5 Things WWE subtly told us on SmackDown: Retired star makes in-ring return after 6 years, Popular star getting a huge push ahead of Royal Rumble (January 22nd, 2021)

#1 The SmackDown Women's Champion keeps improving

Sasha Banks defeated Reginald

There are few wrestlers on the RAW or SmackDown roster that have improved as rapidly as Sasha Banks has. She, along with the other women has set the bar for women's wrestling so high up, that we've almost begun to take for granted just how good she is.

Reginald (Carmella's bodyguard) looked extremely rusty in the ring, but he had some good counters and offense. Ultimately, the match was a showing for the SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks, and that's exactly what it was as she ended up submitting him with the Bank Statement.

.@CarmellaWWE had a front row seat for that METEORA!#SmackDown @SashaBanksWWE @ReginaldWWE pic.twitter.com/diOhEudosA

— WWE (@WWE) January 23, 2021

She even had a tense moment with former SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella at ringside, but it didn't spiral into anything worse.

.@SashaBanksWWE picks up the win over @ReginaldWWE on #SmackDown! @CarmellaWWE pic.twitter.com/nmDFZL8O28

— WWE (@WWE) January 23, 2021

The match was a display of just how much Sasha Banks has improved in the ring. Even when she debuted in 2015 on RAW, she was considered one of the best in-ring workers of the roster - male or female. This only further proved that she is one of the best in the world.

Sasha Banks faces Carmella at the Royal Rumble 2021 PPV in a defense of the SmackDown Women's Championship.