2 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Apr 3)

4. Tamina Smash!

Tamina Bayley
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When was the last time Tamina was relevant? Her tag-team run with Nia Jax in 2019, perhaps? Or, how about before that when she was backing up Lana? It's certainly not any time recently, and that's why it sucks that WWE are suddenly painting her as SmackDown's "dominant force".

Everyone knows she's making up the numbers at 'Mania.

Tamina has come out of nowhere to become the focal point of this Women's Title Fatal-5-Way, and not in a cool Randy Orton-esque way either. One of the major issues plaguing WWE booking is that they draft wrestlers back in from the cold without warning and hastily try to thaw them out with a red hot sprint towards pay-per-view.

It hasn't worked for Tamina. She, much like Naomi and Lacey Evans, will play second (or third and fourth) fiddle to Bayley and Sasha Banks. That's the real feud fans are interested in seeing.

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