5 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Feb 10)

2. Stuck In Limbo

Raquel Rodriguez Sonya Deville
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"They're just another thrown-together female tag".

The exact same can be said for Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. WWE has an irritating tendency to pretend that characters who have never properly presented any kind of onscreen relationship before are suddenly the best of buds. That's fine occasionally, but it's blatantly the only story writers have for this division.

Liv and Raquel pasting Sonya Deville and now-regular whipping girl Chelsea Green was fine-enough as a match, but these random combos are not a substitute for actual storytelling or character development. Speaking of which, it seems Morgan's hardcore thing has been largely abandoned too.

The main problem with bouts like this is that they're so formulaic and predictable. Rodriguez is in line for a push, so everyone's eager to get to that rather than see her kill time in a nothing tag with Liv. Again, predictable isn't always the worst, but it's so old in the female tag ranks.

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