5 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE SmackDown (May 21)

Downs...

3. Move On!

Bayley Shayna Baszler Nia Jax
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That opening six-woman tag match was as solid as they come, but Shayna Baszler tapping out Natalya only means one thing: WWE aren't quite ready to move on from Nattie and Tamina vs. Shayna and Nia Jax. Oh goody! Seriously though, this is dragging on now.

The company went from that to announcing a Women's Tag Title rematch for Raw. Why? Is there really any demand for yet another match between these two teams? They've only been feuding for a few months, but it feels like this has been going on forever.

WWE need to move on.

There's a real worry that they'll shoehorn Bayley vs. Bianca Belair into the cage for Hell In A Cell too. That rivalry hasn't been heated enough to warrant that (it's had some comedic moments). The female side of SmackDown doesn't look promising.

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