8 Ups & 10 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Apr 22)

2. RIP The Women's Tag Team Titles

The IIconics Billie Kay Peyton Royce
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Stick a fork in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships, because they're cooked.

The IIconics effectively lost their third non-title bout in eight days last night. Last week, they were jobbing out as a duo on both Raw on SmackDown, while this show saw Billie Kay lose to Naomi in just 1:20. The execution was passable and offered nothing to complain about, but this is horrendous booking.

Call Sasha Banks and Bayley selfish for reportedly writhing around on the floor in their WrestleMania 35 locker-room, but they were dead right. After effectively willing these belts into existence, and being led to believe that they'd be allowed a long, strong reign to establish their credibility, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection are now being forced to watch from home as WWE turn the straps into jobber trinkets for jobber champions.

WWE had the opportunity to make these belts something special. Shame on us for expecting them to be productive, though...

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