WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
Triple Threat Match
(C) Carmella Vs. Becky Lynch Vs. Charlotte Flair
The match gets underway and Carmella performs a moonwalk and talks some trash. Charlotte and Becky do their tea-drinking pose as a sign of respect and Carmella sucker-punches Lynch. Charlotte responds with a chop to Carmella, then whips her into the corner. Lynch kicks Carmella in the corner, then drops two leg-drops before missing the third. Carmella shoves Charlotte to the floor then slaps Becky on the back of the head and falls to the mat, so Becky looks around thinking Charlotte did it. While Becky and Charlotte start arguing, Carmella shoves Charlotte into Lynch and rolls-up Charlotte but Becky pulls her off. Becky questions Charlotte about slapping her and again Carmella comes between them but this time Becky catches her with an arm drag to the outside.
Charlotte and Becky engage in some pin attempts, then Becky catches Charlotte with two arm-drags and an armlock before Charlotte reverses into an unsuccessful pin attempt. Becky whips Charlotte to the corner and over the ropes, where Carmella shoves her into the ring post. Becky comes out and Carmella shoves her into the ring steps, then does the Flair walk and woo’s. Carmella tosses Becky back inside and scores a two-count before slapping Becky and screaming at her. Carmella applies a sleeper and tries to ground Becky.
Becky breaks free but eats a flying elbow from Carmella. Becky rolls from the ring and Charlotte returns, only for Carmella to slam her by the hair and apply another sleeper. Charlotte climbs to her feet but Carmella knees her in the gut and tosses her from the ring. Becky returns and tries to roll-up Carmella but she kicks out and dropkicks Lynch. Carmella gets in Becky’s face and taunts her, so Becky punches her in the stomach. Carmella slaps Becky and returns to taunting. Becky and Carmella exchange roll-ups and then Charlotte tries to boot Carmella but the Champ dodges and Flair boots Lynch from the ring!
Charlotte catches Carmella’s kick and chops her in the chest. Charlotte hits Carmella with two exploder suplexes, then a back-body-drop. Charlotte wants the Figure Four but Becky reappears on the apron and kicks Charlotte, then takes to the top rope and dropkicks both women at the same time. Lynch gets to her feet and clotheslines Charlotte, then connects with a kick and a flying forearm. Carmella returns and Lynch connects with some kicks and elbows, then hits a Bexploder. Carmella kicks the ropes, causing Becky to fall on the top rope, then she connects with a hurricanrana to Lynch for a near-fall.
Charlotte returns and hits Carmella with a spear that also knocks Becky down. Lynch rolls to the floor as Carmella hits Charlotte’s head off of the turnbuckles. Carmella lifts Charlotte onto the top rope and looks for the same hurricanrana she gave Becky but Charlotte catches her legs and drops to the mat, then applies a Boston crab. Carmella gets near the ropes, so Charlotte transitions to a Figure Four. Lynch comes out of nowhere with a legdrop from the top rope to Charlotte to break the submission. Carmella then breaks the pin attempt and all four women are down.
Charlotte rolls from the ring and Becky takes the fight to Carmella. Lynch is thrown over the top rope and Carmella kicks her to the floor. Carmella hits the ropes and connects with a huge suicide dive! Carmella lifts Becky, meanwhile Charlotte leaps from the top rope with a corkscrew moonsault to take them both out! Charlotte brings Becky back inside and winds-up the Figure Four but Becky reverses and applies the Dis-Arm-Her. Carmella breaks the submission and Becky throws her out of the ring. Becky then catches Charlotte with a modified Rock Bottom but again Carmella breaks it up!
Charlotte rolls from the ring and Becky reverses a headscissors takedown into the Dis-Arm-Her but Carmella reverses into a pin attempt holding the ropes. Lynch kicks out and Carmella superkicks her for a pin but Charlotte breaks it. Carmella kicks Charlotte from the ring but Becky gets her in the Dis-Arm-Her and Carmella reaches the bottom rope. Lynch wastes no time and hits Carmella with the Bexploder and applies the Dis-Arm-Her again but this time Charlotte comes from behind and hits Natural Selection to Becky and wins!
Winner and New Women’s Champion: Charlotte Flair
The fans are booing as Charlotte’s music stops and she offers Becky a hand. The fans chant or Lynch as she and Flair hug. They boo again but out of nowhere Becky floors Charlotte and unleashes some ground and pound! Becky kicks Charlotte from the ring and holds the title as the fans are going nuts. Becky goes out and lifts Charlotte up and throws her into the barricade. Becky tosses Charlotte over the announce table and leaves as the fans chant her name. It’s funny because the commentators talked as though Becky turned heel and did something dastardly but the fans loved every second of it. The fans boo as Charlotte gets to her feet and leaves.
