#6 This was a week for the women
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The 'Women's Revolution' is now definitely more than just a media soundbite. It has been this way for quite some time, and this week's action was a strong indicator of that. It was suggested in last week's article that losing Charlotte was really going to hurt the RAW women's division. Not enough time has gone by yet for that to have been confirmed or denied, but one thing is for sure, the fatal four-way number one contender's match was one of this week’s highlights.
The jury is still out over Sasha Banks’ ability to be the leader of the division, and the company haven't yet figured out how to best utilise Nia Jax. Luckily, the red brand has Alexa Bliss, and having her go over was absolutely the right decision. She has this ability to make the women's belt feel important, and she makes you believe in her in a way that no other woman, apart from maybe Charlotte, can.
Alexa wasn't part of the original Four Horsewomen group but has quietly made herself an invaluable component of the product since her time with Blake and Murphy on NXT. Alexa Vs. Bayley should be more than worthy of a title match at Payback.
Not only this, but the RAW women's division also has some real depth. Emma and Dana Brooke are slowly building up a programme between themselves, and there are more than enough reasons to pair off Sasha and Jax, going forward.
Over on SmackDown, the addition of Charlotte is already making itself known in a big way. She started off the show this week and hit a very convincing promo on Daniel Bryan, Shane McMahon and the rest of the SmackDown women's roster. Like Bliss before her, she was able to take her rightful place as the number one contender for the blue brand's women's title after defeating the champion, Naomi.
SmackDown is also showing that it is willing to exploit the depth in its own women's division by having a kind of 'anti-Charlotte' faction form between Carmella, Natalya and Tamina. Hopefully, this story goes somewhere as it would give the division more to focus on than just the title scene.
