The go-home edition of WWE Smackdown for the 2023 Elimination Chamber didn’t have the reigning women’s champion on the show since she’s not booked to compete at the pay-per-view. However, she was present, backstage at the show taping and she came out once the main show was over.
As seen via posts from fans in attendance on this week’s WWE Smackdown from the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Charlotte Flair was seen in action only for them. She participated in one of the dark matches of the show.
The first dark match of the night had the WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair defending her title against her current rival, Sonya Deville in a singles match. In what was reported as a ‘sloppy’ match by a fan in attendance, Flair retained her title via her pendant Figure Eight submission.
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Charlotte flair And And Sonya Deville Match Being Taped For Next Week on #SmackDown Next Week pic.twitter.com/JfbfxER9hR
— Jayweezus (@WeezusJay) February 18, 2023
The second dark match of the night saw Bray Wyatt battling LA Knight in another rematch. The two WWE stars competed in a street fight where Wyatt for the win. The Eater of the World first put LA down through a table with a Mandible Claw slam. Then he delivered a Sister Abigail to pick up the pinfall victory.
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Bray Wyatt is absolutely phenomenal live. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/vTpAFMhdHK
— Conman167 (@conman167) February 18, 2023
Unlike Charlotte Flair, Bray Wyatt was actually in attendance at this week’s main episode of WWE Smackdown. The former Universal Champion alongside Uncle Howdy interrupted a segment featuring Hit Row. In a promo, Wyatt declared that he will be going after the winner of the Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley match at Elimination Chamber.
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Wyatt has also been announced to appear on next week’s WWE Smackdown where he will be back with the diabolical Firefly Fun House. No update on what’s in store for this popular segment Bray but he should take forward the announced Wrestlemania match angle with either Lesnar or Lashley.
Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair have also been booked to appear on the show. They will come face-to-face, next week on WWE SmackDown to start builds for the SmackDown Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania 39. Ripley won the 2023 Women’s Royal Rumble and thereby challenged Flair for the title.
WWE Smackdown February 24 match card
Also, Rey Mysterio will take on Karrion Kross in a rematch between the two. The two shared a backstage to set up the match. At a glance, the February 24 episode match card stands as follows,
– Bray Wyatt returns with Firefly Fun House
– Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair come face-to-face
– Rey Mysterio vs. Karrion Kross