5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (3 July - Results & Review)
2. A Zippy 6-Woman Tag
Speaking of spinning wheels. That's exactly what the entire SmackDown's women's division is doing whilst Rhea Ripley remains on the sidelines nursing an injury. WWE elected not to strip her of the Women's Title, which means the biggest singles match story for the blue brand ladies heading into SummerSlam next month looks like Charlotte Flair tangling with Jade Cargill.
Here, Flair, Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green vs. Cargill, Michin and B-FAB was a solid 8-9 minute trip through some dominance for Charlotte, some spirited worked from Green, and then Cargill standing tall to get some heat back following events at Night Of Champions. Personally, no arguments with anything here, and that includes Jade picking up the win by pinning Chelsea.
Green was really only out there to take the fall for the babyfaces. If she didn't do it, then Charlotte was likely getting the best of either Michin or FAB. The writers went with the best possible outcome, not least because Cargill needed to regain some lustre following her loss to Stratton over in Saudi Arabia last weekend.
As a side note, Alexa Bliss seemed peeved that Flair didn't clue her in on events at NOC beforehand, and there was some frost between them during a backstage skit. It looks like those firm friends are about to go their separate ways so that Charlotte can redouble her efforts on the singles side. It's probably high time that happened, to be fair.
This 6-woman scrap was never less than watchable. Having to shave some time from it due to SmackDown losing an hour likely helped matters too.