10 Ways WWE Screwed Up At Money In The Bank 2017

10. Booking A Flat Women's Title Match

Naomi and Lana’s SmackDown Women’s Championship match wasn’t even close to as bad as it could've been. Naomi is a tremendous athlete, but still carries a handful of in-ring deficiencies, while Lana is a complete rookie, having wrestled just a single televised WWE bout prior to last night. Their contest should’ve been a trainwreck, but it wasn't, and that should be considered a minor success in itself.

Putting the bout together in the first place was a mistake, however. WWE booked themselves into a corner by "making history" with the women’s MITB ladder match, which left Naomi desperately short of opponents. Thus, they were forced to booked her against Lana for the sake of having their Women’s Champion wrestle on the PPV, and the match did nothing to push the division forward.

The booking sends the message that any rank amateur can stroll into SmackDown and score a title shot out of nowhere. This not only undermines the other competitors in the division, but also the belt itself, and at a time when the Women’s Revolution is dangerously close to falling off a cliff, Money In The Bank could’ve really used some smarter booking.