5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Survivor Series 2016
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5. Nattie Feigns Ignorance
Your first inclination might be to blame Carmella after Daniel Bryan found Nikki Bella knocked loopy backstage before the women’s elimination match. Nikki claimed she was attacked from behind and was unable to compete, but despite the fact that she’s been feuding with Carmella for the past few months, it probably wasn’t her.
Enter Natalya, who lost a match to Nikki to be the SmackDown team captain and thus was relegated to being the team’s coach. Nattie was a little too eager to volunteer to take Nikki’s spot in the Survivor Series match, thus getting what she ultimately wanted.
What made this work (and saved it from being a negative) was the fact that the announcers didn’t try to over-explain it or even play dumb. They said nothing and moved on to the fact that Nattie was filling out the team. Leave it to Bryan or someone to learn the truth on SmackDown to kick off that new feud.