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Loser: The SmackDown women's division
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While the division is certainly in a better place now that Carmella is thankfully no longer champion, everything that fans have said about Charlotte Flair's booking being an albatross to the division showed itself last night.
The end to Carmella's abysmal reign ultimately felt unsatisfying. If Charlotte was just going to win the title back, there was no reason for her to lose it in the first place. It didn't justify the casualties incurred by Carmella's reign.
Instead, a cynic would say that Carmella's reign existed just to pad the number of Charlotte's reigns and prevent Asuka and Becky Lynch from getting too popular relative to Charlotte. And WWE has given fans plenty of reason for cynicism.
Speaking of Becky Lynch, it looked like she turned heel last night, in what was another stunning display of how out of touch WWE is with its own fanbase. After Charlotte received thunderous boos for winning the championship, Becky's supposed heel turn got one of the biggest pops of the night.
A Charlotte vs. Becky feud, if indeed it happens and WWE doesn't pull a Dr. Shelby, is a far better prospect for the division, but the wrong turn was made.
