Tonight’s episode of Friday Night time SmackDown comes off the heels of final Saturday’s Cash within the Financial institution premium stay occasion. Talking of heels and Cash within the Financial institution, our ladies’s Cash within the Financial institution winner is none apart from Tiffany Stratton. How did her celebration go? Let’s discover out.
Lo and behold, the celebration kicks off the present. Tiffany says that on Saturday, it formally grew to become Tiffy Time when she claimed the ladder to the Tiffy Prime and have become the youngest feminine winner of the Cash within the Financial institution ladder match in WWE historical past. Whereas Trish Stratus could have been the host of the present, the Buff Barbie believes she was the true star of the present, and with out having the Corridor of Famer round to “wreck her second”, it’s now her time. She proceeds to call drop Liv Morgan, Roxanne Perez, and Bayley, every of them present ladies’s champions within the firm, warning them to maintain their heads on a swivel as a result of their title reigns are actually on Tiffy Time. One of many champs has had sufficient of Stratton’s phrases within the type of Bayley.
The WWE Girls’s Champion takes her stand on the mic, congratulating Tiffany for attaining a giant accomplishment by successful the Cash within the Financial institution ladder match. Stratton questions Bayley’s motives for popping out to the ring, however the champ says she’s there to lend recommendation contemplating her personal MITB victory in 2019, a time that had but to characteristic Tiffany in WWE. Stratton doesn’t pay thoughts to Bayley’s feedback as a result of it’s now 2024, as soon as once more flaunting her standing because the youngest winner and verbally disparaging the girl that stands in entrance of her. Bayley isn’t bothered by the potato chip-eating insults, as a result of she has another piece of recommendation to lend to Tiffany: if she even plans on cashing in her Cash within the Financial institution contract, she ought to moreover plan on making historical past as the primary winner to ever fail her cash-in.
A further lady joins the fray as Nia Jax makes her approach out. The Irresistible Drive accuses Bayley of creating empty threats, particularly when she’ll be going through her at SummerSlam for the Girls’s Championship. However she gained’t be going through any model of Bayley: not “Hugger” Bayley from NXT, not the Bayley circa 2017 who was injured for 3 months on account of Nia, however the Grand Slam Girls’s Champion and Royal Rumble winner, the identical Bayley that’s going to embarrass Nia on the Greatest Occasion of the Summer season. Nonetheless, on the off probability she loses the title to Jax, what’s Tiffany to do? Does she money in on Nia?
Jax sees by Bayley’s phrases as a method to create friction with Stratton, her “private little Barbie doll”. However to Jax, Bayley is just not a toy; she is a sufferer, and at SummerSlam, Nia goes to victimize her. The champ makes an attempt to throw a left punch that shortly turns right into a double group assault by Nia and Tiffany, however Michin is available in armed with a kendo stick with rescue the Girls’s Champion as soon as once more.
Following a business break, we get highlights of the ladies’s Cash within the Financial institution ladder match. Byron Saxton tries to talk to Piper Niven and Chelsea Inexperienced, who’re exterior the workplace of Nick Aldis; Inexperienced is noticeably carrying a bedazzled neckbrace after her efficiency at Saturday’s present, stating that she has been known as “mom of mayhem” and “princess of ache” by the entire world, so she doesn’t have time to reply any questions. Piper instructions Saxton to depart.
We reduce proper again to the in-ring motion and the combat is on between Michin and Nia Jax. Michin tries to seek out methods to reverse Jax’s arsenal, however the Queen of the Ring winner by some means counters it off. Bayley is watching from ringside supporting Michin, whereas Tiffany watches from the opposite facet supporting Nia. Jax finally features management of the match, however the Blasian Baddie continues to combat and reveals no indicators of slowing down. At this level, Tiffany tries to distract the referee by misplacing Michin’s kendo stick, however will get attacked by Bayley for doing so. The distraction looks as if it’ll result in a victory for Michin, however Nia kicks out at two, and she or he finally ends up falling sufferer to a Samoan drop and an Annihilator for Nia to win the match.
With the match now over, Bayley now makes an attempt to throw fingers along with her SummerSlam opponent, however identical to earlier than, it turns into one other alternative for Nia and Tiffany to gang up on her. They exit the ring, however Tiffany seemingly has different plans, considering of doubtless cashing in on Bayley, however Jax stops her and provides her a regarding look, realizing {that a} money in might price her a chance to win the title at SummerSlam. Stratton turns into nervous, however shortly brushes it off by high-fiving Nia.
Chelsea and Piper are at it once more, nonetheless standing exterior of Nick Aldis’s workplace. They run into Fairly Lethal, who’re making an attempt to get their funds accredited for “Fairly Lethal: The Musical”, which they first pitched final week. The 2 are informed by Inexperienced that there’s a line to speak to Nick Aldis, as a result of nobody is getting in line earlier than “mwah” does. The door then opens, and it’s LA Knight to a lot fanfare. Chelsea is offended, however asks if Aldis is busy, and is informed that he’ll name her, however nonetheless has a number of different issues to do.
(Additionally of be aware: not Piper studying a e-book known as “HOW TO START A CULT”. Embrace that brujería/witchcraft, queen!)
Blair Davenport is featured in one other vignette. Dialogue and a few clips from one in every of her earlier vignettes have been recycled, intercut with new footage of her most important roster run. Davenport then makes her entrance, gearing up for a match with Naomi. The 2 have had lingering points since Davenport’s arrival to the blue model. The match may be very backwards and forwards initially, however finally picks up in Blair’s favor earlier than a business break, as she targets Naomi’s arm and rams her into the ring publish.
The break is temporary, however the ache on Naomi’s arm continues. The followers stay on her facet, despite commentary mentioning that her physique continues to be banged up from Cash within the Financial institution. Her and Blair get some close to falls in, but it surely was Naomi who bought the W over the promising upstart.
Naomi was now backstage and was congratulated by Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. Like Piper and Chelsea, Bianca and Jade have been wanting to speak to Nick Aldis, however there’s nonetheless no signal of him in any respect. When Chelsea overhears this within the background, she and Piper storm into Aldis’s workplace. For the reason that present’s virtually over, the ex-Girls’s Tag Crew Champions plan on going dwelling and say goodbye to Naomi for the evening.
The Woman with the Glow then runs into Blair, who’s hurting and tells her she doesn’t need any hassle, admitting that the very best lady gained and providing her a handshake, however Naomi is uncertain that the respect is honest, so Davenport walks away. Chelsea and Piper then exit the workplace, realizing Nick actually is gone and letting Naomi know, leaving in a huff. Sadly for Naomi, her evening ends laid out on the ground due to a sneak assault from Blair, exhibiting resentment for her loss.
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