5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (22 May - Results & Review)

4. Women’s US Title Twist Works

Tiffany Stratton beating Lash Legend with Chelsea Green’s help worked a treat.

There's something intriguing brewing between Tiffany and Green, although it looks like Stratton will be the one going heel in that equation. Realistically, she kinda has to. Green is portraying someone good natured who simply wants to get along. Meanwhile, Stratton is giving her dirty looks and rolling her eyes like some bratty teenager.

Lash was also a better choice to answer Tiff’s ‘Open Challenge’ than WWE booking Tiffany vs. Nia Jax for the zillionth time. Not many have much desire to see that match happen again anytime soon. WWE did it to death in 2025, put it that way. Yep, this was solid work all round, and there’s some fun story stuff to concentrate on coming out of it. It's tough to be mad at that sort of 1-2 punch.

The Women's United States belt has replaced the men's version in the 'designated banger match' spot weekly, but it remains to be seen how long they'll run with that idea. There's certainly a bit more value to Tiffany turning heel on Green and seeing what happens there, but this bout vs. Legend worked for what it was.

Next stop: Put the Women's Tag straps back on The Irresistible Forces. They were way better as champs than Paige and Brie Bella, let's be honest. Trips has a chance to correct that at Saturday Night's Main Event. Being real, that's precisely what he should endeavour to do over the weekend.

Then, double down on Tiffy and Chelsea's odd couple chemistry for a while by booking them as challengers before Stratton's turn.