A video montage of Shinsuke Nakamura was shown.
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AJ Styles was interviewed backstage and said that it didn’t matter whether he faced Owens or Jericho for the US title and that he had the home field advantage on SmackDown Live. Baron Corbin interrupted and had a back and forth with Baron Corbin. They agreed to a match later on.
Charlotte Flair was walking backstage and ran into Natalya, Tamina, and Carmella(along with James Ellsworth) and they confronted The Queen. Charlotte then walked through them.
Charlotte Flair vs Naomi – If Charlotte won, she would become #1 contender to the SmackDown Women’s Championship
Charlotte Flair started hammering the champion with stomps in the corner of the ring and then flung her away. Naomi managed to gain control on The Queen, but the athletic ability of Charlotte saw her doing a summersault and sweeping her legs under, taking control of the champion once again.
The athletic ability of the two saw them matched, with Naomi hitting a hurricanrana to the former RAW Women’s Champion and sending her outside. After the commercial break, it was Charlotte who ha the advantage, countering a pinfall attempt by Naomi. The champion got control with a modified stunner, and hit a crossbody on Charlotte, but couldn’t get the win.
Naomi’s attempted Rear view, but countered it into the natural selection to win and become #1 contender.
Charlotte Flair defeated Naomi to become the #1 contender to the SmackDown Women’s Championship
