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As attention in WWE turns to the last quarter of the year, new stars are joining Monday Night RAW and SmackDown each month. On the latest episode of SmackDown, a brief vignette aired featuring a woman in high heels and a fur coat, with only her shoes and legs visible.
So the next natural thing to do is to ponder about the identity of this high-heeled performer. All we have to go on is a fur coat, high heels and legs from the calves down. While that could be almost any women in WWE or NXT, not every woman in WWE fits what was presented in the vignette.
The woman appears to be glamorous and flashy, as evidenced by the fur coat and high heels. That likely means that she likes the finer things in life and/or thinks she's superior to the rest of the women in WWE.
It could perhaps be a woman like Jinny switching from NXT UK to SmackDown. The video might have been for someone that bypasses a long stint in NXT like Jessi Kamea. It could even be a way to debut someone like Santana Garrett if she doesn't emerge as a member of RETRIBUTION.
It wouldn't make a lot of sense to me if it was a way to bring Charlotte Flair back or a different version of Lacey Evans because both women have well-defined characters. It's possible it could be another character shift for Mandy Rose since she has been off of WWE TV following SummerSlam, but I don't think it's her either.
But even though there are many possibilities, here are the five most educated guesses for the mystery woman that appeared in a brief vignette during this week's SmackDown.
#5 Billie Kay or Peyton Royce's new WWE persona
In addition to the dissolution of the friendship between Bayley and Sasha Banks, the IIconics were also broken up on the latest episode of RAW. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce lost a match to the Riott Squad that would determine the next challengers for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.
There was also the added stipulation that the losing team had to disband. Since Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott basically just reformed the Riott Squad, it seemed that it was time for Kay and Royce to go their separate ways in WWE.
Some rumours that came out following RAW mentioned that the break up was done to give Royce a singles push. If that's the case, then it would make sense to have one of the IIconics move to SmackDown. If Royce is getting the push, it would also make some sense for the vignettes to be for her. But if Kay is the one who is moving, then they could be WWE hyping her arrival to the blue brand.
Kay was knocked out on RAW Underground, so she might be off of TV for a while, or at least until the upcoming draft. Whatever the case may be, those legs and fur coat could belong to either Kay or Royce.
#4 Chelsea Green's WWE main roster call-up
Chelsea Green hasn't been a featured character on NXT for a few months. She previously broke off from the Robert Stone Brand after she and Charlotte Flair picked up a tag team win. We weren't given much explanation as to why Green fired Stone, but the prevailing thought was so that WWE could move her up to either RAW or SmackDown; she did have a match on RAW before the global pandemic.
As a part of her NXT gimmick, Green thought she was the top woman in all of WWE. She also believed she was better than everyone even though she seemed to lose more matches than she won.
One roadblock to her being the mystery woman in the vignette could be if she is revealed to be a member of RETRIBUTION. WWE can literally decide who they want to be the actual members of the group on the day they unmask. Until then, anyone can be used under the hoodies and face coverings.
With Bayley having run through the entire division while also coming up on a year as WWE SmackDown Women's Champion, she desperately needs new challengers. I feel that she should have already lost the title, perhaps at WrestleMania 36 or SummerSlam, but I'm not a WWE booker.
Green could be revealed as a main roster member and this could be the start of that push.
#3 Vanessa Borne's WWE main roster call-up
To me, the person from NXT that makes the most sense is Vanessa Borne. She's been off of TV since the start of 2020 and we haven't heard from her in any capacity relating to WWE either. Borne might be one of the ladies under the hoods of RETRIBUTION and that could be a way to introduce her to the main roster.
However, it would make tons of sense for Borne to be the woman in the SmackDown vignette. Alongside Aliyah, Borne's whole run in NXT involved a feeling of being better than all of the other women on the roster. She dressed luxuriously and was nicknamed 'The Vision'. That seems to fit with the brief look we got at the mystery woman.
She and Aliyah also called themselves 'highers' in reference to the rest of the women in WWE and NXT. Her bio on Twitter mentions the following - "I am Art. I am Culture. I am Eccentric Glamour." With the recent changes on Friday nights surrounding Bayley, Banks, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, there seems to be an upcoming arrival of someone obsessed with glamour.
That sure seems like a perfect WWE character for the former Phoenix Suns' dancer. It would also give the SmackDown roster a different type of persona than it currently already has.
#2 A repackaged Dana Brooke in WWE
Dana Brooke has struggled to get the opportunities in WWE that the likes of the rest of the women on SmackDown have had. While Lacey Evans has been on the WWE main roster for a year and a half, she's already had a handful of singles shots at both the RAW and SmackDown Women's Championships.
Brooke on the other hand hasn't sniffed many title shots. She was supposed to be a part of the five-woman match at Wrestlemania 36, but was taken out of the contest. While not every person should necessarily get a title shot, Brooke hasn't had one while many others have.
Instead, she qualified for this year's Money in the Bank match but didn't come off looking very strong. Her claim to fame was hauling down a fake briefcase in a conference room and then walking around with a broken picture frame around her neck. Simply put, Brooke hasn't had a lot of success since joining the main roster in 2016.
Part of the reason why she might have struggled early on was that she wasn't quite ready to join RAW or SmackDown. Her call-up might have been a bit premature and it in turn forced her to make mistakes and learn on the fly. Brooke has been leaning into her power or 'flex appeal' as her gimmick, but it hasn't led her anywhere.
Since she's improved a bit in the ring, perhaps she switches things up by being a glamour model instead. She was a power lifter and fitness model prior to joining WWE, so this could be a way to reintroduce her to the WWE Universe.
#1 A returning, repackaged Carmella in WWE
In addition to Dana Brooke, the other woman from SmackDown that makes the most sense is Carmella. The Princess of Staten Island has been off of WWE TV ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year; she has been self-quarantining throughout the whole process.
Prior to her quarantining, Carmella was a face star tagging with Brooke. Not much came from the partnership. Mella did have a SmackDown Women's Championship shot prior to 'Mania, but was unsuccessful in dethroning Bayley. So now that she hasn't been on TV for months, how will she return?
When Carmella does return, she could truly be either a face or a heel. Things are ever-changing in WWE and with the draft upcoming, these vignettes could be a way to reintroduce her to the masses. She's run with the 'fabulous' moniker since joining the main roster, so perhaps this is a way for her to switch things up.
Carmella has also dabbled in elegant and luxurious clothing like fur coats and heels during some of her ensembles of TV. While her days alongside R-Truth may have been some of her best work, she might be getting a repackaging since she's off of TV. Who do you think the mystery woman was? Sound off below in the comments!
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