WWE SmackDown Live report card: Analysing and grading each segment (10 April, 2018)

#4 The Iconics debut; Carmella def. Charlotte Flair (SmackDown Women’s Championship)

Carmella is the new SmackDown Women's champion

Segment: Charlotte Flair was reflecting on her historic WrestleMania win over Asuka when she was interrupted by Billie Kay and Peyton Royce (formerly known as The Iconic Duo but now simply known as The Iconics). The NXT call-ups mocked the SmackDown Women’s champion for being too emotional and then viscously attacked her. As they made their way up the ramp, Carmella’s music hit and finally, after 287 days with the Money In The Bank briefcase, she cashed in her contract and defeated Charlotte within seconds following a superkick.

Verdict: SmackDown segments don’t get much better than this. Everything about it was brilliant. Sometimes when people are called up from NXT, it takes a while for the WWE audience to figure out exactly who they are and what their character is all about, but fans will have no such problems with The Iconics, who were hilarious on the mic and made a huge statement by targeting Charlotte. That segment alone was worthy of an A grade, but when you take into account the long-awaited Carmella cash-in, this gets top marks!

Grade: A+