In one of the most discussed moments from Summerslam 2023, IYO SKY finally got the big moment in the WWE that she’s been waiting for. It’s needless to say how much the fans love her even when she was in heel and that was proved by the audience support she received at Backlash in late May. Now, she can finally get the full support as the queenpin of the Smackdown Women’s Division.
At SummerSlam 2023, Bianca Belair defeated Asuka (c) and Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE Women’s Championship. She pinned Asuka clean to become the champion for the third time in her career but the celebration moments didn’t last long.
Soon after her win. IYO SKY ran out and cashed in the Money in the Bank contract to become the Women’s Champion. With Damage CTRL member Bayley helping her out, she was quick to become the champion via MITB briefcase cash-in and become the seventh overall female WWE Superstar to do so.
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IYO SKY boosted confidence in the WWE Women’s Division
The latest reports claim that the sudden title win of IYO SKY via a successful MITB cash-in upped the backstage morale for the WWE Women’s Superstars which was down heading into Summerslam. Sean Sapp also noted behind Fightful’s paywall that the first 2023 Money in the Bank cash-in at SummerSlam was not a last-minute decision from the WWE creative.
However, that doesn’t mean that IYO SKY had prior information heading into Summerslam 2023 about the biggest win of her young main roster stint,
“We’re not told how far ahead IYO SKY was informed she’d be winning the title, but we were told it wasn’t a last-minute booking decision.”
That being said, IYO SKY will be the woman to look for on Smackdown from now onward as she will carry the Women’s Championship. Going by previous rumors, a very interesting situation with Bayley could develop as a feud between these two is long said to be in the pipeline but WWE is yet to pull the plug between these two.
Also, WWE could have a lot of options coming to play as Bianca Belair would love to get back her title. At the same time, Asuka would also gun for the same title to keep this a multi-woman scenario as builds for Payback is about to begin.
