Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch vs. Tamina Snuka vs. Lana

Of course it was Tamina to kick things off, as Becky started throwing kicks trying to take her down. She went to the second rope looking to fly but got caught and fell hard to the mat. Lana made the tag to pick the bones, connecting with a vertical suplex and sending knees into her opponent’s back. The crowd started a mild “you can’t wrestle” chant so she smartly made a quick tag to Tamina. Becky eventually fought her way out and made the hot tag to Charlotte, who came in with a series of chops and a running forearm to take down Snuka for two. She made the mistake of trying to lift up the bigger woman and got caught with a superkick. In comes Lana to try and sneak a pin, but Charlotte knocked Tamina off the apron and caught the Ravishing Russian with a big boot for the pin.

Winner: Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch

– After the match Tamina was obviously frustrated, screaming “are you kidding me” at Lana, who looked embarrassed and about to cry. Snuka still told her “let’s go” and the two left together, but she was very clearly not happy.

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Fatal Five-Way Elimination Match (Winner gets a women’s title match): Charlotte vs Natalya vs Becky Lynch vs Lana vs Tamina

Natalya tries to lock in the Sharpshooter on Charlotte. Tamina sends Lynch flying into Charlotte. Lana pulls Lynch out of the ring and sends her into the announce table. Lana gets back in the ring. Lana and Tamina double team Charlotte. Tamina body slams Charlotte. Lana follows that with a diving elbow drop. Tamina picks up Charlotte for another slam but Charlotte counters and takes Tamina over by her hair. Charlotte is about to attack Lana, but Tamina grabs Charlotte’s leg. Lana and Tamina beat down Charlotte in the corner. Lynch gets back in the ring and helps Charlotte. Lynch and Charlotte hit tandem exploder suplexes. Tamina and Lana are both sent rolling out of the ring. Lynch neck breakers Charlotte. Natalya hits the ring and steps on Charlotte’s back, then dropkicks her in the face. Exploder suplex by Lynch to Charlotte. Lana hits the ring and eats an exploder as well. Tamina runs in and Lynch tries to suplex her as well. Tamina swats Lynch away and superkicks her. Tamina turns around and gets clotheslined by Charlotte. Discus clothesline by Natalya to Charlotte.

Natalya locks Charlotte in the Sharpshooter. For reasons no one can explain, Lana breaks up the pin. Lana tries to pin Charlotte but Charlotte kicks out. Lynch grabs Lana and applies the Dis-arm-her. Tamina superkicks Lynch to save Lana. Tamina spears Charlotte through the ropes! Lana tries to pin Lynch but Lynch locks in the Dis-arm-her again! Tamina breaks it up. Lynch puts Tamina in the Dis-arm-her. Tamina taps out.

Tamina has been eliminated.

Lana runs into the ring and is promptly put in the Dis-arm-her as for the third time. Lana taps.

Lana has been eliminated.

Natalya school boys Lynch from behind and grabs a hand full of tights for a quick three count.

Becky Lynch has been eliminated.

Natalya traps Charlotte in a cross arm breaker. Charlotte picks Natalya up and power bombs her. Charlotte mounts the top rope for a moonsault. Natalya gets her knees up. Natalya school boys Charlotte into the bottom turnbuckle. Natalya gets the pin.

Winner and NEW Number One Contender for the Women’s Title, Natalya!

After the match, Naomi tries to shake Natalya’s hand but Natalya just walks away.

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– Shane McMahon was backstage with the women’s division. He hyped the five-way elimination match at Battleground before asking which Superstars wanted to give the audience a good performance here tonight. Basically everyone said they wanted to fight Lana, prompting Tamina Snuka to scream at them to back off. Natalya tried to stir the pot and suggested that Charlotte fight Becky Lynch, which led to some bickering between the two. Charlotte claimed that she’d beaten Becky every time they were in the ring together, and Shane said he wanted to see them go at so he made the match official.

Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair

Natalya joined the commentary team for this match, as Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi was shown watching from the backstage area. We got a flurry of back and forth chops to start things off, with Charlotte taking control and dropping her father’s signature knee. Becky came back with an exploder suplex for two, then started weakening her opponent’s arm for her finishing submission. Charlotte recovered and tried for Natural Selection but Becky had it scouted and countered into the Disarmher, but Flair got to the ropes to break the hold. Charlotte climbed to the top rope and tried for a moonsault but came up empty. Becky once again went for the Disarmher and got it locked in, dragged Flair back to the middle of the ring and sat down on the hold, picking up the somewhat surprising submission victory. // Winner: Becky Lynch

– Becky offered her hand after the match and the two shook it out, so it looks like things are good between two of the Horsewomen. Tamina Snuka made her way out with Lana close behind, while Natalya hit the ring and attacked Becky and Charlotte. The heels cleared the ring and Natalya went after Lana, but Tamina made the save and kicked Neidhart square in the face to protect her… friend? I think friend is what we’re going with right now.

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– Becky Lynch is interviewed backstage and praised Daniel Bryan for doing the right thing and giving the women of Smackdown a fair chance. She says all she needs is a fair chance to become Ms. Money in the Bank and finally get her hands on the women’s championship.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Charlotte Flair vs. Tamina Snuka vs. Becky Lynch vs. Carmella vs. Natalya

Four of the women brawled to the floor right away leaving Carmella alone in the ring, so she took a ladder and began to climb. They all returned and the Staten Island princess realized she was surrounded, tried to bail but got her ass kicked instead. Becky and Charlotte had a staredown and went at it, but Tamina took them both out as we head to commercial.

After the break Tamina caught Carmella trying to steal the match again, and threw her head first over the commentary table. Her and Charlotte battled over a ladder and Becky tried to climb up it while it was being held vertically, but crashed to the mat instead. Charlotte and Natalya began to climb and battled back and forth atop the ladder, but Carmella came back and knocked them over into the ropes. She celebrated her “dominance” a bit too hard and turned around into a suplex from Becky Lynch. Before Hot Fire could do anything with her advantage, Tamina came out of nowhere and blasted her with a lariat. All five women are down as we go to our final commercial of the night.

All five are somehow still down coming back from the break. Natalya is the first to recover and begins to climb, gets her hands on the briefcase but is cut off by Charlotte. Tamina and Becky join them and there are four women battling on a single ladder, which eventually gives way and sends all of them crashing and burning to the floor. Carmella was bidding her time and realizes she has an opening. She gets to the top of the ladder and almost takes it down, but all four women recover and pick up the ladder while she’s on top of of it, moving her to the side. They all start brawling again and Carmella flies off the ladder to take everyone down. Charlotte set up the ladder and slammed the bottom of it into Tamina’s head, then pinned her underneath it and began to climb. There was a terrible looking spot where Charlotte realized they weren’t properly facing the camera, moved the ladder 90 degrees and began to climb, and Tamina just crawled under it so she was “pinned” again. As Charlotte reached the briefcase Tamina lifted the ladder from underneath and set her flying into Carmella.

Natalya and Becky worked together to put down Snuka with a double powerbomb. Nattie took out Lynch and put Carmella in the Sharpshooter to take out her legs, but Charlotte broke it up with a superkick. She hit Carmella with Natural Selection and then brawled into the crowd with Charlotte for some reason. James Ellsworth came out from the crowd and threw Carmella into the ring, setting up a ladder and began to climb! Becky Lynch recovered and knocked over the ladder, crotching Ellsworth on the top rope. She set up the ladder but was caught by Carmella who sent her down hard on her knee, possibly creating an injury. Becky tried to climb but her knee wouldn’t hold up, and Carmella blasted her with a steel chair over and over again. She climbed the ladder, got to the briefcase, and took it down! //

Winner and Ms. Money in the Bank: Carmella

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– Natalya, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Tamina Snuka were all backstage complaining about James Ellsworth ruining the first ever Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match on Sunday. Daniel Bryan walked in and listened to their issues before saying that he wanted to hear what Carmella and Ellsworth had to say before he made any decisions.

– Daniel Bryan and Sami Zayn are backstage talking about how awesome his sunset flip off the ladder was on Sunday. Bryan tells him he’s in action next week against Baron Corbin. Becky Lynch walks up and cuts an empassioned promo

As we head into the final quarter of Smackdown, general manager Daniel Bryan makes his way to the ring to a great reaction. He says he’s happy to be back but wishes it were under better circumstances. Bryan says he’s been with Shane McMahon and the Board of Directors trying to figure out what to do about this Women’s Money in the Bank controversy, and says he was instructed to keep his emotions out of the decision-making and stick to the WWE Rulebook. He brings out all five of the women who competed in Sunday’s ladder match.

After all the ladies make their way to the ring, Bryan says he listened to the opinions of all the women and he’s come to a decision. He says Money in the Bank matches are No DQ and there’s nothing in the rulebook that says someone else can’t climb the ladder and give it to someone else; it’s the first woman who holds the briefcase that is the winner. He brings up that there has been outside interference in previous MITB matches, but they are in uncharted territory. James Ellsworth cuts him off and tells him to hurry up and make a decision, because apparently being at home raising terrible little hippy vegan babies has played with his head. Bryan fires up and tells Ellsworth that if he ever mentions his baby girl again he’ll punch him in the face so hard he won’t be able to breath, and he’ll fire him on the spot. Huge pop from the crowd.

Carmella is offended and asks Bryan who he thinks he is talking to them that way. All the women go around cutting each other off and making fun of the way Ellsworth looks. Bryan tells them all to stop, because he’s made a decision. He says that Carmella made history by becoming the first women to win the Money in the Bank…and she’ll be the first women to hand over the Money in the Bank. Bryan takes the briefcase and announces that next week, there will be a redo of the Money in the Bank ladder match between all five women.

Bryan leaves with the briefcase and all the women immediately start brawling. Natalya and Tamina Snuka get thrown from the ring and Charlotte lays out Carmella with Natural Selection. Becky Lynch puts her in the Disarmher and Carmella flails around crying and screaming as James Ellsworth freaks out from the outside.

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Women’s Money in the Bank Match: Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Carmella w/James Ellsworth vs Tamina vs Natalya

As soon as the bell rings everyone except for Tamina runs out of the ring to get a ladder. Tamina Hits Lynch in the face with a ladder. Natalya hits a discus clothesline on Lynch. Charlotte suplexes Lynch. Tamina Samoan drops Carmella. Tamina slingshots Natalya into the ladder. Tamina grabs a ladder and tosses it at Lynch. Charlotte runs up behind Tamina and slams her into the ladder. Natalya and Lynch are fighting over a ladder. They hit Tamina with the ladder. Natalya sets up the ladder int he ring. Natalya climbs but Charlotte cuts her off. Charlotte grabs Natalya in an electric chair drop. Charlotte drops Natalya in her back. Charlotte starts to climb. Carmella crotches Charlotte on the ladder. Charlotte and Carmella are fighting on the top of the ladder. Charlotte almost has the briefcase but Tamina pushes the ladder over. Tamina tries to set up the ladder but Natalya hits her with a ladder to stop her. Lynch hits the ring but Natalya double legs her and locks in the Sharpshooter. Carmella breaks up the hold.

Natalya takes Charlotte over with a butterfly suplex. Becky kicks Natalya in the face and sets up the ladder. Carmella pulls Lynch down. Lynch tries to climb a ladder in the corner. Carmella hurricanranas Lynch off the ladder. Charlotte pulls Carmella off the ladder and destroys Carmella with a big boot. Charlotte starts to climb the ladder but Tamina climbs up behind her. Tamina headbutts Charlotte off the top but Tamina falls with her. Charlotte spears Tamina out of the ring. Charlotte then spears Tamina into the ring steps. Charlotte climbs up top and hits a moonsault off the top onto Tamina and Natalya. Carmella starts to climb the ladder. Lynch pulls Carmella off the top and powerbombs her off the top. Lynch starts to climb. Ellsworth hits the ring and knocks Lynch off the ladder. Ellsworth climbs the ladder and pulls down the briefcase. Ellsworth tosses Carmella the Money in the Bank briefcase. Carmella catches it. The referees argue about how to call the match. Ellsworth grabs a mic and announces Carmella a the winner.

Winner- Carmella

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Shane McMahon welcomes us to Smackdown Live, and is joined by all five women competing in the first ever women’s Money in the Bank match at this month’s pay-per-view. He introduces all five of them individually, before revealing a brand new white MITB briefcase that will hang above the ring. James Ellsworth cuts off Shane and tells him to stop “mansplaining” to all the women how this match works. Carmella tries to speak but is cut off by the Queen. They all go around in circles talking about why they’re all going to win; Natalya says Charlotte is ripping off her dad, Becky Lynch says Natalya is ripping off her uncle Brett – pretty much business as usual. Tamina Snuka tells them all they talk too much, and she’s going to enjoy shutting them up by winning.

Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi cuts them all off and gets her full entrance. She talks about how big of an opportunity this is for all of them, and wishes she could participate in the first ever women’s MITB ladder match because it’s going to be “lit”. But wait… The Ravishing Russian is here! Lana makes her way to the ring in a bright blue sequence dress, looking ridiculously good, and the crowd greats her with a loud “Lana” chant. Shane McMahon says Smackdown is the land of opportunity, but he’s just not feeling this yet. Lana tells him if it works for her, she can make it work for him, and Naomi starts laughing hysterically. She tells Lana she’s never beaten anyone, and hasn’t even had a singles match yet. Shane tells her she needs to earn her spot, and the Ravishing one storms off in a fit as the crowd boos and chants “we want Lana!”

BECKY LYNCH, NAOMI & CHARLOTTE vs. CARMELLA, NATALYA & TAMINA SNUKA

Carmella starts things off and doesn’t fair well against the champion, and fairs even worse as Becky makes the tag and literally wrestles circles around her. The Lasskicker dominates the pace of the match for several minutes until Carmella catches one of her step-up kicks and dumps her hard to the floor. As the referee is distracted, Natalya hits Becky with a clothesline from behind, and the heels take control as we cut to commercial.

During the break, the heels alternated in and out with quick tags to keep Becky isolated. She almost stole the match with a roll-up on Tamina, but took a kick to the head for her trouble. Every time she mounted a comeback the trio would attack her and cut off the hot tag. Natalya spent a little too much time taunting Naomi and got rolled up for a close two-count. Carmella ran in and nocked the Queen off the apron but ran into an elbow from Naomi and finally Becky made the hot tag to the champion. Naomi delivered a flurry of kicks to Tamina and came off the top rope with a flying crossbody. All hell broke loose with a massive brawl, as Lana made her way down to ringside just to add to the chaos. The Ravishing Russian knocked Naomi off the apron while the ref was dealing with the anarchy in the ring, allowing Tamina to pick up the win.

Winners: Tamina Snuka, Natalya & Carmella

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CARMELLA & NATALYA vs. BECKY LYNCH & CHARLOTTE

Carmella and Becky start things off, trading headlocks back and forth. Carmella tries for an armdrag but Lynch rolls her into a pin for two. A brawl breaks out between all four, with the heels getting dumped to the floor to regroup as we go to commercial. Looks like they’re bringing back the picture-in-picture display so we can keep watching the match during commercial breaks!

Natalya has Becky in a headlock as they come back from commercial, but she kicks herself free and makes the hot tag to the Queen. Charlotte comes in and cleans house, knocking Carmella off the apron and dropping Nattie with a neckbreaker. She heads up to the top rope, but the heels cause a distraction knocking her down. Becky tags back in and dropkicks Natalya from the ring, but runs into forearms from Carmella. Ellsworth gets up on the apron, but Becky knocks him down and locks in the Disarmher for the submission victory.

Winners: Becky Lynch & Charlotte

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Carmella, Tamina, Natalya w/James Elsworth vs Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi

Tamina and Lynch start the match. Tamina tosses Lynch across the ring. Lynch tries a sunset flip but Tamina cuts Lynch off and headbutts her. Natalya tags in but she gets trapped in the face’s corner. Charlotte tags in and elbows Natalya. Ellsworth distracts Charlotte, which allows Natalya to get the advantage. Charlotte is trapped in the Welcoming Committee’s corner. They are tagging in and out and beating down Charlotte. Charlotte manages to tag in Naomi. Naomi hits her flash kicks on Carmella. Naomi sets up for a split legged moonsault. Tamina gets on the apron. Naomi kicks Tamina in the head. Carmella takes out Naomi’s knee. Bronco buster by Carmella (after a moonwalk). Tamina tags in and stomps on Naomi. The heels work over Naomi. Naomi almost gets to tag in Lynch but Carmella pulls Lynch off the apron. Samoan drop by Tamina. Charlotte breaks up the pin.

Naomi surprises Natalya with a hurricanrana. Naomi tags in Lynch. Lynch clotheslines Natalya, then hits an exploder. Running elbow strike for a near fall by Lynch. Natalya tries to lock in the sharpshooter but Lynch counters and puts her in the dis-arm-her. Carmella breaks it out. Charlotte elbows Carmella. Tamina superkicks Charlotte then headbutts Naomi. After another distraction by Tamina Natalya puts Lynch in the sharpshooter. Lynch has no choice but to tap out.

Winners- Natalya, Tamina, and Carmella

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In-Ring: WWE Backlash Contract Signing

Smackdown Commissioner Shane McMahon is out, and asks the Manchester crowd how they’re doing. He calls Smackdown the premiere brand of the WWE, before introducing the Welcoming Committee: Natalya, Tamina Snuka and Carmella, with James Ellsworth. He then brings out Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, and the WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi. After all the introductions are through, Natalya says it’s funny to see the three of them pretending to be best friends. She calls them pathetic, and tells Becky she missed her chance to join the WC. The heels all sign the contract.

Becky Lynch says there was no chance in hell that she would join Natalya and her goon squad, and said she’s going to slap the taste out of all of them at Backlash. Naomi says they should be worried about their next hair opponent, because come Sunday she’s gonna snatch them all, then says she’s gonna snatch Ellsworth’s balls. Charlotte is next to talk, and says the WC has done nothing but whine and complain since she arrived on Smackdown Live. She says after they deal with the WC at Backlash, the queen is coming for her crown. Shane says the match is official, but he’s cut off by James Ellsworth, who rambles about how much Becky is in love with him. Shane straight up says that he has no idea what Ellsworth is talking about. He goes on to say that Charlotte doesn’t have a chance with him either, because he’s always going to be the Prince to the Princess of Staten Island. Naomi tries to go after him but Carmella throws her into the table, and Shane gets in between all of them. McMahon makes a match between Carmella and Naomi, right here, right now.

NAOMI vs. CARMELLA

Back from a commercial break (that’s three for three) the champion is in control of the match, working over Carmella with rest holds and kick combinations. Carmella gets a brief advantage after going for the hair, but Naomi quickly takes it back with a big kick. James Ellsworth tries to get involved and the referee ejects him from ringside, as we go to yet another commercial break.

After the break, Naomi is destroying Carmella with kick after kick, then did her rapid fire kick spot. Carmella bailed to the outside looking for her man, then faked trying to run away from the match, only to superkick the champion. She rolled Naomi back into the ring and put on a side headlock, then hit a Bronco Buster for two. Back into the side headlock. They jockey for position on the ropes, until Naomi hits a big flash kick, then a sit-down jawbreaker. She heads up to the top rope but is cut off by Tamina Snuka, until the referee ejects her and Natalya from the match as well. The go to leave but instead go after Charlotte and Becky in a big brawl on the floor. Naomi drops Tamina with a kick through the ropes, but Carmella rolls her up from behind with a handful of tights for the pin. Winner: Carmella

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