PPV Review: Summerslam 2018

Who Needs Enemies?

You Deserve It!

For the WWE Smackdown Women's Championship: Carmella (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte

...When you've got a friend like this?

The adage proves true perfectly for both Charlotte and Becky Lynch. To pardon the pun, Lynch came in like straight fire into a single match she had earned after toiling away playing backup to others especially Charlotte.

The Queen waltzed in through sheer presence alone, winning one important bout to solidify her spot. When she won the title she did so by knocking over her best friend and pinning her. A fair result no doubt, but Brooklyn didn't see it that. way. Neither did an incensed Becky, who took out her frustrations on her now ex-Best friend.

Sure WWE's desperately trying to position Lynch as the heel, but if they were smart they'd lean into their greatest arc of this generation (The SHIELD breakup and the Redemption of Rollins) to take these two characters and make them as layered as they are, instead of making it all about good versus evil. No one is going to really love Charlotte after all most of us have been there; in the shadow of a best friend.

This one's about hard work versus talent. While Carmella may lack the latter, she definitely put in the former in a balanced three-way match somewhat ruined by her screeching and the childish nature with which Becky and Charlotte's tensions began. Even then this was a solid bout (despite few botches) leading to an explosive confrontation. The evolution of the women of Smackdown continues and how?!

Charlotte knocks Becky Lynch's disarm-her attempt to pin her and win to become the NEW Smackdown Women's Champion!

Rating:

3 stars out of 5