Don't look now but WWE programming is on some kind of a roll. Following a trio of strong Raw episodes after SummerSlam, WWE's blue brand finally caught up to its landmark predecessor on Tuesday with an expertly booked edition of SmackDown Live that quickly put the recent sins in the rearview mirror.
From an electric escalation in the growing feud between commissioner Shane McMahon and Kevin Owens, which smartly saw developments to its storyline reappear throughout the episode, to a main event match between Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura that had both energy and meaning, this was SmackDown's best effort in quite some time.