Friday Night SmackDown emanated this week from Orlando, Florida’s Kia Center (formerly known as the Amway Center).
Inside the ring to kick everything off was Tiffany Stratton and Pretty Deadly. The Money in the Bank winner introduced WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax for her Championship Celebration. The Irresistible Force made her way out sitting on a throne.
Jax tells Stratton that she didn’t have to throw this celebration, but the Buff Barbie says that this is her moment, and for everything that Jax has done for her, she wanted to give back. The champ admits that the excessive amount of pink – balloons, the microphone, etc. – is not really her style. She says that her style is more destruction, which she proved at SummerSlam when she destroyed Bayley, in turn proving that she was a woman of her word when she took her title from the former champion. Not only is she Queen of the Ring, but she’s now Women’s Champion, and the rest of the women’s division better bow down to her.
The first woman to do that? Tiffany. Jax’s order falls on deaf ears as Stratton reveals that Pretty Deadly is present in order to sing Jax a song titled “Ode to the Queen”. The Queen is not impressed with the duo’s musical antics, and an uninvited guest shows up in the form of Michin, swinging with a kendo stick and attacking all four of them.
We now switch over to the backstage area where Naomi, Jade Cargill, and Bianca Belair are reacting to what just happened. Their conversation switches to the topic of a potential celebration, but the trio get interrupted by Carmelo Hayes, who seemingly tries to make a move by inviting them to his “after party”, but Jade reminds him that Andrade has beaten him twice before the three walk away. Hoo boy… does he know they all got that ring on their finger? You better keep him in check, Kelani!
Orlando’s own Naomi eventually entered the squared circle for her match with Blair Davenport. NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez was featured watching the match from the crowd.
The battle began with Blair initially hitting some strikes, but Naomi gained the upper hand before the first commercial break. Davenport had turned the tides after the break, but the two would trade attacks on each other before Davenport hit a knee to Naomi for the victory.
Michin was seen exiting the office of Nick Aldis but was quickly met up by Chelsea Green and Piper Niven, who took much delight in her actions against Tiffany and Nia. As it turns out, Michin got herself a future title match, shocking the duo and prompting them to walk into Aldis’s office. Jax pops up out of nowhere to throw Michin into the door of the office, but would get yelled at by the blue brand’s general manager for doing so.
Here’s what will be taking place on next week’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown, set to air from Washington, D.C.:
- Naomi, Jade Cargill, and Bianca Belair vs. The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) and Blair Davenport in a six-woman tag team match.
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