Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Bad Blood is two weeks away, and on the Team Blue side of the women’s division tonight was a tornado tag team match with important implications. Were Bayley and Naomi able to earn a title shot against Nia Jax in Atlanta, or were they sent packing?
We start with Tiffany Stratton talking trash backstage to Women’s Champion Queen Nia Jax about how they will beat Naomi and Bayley, and how good it will feel to never have to see either one of their faces again. Nia gives Stratton a light slap on the arm and reminds her that Bayley and Naomi are going after her (Jax’s) championship, so if Stratton loses the match for them, it might be a good idea for her to leave SmackDown. Tension has been building with them, and the queen isn’t hiding her displeasure.
Naomi and Bayley are in the locker room getting ready for their tornado tag team match. Bayley knows that Naomi, as well as herself, are not trying to leave SmackDown. The Role Model has been waiting for another crack at the gold since losing it at SummerSlam, while Naomi has been waiting to get a championship since her return. Naomi plans on giving Bayley a title opportunity if she beats Nia, while Bayley says she’ll throw a party, and The Girl with the Glow will be the first on the list to be invited! It’s clear here that the friendship between both women is strong, which will be crucial to their success in the match ahead.
Both teams make their way out to the ring, and the fight is on with all four females. Bayley and Naomi’s partnership pays dividends as they double team Jax into the turnbuckle. The heel duo eventually took control of the match during commercials, with Jax teasing a stinkface on Naomi, while Stratton beat on Bayley at ringside.
As the show returned from commercial, the babyface team had regained their footing. However, when the time came for Bayley to pin Tiffany, Naomi wouldn’t let her get the count. What appeared to be a disagreement between them is interrupted by an attack from Jax, but she once again gets double teamed. The final moments of the match come as Naomi surprisingly reversed an attempted powerbomb from the champion. Stratton would mistakenly hit her friend with a Swanton bomb, which led to Bayley and Naomi taking her out of the ring. Jax hitting a Samoan Drop on Bayley resulted in a controversial finish, as Naomi grabbed the queen’s legs for a pinfall while Bayley kept her shoulders down. Referee Jessika Carr would suddenly raise the hands of both women as a surprised Jax watched on, and Alicia Taylor announced the both of them as the winners.
After yet another commercial break, a vignette aired featuring Chelsea Green, and for once, she is not complaining to Nick Aldis, instead making her presence felt at a dumpster site; very iconic, very cutesy, very camp. She excitedly exclaims, “Looks like it’s time to take the trash out!”. Right after saying that, a bag of trash is thrown at her. Not very cute. Green retches and winces as she is forced to take in the smell of the trash that surrounds her. She also toys around with a crash dummy, with a picture of Michin slapped onto the head, taunting her as she hears some banging coming from inside the dumpster, but alas, it was a raccoon. The vignette finishes with Green warning Michin that she is going to pay for this.
Michael Cole explains that the vignette was Green “training” for a dumpster match against Michin; this match was made by Vickie Guerrero during her appearance last week on The SmackDown Lowdown, with Nick Aldis approving the idea. The dumpster match takes place in two weeks’ time on Friday Night SmackDown. Cole cannot wait for Green to be thrown inside of a dumpster.
Bayley and Naomi are now in Aldis’s office following the ending of the tornado tag team match, with both talking over each other in disagreement of the results. Aldis says that they both beat Nia and have a claim to the title shot, but what’s the solution? A one-on-one match next week where the winner will face Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship at Bad Blood on Saturday, October 5th.
Here is what’s set for next week on Friday Night SmackDown from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:
- Bayley vs. Naomi – winner will face Queen Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship at Bad Blood on Saturday, October 5th
Also set up for Friday Night SmackDown on October 4th, from Nashville, Tennessee:
- Chelsea Green vs. Michin in a Dumpster Match
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