3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (12 June - Results & Review)

1. An Even Weaker Women’s Tag

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Paige and Brie vs. Henley and Reid was Usos vs. New Day compared to another women's tag bout on the show.

Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green do have potential as an odd couple tag, but not vs. Michin and B-FAB. Jade Cargill’s crew remain lifeless. Also, if we’re really running back Jade vs. Tiffany (for the United States Title this time), then that lays bare the most uninspired tropes of Triple H’s time as head of creative. It says everything about Michin and FAB as a duo that even a match involving Green struggled to get much out of the crowd.

SmackDown fell off a cliff around halfway through, and it'd never really grip the fans inside the arena again before the end of show watermark popped up. On the plus side (and it's the most minor of plus sides), Michin did use her tribute Styles Clash in honour of ex-OC leader AJ to win out here, but that's about all the match had to shout about.

Stratton's character needs to lock into this union with Chelsea for her own sake as well. There are only so many times she can yell, "It's Tiffy Time" or, "What time is it?!" per episode. That seems to be all the ex-Women's Champion does these days. Meanwhile, we've got poor Blake Monroe running endless "Coming Soon" pre-tapes like she didn't appear backstage with Green randomly beforehand.

This was the dullest match on the entire show, no doubt. That's astonishing considering how much of a lightning rod Chelsea is generally.

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