Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the Hilliard Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Over on Raw, both Sol Ruca and Lola Vice have already qualified for this year’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. Tonight, the blue brand will have to find one of their own in a triple threat match. Between Alexa Bliss, Jacy Jayne, and Jade Cargill, who will come out on top? Let’s get started and find out.
Candice LeRae came out with Johnny Gargano to interrupt Sami Zayn and Nick Aldis in the ring and said her husband was next in line to challenge Sami for the WWE Championship, but Kevin Owens made his way out and hit Gargano with a stunner. She was later seen backstage telling Johnny that he should have expected to have been attacked.
In the locker room, Tatum Paxley was lighting some candles on a table as Alexa Bliss was stretching. Charlotte Flair booty-bumped her and blew out one of Tatum’s candles when she tried to explain what the candle represented. Bliss knows that Flair and Paxley have her back, but she’s just trying to focus on what she needs to do to qualify for Money in the Bank. Flair and Paxley will have their opportunities, but right now she needs to focus on what she needs to do on her own. Paxley sees this as an opportunity for her and Flair to bond together; having beaten Fatal Influence last week, those Women’s Tag Team Championships, held by Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley, are just as good as theirs.
Paxley then explained two other candles to Flair: one is for serenity, but The Queen unknowingly blows out one that Paxley explains represented bad luck. Flair frantically tried to light the “bad luck” candle after she was told of its purpose.
The WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green and Tiffany Stratton were in the back with SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis, who says that even though they’ve gone through a lot, Chelsea has proved without a shadow of a doubt that she deserves to be champion. While the champ appreciates his kind words, she says she couldn’t have done it without Stratton, when Danhausen stops by and mentions that some guy named “Mickie” has been calling and is very angry.
After Nick walks back into his office, Tiffany tells Chelsea that she spoke to him and she will be in a Money in the Bank qualifying match. They then run into Nikki Bella, who says she saw her on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live (alongside 2004 Diva Search runner-up and current Real Housewife, Carmella DeCesare, which you can read here) but warns her to keep her name out of her mouth. Nikki knows that last week, she was pretty busy barely aching by Nia Jax, but she knows Green took a moment to watch her quick victory over Paige, and she’s coming after the WWE Women’s Championship, and unlike Tiffany, she doesn’t need qualifying matches to get those opportunities, because she is a legend and an icon.
Cathy Kelley is in Gorilla position interviewing The Baddies as Jade Cargill is all set to compete in the triple threat qualifier. B-Fab took exception to Charlotte and Tatum being next in line for the Women’s Tag Team Championships. Michin adds and says that they could mop the floor with all three of Fatal Influence. Jade says that if anyone’s next in line for the titles, it’s her girls, because she’s coming back for the WWE Women’s Championship. She’s not letting Alexa or “Lacy” take what’s hers. Money in the Bank is hers and she’s coming for it.
The triple threat was underway afterwards. Jayne climbed up to the commentary desk to bask in the boos from the crowd before Bliss pulled her off. While all three tried gaining the upper hand throughout the first half of the match, Bliss eventually had the most momentum, taking advantage of Cargill being thrown into the post and onto the outside to unleash a flurry of offense on Jayne. The Storm would get back up and take out Bliss, but was thrown into the steel steps by Jayne, who got back in the ring and hit a running knee, but failed to put Bliss away.
Alexa got up on the turnbuckles to try Twisted Bliss, but Jayne rolled out of the ring, prompting the Columbus, Ohio native to hit a crossbody onto both Jayne and Cargill on the floor. Inside the ring, the fans cheered as Alexa hit Sister Abigail for what would surely get her the win, but as referee Daphanie LaShaunn counted, she was pulled at the leg by Jade Cargill, not at all looking to lose the match or lose out on an important opportunity. Bliss and Cargill fought, with Cargill reversing another Sister Abigail attempt into Jaded. Jayne would kick Cargill out of the ring and take advantage of a worn-out Bliss to pin her and win the match. Fallon and Lainey made their way out to celebrate with her as Jade looked on with a befuddled expression on her face.
After next week’s women’s Money in the Bank match was announced, Cathy has now teleported to the locker room to interview Giulia, who said she was standing in the ring with Charlotte and Lash, just like how Charlotte and Lash are standing in her way. The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) soon interrupted and mentioned how she broke Blake Monroe’s teeth two weeks ago, but The Beautiful Madness wasn’t going to stand back, stating that she doesn’t like Nia and Lash, and she beats people she doesn’t like. Lash warns that she is going to clean house next week, win the Money in the Bank briefcase, and bring home the WWE Women’s Championship. Giulia makes one final warning to Lash: let’s see how she looks after Giulia kicks her teeth out before mockingly doing Nia and Lash’s signature finger snap. Cathy looked like she was about to giggle at that before Nia and Lash snapped their fingers at her, ending the segment.
Money in the Bank takes place on Saturday, October 10th, from inside the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Six women will be competing in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, which will grant the winner a contract for a match against the Women’s World Champion or the WWE Women’s Champion. Here is the current status of the match and its confirmed participants:
- Sol Ruca vs. Lola Vice vs. Jacy Jayne vs. three participants to be determined
Friday Night SmackDown airs next week from inside the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, featuring the next women’s Money in the Bank qualifying match:
- Giulia vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Lash Legend
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