The women’s championship storyline on Smackdown continued with a Moment of Bliss where Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross had the Smackdown Women’s Champion, Bayley as the guest. The champ questioned why Cross was not facing her for the championship. The title shot should belong to her at Extreme Rules since she had a win over Bayley, last week.
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Nikki Cross clearly did not have an answer to that. Instead, she challenged Bayley in a non-title bout. The champion had a submission hold locked on which Cross broke with a jawbreaker and hit a top rope cross-body block. Cross delivered a forearm on Bayley and went to the top rope for another cross body. This time, Bayley caught her with a Bayley to belly for the win to shift the momentums towards her.
WWE Universe may have spotted the first crack in Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross’ association on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Carmella was the reason for being so after she questioned why Cross would be loyal towards The Goddess of the WWE. She also defeated Alexa Bliss in a match to humiliate her on the flagship show.
EXCLUSIVE: After a disappointing loss to @itsBayleyWWE, @NikkiCrossWWE can’t find her best friend. #SDLive pic.twitter.com/f6dPvrEoxA
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Now we have seen on last week’ Smackdown that how it was Nikki Cross who won a match on behalf of Alexa Bliss to earn the latter one a title match at Extreme Rules. Plus, she also defeated Carmella in a singles competition, unlike Bliss. This hinted that Nikki may be heading into a title opportunity on Smackdown.
However, WWE.com predicted that Alexa Bliss still had the upper-hand heading into Smackdown,
“Last Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE, Nikki Cross defeated SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley to earn her best friend, Alexa Bliss, another opportunity to challenge The Hugger for the title at Extreme Rules. With Cross ready to help her friend claim a title at any cost, is Bayley ready for another round with The Goddess?”
Clearly, the champion still possesses the upper-hand despite the alliance between Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. This is a good sign for Bayley heading into Extreme Rules.
