4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Feb 25)

5. Thrown-Together Female Tags

Sasha Banks Naomi
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The same goes for Banks, to be fair.

Naomi teaming with Sasha is a rather random pairing heading into WrestleMania. Seeing the 'Legit Boss', who has consistently bragged about being the leader of WWE's division and the kind of worker who regularly challenges for top titles, settle for this didn't sit right.

Banks just sort of stood there smiling like a goof as Naomi spoke for her. It was Naomi, not Sasha, who decided that they should buddy up for a tilt at the Women's Tag-Team belts come April; it was almost like Naomi was doing some young rookie a favour. The presentation was so weird.

Also, way to drop Naomi's feud with Sonya Deville like a bad habit. It was Ronda Rousey who put Deville in her place at Elimination Chamber, and it doesn't make sense to see Naomi move on from Sonya without getting her shots in too.

Meh all round.

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