WWE SmackDown 6/5/2026: 3 Things We Hated & 3 Things We Loved

Every week, I wish more and more that WWE would just get Royce Keys away from Solo Sikoa and the MFTs. It’s already gone on far too long, and with the loss of some of the members of the MFTs, I don’t think the stable overall is as effective as it previously was, and, even then, it wasn’t great. Keys’ loss to Talla Tonga tonight, presumably continuing his feud with Sikoa, especially after a backstage segment where Sikoa continued to try and recruit him, does not give me confidence that he’s going to emerge victorious from his King of the Ring four-way match against Finn Balor, LA Knight, and Jey Uso next week.

Or, later in the night in a backstage segment along R-Truth, Keys made it seem like he could be starting a feud with Priest. While I certainly don’t want to see heel Priest again, I guess that would be a little more interesting than Keys and Sikoa. Either way, Keys wasn’t exactly thrust into the main event scene, or even in the United States Championship picture, like he probably could have been, and I’m just not sure he fits in as a mid-carder, either. This all isn’t working for me.

I actually thought Keys’ match against Tonga wasn’t too bad. It was a pretty good big man match, especially for an episode of “SmackDown,” but of course, with Sikoa and Tama Tonga ringside, you knew that the finish wasn’t going to be clean, or at least not in Keys’ favor.

Keys hit Tonga with the powerslam, but Sikoa distracted the referee on one side of the ring, with Tama distracting Keys. Tama swept Keys’ legs out from underneath, getting him out of the ring for a quick brawl, which Keys ended swiftly when he took out what looked like an attempted Superman punch off the stairs from Tama. Keys got back in the ring off his game, and Talla hit him with the Talla T Bomb for the victory. I just think it all made Keys looks so lame.

The interference and numbers game would have made a bit more sense when there were still four members of the MFTs. Sure, Talla and…