6 Ups & 7 Downs From WWE's Road To WrestleMania 36

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7. The Sinking SmackDown Women's Scene

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Bayley must be wondering what the hell happened.

Her SmackDown Women's Title is chicken feed at WrestleMania's table compared to main meals like Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler for the Raw belt and Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair over on the NXT side of things. The 'Fatal-5-Way' match WWE has lined up for Bayley is, to be blunt, absolutely rubbish.

SmackDown's female ranks have experienced quite the dip in form as of late. Bayley vs. Lacey Evans at the Rumble was satisfactory, but mini-feuds between the champ and the likes of Carmella and Naomi haven't been cutting it, and they've left blue brand writers frittering away time until they can finally book Bayley vs. Sasha Banks.

No, they've got nothing other than a teased feud from 2018 to fall back on, and that really says everything about the division. It's just as well Bayley's "big" match at 'Mania is happening in front of an empty arena - few would be paying attention to it anyway.

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