3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (July 28)

1. Why Isn’t Asuka Featured More?!

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...Asuka is the reigning WWE Women's Champion, right? That's why it's so maddening she's been pushed right to the side so Charlotte and Bianca can hog the spotlight with their boring respect issue. To recap, that's multiple champions who looked unimportant on SmackDown.

Great.

Flair and Belair's tension is a one-note story, and it's doing sod all for Asuka's title reign. She's hardly even involved, almost like Triple H's team has forgotten she's going to be putting the gold up for grabs at SummerSlam. WWE may as well hit the rooftops of company HQ and scream, 'CHARLOTTE IS WINNING THE BELT!'.

Keep in mind that this is a brand new championship title too, one that the announcers told viewers meant the world when it was unveiled. F'n prove it then! Keeping Asuka in the shadows and having her spook Bayley isn't the way to go here.

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