3 ways WWE made the women's revolution a smoldering pile of rubble in 2018 (and what to do about it)

#3 The wrong push (blue version)

SmackDown's women's division is arguably stronger than Raw's in terms of sheer talent, but it's currently suffering from a push even worse than the Nia Jax/Alexa Bliss loop.

Carmella, arguably the least talented female worker in the entire company, is the SmackDown Women's Champion. And while it looked like she was a transitional champion at first, that, unfortunately, hasn't proven to be the case.

Ever since, we've essentially sat through the same heatless segment week after week. Carmella's weaknesses are apparently known to the extent that the company won't have her wrestle singles matches on SmackDown. It also saw the need to bring James Ellsworth back (for how long remains to be seen), in order to boost her reign.

With all of these weaknesses known, it begs us to ask: why continue her reign at all?

Carmella's reign has been good for only one thing - making Charlotte and Asuka, the two biggest stars in the SmackDown women's division, look worse. Carmella dragged them both down to their worst WWE matches ever at Backlash and Money In The Bank, respectively, each of which had little investment from fans.

The result was that Charlotte was normalized immediately after the massive rub she got from breaking Asuka's streak, while Asuka herself might be permanently damaged.

In continuing with her as champion, WWE has also certainly done a great job in taking the luster off of potential rematches between the two and matches Ronda Rousey.

A disaster. From top to bottom.