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

1. “Saying The Same Thing”

Charlotte Flair 2023
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Sorry, but this will be a 'Down' every single week unless WWE throws the towel in and admits that 'Charlotte Flair: The Babyface Year(s)' is a total failure. The reigning SmackDown Women's Champion just isn't a good face, and it's baffling yours truly that Triple H seemingly disagrees.

What is he seeing?!

Flair managed to come across as sneering, elitist and insincere during this sit-down with Michael Cole. Nobody needed much more proof of this, but yeah - the build towards Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley is going to be awful if this is all the writing team has in mind for them.

How does Rhea even respond to something like this when she/everyone else has heard it all before? Flair even admitted herself that she's been "saying the same thing" about Ripley for three years now. Man, this is gonna be a rough trip to Hollywood for her.

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