Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Carmella vs Asuka

Here's the match video of Carmella vs Asuka for the WWE Smackdown women's Championship from last night's Money In The Bank show. Of course the big story is the return of James Ellsworth which led to Carmella winning. The match was fine but the ending was beyond stupid. I'll explain that in a minute. Asuka's biggest challenge was getting a decent match out of a very limited wrestler. So what did Asuka do? She sold Carmella's offense though Carmella did very little. Asuka ran herself into the post. I don't know if Carmella even touched her. And Asuka threw herself outside of the ring. She took bumps to try to make Carmella look half decent. Those self inflicted bumps led to all of Carmella's offense. Some complained that Asuka sold too much. But she wants to make her opponent look good. It's just that trying to make Carmella look good is an impossible task. Of course her awfulness is part of this angle. I expected shenanigans with Ellsworth but I didn't think it was executed very well. He shows up in an Asuka costume to distract Asuka. Her reaction was understandable at first. But it took too long to develop. And then when Ellsworth unmasked, Asuka's reaction should have gone from shock to "Oh, it's the doofus". She should go back on the attack. But instead Asuka just continued to stand there with her mouth open and Carmella kicked her from behind for the win. And the funny part is the cameras missed the kick. They showed it on replay and it looked awful. I have no problem if the finish was believable...but it wasn't. It was illogical and stupid. If a finish needs to be explained maybe a different finish should have been done. I'm sure tomorrow's Smackdown will give some direction. Enjoy the video!