6 Ups & 1 Down From WWE SmackDown (7 June - Results & Review)

Downs...

1. Erm…The Draft?

Bianca Belair Candice LeRae
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Here's the only 'Down' from Friday.

Hey, remember the 2024 Draft? WWE would rather you didn't, because then that'd shine a nasty spotlight on how they've treated the thing since. Zoey Stark, Shayna Baszler, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn all marched out to watch Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill beat Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae.

There's one small issue with that: All four are technically tied to Raw, so what in the name of superstar shakeups were they doing working on SmackDown?! It's cool if the Women's Tag-Team Titles get to be cross-brand, but that should only go for the actual champions themselves. Not their challengers.

Being brutally honest, it's rubbish to see Triple H continuing Vince McMahon's bullsh*t handling of things immediately after the Draft. It isn't too much to ask that WWE adheres to their own decisions and avoids instantly wrecking the entire point of the thing every other week.

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