6 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Nov 22)

3. Where's Becky?

Bayley Shayna Baszler
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There was nothing inherently wrong with Shayna Baszler's bullish promo, during which she gave Bayley a free shot, nor the former Hugger's ironic sneak attack. The problem was that the Chicago crowd sat on their hands as their watched two heels brawl, eagerly awaiting the emergence of Raw heroine Becky Lynch.

Given she's the third and arguably most important component of Survivor Series' potential headlining contest, her absence was utterly incomprehensible - especially given all of Raw's warring generals were on hand. Were Bayley and Baszler expected to get over when WWE has been teaching the audience to boo them? It's hard to make sense of the goal here.

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