6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (June 12)

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2. "It's The IIconics From Raw!"

Bayley Sasha Banks Alexa Bliss Nikki Cross The IIconics
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The subheading to this entry is something Michael Cole yelled right as Billie Kay and Peyton Royce were shown cutting a promo on the tron. He made sure to put emphasis on "Raw", for some reason, almost like Cole was trying to pretend that The IIconics are just super-proud of their home brand.

It didn't click.

WWE could easily have switched that Raw logo on the monitor behind both women to a SmackDown one and solved all their problems. Honestly, why wouldn't they? It would've saved the blue brand from looking second rate (could Kay and Royce not be arsed actually showing up to SmackDown?) and outed the fact their comments were pre-recorded.

That then made everyone else look silly when Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross blindsided Bayley and Sasha Banks on command. Were they in cahoots with The IIconics? Has coffee given them super powers and the ability to read minds? This wasn't good.

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