The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships will be on the line this Friday night on WWE SmackDown as Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss are set to defend those titles against Sasha Bank and SD Women’s Champion, Bayley.
For a lot of us WWE fans, there’s nothing more fun than to speculate on what shall happen in current storylines and below are some reasons around why I think Bayley and Sasha Banks should walk away two-time tag champions, when all is said and done.
Place A Spotlight On The Titles
Since the Women’s Tag titles came to be, there has yet to have been a bonafide program or storyline linked to them. Sure, there was a ton of hype in late 2018 and early 2019 prior to crowning the first-ever women’s tag champs, they’ve had matches on television and pay-per-views.
However, WWE Creative hasn’t offered anything solid in terms of storylines or rivalries to really place prestige on these championships. They’ve merely gotten lost in the shuffle.
Now, if Sasha Banks and Bayley scored a win this Friday and snagged those titles, the next inevitable (and smart) move would create an upset win, so that Bliss and Cross could counter back, potentially to be booked for a rematch (or two) along the way.
Create a program between these two teams to create a truly memorable rivalry between the four women to help place a much needed spotlight on these titles.
Tease Their Feud
Let’s face it, WWE fans are foaming at the mouth for a Bayley vs. Sasha Banks program at this point. We’ve wanted one for a while now, and since Creative massively dropped the ball on this in 2018, recent subtle teasing has the WWE Universe wanting this even more now.
How could the WWE Women’s Tag Titles help to playfully enhance a presumed rivalry between these two besties that have been through thick and thin together? I mean, wouldn’t it make more sense if Bayley and Sasha lost on Friday, creating conflict between their friendship, and launching a feud right now?
It could, but I believe things like BFFs breaking up in the land of the WWE are better done slowly and delicately. One can only point to the best WWE BFF breakup of all time, looking at you the Rockers, to know that subtle teases turn into not-so-subtle teases, until the fans can feel the animosity brewing between these wrestlers, in their own bones, until a fire is shot, and a friendship dies. So, why not have a storyline within a storyline?
That is, create a program between Bliss/Cross and Bayley/Banks, where the titles are of focus, with Banks and Bay champions, and where Bayley continues to feed the potential flames of dissension through boast, which is sure to get under the Boss’ skin.
Bayley could go off on being the Champ Champ, a second-time Triple Crown Champion, the best SmackDown Women’s Champion of all time (yada, yada, yada); the matches could go down as Banks being the one to win everything, even saving Bayley (saving their tag title reign), with Bayley being the egocentric partner that boasts just one too many times.
Hit The Buzzer
My idea is that those Women’s Tag Titles could really act as an anchor in the downfall of Bay and Banks. Sasha and Bayley win them this Friday, they start up a program with Bliss and Cross (who desperately want their championships back), they fight back and forth (at PPVs, saving promo banter segments for TV).
It’s a storyline that could go on for months if done right – it’s also a storyline that could continue into SummerSlam season and after it.
With reports surfacing that WWE is delaying the Banks and Bayley match up (due to COVID-19 crowd-less reasons) even further, as it was first slated for Wrestlemania 36, and then for this year’s SummerSlam, if the idea is to further push this potential feud back, then continuing a tag titles program with Bliss/Cross/Banks/Bay, with a side arc around Bayley and Sasha slowly cracking, could help.
I mean, instead of a match at SummerSlam, why not have their friendship explode during SummerSlam and after their match?
If they lose and it is seemingly Bayley’s fault (plus we witness a Sasha Banks face turn) fans may enjoy watching the fireworks works fly, post-match loss, well after Bliss and Cross celebrate becoming three-time Women’s Tag Team Champions.