4 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (April 23)

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4. Still A Struggle

Shayna Baszler Reginald Tamina Natalya
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The drama WWE are trying to layer on top of Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler is rather flimsy. Reginald doesn't feel relevant without Carmella either; this is Reggie's third alliance on SmackDown. He was with 'Mella, chased Sasha Banks and is now with Jax. Jesus, WWE - do you think that's enough?!

Reggie and Shayna cost Jax a match with Tamina on this week's show, but...yeah, Tam and Natalya just feel like yesterday's news as challengers for the Women's Tag-Team Titles. This entire division needs a rethink. It's blatantly not a priority, but surely creative can come up with something better than this.

Jax and Baszler have run their course as a duo.

It doesn't help that the champs seemingly have multiple feuds going on at the same time. They're at loggerheads with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke over on Raw, and have some veterans to contend with on SmackDown. Both angles are dull.

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