7 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SmackDown (March 12)

2. Bianca Belair Takes The Fall

Natalya Tamina
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Why is Bianca Belair losing to Tamina?! What the f*ck is going on here?

Royal Rumble winner Belair shouldn't be losing at all, let alone to someone who has probably scored less than 10 pinfall wins over the past 10 years. OK, that's perhaps an exaggeration, but the point is that Tam doesn't come out on the winning side enough to roll up Bianca during her WrestleMania push.

The biggest problem with all of this is that neither Belair or Banks are coming across as huge stars when they're mixing it with the lower card. If WWE think that Tamina and Natalya getting a cheap win over the 'Mania duo here puts them in the frame for a credible title shot, then they're wrong.

That's bound to happen at Fastlane though. Do not be shocked if the veteran pair are added to the Women's Tag-Team Title bout on next week's SmackDown. Everyone knows that people are crying out for that Triple Threat, eh?

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