WWE announced that Sasha Banks and Bayley were visiting Smackdown, this week. They were about to address the women’s tag team championship picture up for the Wrestlemania day. But heading into last night’s show, we have learned that the champions will actually go on to compete in a tag team match against the IIconics. Kyla Braxton broke the news on WWE’s twitter handle as well as the Youtube page that had a major fallout on the show.
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Sasha Banks and Bayley returned to Smackdown Live after a long time. In fact, this was Sasha’s first time on the show ever since the brand spit happened in 2016. The IIconics pointed out the champion’s absence even after promoting that they will defend the title against any teams in the WWE. So they should have appeared on the blue brand, much earlier. After a short promo from the heel duo, the match was underway.
Sasha Banks and Bayley dominated the matchup in the early part until Lacey Evans’ music hit the arena. This distraction allowed Billie Kay to trip The Boss from the ring. Peyton Royce rolled up Bayley to earn the pinfall win. This will surely give away a title opportunity to these two superstars at Wrestlemania.
It was a rare scene to see the women’s tag team champions on Smackdown Live. But we will get used to seeing it since this particular title will be on the line across all the brands. This involves Monday Night Raw, Smackdown Live and NXT brands. This is why Sasha Banks and Bayley made an appearance on last night’s show.
The primary reason was to address the ongoing speculations about the women’s tag team championships. There are rumors spread all around the internet about a multi-starrer title match at Wrestlemania 35. A team each from Raw, Smackdown and from the past is likely to be part of the match. From Smackdown, the IIconics are in the race.
Billie Kay and Peyton Royce voiced their concerns as the women’s tag team champions never appeared on Smackdown as promised earlier. So Sasha Banks and Bayley were out to prove them wrong and set up the potential title match at Wrestlemania 35. After what happened on the show in Indiana, it is likely that the IIconics will also get a chance to the coveted title. They deserve to be added into the future title match after pinning the champions in a shock.
