Zelina Vega has some huge bragging rights heading into her SmackDown Women’s Championship match on Saturday. Along with Rey Mysterio she defeated her upcoming opponent Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio in the main event of SmackDown. Can she carry that momentum into Backlash and score an upset over Ripley to become champion?
Vega and Ripley showed great chemistry during this mixed tag team match giving us a preview of what we will see this weekend. In the end it came down to the men as Rey pinned Dom with an inside cradle.
Also on this week’s SmackDown, Bianca Belair showed up to her new home. The Raw Women’s Champion explained that when she defeats IYO SKY at Backlash she will become the longest reigning women’s champion of the modern era as she surpasses Becky Lynch. This prompted Damage CTRL to emerge.
Bayley would state that Belair is where she is at now because of her. She also considered Belair quite selfish to be focusing on herself so much.
To no surprise the interaction led to a 3-on-1 attack to where the tag champs Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez made their way out for the save.
We also saw Michin lay out Valhalla during the Good Brothers vs. Viking Raiders match. Nothing will continue from this as Valhalla will be moving to Raw.
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