Friday 4th October
Bayley & Sasha Banks vs Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch
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Friday 11th October
Bayley Def. Charlotte Flair
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After defeating Bayley to record her historic 10th Women’s Title reign at WWE Hell in a Cell, Charlotte Flair defended her newly won SmackDown Women’s Championship against her longtime rival in the main event of Friday Night SmackDown.
Bayley hit the scene with a new look and attitude, literally taking an axe to her trademark Bayley buddies and coming at Charlotte with aggression right from the opening bell. Bayley attempted to push the pace against The Queen, trying to neutralize her incredible athleticism. The unrelenting challenger connected with a Bayley-to-Belly, but Flair found the strength to kick out. Charlotte fired back with a flurry of offense to put Bayley back on her heels. However, in the critical moments, Charlotte connected with Natural Selection, but Bayley somehow mustered the strength to grab two fist-fulls of hair and roll her up to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion.
Bayley boisterously celebrated right in front of The Queen and then -- in not quite this exact language – told the WWE Universe that she no longer needed or wanted any of them going forward.
Friday 18th October
Bayley appears on Miz TV
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Joined by Sasha Banks, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley absolutely unloaded on Miz TV regarding her drastic attitude shift last week on Friday Night SmackDown that led to her SmackDown Women’s Title victory over Charlotte Flair.
The Miz went in on Bayley, grilling her on the impetus for her change, with the SmackDown Women’s Champion finally explaining that she slashed her Bayley buddies last week because all those around her ever did was “take.” Bayley made it clear that she believed she had lapped the pack in the Women’s division and that the only inspiration she was willing to dish out these days was a simple message: “Life sucks and then you die.”
Nikki Cross and Dana Brooke would quickly hear enough though, both taking major issue with Bayley’s comments, ready to breakthrough by prevailing in the forthcoming Six-Pack Challenge and earn the right to challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Title.
Friday 25th October
Bayley & Sasha on Commentary
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After defeating five other Superstars in last week’s Six-Pack Challenge to earn herself a future SmackDown Women’s Championship opportunity, Nikki Cross took on Mandy Rose on Friday Night SmackDown.
Cross had to deal with meddlesome Sonya Deville and also keep her eyes on SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha Banks, who were deriding her from the commentary table. Cross smashed through all the obstacles, defeating Rose with a ring-rattling Swinging Neckbreaker and making a major statement to Bayley.