Chelsea and Charlotte Qualify For SummerSlam; You Can Hit, But You Can’t Run
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, a week away from SummerSlam.
After her and Paige lost the Women’s Tag Team Championships to Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley of Fatal Influence at Saturday Night’s Main Event, Brie Bella took on Reid.
When the trio came out with microphones in their hands, Reid said she found it funny how Saturday night was supposed to be the most important part of their career, but somehow Brie and Paige are going to be the ones who remember that night forever. Henley brags that they first got there and took out two legends; if she were Brie, that would keep her up at night. Jayne additionally joins in to say if only she were a champion right now, they would be the perfect package, but thanks to Brie and Paige helping Tiffany Stratton win her SummerSlam qualifying match against Jayne last week, she’s not in the interim Women’s Championship ladder match.
Now getting into the ring, Jayne warns Stratton, wherever she may be, that the Women’s United States Championship will be hers in due time. As for tonight, just like Lainey did to Paige on Saturday, she is going to humiliate Brie Bella and finally put her out of her misery once and for all.
The match began with Lainey tripping Brie, but the tables had been turned by the time the show returned from commercials with Brie Mode having been activated via a series of Yes! Kicks. Brie was able to fight off distractions from Henley and Jayne and pinned Lainey within seconds to win.
Afterwards, as Brie and Paige celebrated, the group attacked them both before the returning Nikki Bella came to the rescue for them. Nikki chastised them on the mic, saying that they thought they could sneak up from the minor leagues of NXT, steal from her sisters and get away with it? They are the reason Fatal Influence is here, so now it’s time for a wake-up call, challenging them to a six-woman tag team match at SummerSlam, which Fatal Influence
