#3 Naomi vs Alexa Bliss (c) – Smackdown Women’s Championship
I’m really sick of listening to the commentators say that Naomi is “athletic” and then nothing else at all. In pro wrestling that’s less character development than just saying “She’s a girl!” At least then you eliminate an entire gender in her sport for her to be compared to.
Of course she’s athletic, it’s her job. In my opinion, she has the crispest move-set in the entire company. But she’s also smart, funny, versatile and probably a better actor than any combination of Bellas you can think of. She’s been killing it since she was a dancing dinosaur groupie.
While Bayley is the pure, loving side of my heart, Alexa is the cold, black side that’s still upset about Glenn Close dying at the end of Fatal Attraction. I love her. She can tell Anna Karenina-sized stories in the ring with just her face.
She’s gotten immensely better due to her work with Becky Lynch since coming up from NXT. I really like that the new guard is being challenged by the old guard that’s NOT Natalya or Nikki Bella, so these matches, while having the same “I’ve been here longer so I'm better/I’m new and exciting so I’m better” vibe, it at least seems fresh.
So yeah, let Naomi show off the fact that she’s been working like crazy since before the yoots crashed the party.
I wanna see her and Alexa use the same booking storyline that seems to have been copy/pasted at 2015’s office party and passed around to all the writers, and surprise the hell out of everyone by putting on the dopest match on the show. Let’s keep the title on Alexa for now, though.
Teddy Long snaps when Swerve Strickland's race is brought up HERE
