7 Ups & 1 Down From WWE SmackDown (Aug 19)

Ups...

7. The Right Team Won

Gigi Dolin Natalya
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Brace yourselves for a lot of gushing praise.

First, it's important to mention that Toxic Attraction duo Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne probably should've been in the Women's Tag Title tournament from day one. The former two-time NXT Women's Tag Champs are certainly a much more credible duo than makeshift ones like Natalya and Sonya Deville.

Thankfully, WWE had enough sense to put Attraction over and depict them as a real threat to everyone else in the brackets. Granted, this wasn't the best match (it was pretty sloppy in parts, especially when Sonya was in-ring), but the result was all that really mattered here and Dolin/Jayne came across well.

If Triple H is serious about making the Women's Tag belts mean something, then he'll strap a rocket to Toxic Attraction and make them a focal point. Meanwhile, 'The Game' will also start either phasing out thrown-together teams or give them some proper context for teaming in the first place.

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