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#2 Asuka must defeat Carmella
After three months, the results are in. Carmella's championship reign has been every bit the disaster we all knew it would be for a year.
In Carmella, SmackDown has a, quite frankly, talentless women's champion. Her matches have been abysmal. The company knows this, which is why they don't let her wrestle on television. Her segments are heatless. James Ellsworth was brought back in an attempt to save her reign, but as the last episode of SmackDown proved, it hasn't worked. She remains heatless.
The entire division is being dragged down because of Carmella. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why SmackDown reached one of its lowest ratings in history last week. It's time to end her reign. Sending her into what's supposedly the company's second-biggest event of the year as champion would be preposterous and laughable.
For the sake of SummerSlam, the SmackDown women's division, the blue brand itself, and not to mention her own career, Asuka must defeat Carmella at Extreme Rules.
The fact that James Ellsworth has indy dates still booked past Extreme Rules gives reason for some hope, but I'm not holding my breath. Just because something must happen doesn't mean the company will make it so, to its own detriment time and time again.
