IYO SKY has been the reigning women’s champion on WWE Smackdown for about a month now. She will now go through her first title defense on TV, two weeks from now. What was originally considered a dream feud for many of the WWE Universe, two Japanese stars will compete in this match on free TV.
Over on the latest episode of WWE Smackdown, Charlotte Flair and Shotzi defeated Damage CTRL (WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY and Bayley) in a tag team match. Once the match was over, Asuka confronted IYO to set up the future matchup.
The former four-time WWE Women’s Champion wants her championship back, and she will now have to square off with the new champion to claim it back. That being said, the Empress of Tomorrow has a date in the ring with the Genius of the Skies on the September 22 episode of WWE Smackdown. WWE will thus get one week more to provide the buildup for the title bout.
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WWE Smackdown: IYO SKY became the new champion at Summerslam
In a Triple Threat for the WWE Women’s Championship at Summerslam 2023, Bianca Belair defeated Asuka and Charlotte Flair to become the new titleholder. A hurt Bianca headed to the top rope and delivered a 450 Splash on Charlotte to break the Figure Eight Leg Lock on Asuka before rolling up the latter for the win.
The winning celebrations for the top WWE Smackdown Superstar couldn’t be stretched as the 2023 Money in the Bank briefcase holder IYO SKY soon came out running into the ring and attacked Belair’s already damaged knee with the briefcase. DAMAGE CTRL members further took out Flair while SKY secured the win after nailing Bianca with a moonsault.
Following the title change, Bianca was supposed to be the first in line for a title match opportunity on WWE Smackdown but she was reportedly scheduled for a time off. As a result, DAMAGE CTRL attacked and injured her in a kayfabe way to write her off television for a hiatus that could last up to three months.
IYO SKY is enjoying her first women’s title reign on WWE Smackdown with DAMAGE CTRL firmly backing her up. A feud with Bayley was expected to happen but plans could have been postponed, for the time being.
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