signing in WWE ends with no violence. This ended up happening tonight though, as Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan went at each other, but on the microphone. Kofi signed the contract and the show ended without anyone laying their hands on their opponent.

Bryan did his usual schtick of insulting the masses and calling Kofi's popularity a fad. As usual, Bryan was brilliant on the mic and the promo was a testament to the fact that he deserves every bit of the WWE Title reign he is currently enjoying.

In response, Kofi delivered an intense and heartwarming promo about how he hasn't gotten a single WWE Title match in the past eleven years while he saw Bryan become World Champion during his first two years in the company.

Kofi signed the contract and handed it over to Michael Cole. No action to end the go home show of SmackDown, but no one would complain after witnessing this brilliantly laid out back and forth between these two Superstars.

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