Carmella being the choice to capture the contract was slightly surprising, if only because she was and still is inexperienced and had been treading water since the start of the year. To her credit, though, she garnered massive heat from fans for the way she won the history-making matchup. As opposed to retrieving the briefcase herself, her lackey James Ellsworth did the dirty work for her. This led to Daniel Bryan booking a rematch for the June 27 episode of SmackDown Live, which was also won by The Princess of Staten Island. Instead, she sat idly by and bode her time until the opportunity presented itself. There was a ready-made story there with him aiding her to a successful MITB cash-in before she kicked him to the curb, but WWE decided not to go in that direction. Without Ellsworth by her side, Carmella was just another woman on the roster. Granted, she continued to tease cashing in her contract on either Natalya or Charlotte Flair without ever actually following through on her threats. The prime time to pull the trigger on the Carmella cash-in would have been at SummerSlam last year. The event emanated from her backyard of Brooklyn, so it would have received a guaranteed reaction from the audience and kicked off her title reign on a high note. She did attempt to cash in the contract on the Jan. However, that was merely designed to remind viewers that the briefcase is still in play and that she can capitalize on the champion being down and out whenever she wishes. Speaking of Asuka, she should be the one walking out of WrestleMania with the title in tow. She is undefeated after all, and has been for over two and a half years, so having her embark on a lengthy run for the foreseeable future would be a logical booking decision. We could see a situation where she holds the contract up until its expiration date Money in the Bank 2018 , but either way, the fact remains that WWE waited to long to strike while the iron was hot with her and it might have cost her the championship. To bring you the best content on our sites and applications, Meredith partners with third party advertisers to serve digital ads, including personalized digital ads. Those advertisers use tracking technologies to collect information about your activity on our sites and applications and across the Internet and your other apps and devices. To avoid personalized advertising based on your mobile app activity, you can install the. You can find much more information about your privacy choices in. Even if you choose not to have your activity tracked by third parties for advertising services, you will still see non-personalized ads on our site.
