5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Nov 20)

2. Fool Me Once…

Carmella Sasha Banks
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Speaking of Sasha.

How many times in a row is Banks going to fall for Carmella's ambush tactics? This is becoming a running joke now, and it's making the babyface (tweener?) SmackDown Women's Champion look foolish. Surely, at some point, Sasha has to know that 'Mella will run in from behind and attack her "when she least expects it".

WWE are gonna' have to come up with build better than this is they want fans to take the match seriously come TLC next month. Banks has to cut her new rival off sometime, and show that she's not a standard, dumb pro wrasslin' baby who never learns her lesson.

Christ, Banks is coming off a feud with Bayley during which her old pal constantly attacked her from behind. You'd think she'd know the script by now, eh? Still, at least WWE did use Sasha's upcoming rematch with Asuka to build something else.

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