10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About 2021
3. “Stupid Doll”
Shayna Baszler must lie awake at night dreaming of the year Bianca Belair has had, warts and all. She was forced to team with the bumbling Nia Jax, then worked a short feud opposite Alexa Bliss that was WWE "sports entertainment" in its worst form.
First, Shayna declared that the creepy Lilly plush that Alexa carried was "just a stupid doll". Anyone hoping that'd be a throwaway plot point would be left aghast when Lilly, via Bliss, began playing supernatural tricks on Baszler and scaring the crap out of the hard-nosed ex-MMA fighter.
The 7 June Raw's final few minutes, including Shayna hiding from a possessed doll that flickered lights and made spooky stuff happen, were a trip to watch. Since then though, Baszler has moved to SmackDown and become Sonya Deville's muscle in a rapidly-going-nowhere feud vs. Naomi.
WWE don't even mention that she was punked out by a toy. That might be for the best.