4 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (24 Jan - Results & Review)

1. WWE’s Booking Makes This Look Second Rate

Someone start a petition to have WWE guarantee that Chelsea Green's next Women's United States Title feud will be higher on their list of priorities. The fact they had Green beat Michin and then named Michin as her first challenger is the living definition of bloody phoning it in. Also, can they actually give Green-related matches some time to develop rather than racing through them?

Otherwise, what’s the point in asking fans to get excited for her bigger matches? Everything feels so half-hearted, and this tag match also involving Piper Niven and B-FAB reflected that. They got just over three minutes to work with here whilst a nothing six-woman tag ambled on and on and on across multiple segments. That was a puzzling bit of formatting considering WWE wants to spotlight some previously overlooked pieces of talent during these lengthier episodes.

Yours truly still isn't convinced that Michin was the right choice to go up against Green again anyway. Chelsea clearly needs something higher profile. Much higher profile. There’s a worrying lack of meaningful character development on the babyface side of this too. B-FAB becoming Michin's backup isn't enough of a story. Fans need to know why they're friends, what FAB hopes to achieve and more.

Green and Piper (in particular) have bags of chemistry as a double act on TV, but Chelsea's history making title reign will fizzle out unless WWE gets a move on with it. She better hope Trips has someone colossal in mind for 'Mania season, otherwise the Women's US belt will have to be content with some "WrestleMania SmackDown" match before it.