5 Ups And 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (June 23)

1. Short Women's Matches Are Doing Nothing For The Division

Charlotte Becky Lynch Dana Brooke
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Speaking of doing nothing for their wrestlers, WWE need to re-evaluate how they are booking the women's division currently. Becky Lynch vs. Dana Brooke lasted less than 90 seconds on SmackDown, hardly the ideal way to sell the competitive nature of the female league.

If management have any faith in Brooke, it's not coming across on television. Her short matches are more of a hindrance than anything else, getting in the way of the great work achieved by Lynch, Charlotte, Paige, Natalya and Sasha Banks previously. When written to do so, these women can all have excellent matches.

How can Dana be expected to improve if she's going to work such short bouts? Ongoing storylines do call for Charlotte's involvement in her matches, but such brief encounters are tiresome. Hopefully, Charlotte and Sasha will be given time at Battleground, otherwise the women's division is in trouble.

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