5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Feb 10)
3. Hopefully This Ends Well, But…
...there are concerns.
Natalya and Shayna Baszler jawing off with one another played before near-total silence from the live crowd in Connecticut. That's what happens when companies don't heat characters (or, worse, let them go ice cold over a period of months), WWE. Those fans can't be blamed for sitting on their hands.
Ronda Rousey returning out of the blue helped, but who's really excited for Rousey and Baszler vs. Nattie and Shotzi next week? It's such an uninspiring match, one not helped by the fact the latter duo haven't even been interacting on TV. They're just another thrown-together female tag.
Everyone saw Ronda and Shayna slapping Natalya about rather than fighting themselves too. Gah, who knows - maybe this will all be worth it when the MMA duo go wild on the tag ranks proper. This writer has genuine worries about that deathly silence though.