10 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (May 21)

4. A Nothing Match

Carmella Mandy Rose
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While the "match" served its purpose of setting up R-Truth vs. The Midcard, Mandy Rose vs. Carmella was a wet fart.

Sonya Deville and the wig-clad Truth's ringside presence made it clear this was going to be a big pile of nonsense from the first ring entrance. The early focus was on the 24/7 Championship, not the action, communicating that Rose vs. 'Mella wasn't in the least bit important. From there, we got some rudimentary action between two mid-level wrestlers, before Sonya got involved, earning a beatdown from 'The Princess Of Staten Island' for her troubles. This all led to Rose scoring a two-count and Carmella fighting back before the procession of midcarders ran down to chase Truth off as Corey Graves bickered with his fellow announcers.

Tedious, contrived, and predictable, this was significantly less entertaining than Carmella's deleted tweet on the supposedly "unsafe" Rose.

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