6 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Sept 11)

Downs...

3. Carmella: Babyface

Carmella R-Truth
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This still doesn't make any damn sense.

Carmella technically "turned" when she strode out with R-Truth last week, and now, she's apparently a full-fledged babyface. Just a couple of shows ago, WWE were booking her as the ultimate troll heel. It's a jarring transformation, even by WWE's standards, and without a flashpoint to believably transform her from villainess to heroine, it's hard to take it seriously.

This was clearly done for the Mixed Match Challenge's benefit, but surely heel Carmella and deluded babyface R-Truth would've been a more interesting double-act? He's bags of fun, and him annoying the sh*t out of the 'Princess Of Staten Island' would made for great viewing, so it's a shame the writers disagree.

WWE is really, really weird.

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