10 Ups & 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Feb 19)

By Andy H Murray / February 20, 2019

Ups...

10. A Very Okay Asuka Promo

Mandy Rose vs. Asuka was set-up by an in-ring promo from the SmackDown Women's Champion, hosted by Kayla Braxton.

It was fine. While nothing groundbreaking, the segment wasn't long enough to totally expose Asuka's English. She was asked about the Becky Lynch/Charlotte Flair/Ronda Rousey saga, and if she felt "lost in the shuffle," and retorted by saying she doesn't care about anything that's going on in the Raw women's division. Instead, she wanted to know "who is ready for Asuka right now," and out came Rose and Deville, setting the match up.

No more than a simple table-setting angle, this brief interaction got the job done. Mandy is improving on the microphone and in the ring, too. Speaking of which...