Bianca Belair Retains SmackDown Women's Championship Against Carmella on WWE SmackDown

Bianca Belair once again successfully retained the SmackDown Women's Championship on this week's [...]

By Connor Casey

Bianca Belair once again successfully retained the SmackDown Women's Championship on this week's Friday Night SmackDown, this time taking down Carmella. Belair was supposed to defend her title in a I Quit Match against Bayley at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, but the matchup was scrapped after Bayley suffered a torn ACL while training at the WWE Performance Center. Carmella took "The Role Model's" place, pulling herself from Sunday's Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match in the process.

Before the match got underway, WWE showed highlights from the ESPY Awards this past weekend where Belair and Sasha Banks took home the Best WWE Moment award for their main event match at WrestleMania 37. Other than WrestleMania, tonight's SmackDown marked the first time Belair wrestled in front of live crowd since getting called up to the main roster.

"The EST" picked up the win in similar fashion to her WrestleMania victory over Banks, whipping the challenger with her hair across her stomach before hitting the KOD.

Check out the updated card for Money in the Bank below. The show will take place at Dickie's Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, marking the first non-WrestleMania pay-per-view to take place in front of live fans since March 2020.

  • WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns vs. Edge
  • WWE Championship: Bobby Lashley vs. Kofi Kingston
  • Raw Women's Championship: Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
  • Raw Tag Team Championships: AJ Styles & Omos vs. The Viking Raiders
  • Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Ricochet vs. John Morrison vs. Riddle vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Big E vs. Kevin Owens vs. King Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins
  • Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Asuka vs. Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki A.S.H. vs. Liv Morgan vs. Zelina Vega vs. Natalya vs. Tamina
  • (Kickoff) SmackDown Tag Team Championships: Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. The Usos

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