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there's actually a very logical reason for why all the womens matches got scrapped from raw at the last minute:
>Ronda & Shayna have been scheduled to be tag champs for awhile -- but Ronda is hurt with a bad elbow and can't work full matches -- so WWE has to prolong when to pull the trigger on it
>Additionally they don't want to waste the Becky-Ronda showdown in a tag title match on a non-stadium show after Mana while Ronda is working hurt
>Becky is rumored to work a program with a heel Trish Stratus
>WWE has to move ahead with the Becky-Trish program AND move the belts off of Becky & Lita and onto a transitional tag team, that can put over Ronda and Shayna when Ronda's healthy
>There's no heat left in putting the belts back on Iyo & Dakota and heel vs heel tag match won't interest the crowd
>Liv and Raquel are the most over babyfaces behind Becky and Bianca who are free to play the role of babyface against Ronda and Shayna (they also have history with them)
>Liv and Raquel booked in a filler tournament on the raw after mania -- and HHH has already booked a lot of them (US title contenders tourney in Sep, IC World Cup, SD tag tourney in winter) and there's also a PLE coming up revolving around a tournament (KOTR)
>its better to set up Becky vs Trish and Liv/Raquel vs Shayna/Ronda then run filler "tournament" matches the night after a long weekend of wrestling
but smarks won't consider this and are freaking out
blame HHH for not planning a more interesting way to get to Ronda and Shayna as tag champs or set up Bianca's next contender
>Ronda & Shayna have been scheduled to be tag champs for awhile -- but Ronda is hurt with a bad elbow and can't work full matches -- so WWE has to prolong when to pull the trigger on it
>Additionally they don't want to waste the Becky-Ronda showdown in a tag title match on a non-stadium show after Mana while Ronda is working hurt
>Becky is rumored to work a program with a heel Trish Stratus
>WWE has to move ahead with the Becky-Trish program AND move the belts off of Becky & Lita and onto a transitional tag team, that can put over Ronda and Shayna when Ronda's healthy
>There's no heat left in putting the belts back on Iyo & Dakota and heel vs heel tag match won't interest the crowd
>Liv and Raquel are the most over babyfaces behind Becky and Bianca who are free to play the role of babyface against Ronda and Shayna (they also have history with them)
>Liv and Raquel booked in a filler tournament on the raw after mania -- and HHH has already booked a lot of them (US title contenders tourney in Sep, IC World Cup, SD tag tourney in winter) and there's also a PLE coming up revolving around a tournament (KOTR)
>its better to set up Becky vs Trish and Liv/Raquel vs Shayna/Ronda then run filler "tournament" matches the night after a long weekend of wrestling
but smarks won't consider this and are freaking out
blame HHH for not planning a more interesting way to get to Ronda and Shayna as tag champs or set up Bianca's next contender