The title picture in Smackdown women’s division has been a bit stale for the past several weeks. WWE TLC witnessed a title change where Asuka dethroned Becky Lynch from her reign. She has never pinned or submitted the former champion to win the gold who’s been the hottest property of the sports entertainment in recent times.
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General rules of WWE suggest that there will be a mandatory rematch once a champion loses her title. The former Smackdown GM Paige wanted to make Asuka vs. Becky Lynch official at Royal Rumble due to the same reason. But the McMahons are back in control over WWE programming. They canceled the concept of an automatic and mandatory rematch clause.
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This allowed Charlotte Flair and Carmella into the title picture, as well. Both of them wanted to get a shot to Smackdown women’s championship. They went to Triple H to ask for an opportunity. Hunter played fair to them and announced a triple threat. The winner will get to face Asuka for the title at Royal Rumble PPV event.
Each of the challengers cut promos throughout Smackdown pointing out why they should become the winners in the main event. The match started in a quick way where Charlotte Flair and Carmella went back and forth. Flair gave some chops to her former bitter rival to receive some slaps to the face in return. Carmella pushed Charlotte Flair into Becky Lynch to insinuate a physical brawl between them.
The Queen ate a lariat from Becky Lynch to go down. On the floor. Becky Lynch entered the ring and controlled the match against Carmella. She hit a Press Slam and went for the cover when Charlotte Flair broke up the pinfall. Carmella came back with a Lou Thesz Press followed by a reverse STO on Lynch. She locked in the Code of Silence submission hold to punish Charlotte Flair.
Carmella had to release the lock after receiving a big boot from Becky Lynch. Charlotte Flair put both of them down pulling off a standout moonsault. She went for another attempt when Becky Lynch caught her with the exploder suplex. She locked in dis-arm-her on Carmella inside the ring but Charlotte broke it up.
Carmella hit a superkick to break the hold but Charlotte locked the Figure-Eight on her. Becky Lynch went to the top rope and hit a legd-rop to keep Charlotte away. She locked in the dis-arm-her again on Carmella forcing to tap out. This earned her a title opportunity against Asuka at Royal Rumble. The Champion came out to have a confrontation as Smackdown went off the air.
