4 Ups And 4 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (June 11)
2. Weak Build For Divas Title Match Continued
Paige beat Alicia Fox on Smackdown in a match that went about four minutes. The crowd was dead for much of it because they knew Alicia had no chance of winning and it was pretty short like most divas matches are. The other reason is that WWE has done such a poor job of telling these stories that the fans just don't care. Here's a summary of how WWE has gone from Elimination Chamber to Money in the Bank in their two weeks of build. Raw last week: Nikki Bella beats Paige in a Divas Title with the "twin magic" switch as the Bellas turn heel again. Smackdown last week: Paige does a promo about wanting change. No specifics are mentioned of course. Raw this week: Nikki beat Summer Rae. Paige was so mad at things that she watched on a monitor backstage. Smackdown this week: Paige over Alicia Fox with no sign of Nikki Bella. How about a promo with the girls or some kind of physical interaction? Let's see Paige get up in Nikki's face, shove her, brawl with her and say she's sick of her. That's what we want. It's a shame because the girls have a lot of talent too - it's just that they aren't given a fair chance to show it.
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