Friday Night SmackDown emanated this week from the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Nia Jax and WWE Women’s Champion Bayley are ready to conduct a side-by-side interview with Corey Graves moderating the discussion. Nia demands to be referred to as Queen Nia, and says that she’s starting to feel sorry for Bayley, because at SummerSlam, she’s going to beat her and take her title, comparing her to an “old, sick dog”. By becoming champion, Jax believes she will be put out of her own misery.
The champ retorts, stating that she hasn’t changed at all in the time that they’ve known each other; according to Bayley, Jax is the same heartless woman with the same big mouth that walks around like she owns the place. Bayley also once again cites the injury she sustained at Jax’s hands in 2017 in the lead up to that year’s SummerSlam, not because of her viciousness, but because she was big, clumsy, and reckless. She wants Jax to know that she will be walking in and walking out of The Biggest Party of the Summer as the WWE Women’s Champion. The now flustered Queen of the Ring walks off.
In a segment that took place before the show went live, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill could be seen walking backstage, quickly being confronted by Piper Niven and Chelsea Green. Niven and Green want to speak to Nick Aldis outside of his office to complain about the former Women’s Tag Team Champions, while Belair and Cargill want a rematch for the tag team titles. The two teams get into an argument, which leads to Bianca challenging Chelsea to a match. The two then made their entrances immediately following the segment.
The two start with slaps to the face but Bianca gains ground quickly. Chelsea tries her best to reverse the EST’s arsenal, attempting to roll her up quickly, but Bianca turns it into a pin of her own for a fast win.
The voice of Isla Dawn then interrupts Belair’s victory as her and fellow Women’s Tag Team Champion Alba Fyre appear on the screen. The Unholy Union are aware that the two women have been looking for them, and love how passionate they are about the titles. As Fyre explains how they have all the power as champions, Dawn decides to give them a “tiny glimpse” of said power next week. As for a rematch? “We’ll see”, followed by Dawn’s signature witchy laugh.
After a vignette featuring Tiffany Stratton, the newly-crowned Miss Money in the Bank came out with Queen Nia in tow as she was set to take on Michin. Just as the match started, the Buff Barbie called for a time out at ringside and attempted to make a run for it as Michin chased after her, with Michin being stopped by the presence of Jax before a commercial break.
Michin continued to be dominated by Stratton as the show returned, but would soon gain some momentum despite being noticeably exhausted and in pain, with commentary mentioning that she was competing in the match with a hurt back. As Stratton was ready to hit a moonsault, she was taken aback by the presence of Bayley, who fended off Jax and hit her with Tiffany’s Money in the Bank briefcase, before kicking the briefcase open; a distraught Stratton wound up getting pinned by Michin via a roll-up.
Here’s what scheduled for next week’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown:
- Bayley and Michin vs. Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton
Please note that next week’s edition will be a taped episode as WWE will be touring Japan next week. As of this writing, next week’s episode is currently in the process of being recorded.
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