6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Mar 24)

1. Nobody Cares

Ronda Rousey Shayna Baszler
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Xia Li and Lacey Evans vs. Shotzi and Natalya was one of those matches that instantly screams, "I'm a waste of time". This whole "WrestleMania Showcase" gimmick is so see-through, and no amount of Ronda Rousey sign pointing is going to change that. People just...don't give a sh*t.

Why would they?

Hardly any of the announced teams involved in the four-way are full-time units, and there doesn't appear to anything at stake in the match anyway. WWE's female tag division is crap, man. Raquel Rodriguez going from teaming with Aliyah > Shotzi > Liv Morgan about sums it up; the writers are phoning this stuff in.

Shotzi has also seemingly replaced Tegan Nox as Nattie's current partner. That's slightly hilarious considering Shotzi and Nox were previously a duo themselves. It's cool though, because the announcers are pretending this "Showcase" is worth paying attention to.

It isn't.

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