5 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE King And Queen Of The Ring (Results & Review)

DOWNS…

2. Falling Short

There’s a lot to love about the pairing of Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill as the Women’s Tag Team Champions, but they are so dominant on paper that challengers need to significantly step up their game to seem credible.

Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell as a unit had no chance from the opening bell, even with Bianca’s injury. Candice is excellent and tried to keep the match on the tracks, but Hartwell just doesn’t look believable swinging away. She seems to either be unsure of herself in the ring or just has two left feet, in a manner of speaking.

At no point did the challengers look like they might steal one. Instead, the match just dragged on for about three minutes too long before Bianca and Jade put LeRae away with their awesome double-team finisher.

One other small gripe: On Raw, they crowned new top contenders when Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark won a four-way match. Five days later, a team that has not won a match since April was gifted a title match. Yes, they were essentially sacrificial lambs and it was payback for them mocking Belair backstage, but all that tells fans and wrestlers alike is that you don’t need to win matches, just sit backstage in catering and find the champs and insult them on camera and you could get a PLE spot.