4 WWE Superstars who Carmella could recruit as her new sidekick

Ever since Carmella won the Money In The Bank contract in June 2017, she has required assistance from several different WWE Superstars to help her claim victories.

Her MITB triumph was shrouded in controversy following interference from James Ellsworth, while her cash-in on Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship was only made possible after an attack on “The Queen” by The IIconics.

While “The Princess of Staten Island” retained her title against Charlotte at Backlash in a relatively clean manner, she has since defeated Asuka in back-to-back pay-per-views due to more interference from the returning Ellsworth.

However, now that “The Chinless Wonder” has been fired from WWE by SmackDown Live General Manager Paige, the blue brand’s women’s champion finds herself without any allies heading into her SummerSlam match against Becky Lynch.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at four WWE Superstars/duos who she could potentially recruit ahead of her upcoming battle at “The Biggest Party of the Summer”.

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#4 The IIconics

Billie Kay and Peyton Royce joined SmackDown Live in April

If Carmella needs some assistance in the next few weeks on SmackDown Live, the leading contenders to help the women’s champion would have to be The IIconics.

Billie Kay and Peyton Royce made a huge statement on their main-roster television debut, attacking Charlotte Flair just two days after she defeated Asuka at WrestleMania 34, costing her the SmackDown Women’s Championship in the process.

Since then, the Aussie duo hasn’t featured as often as expected on Tuesday nights and their only televised victory since their call-up from NXT came when they picked up a shock win over Becky Lynch and Asuka in April.

Billie and Peyton have both lost singles matches against Becky on SmackDown Live recently, so perhaps they could rekindle their short-lived alliance with Carmella to help out the champ in the weeks leading up to SummerSlam.

#3 Tamina

Tamina is expected to return in 2018

Before Tamina’s 2017 singles run with Lana as her manager, the WWE veteran’s most memorable spell on television came in 2013-2014 when she essentially worked as a bodyguard during AJ Lee’s record-breaking Divas Championship reign.

Right now, the Snuka family member is on the road to recovery from a long-term shoulder injury, but it looks like she will be back sooner rather than later judging by her social media posts.

Carmella and Tamina have some history together from last year when they teamed with Natalya as part of the SmackDown Live “Welcoming Committee” faction, so maybe it’s not such an outlandish suggestion for them to reunite in the not-too-distant future.

#2 Swerve! James Ellsworth returns

James Ellsworth's antics helped Carmella against Asuka

Since James Ellsworth was fired from WWE on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, Carmella’s sidekick has posted an out-of-character ‘goodbye’ message on social media, seemingly confirming that his time with the company really is over.

But, wrestling being wrestling, you just never know if and when he’ll show up next, and there’s even a school of thought that he could be off television for the next few weeks before returning at SummerSlam to help Carmella in her title match against Becky Lynch.

Would fans react well to that? Absolutely not, but maybe the plan could backfire and Ellsworth could end up inadvertently costing Carmella, just like Aiden English recently with Rusev, and Becky could walk out as champion.

#1 Absolution

Paige split from Absolution when she retired

Until WWE inevitably introduces Women’s Tag Team Championships, the chances of Mandy Rose or Sonya Deville appearing in one of SmackDown Live’s biggest women’s storylines any time soon are slim-to-none.

So, rather than the Absolution duo making sporadic appearances on Tuesday nights in one-on-one matches with very little meaning, wouldn’t it be better for them to align with Carmella?

Mandy and Sonya have teamed with “The Princess of Staten Island” at multiple live events in recent months, and an on-screen alliance would benefit all three women and make them seem like a much more credible threat than they do at the moment.