3 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Feb 27)
Downs...
5. A Great Insomnia Cure
SmackDown's women's division stinks.
While their Raw counterparts are shining at the moment (having starred in an extremely successful first Elimination Chamber match, and with Ronda Rousey's arrival set to thrust even more attention upon the group), SD's females have been drowning in a mulch of faceless, character-less multi-person "wars" for over a year. At the moment, it's The Riott Squad vs. Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Naomi. In a month or two, it'll be a different shade of the same s***. "Revolution?". "Land of Opportunity?". Nonsense.
Naomi vs. Ruby was this week's throwaway bout. As always, the action was technically sound, but it was a lifeless back-and-forth affair that struggled for even a semblance of crowd heat. Riott won, pinning the former Women's Champion with the creatively named "Riott Kick," and everybody went on their merry way.
Here's hoping the mooted Fastlane singles bout between Ruby and Charlotte offers something a little more substantial, but wouldn't it be typical of Road Dogg's team to turn it into a wacky six-way, or a lumberjack match?