6 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Nov 24 - Results & Review)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. That Drama-Filled Main Event

Becky Lynch Charlotte Flair
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Leaning on old tensions between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair was the right way to go on SmackDown. The former friends worked an at times excellent main event tag vs. Bayley and Asuka in the headline spot, and it successfully pulled the nose up on an otherwise-tame round of women's WarGames build.

Perhaps this match does have a shot at greatness after all.

There's tension bubbling away over on the Damage CTRL side too, which is something to look out for after Survivor Series. Whilst this writer definitely feels like the women's double cage effort is a little too weak and thrown-together overall, what WWE produced here was an improvement on last week.

Charlotte and Becky being respectful to one another could only go so far before things got feisty, and that stand off cost them towards the end of Friday's TV. That's something WWE can use to garnish the WarGames match and actually give it some purpose.

Damage CTRL still have to win it in the end though.

What did you think of this week's WWE SmackDown? For more like this, check out WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2023: 10 Things That Must Happen and WWE Survivor Series 2023: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.