3 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Mar 11)

5. Multiple Problems With The Women

Sasha Banks Natalya Shayna Baszler
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Sasha Banks and Naomi don't have much chemistry together as a team; whilst it's tempting to say that it's early days for them, WWE will probs split them after 'Mania anyway. In other words, this is a short-term fix to give both something/anything to do in Dallas.

Short-term fixes to squeeze people onto WrestleMania = meh.

One has to query what the heck is going on with Shayna Baszler as well. She's horrible miscast and under-utilised on SmackDown. For proof, just look at her sudden random pairing alongside Natalya. Where did that come from, and why is it even happening? WWE don't want you to ask those sorts of questions.

The women's side of things on Smackers has gone backwards recently. Random tags are a lazy out for the writers, they're stumbling through the division's top feud and others like Aliyah and Xia Li have disappeared from view.

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