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#1. Dutch Mantell criticizes Naomi and Sonya Deville's latest WWE segment

Austin Theory wasn't the only WWE Superstar to get slapped recently, as Naomi suffered the same fate on SmackDown at the hands of on-screen official Sonya Deville.

Dutch Mantell reviewed this segment on the most recent episode of Sportskeeda Wrestling's Smack Talk. The wrestling legend liked the intensity of the slap but wasn't a fan of how the official suffered no consequences for her actions.

Mantell referenced how Brock Lesnar was fined one million dollars for attacking Adam Pearce, yet Deville got away with laying her hands on Naomi from a storyline standpoint:

"Well, I'll say one thing, she (Sonya Deville) slapped the hell out of Naomi. I think that's a 90 percent shoot. So she slaps her but Naomi can't do anything. It doesn't make sense. Even though, I mean if you're a fan and she gets slapped like that and she doesn't get the match, that's like the million-dollar thing (Brock's fine). Nobody believes that and now I think the way the legal system is, if your superior hits you, shouldn't they be fired? See, it goes against common sense. We need to throw common sense into wrestling."

Although both women will face each other in singles action on the upcoming SmackDown episode, Mantell believes WWE could postpone their clash to the Day 1 pay-per-view.

Interestingly, Naomi and Sonya Deville had two one-on-one encounters on WWE television back in 2018. Both have won a single match each, so it will be interesting to see which woman breaks the tie in her favor soon.

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