The biggest winners and losers on last night's SmackDown (May 1)

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Winners: Everyone in the 6-woman tag match

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There's nothing you can do except instinctively roll your eyes when you know there's a another women's tag team match coming. Thankfully, this was an exception. The match itself was really good. Asuka, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte were clearly the stronger team, so the heels in Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, and Carmella had to use cunning tactics to offset the physical disadvantage. All six competitors looked like stars and played their parts to perfection.

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Carmella, Billie Kay, and Peyton Royce were annoying, as heels should be. Asuka once again looked like a wrecking ball, and this time, got the win for her team, silencing some worries about her booking going forward. Royce and Kay were gloating about their victory over her in particular, so perhaps a feud between them is developing.

Charlotte was mad for revenge, even going so far as to bring out her moonsault in the match.

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Becky Lynch was perhaps the most interesting case of all last night. Long without any dimension to her character, she was showing a crisis of confidence as the match loomed. We know she has a match with Mandy Rose next week, and a feud between her and them would be just what she needs to reestablish herself.

If we see feuds of Lynch vs. Rose and Deville, Asuka vs. Kay and Royce, and Charlotte vs. Carmella during however long the latter's reign lasts, SmackDown's women's division will be in an interesting place in May and June, and will show more depth than it ever did last year, while hopefully heating Asuka, Charlotte, and even Becky, too, up for a series of tremendous title matches later in the year.

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