Last time in action: Flair and Bliss beat Bayley and Valkyria (Raw, Oct. 27), Jax lost to Bliss (SD, Oct. 31)
After the break, Cargill made her first appearance on SmackDown as the WWE women’s champion. She was all business as she marched to the ring without her usual showmanship for the crowd.
She literally picked up the mic, said less than 10 words, and walked away. She put the roster on notice by saying she is “That b—h.” This was as short and sweet as it gets, which has its plusses and minuses. It didn’t allow her to show much, but it also made it clear that she didn’t need to.
As Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss made their way out, Cargill made sure to hold the belt up in their faces and talk a little trash. Bliss had to talk Flair out of going back to fight her on the stage.
The history between these two women goes back years, including one incident when they were clearly shooting on each other in the ring, but that is the past. This time, they were working together to make this feel like a physical fight without taking it too far.
There may have been moments when things didn’t look perfect, but the physicality they brought made up for it. As Flair seemed to have the upper hand, Lash Legend shocked Bliss by attacking her from the crowd.
The distraction allowed Jax to hit Flair with her finisher for the win. it looks like Jax and Legend may be a new duo on SmackDown, which means we have a new NXT call-up to keep an eye on, too.
Result: Jax defeated Flair
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