10 Reasons Why RAW Is Quickly Becoming WWE's B-Show
5. The Women's Division
Since Alexa Bliss and Bayley replaced Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks as the female focal points of Monday Night RAW, it's easy to forget just how limited Monday night's women's division was just a few months ago.
Prior to April's Superstar Shake-Up, RAW's women's division was in desperate need of a makeover. Since Battleground in July 2015, Charlotte Flair was featured in every premier RAW Pay-Per-View women's match until she switched brands in April 2017. That's 21 straight RAW events that involved The Queen while The Boss appeared in 10. Throw in Bayley's seven since her main roster debut last July, and that's not much variety for the red brand.
On the other hand, SmackDown has done a great job rotating female talents in and out of the title picture. Becky Lynch was crowned SmackDown Women's Champion before Alexa Bliss and Naomi each had their turns. In addition, the division also had meaningful contributions from Nikki Bella, Natalya, Carmella, a returning Mickie James, plus several other females.
While both brands have improved on past presentations of the female WWE superstars, SmackDown has clearly established itself as the more balanced show.