7 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown (24 April - Results & Review)

4. Hopefully This Reignites Tiffany Stratton

It's 'Tiffy Time' again. Well, sort of.

Stratton beat Giulia to become the new Women’s United States Champ on Friday night. Being fair, Giulia is blatantly about to split from Kiana James (some of the dirty looks both gave one another during a backstage promo beforehand gave the game away on that) and will probably be used to get Kiana to the next level. The former champ is a bit dead in the water on SmackDown, being honest.

Meanwhile, Tiffany has needed something/anything to get her going again, ‘cause she’d fallen off big time since last year. The actual match itself was a fab watch. That’s the thing about both women: They can go in-ring, but they just haven’t been very interesting as characters or have been forgotten about by Hunter and staff for the longest time. Maybe less so for Giulia recently.

What a lovely moment for Tiffy regardless. Presumably, both were miffed about being left off the WrestleMania card, so they brought it and Stratton’s win got a noticeable pop. Giulia reversing the moonsault tease into a submission was awesome too; that tricked the crowd into thinking they were about to be robbed of a possible title switch in their hometown.

Then, WWE came through on it and everyone cheered. All's well that ends well. Maybe rumours about Stratton starting to fall out of love with pro wrestling and WWE as a whole have been greatly exaggerated. Only she and management will know what's really going on there, but this was her best performance in ages.