7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (28 Feb - Results & Review)

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7. No Problems With Any Of This

Trish Stratus Tiffany Stratton Chelsea Green Piper Niven
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Getting to work with another featured champ is a positive step for Chelsea Green. Her interminable feud with Michin needs to end, then this is the kind of opponents she needs on a more regular basis. Chelsea's match vs. Tiffany Stratton ended via DQ when Nia Jax and Candice LeRae got involved, but that’s fine - it was simple build for the Elimination Chamber tag involving Trish Stratus, but it also managed to shine Green up a little too.

Nobody should have any arguments with that kind of booking.

Green showed up well on the mic opposite Trish and Tiffy, then she was allowed to look competitive with one of the top female champs before the Nia and Candice stuff took over. It likely bodes well for Chelsea that she wasn't fed to Stratton in a glorified job match. Hopefully her last blow off match vs. Michin satisfies then she can move up the ladder a little.

Green vs. Stratton in a protracted series of champ vs. champ matches actually sounds like it'd work out well post-WrestleMania. That's assuming, of course, that Triple H doesn't get swept up in Charlotte Flair fever like his father in law constantly did. There can't be too many WWE fans who want to see Flair replace Tiffany as Women's Champion.

All in all, this built towards a match on the next PLE and helped give Chelsea a leg up in the division. That should be celebrated by those praying her Women's United States Title run is a game changing moment for her career. Green just needs a reign-defining feud and she'll be fine.

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