WWE SmackDown: 10 Things You Might Have Missed (Oct 18)

7. Alexa Bliss Didn't Get An Entrance Despite Being Top Contender

Alexa Bliss
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On the November 8 episode of SmackDown emanating from Glasgow, Scotland, Alexa Bliss will challenge Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women's Title. This was a match made at No Mercy when Lynch was unable to compete due to illness. Keeping herself ticking along, Alexa defeated Naomi on this week's show.

This was a momentum-building win for the spitfire heel, there's no doubt about that. Things would have been much better had Bliss been handed an entrance though, she was simply shown standing in the ring as SmackDown came back from a commercial break. For the number one contender readying herself to compete for a top title, that's pretty poor.

Making matters worse, Alexa wasn't immediately discussed by the announce trio of Mauro Ranallo, JBL and David Otunga. Ignoring the female, the commentators instead ran through some advertising messages, twittering on about Walmart and other sponsors before even recognising that Bliss was in the ring.

Surely, if anyone was going to get an entrance in this match it should have been Alexa Bliss. She had to stand there looking awkward as she waited on Naomi.

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