6 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (14 Mar - Results & Review)

4. B-FAB Shows She’s Come A Long Way

Charlotte Flair B-FAB
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Make no mistake about it: This was an important match for B-FAB. She had to show she could hang with an elite level star in the women’s division, and she did. That'll stand FAB in good stead as part of the WWE roster. Charlotte Flair ran the match, of course, but Triple H will be proud of how well B did. She’s come a long, long way since doing next to no wrestling as part of Hit Row.

The Street Profits alliance was good for her, and now she’s breaking out into her own thing. That's nice to see.

Unlike Orton vs. Hayes, this was more of an elongated squash, but that's fine. WWE put across that Charlotte is a class above B-FAB going in, and none of the promos suggested that the match would be some 20-25 minute epic with back and forth twists or turns. It was an exercise designed to ready Flair for WrestleMania 41 and to present B as someone worth caring about if she ends up going after WWE champions like Chelsea Green.

It'd be a shock if Trips didn't greet B-FAB behind the curtain with a smile, a handshake and a hug. She earned it, because she never once looked out of her depth against one of the biggest female stars on the planet for a generation. Who could've seen that coming when FAB was hanging around with Top Dolla or buddying up with The Profits and Bobby Lashley?

A big green tick just went next to B-FAB's name for this performance. She should be proud of it.

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