Best and Worst of WWE SmackDown- Singles push for tag-team Superstar, Strange creative decision

Modified Nov 30, 2019 04:32 GMT

This week's episode of SmackDown had both ups and downs

#1 Worst: Pushing Lacey Evans as a babyface

.@LaceyEvansWWE sends her own message to @itsBayleyWWE and @SashaBanksWWE on #SmackDown. pic.twitter.com/IYl2Qbw2Im
— WWE (@WWE) November 30, 2019

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Let me preface this by saying that I believe that while WWE may have some of the best women's wrestlers in the world at this point, Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair are miles above the rest of the crop. In most cities, people will root for Sasha Banks and boo Lacey Evans out of the building, at this stage.

And so I genuinely am puzzled by the idea of pushing Lacey Evans as a babyface when she was getting over as a heel not very long ago. I know she had the amazing moment in Saudi Arabia but she should have reverted to a heel persona soon after.

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I'm also not keen on a feud with Lacey Evans taking on Bayley for the title at all. And this isn't a knock on Bayley, who's been great as a champion.

It's just that Evans has a long way to go before she can hold her own as a babyface.

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