7 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE SmackDown: Happy New Year (Dec 30)

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2. So Much For ‘Two-Woman Power Trip’

Charlotte Flair Ronda Rousey Shayna Baszler
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So, let's get this straight.

Triple H has spent the past few months building up Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler as some unstoppable twin force that'd dominate SmackDown's female scene. Then, in the span of just one week, he's nullified Baszler as a threat and rubbished Rousey's title reign?!

Don't get it wrong. This writer is a big fan of Charlotte Flair, but she absolutely shouldn't have won the SmackDown Women's Title again so quickly. Where's the chase, and where the flying f*ck do they even go from here now the heels look totally useless?

Ronda, who'd been the alpha female on Fridays for most of the year, looked like an out-of-her-depth scrub vs. Charlotte. That doesn't bode well if WWE plans to make Rousey a major part of WrestleMania 39 season, to be honest.

It also leaves Shayna rudderless yet again.

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