WWE SummerSlam 2017: Match Card Predictions After Battleground
By Dalton Quix
Credit: WWE.com
SmackDown Women’s Championship Match
Naomi (c) vs. Natalya
As of this writing, this is the only confirmed matchup for SummerSlam. It will be Natalya taking on Naomi for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
It was announced that the winner of a fatal five-way elimination match at Battleground would go on to face Naomi at SummerSlam. The five contestants were Natalya, Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Tamina, and Lana.
Becky Lynch was able to take out both members of the odd alliance of Lana and Tamina with Dis-Arm-Hers, but Natalya snuck up on Becky afterward to roll her up grabbing the tights to eliminate Becky Lynch.
That left Charlotte and Natalya in the match. After some back and forth action with some impressive offensive maneuvers from Charlotte, Natalya hit Charlotte’s head against the turnbuckle to win the match and an opportunity to face Naomi at SummerSlam.
This is a somewhat surprising decision because Charlotte is obviously the biggest name in women’s wrestling, so it is odd that her name will be left off the card. Becky is almost as popular and her name will be off the card as well, and the odd yet intriguing duo of Lana and Tamina will be left off as well.
Perhaps those four will find themselves in some sort of multi-women matchup on the preshow, and hopefully Carmella will not be forgotten like she was at Battleground.
It is an odd choice, but it is official. Natalya will challenge Naomi for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at SummerSlam.