13 Ups & 0 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown

8. Flair & Banks Renew Their Rivalry

While Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair have wrestled countless great matches in the past, this wasn't the purpose of their first singles bout since February 2017. They weren't trying to steal the show. Instead, the goal was to deliver eight minutes of solid, engaging action to set up a protective disqualification finish and the post-match brawl, and they succeeded.

Though relatively compact, Banks and Flair were still able to incorporate a number of near-falls, with 'The Boss' almost cradling her way to victory towards the end. Things got messy from there, though Charlotte's Moonsault to the outside onto Banks and Bayley looked good. Following on, Big Chaz and Sasha headed back instead, worked some counters, then into 'The Queen's' Figure Eight, before Bayley broke things up for the DQ.

Neither woman could lose here, so the screwy conclusion was justified. Flair didn't look great in her turnbuckle-induced loss to Bayley at Clash of Champions so it was nice to see WWE present her as being on the cusp of victory before the interference. Rapper Offset's introduction was a solid touch too, though getting excited about a new Migos album in 2019 is tough.