5 Positives & 5 Negatives Heading Into WWE Money In The Bank 2017
Recapping the ups and downs from the build to Money in the Bank.
These days, four weeks seems to be fairly standard timespan within which to build-up a pay-per-view, and once again that’s proved to be the case with this Sunday’s Money in the Bank show.
For the most part, those four weeks have been used fairly well. The women in particular have been given pride of place and plenty of TV time as of late, and over in the men’s ladder match we can look forward to seeing one of the most jam-packed line-ups of recent times. Plus, we’ve seen our new WWE Champion starting to be portrayed as such after his improbable rise to the top of the card - or at least, he’s looking like more of a champion that he had before, not that that’s particularly difficult…
The build hasn’t all been perfect, mind. If we’re being picky, there have been a few elements of the past few weeks that, with the benefit of hindsight, could’ve been handled a little better.
Rounding up the good, the bad and what Breezango would likely deem the ugly, this article delves into the positives and negatives heading into Money in the Bank this weekend.
10. Negative: Logic In The Women's Division
One thing that’s been somewhat lacking as of late is logic in the SmackDown women’s division.
A couple of weeks back, we saw Lana waltz onto the scene and immediately receive a shot at Naomi’s title, despite having only ever wrestled in one official main roster match. Then, in the very same show, it was Tamina who managed to pin Naomi in the six-woman tag team match - so surely that means she should have been challenging for the belt at the PPV.
On top of all that, many of the girls seem somewhat miscast. Charlotte Flair continues to be portrayed as a babyface, even though her mannerisms would suggest the exact opposite. Naomi, meanwhile, has come across fairly heel-like in her fledgling feud with Lana, who herself is supposedly the villain of the piece but has generally been receiving fairly favourable reactions.
Things just feel a little muddled as a result, and as great as it is that the women are being featured so prominently on the show, that shouldn’t be allowed to excuse a number of noticeable plot holes.