4 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (May 9)
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3. A Flat Finish Spoils Becky Vs. Nattie
On paper, Natalya vs. Becky Lynch should be one of the most exciting women's matches WWE can book at the moment. They're two of the division's best technical wrestlers, and are currently on opposite sides of the brand's sole women's feud, but last night's singles contest didn't ever break out of second gear and ended anticlimactically.
The match was just three minutes long, which is fine for an average TV bout, but meant that it never really got going prior to the conclusion which saw Tamina hop onto the apron, before Naomi pulled her away. This distracted Becky (who was sitting on the top turnbuckle at the time) and allowed Nattie to pull her down, then score a quick, easy pinfall over the former SmackDown Women's Champion.
It was a flat finish, particularly as Lynch was in control of the match at the time, and while it succeeded in giving The Welcoming Committee a shot of momentum, it resulted in an unfulfilling contest. Becky played mediator in a Charlotte/Naomi argument afterwards, setting-up the expected six-woman tag match for Backlash, and continuing the feud down its current path.