5 Takeaways from WWE Backstage (February 11th, 2020)

A very royal WWE Backstage took place with both King Booker and the Queen.
A very royal WWE Backstage took place with both King Booker and the Queen.

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Two former friends will square off for Bayley's SmackDown Women's Championship
Two former friends will square off for Bayley's SmackDown Women's Championship

A few other events were briefly taken to task by the panel. Carmella won a Fatal Four Way match on the latest SmackDown and she earned the right to challenge Bayley for the SmackDown Women's title. Booker T claimed that "Bayley is still trying to find herself" but when he looks at Carmella "I see consistency. She's the female Miz of the division." He added that "she take's a licking and keeps on ticking."

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Two talk show segments returned on the most recent episodes of both SmackDown and RAW including the Dirt Sheet on SmackDown and the MVP Lounge on RAW. Paige felt the Dirt Sheet had a better return, saying that "I love a bit of parody and comedy, and you get the internet darling Mr. Miz in the segment." I personally enjoyed Miz and Morrison's show better than MVP's.

Aleister Black is sort of in limbo at the moment in that he's not embroiled in a feud. Murphy moved on to join the Monday Night Messiah while Andrade, Rey Mysterio, Humberto Carillo and Angel Garza have been in an ongoing angle. Punk felt that for Black's next move "he has to go for a secondary title here and Andrade is the guy to go after here." He also added that "Zelina Vega may or may not like that idea" since she's the valet of Andrade but married to Black in reality.

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The Rock's daughter, Simone Johnson, was recently signed by WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center. Since Flair was a guest and had a famous father in the industry, the panelists asked her about the signing. Flair claimed that "it's not easy" because "a lot of people are going to think it's easier" for Johnson due to being born into pro wrestling. She added that "in some ways it is, but there comes a lot of criticism" with it.

Flair also said that Johnson needs to know "who do I trust" as well as advising her that "you have to block out the noise and stay true to you." The Queen also recommended that Johnson "work twice as hard and don't take anything for granted" and that "in the beginning (of training), she needs to talk to the coaches and leave dad out of it for a second and talk to people who aren't biased towards you."

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