Interesting thing I noticed at the beginning of Smackdown, there was actually a sizeable number of people in the crowd doing Rocky chants when Triple H said that Roman would face Cody at Mania. It wasn't everyone in the building as everyone else was clearly pro Cody/anti-Rock, but I thought that was interesting. There are apparently some people who would rather see Rock versus Roman than seeing Cody in that match. It will be interesting to see if this is any kind of sign of things to come. Now WWE is known for fiddling with the audio, but this sounded legit
So I'll give WWE some credit for consistency in the way they're booking the women. These were the last women in the Royal Rumble
Everyone here is going to be in the Elimination Chamber match except Bayley obviously. Bianca and Becky were a given. Becky is a horsewoman and a few years ago the company's top star, and Bianca is the black Wonder Woman who almost never loses to anyone. She is seriously over pushed by WWE and I think a lot of people are losing interest in her as times goes on. Tiffany is nice to see. She's a former NXT women's champion and has history with Becky, who took that title from her. She's pretty good in the ring and has a spoiled, rich girl gimmick that can be fun. Jade Cargill is obviously getting pushed because she's AEW and that's really all there is to say about her. She'll likely get the Nia Jax treatment of all the women having to work together to eliminate her. Jade is in sink or swim territory. She's either going to live up to this mega push as time goes on, or prove that she doesn't deserve it, then WWE will lose interest in her and let her be a jobber before being future endeavored and either ending up back in AEW or in TNA.
Liv Morgan is...just sort of there. I still don't know why she gets pushed so hard other than her looks. She's not even remotely talented. She's not amazing in the ring and she's not a good promo. Naomi is getting booked pretty well just because she's recently returned and has that new car smell. I wonder how quickly WWE and the fans will get bored with her though. It seems like whenever WWE has these big events coming up there is always one or two people who are getting booked strong but only temporarily. Out of these six women, only Becky, Bianca, and Tiffany Stratton are likely still going to be a big deal in the months to come, and maaaaybe Jade Cargill. Jury's still out on her.
We finally saw Dakota Kai and WWE is making it a little vague where her allegiance lies. So I wonder if she'll play a role in the match between Bayley and Iyo. If she turns on Bayley, does that make Bayley into a big babyface going forward? Bayley's promo was already trying to get people to forget about everything heelish she's done in the past year or so. Pro wrestling is so funny. People can do the most vile things and then just cut a promo where they're like, "Yeah, so I've been kind of a bitch and treated all of you fans like shit...but hey that's old news. You guys like me now right?"
That's kind of what her promo was like
