The biggest winners and losers of last night's SmackDown (May 7)

Ad hoc.
Ad hoc.

Loser: Ember Moon

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Ember Moon being pinned by Mandy Rose is far from the best way to use the former NXT Women's Champion. It's notable that Charlotte and Bayley were gone from this match, after it had been announced as a six woman tag team match.

It's fine to put the actual tag team over in that situation (don't be surprised if Ember and Carmella form one), but why at Moon's expense when Carmella was available?

Afterward, Paige came out with Asuka and Kairi Sane and announced her team would run through her former one. This will end in either some form of shenanigans or worse; it will be a premature start to the feud between the two teams, considering that the tag team titles should come off the IIconics first. It's ironic that it would be better to have the former case become reality, since the company is typically too keen on shenanigans.

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