Divas Championship: Paige Vs Tamina Snuka Official For Extreme Rules

By Grahame Herbert /

Paige will defend her Diva Championship against Tamina Snuka at Extreme Rules. The match was made official on WWE Main Event, Snuka won a number one contender battle royal, elevating her to the position of being Paige's first big WWE feud. This makes the Extreme Rules card as follows: The Shield vs Evolution, John Cena vs Bray Wyatt in a steel cage, Paige vs Tamina. Also expected to be added is Daniel Bryan defending his WWE title against Kane, and Cesaro winning the Raw Intercontinental title tournament to take on Big E for the belt at the PPV. That will probably be the main card right there. The booking of Paige has so far left a lot to be desired. She got a great debut reaction owing to her being something different from the same old act we see every week, but beyond that the creative made absolutely no sense. When you beat the number 1 diva heel for the title in your first match, where can you really go from there? The Tamina match could be used to further demonstrate Paige's ability, but what could be a better idea would be to have Snuka beat the English star. This would then set up the way Paige should have been booked to begin with, an emerging star who has to chase the heel down and earn her victory. Tamina vs Paige has the potential to be a david and goliath feud with satisfying creative dynamics, but the belt must be on the bad guy for that to happen. One other scenario could see Snuka win the belt and feud with her friend AJ Lee. That makes a lot of sense too, Snuka was never meant to become Champion, she was meant to be AJ's enforcer. By winning the belt we would see a compelling reason for AJ to attack Snuka and go back after her title fuelled by jealousy.