Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Charlotte Vs. Natalya At Extreme Rules 2016: Final Preview

Raw this week ended with the contract signing between Charlotte and Natalya. It went against the NBA playoff game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors. Which would I rather watch? Basketball. But I did watch most of the final segment on Raw.

The WWE is certainly putting work into Charlotte. If it really needs to be said, Shane and Stephanie McMahon weren't really out there to give Natalya a rub. Charlotte is the one the WWE is going to stick with and they intend to push as a star. It was just a few months ago that Charlotte and Paige closed out Raw. What has Paige been doing since? Charlotte, on the other hand, is still pushed very well. As long as she doesn't flop or do anything to screw herself, many more main-event segments will be coming for Charlotte. I do not think she has earned the career she is getting, but that's another issue.

Charlotte has been getting help from her father to retain the Women's Championship. This Sunday, Ric Flair will not be allowed at ringside. To make things more interesting, this is also a submission match. If Charlotte does retain, will she get Natalya to cleanly tap out? Or will there be more shenanigans? There were shenanigans the last time these two had a title match on PPV. Natalya got the momentum on Raw in a big way. It seems likely that Charlotte retains. But how will the WWE have her do it?

Or should the WWE just let Natalya get the title? Let her have a short reign. Not as short as what Zack Ryder got last month. She can drop it back to Charlotte next month. That's typical centerpiece booking. The WWE has done a pretty good job with this feud. With someone they want to push as a star involved, that's not shocking. This feud might have been developed well enough to deserve a title change. I was in the group that believed the WWE should just move on to someone else for Charlotte to face, I admit that, but they have done a good job since then. Many fans might have written Natalya off as just someone to feed to Charlotte, but I wouldn't mind her getting a short title reign. Once this feud is truly done, then Charlotte can move on to Sasha Banks.

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