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#4. Naomi Relinquishes the SmackDown Women's Championship - WWE SmackDown February 22nd, 2017

Naomi is a former two-time SmackDown Women's Champion and looks to be in the hunt for the Women's Tag Team Championships heading into WrestleMania 38.

Five years ago, Naomi was able to lift the first Championship of her career when she defeated Alexa Bliss at Elimination Chamber. It was a hard-hitting match and Naomi sustained a legitimate knee injury which then forced her to relinquish the Championship just days later on SmackDown.

Naomi had hoped to walk into WrestleMania as the Champion, but that wasn't the case. Instead, the former Women's Champion took some time away to rehab her injury and was able to make her return on April 2nd at WrestleMania 33 as part of a six-pack challenge for the title she never lost.

In her absence, Alexa Bliss won the title back and was able to walk into WrestleMania as Champion. Naomi was victorious at the biggest event of the year and lifted her second Women's Championship in her hometown of Orlando.

These remain the only two Championships that the former Funkadakyl has lifted throughout her career.

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Edited by Arjun Kumar
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