WWE SmackDown: 4 shockers & surprises from the episode after Extreme Rules (July 16, 2019)

#3 Bayley’s next challenger

There are many heels on SmackDown who could easily get up to challenge Bayley for her SmackDown Women’s Championship without really posing as a threat to The Hugger.

We saw two such women take on Bayley and Ember Moon in a tag team match where the babyfaces dominated much of the action and delivered a double finisher to bag the victory.

While fans were not expecting Bayley to handpick her next challenger, they were surprised to see her get interviewed right after the match and handpicking Ember Moon to be her next challenger for SummerSlam.

Without any story or context, we now have one of the best female workers on SmackDown inserted into the title picture with a loss in sight. Unless WWE is planning to turn Moon heel during SummerSlam and take the story further into the latter part of 2019, this booking makes little to no sense.

WWE could have done better by making Mandy Rose the next challenger while developing Ember Moon even further for a bigger clash later on.