16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (Feb 12)

13. The IIconics Were The Only Smart Team

The IIconics
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To that point, the way these pre-Chamber tag matches have worked hasn't made much sense either.

The entire object of the matches was to avoid being involved in the end decision. There was nothing to gain for the winners, but everything to lose for anyone who was pinned or submitted. Bless The IIconics then for being the only one of the six teams across Raw and SmackDown who had the smarts to realise that.

They, unlike their peers, did everything in their power to stay out of the match so they couldn't lose. That should've been heel 101 for Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, as well as any heel tandems on Raw.

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