5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (April 5 - Results & Review)

3. Give Them A Chance, WWE!

Zelina Vega Elektra Lopez

Wow, the live crowd was dead for this short match.

Zelina Vega and Elektra Lopez haven't had a lot of ring time lately though, and neither has been properly fleshed out as a character with any motivations fans can hang onto. Perhaps because of this, they yawned their way through just three minutes of action. Yikes - WWE should be worried about that.

This is what happens when workers are background noise for too long (Vega) or fresh faces who haven't been given the chance to explain what they hope to achieve (Lopez). Triple H shouldn't be stunned that the crowd was apathetic, nor should he be surprised that Zelina and Elektra couldn't do much with so little ring time.

Again, like the aforementioned main event, this was only on the show to lead to an angle afterwards. Whilst that's acceptable, y'know what isn't? Giving two wrestlers around three minutes to show their wares without any promos leading into it that'd make fans interested.

AEW Rampage wants its format sheets back!

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