4 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE Smackdown (Apr 23)

Downs...

4. Another Short Divas Match

The freshly turned heel Naomi faced off with Natalya in the lone divas match on the show. Is Natalya a face or a heel? It changes from week to week. It was announced that Naomi is taking on Nikki Bella for the Divas Title at Extreme Rules since Paige is injured in the storyline. It was pretty obvious that Naomi was going to win this match. It was typical of how WWE books the divas in that they only got about three minutes. Naomi won clean with the Rear View, which she really needs to stop using as a finisher. A flying butt move is not painful. Naomi needs something more credible as a heel. There's probably going to be a dead crowd for Naomi's match against Nikki at Extreme Rules. Since the Bellas turned face on Raw without actually doing anything and they missed Smackdown, there really isn't much of a story going into the match. Naomi's likely not going to generate heat from the crowd, which could hurt the quality of the match.