The show-closing angle of last night’s SmackDown set the stage for a tag team match at the Elimination Chamber.
In last night’s main event, Charlotte Flair defeated Naomi to retain the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Sonya Deville then taunted Naomi after the match. Naomi started to beat down Deville but was attacked by Charlotte.
With it being two-on-one against Naomi, Ronda Rousey ran down to make the save. Rousey was going to put Deville in an armbar for the second straight week and injure her good arm, but Charlotte pulled Deville out of the ring.
Rousey & Naomi will face Charlotte & Deville at the Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, February 19.
The build to the Elimination Chamber also continued with Michael Cole interviewing Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Goldberg last night. The two will meet for a face-to-face segment on next Friday’s SmackDown.
A tag team match has been added to next Saturday’s WWE Elimination Chamber event.
Ronda Rousey will team up with Naomi to take on the team of Charlotte Flair and Sonya Deville. This follows what happened at the end of tonight’s SmackDown, where Rousey made the save for Naomi after Charlotte and Sonya took her out.
Tonight’s SmackDown had Charlotte defeat Naomi in a match for the SmackDown Women’s title. After the match, Sonya Deville taunted Naomi about the loss. After Naomi slapped Deville, Charlotte attacked Naomi as she and Deville continued to beat down Naomi until Rousey made the save.
After the show, WWE’s social media confirmed the new match.
Deville had attempted to suspend Rousey at the start of SmackDown after Rousey put Deville in an armbar on last week’s show. Adam Pearce came out and read a letter from Vince McMahon, saying that Deville had abused her power and threatened her job if she interfered in the Women’s title match.
The build to the Elimination Chamber continues on tonight’s SmackDown from the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair will defend her title against Naomi tonight. Last week, Naomi demanded a match with Sonya Deville because Deville cost her the women’s Royal Rumble. Adam Pearce agreed but gave Naomi a title shot instead.
Later that night, Royal Rumble winner Ronda Rousey chose Flair as her WrestleMania 38 opponent. Rousey had a brief confrontation with Flair and Deville in the ring. It ended with Rousey putting Deville in an armbar.
Last week, Goldberg returned and challenged Universal Champion Roman Reigns to a title match at Elimination Chamber. WWE has announced that Goldberg will be appearing on tonight’s show.
Natalya is set to go one-on-one with Aliyah in a “Dungeon Rules” match tonight. The match can only end via pinfall or submission.
Plus, there will be an In-Zayn segment with Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs appearing as Sami Zayn’s guests. Nakamura will defend his Intercontinental title against Zayn on SmackDown next Friday.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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They recapped the Ronda Rousey-Charlotte Flair segment from last week.
Michael Cole and Corey Graves are the commentators tonight. Cole noted Pat McAfee’s at the Superbowl this weekend.
Sonya Deville Segment
This was a fine opening segment.
Sonya Deville was already standing in the ring to start SmackDown. She recapped Rousey attacking her last week. However, Deville doesn’t care if it’s Rousey or Naomi. There will be consequences. Deville then announced that she was fining Rousey $100,000 and suspending her indefinitely.
Adam Pearce interrupted and read an email from Mr. McMahon. McMahon claimed he hates officials that abuse their power. McMahon declined Deville’s petition to suspend Rousey. He added that Deville couldn’t lay a hand on Naomi. If Deville interferes in the main event, then her job is in serious jeopardy.
Naomi made her way to the ring. She pointed out that McMahon said Deville couldn’t lay a hand on her. He never said anything about Naomi laying a hand on Deville. Naomi then slapped Deville in the face.
Cole and Graves ran down the lineup for tonight.
Los Lotharios defeated New Day (10:21)
New Day and Los Lotharios had a good fast-paced opener.
They recapped New Day defeating Los Lotharios from last week.
In the back, Kayla Braxton interviewed Los Lotharios. She called them two of the most handsome men in WWE. They promised to win because they’re the lethal lovers. The ring announcer referred to them as the Lethal Lovers Los Lotharios.
Los Lotharios introduced a Kiss Cam and kissed a woman in the front row on her cheek.
New Day had the early advantage, but Los Lotharios quickly took over. They isolated Kofi Kingston in their corner, but Kingston fought back. Big E then hit a big splash on Humberto on the apron. Angel tried to get involved, but Big E sent him to the floor.
Big E launched Kingston over the top rope onto the heels at ringside.
Back from the break, the heels were firmly in control. Big E recovered and caught Angel with a belly-to-belly suplex. Kingston and Humberto got the tag at the same time. Kingston ran wild and sent Angel to the floor. He followed up with the boom drop on Humberto.
Kingston went for trouble in paradise, but Humberto avoided it. Big E and Kingston went for Midnight Hour, but Angel attacked Kingston. Kingston caught Angel with a hurricanrana off the apron. New Day then hit a powerbomb/double foot stomp on Humberto for a near fall.
Los Lotharios regained control. Angel hit a moonsault to the floor on Big E, and Humberto hit a moonsault on Kingston for a near fall. Kingston fought back and caught Humberto with trouble in paradise. The finish came when Kingston went for a sunset flip, but Angel reversed and rolled him up for the win.
In the back, Megan Morant tried to interview The Viking Raiders. However, The Usos jumped the Raiders and beat them down.
Roman Reigns Sit Down Interview
Michael Cole interviewed Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman in the back.
They recapped Heyman explaining his reasons for turning on Brock Lesnar and Goldberg’s return.
Cole mentioned that last week featured the return of an icon. Heyman assumed he was talking about him. Cole explained that he was talking about Goldberg.
Cole listed off Goldberg’s accomplishments and winning streak in WCW. Reigns responded that everyone would be winning if he was in WCW because they’d still be in business.
Cole noted Goldberg beat Brock Lesnar at the Survivor Series a few years ago. Reigns said Lesnar’s old news and mocked him. Cole mentioned that Reigns vs. Goldberg was supposed to happen two years ago at WrestleMania. Reigns promised to smash Goldberg at Elimination Chamber. He added that he’s going to “Goldberg” Goldberg.
They recapped Aliyah defeating Natalya three times in a row, including in 3.17 seconds, via DQ and count-out.
Cole and Graves pushed that Aliyah embarrassed Natalya the last few weeks. Natalya had the early advantage with a side headlock. Aliyah fought back and blew a kiss at Natalya. Natalya quickly regained control and hit a Michinoku Driver for a near fall.
Aliyah recovered and hit a Thesz Press. She followed up with a bulldog for a two-count. Aliyah briefly locked on a half-crab, but Natalya escaped. The finish came when Natalya locked on the sharpshooter, and Aliyah made it to the ropes. However, rope breaks didn’t count, so Aliyah tapped out.
After the match, Natalya continued to attack Aliyah until Xia Li made the save.
The Rock narrated a touching video about his father, Rocky Johnson, celebrating Black History Month. The fans broke into loud “Rocky” chants.
In-Zayn
This was a fine segment.
Earlier today, Johnny Knoxville wrote loser on a Sami Zayn poster and ripped up a Sami Zayn Forever t-shirt.
Zayn claimed he would not let Knoxville’s actions get to him. Instead, he’s going to turn his attention to his Intercontinental title match with Shinsuke Nakamura next week. He’s also going to focus on his podcast. Rick Boogs interrupted and introduced Nakamura.
Zayn was surprised that Nakamura showed up for the podcast because he’s been ducking Zayn for weeks. Zayn can’t wait to see the look on Nakamura’s face when he beats him. Zayn knows that Nakamura is working with Knoxville to distract him.
Nakamura asked Zayn if he had seen the movie. Zayn assumed he meant Jackass: Forever. Instead, Nakamura said next week’s movie is called Jackass: Defeated. Zayn became angry. He pointed out that he used to be in Nakamura’s corner, but now he has Boogs.
Zayn mocked Boogs. Boogs yelled and grabbed the mic. Somehow, the mic shocked Boogs, and he fell into the corner. As Nakamura checked on Boogs, Zayn hit the Helluva kick.
They recapped Drew McIntyre hitting the Claymore on Madcap Moss last week. In the back, Moss decided not to be in Corbin’s corner because of his injuries. Moss added that he’s going to try to get out of facing McIntyre at Elimination Chamber.
They showed a billboard in Saudi Arabia promoting Becky Lynch vs. Lita at Elimination Chamber. Graves added that WWE continues to influence the world.
Happy Corbin defeated Cesaro (3:50)
Corbin and Cesaro had a fine match.
They joined the match in progress. Cesaro had the early advantage, but Cobin quickly took over. He slowed the pace down with a chin lock. Cesaro fought back, but Corbin hit the Deep Six for a near fall.
Corbin placed Cesaro on the top rope, but he fought back with a suplex. Cesaro avoided the around the ring post clothesline and sent Corbin to the floor. He followed up with a running uppercut against the barricade. Cesaro then hit a springboard uppercut for another near fall.
Cesaro rocked Corbin with a boot to the face, but Corbin bounced off the middle ropes with a clothesline. He followed up with End of Days for the win.
In the back, Madcap Moss spoke with the doctor in the trainer’s room. Moss tried to convince the doctor to cancel his match with McIntyre at Elimination Chamber. McIntyre showed up with Angela and forced Moss to change his mind. McIntyre revealed their match is now Falls Count Anywhere.
Goldberg Sit Down Interview
Michael Cole interviewed Goldberg in the back. Cole claimed there are rumors that Goldberg is making one too many returns. Goldberg rejected the rumors and noted he’s still the same Goldberg.
They discussed the WrestleMania match that didn’t happen two years ago. Cole mentioned Reigns said Goldberg will acknowledge him. Goldberg laughed and promised to beat Reigns and face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.
SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair defeated Naomi to retain (19:49)
Flair and Naomi had a really good match. They both worked hard and told a good story. The fans were into the match and went crazy when Ronda Rousey ran in at the end.
They recapped the Sonya Deville-Naomi angle from earlier tonight.
Flair was in control early and caught Naomi with a shoulder tackle. Flair celebrated, but Naomi jumped up to her feet. She caught Flair with a tilt-a-whirl head scissors and sent her to the floor. Naomi followed up with a twisting plancha.
Back from the break, Flair was firmly in control, but Naomi fought back. She rocked Flair with a kick to the head and hit a flying cross body for a close near fall. Flair took back over and slowed the pace down. Flair missed a boot in the corner. Naomi kicked the leg and hit a jawbreaker for a near fall.
Flair recovered and rocked Naomi with hard chops. She followed up with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two-count. Naomi fought back and hit a blockbuster for another close near fall. Flair rolled to the floor, so Naomi went after her. Flair took advantage and threw Naomi into the stairs to regain control.
Back from the break, Flair slowed the pace down with a chin lock. Flair went for second tilt-a-whirl backbreker but Naomi reversed into a pin for a near fall. She followed up with a springboard kick for a close two-count. The fans broke into a brief “Naomi” chant.
Naomi sent Flair into the middle turnbuckle. She attempted a hurricanrana, but Flair countered into a powerbomb for a close two-count. Flair went for a moonsault, but Naomi rolled out of the way. Flair landed on her feet and went for a standing moonsault, but Naomi got her knees up. Naomi then hit the rearview for a very close two-count. The fans reacted big for that near fall.
Naomi went for the split-legged moonsault, but Flair got her feet up. Naomi recovered and hit a full nelson bomb for another close two-count. Naomi then hit the split-legged moonsault for a close near fall. The finish came when Naomi went for the rearview again, but Flair knocked her down and hit Natural Selection for the win.
After the match, Sonya Deville got in Naomi’s face. Naomi heard enough and attacked Deville. Flair jumped back in and helped Deville beat down Naomi.
Ronda Rousey’s music hit to a huge pop. She sprinted down to the ring and kicked Deville. She caught Flair with body shots until she jumped out of the ring. Rousey took down Deville and went for the armbar on the good arm, but Flair pulled her out of the ring.
Rousey and Naomi watched as Flair and Deville walked away to end SmackDown.
Next Week: Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Goldberg meet Face-to-Face. Plus, Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defends against Sami Zayn.
A SmackDown Women’s Championship match, as well as a match between Natalya and Aliyah, has been announced for next week’s program.
Charlotte will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Naomi. The match was made tonight after Sonya Deville suggested the match in a backstage segment where Naomi confronted Deville following the events of the Royal Rumble. Naomi didn’t believe Deville, but Adam Pearce confirmed that the match was set.
Aliyah and Natalya have been feuding for the last several weeks after Alyiah pinned Natalya in 3.17 seconds on a recent episode of SmackDown, breaking a WWE record. This has infuriated Natalya, who now holds several Guinness World Records. The two had a match tonight that led to Aliyah winning by count out.
Natalya backstage then proposed a match to Deville where she would face Aliyah in a match next week where the match can only be won by pinfall or submission. Deville agreed to the match. Later, Natalya went to confront Aliyah in the women’s locker room, but Xia Li then walked out, intimidating Natalya.
SmackDown next week will take place at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Two matches have been made official for SmackDown’s Royal Rumble go-home show.
WWE is advertising that Sonya Deville will finally make her true return to the ring against Naomi on next Friday’s SmackDown. Plus, The New Day’s Big E & Kofi Kingston will face Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss on the episode.
Deville has been feuding with Naomi for months but has refused to face her one-on-one, saying that Naomi isn’t allowed to touch her when she’s working in her role as an on-screen authority figure. Deville again abused her power on tonight’s SmackDown by making herself the referee for Naomi’s non-title match against SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair. Naomi had Flair beat, but Deville refused to count the pin. When Charlotte put Naomi in the Figure Eight, Deville called for the bell before Naomi tapped out. Deville then taunted Naomi after the match.
Adam Pearce told Deville that what she did was over the line, and her issues with Naomi need to stop. Pearce said he was going to suggest to upper management that Naomi and Deville have a match next week.
Big E is a member of the Raw roster but appeared on SmackDow tonight and was in Kingston’s corner for his match against Moss. Big E sent Corbin into the steel steps at one point. After the match, Big E challenged Corbin to come into the ring. When Corbin wouldn’t, Big E gave Moss the Big Ending and said it was for Corbin.
Moss had defeated Kingston when they faced off on SmackDown last Friday.
A rematch between Charlotte Flair and Naomi is set for next week’s SmackDown.
The match was made tonight via a backstage segment. After Sonya Deville had berated Naomi earlier in the show, Deville was seen removing her jacket due to the heat inside her and Adam Pearce’s office. Naomi, bringing up what Deville said about being untouchable as long as she had the jacket on, confronted her until Pearce stepped in.
After Naomi brought up that Deville had changed the rules during her match last week against Charlotte, Pearce agreed with Naomi and set the rematch for next week’s SmackDown.
Naomi and Deville have been feuding over the course of the last few months, with Deville continuously targeting Naomi for reasons that have not been made clear. Last week’s match had Naomi originally defeat Charlotte Flair by count out, but Deville came out and changed it to a no count out, and later no DQ match. Charlotte eventually picked up the win with announcers saying Naomi should have won by DQ.
A pair of announcements have been made for tonight’s episode of SmackDown.
WWE has announced that Universal Champion Roman Reigns will be making an appearance on SmackDown tonight. Naomi vs. Shayna Baszler has also been confirmed for the show.
Reigns didn’t appear on television on last week’s SmackDown. His cousins, SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, lost a non-title match to The New Day’s Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston in the main event of the show. Reigns did take part in a dark match after last Friday’s SmackDown went off the air, teaming with The Usos in a loss to Drew McIntyre & The Street Profits.
WWE wrote about Reigns’ appearance on tonight’s SmackDown:
After taking last week off, Universal Champion Roman Reigns will bring SmackDown back to The Island of Relevancy.
Naomi has been feuding with WWE authority figure Sonya Deville on SmackDown. Last week, Deville made herself the special guest referee for a match where Baszler defeated Naomi.
Last week’s SmackDown aired on FS1 due to a World Series game being on Fox.
Tonight’s show is taking place at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
PWInsider reported this morning that Naomi has been moved to the SmackDown brand going forward. She most recently competed on Raw last week, a fatal four way match where she lost to Nikki A.S.H.. Last night, she took part in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, but again lost to Nikki A.S.H. She had been a part of the Raw roster since last October.
Naomi had most recently been teaming with Lana, and had several shots at the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles until Lana’s release on June 2.
This comes as another Raw star, Mandy Rose, also switched brands, appearing on last week’s NXT. She will be a part of that brand going forward. She had recently been teaming with Dana Brooke and was seen continuing their feud with Tamina and Natalya the day prior to Rose’s NXT return.
Naomi’s husband, Jimmy Uso, recently returned after being off over a year due to a knee injury and is in a major role on SmackDown with his brother Jey and cousin Roman Reigns.
The field for this year’s Money in the Bank ladder matches has started to take shape.
The first five Money in the Bank qualifying matches took place on tonight’s episode of Raw. Ricochet, John Morrison, and Riddle qualified for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match, while Asuka, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, and Nikki Cross qualified for the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
Ricochet defeated AJ Styles to qualify for Money in the Bank, Morrison defeated Randy Orton, and Riddle defeated Drew McIntyre.
Asuka, Naomi, Bliss, and Cross all qualified for Money in the Bank through winning tag team matches. Asuka & Naomi defeated Eva Marie & Doudrop (Piper Niven). Bliss & Cross defeated Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler.
The men’s and women’s Money in the Bank ladder matches will each feature eight participants.
Styles, Orton, and McIntyre are set to face off in a triple threat last chance qualifying match on Raw next Monday. It will determine Raw’s final participant for the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
As a stipulation of him unsuccessfully challenging for Bobby Lashley’s WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell, McIntyre can’t challenge for the WWE Championship again while Lashley is still champion. It was said on Raw that, if McIntyre wins Money in the Bank, he would have to wait until Lashley loses the WWE Championship if he wants to cash in on that title. McIntyre could also cash in on the Universal Champion.
Money in the Bank is taking place at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, July 18.
Eva Marie will be in action as she makes her return to WWE television tonight.
WWE has announced that Eva Marie vs. Naomi will take place on tonight’s episode of Raw. Several weeks of videos hyping Marie’s return have aired on Raw leading into her arrival, culminating with it being announced last week that she would be returning on tonight’s show.
This will be the first time Marie has wrestled since 2016. She and WWE mutually agreed to part ways in 2017.
It was reported last October that Marie would be making her return to WWE. The videos hyping her return began airing on the May 3 episode of Raw. The videos have advertised that the “Eva-Lution” is coming to Raw, with Marie speaking about wanting to be a role model and inspire others.
Dave Meltzer confirmed last week that the plan is for Marie “to have a bodyguard with her with Mercedes Martinez and Piper Niven’s names both being thrown out.”
Tonight’s Raw is the brand’s go-home show for Hell in a Cell. Here’s the updated lineup for the episode:
Drew McIntyre vs. AJ Styles
The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. RK-Bro (Randy Orton & Riddle)
A Tag Team Turmoil match has been announced for WrestleMania 37 on April 10, with the winners facing the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions the following day on April 11.
It was announced on tonight’s Raw that Lana & Naomi, Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose, The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan), and Tamina and Natalya will compete in a Tag Team Turmoil match. The winners of that match on Saturday will advance to the second night of WrestleMania, where they will face WWE Women’s Tag Team champions Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax for the titles.
Jax and Baszler appeared on tonight’s show, defeating Asuka and Rhea Ripley after Ripley abandoned her tag team partner. After the match, the champions were confronted backstage by all of the aforementioned teams.
The team of Billie Kay and Carmella was also brought up as possibly taking part in the match. Jax asked Kay if she even had a partner for the match. Kay mentioned that Carmella was looking at her resume, which she gave to Carmella this past Friday.
Naomi & Lana are the new number one contenders to the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.
Naomi & Lana defeated Charlotte Flair & Raw Women’s Champion Asuka and Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke in a triple threat match on Raw tonight to become the number one contenders to Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s Women’s Tag Team titles. When Naomi & Lana will be getting their title shot hasn’t been announced.
Charlotte tagged out near the end of the number one contender’s match and walked out of the match as Ric Flair and Lacey Evans were coming out to the ring. Asuka then turned around into a Rear View from Naomi. Naomi pinned Asuka to get the win.
Charlotte & Asuka lost the Raw Tag Team titles to Jax & Baszler on Sunday’s Royal Rumble pre-show due to interference by Ric Flair and Evans. Ric gave Evans brass knuckles, then Evans used them to lay Charlotte out with the Woman’s Right.
Naomi and Lana both made their returns as entrants in the women’s Royal Rumble. Lana eliminated her rival Jax in the match.
– Naomi returned to action in tonight’s women’s Royal Rumble match.
Naomi entered the women’s Royal Rumble at number two, starting the match off with Bayley. It was noted that Naomi lasted in the match for over 47 minutes. She was eliminated by Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler.
This was the first time Naomi has wrestled since August of last year. In September, Naomi wrote that she was recovering well after having to undergo surgery:
In the midst of hurricane sally and Covid I also underwent an unexpected 6 hr surgery to finally remove a massive fibroid that’s caused me severe anemia fatigue horrible abdominal pains and more problems I don’t even want to mention over the past year and a half…I’m recovering well I’m relieved and already feeling so much better so family friends and fans don’t worry I’m ok lol miss ya #myomectomyrecovery
Naomi had been on SmackDown prior to being drafted to Raw in October’s WWE Draft.
– The women’s Royal Rumble also saw Lana make her return to WWE television. She entered the match at number 26 before being eliminated by Natalya.
Lana was set to team with Asuka against Jax & Baszler at TLC in December, but there was an angle where Lana was taken out of the match after being attacked by Jax and Baszler on Raw. Tonight was the first time Lana has appeared since then.
Asuka instead teamed with the returning Charlotte Flair at TLC and won the Women’s Tag Team titles from Jax & Baszler. Jax & Baszler regained the Women’s Tag Team titles by defeating Charlotte & Asuka on tonight’s pre-show.
Lana eliminated Jax in the Royal Rumble.
The full list of women’s Royal Rumble entrants — including surprise legends appearances and NXT entrants — can be found here.
Naomi (real name Trinity Fatu) revealed today that she recently underwent an unexpected surgery but is already feeling much better.
Naomi wrote in a post on her Instagram Stories:
In the midst of hurricane sally and Covid I also underwent an unexpected 6 hr surgery to finally remove a massive fibroid that’s caused me severe anemia fatigue horrible abdominal pains and more problems I don’t even want to mention over the past year and a half…I’m recovering well I’m relieved and already feeling so much better so family friends and fans don’t worry I’m ok lol miss ya #myomectomyrecovery
Naomi’s most recent appearance on WWE television was on the August 21 episode of SmackDown. She faced Sasha Banks and Bayley in a Beat the Clock Challenge to determine the order for Banks and Bayley’s Women’s title matches against Asuka at SummerSlam. Naomi lost to Banks but then defeated Bayley.
Bayley is defending her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross at Sunday’s Clash of Champions pay-per-view. Cross became the number one contender to Bayley’s title by defeating Tamina, Lacey Evans, and Alexa Bliss in a fatal four-way match on SmackDown two weeks ago.
After being away for several weeks, Otis & Mandy Rose will return to SmackDown next week.
A video package aired tonight showing the ‘love story’ between Otis and Mandy, highlighting a number of segments from the past. The announcers then acknowledged that the storyline couple will appear on the show next week.
Otis last wrestled on the June 12 episode of SmackDown, teaming with tag team partner Tucker & Braun Strowman, defeating Dolph Ziggler, John Morrison, and The Miz. Ziggler has since moved to Raw.
Additionally, Naomi will face Lacey Evans. The two have been at odds in recent weeks after Evans jumped Naomi during a karaoke competition. The two got confrontational again this week, with Naomi slapping Evans as she was applying lipstick, leaving Evan’s face a mess.
Two title matches have been announced for next week’s SmackDown: Bayley vs. Nikki Cross for the SmackDown women’s title, and AJ Styles vs. Gran Metalik for the Intercontinental title.
