Women’s Money in the Bank Match: Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Carmella w/James Ellsworth vs Tamina vs Natalya

As soon as the bell rings everyone except for Tamina runs out of the ring to get a ladder. Tamina Hits Lynch in the face with a ladder. Natalya hits a discus clothesline on Lynch. Charlotte suplexes Lynch. Tamina Samoan drops Carmella. Tamina slingshots Natalya into the ladder. Tamina grabs a ladder and tosses it at Lynch. Charlotte runs up behind Tamina and slams her into the ladder. Natalya and Lynch are fighting over a ladder. They hit Tamina with the ladder. Natalya sets up the ladder int he ring. Natalya climbs but Charlotte cuts her off. Charlotte grabs Natalya in an electric chair drop. Charlotte drops Natalya in her back. Charlotte starts to climb. Carmella crotches Charlotte on the ladder. Charlotte and Carmella are fighting on the top of the ladder. Charlotte almost has the briefcase but Tamina pushes the ladder over. Tamina tries to set up the ladder but Natalya hits her with a ladder to stop her. Lynch hits the ring but Natalya double legs her and locks in the Sharpshooter. Carmella breaks up the hold.

Natalya takes Charlotte over with a butterfly suplex. Becky kicks Natalya in the face and sets up the ladder. Carmella pulls Lynch down. Lynch tries to climb a ladder in the corner. Carmella hurricanranas Lynch off the ladder. Charlotte pulls Carmella off the ladder and destroys Carmella with a big boot. Charlotte starts to climb the ladder but Tamina climbs up behind her. Tamina headbutts Charlotte off the top but Tamina falls with her. Charlotte spears Tamina out of the ring. Charlotte then spears Tamina into the ring steps. Charlotte climbs up top and hits a moonsault off the top onto Tamina and Natalya. Carmella starts to climb the ladder. Lynch pulls Carmella off the top and powerbombs her off the top. Lynch starts to climb. Ellsworth hits the ring and knocks Lynch off the ladder. Ellsworth climbs the ladder and pulls down the briefcase. Ellsworth tosses Carmella the Money in the Bank briefcase. Carmella catches it. The referees argue about how to call the match. Ellsworth grabs a mic and announces Carmella a the winner.

Winner- Carmella

CHARLOTTE FLAIR vs. NATALYA

Natalya won the initial lock-up but spent too much time being cocky, celebrating her superiority, and almost lost to a quick roll-up from behind. During a commercial break, Nattie kept up her assault beating down Flair on the outside, throwing her into the barricade, and slowing things down with a body stretch back in the ring. She connected with a running dropkick, threw Charlotte into the corner then laid her out with a huge discus lariat.

After several minutes of Natalya controlling the match, she once again spent too much time taunting and Charlotte rolled her into a crucifix pin for two. Flair followed up with a bridging suplex and a running senton, then went up to the top rope and connected with a huge top rope moonsault for a very close nearfall. Charlotte may have gone to the well too many times, as Natalya caught her on the ropes and slammed her down hard with a brutal sit-down powerbomb. She locked in the Sharpshooter, but Flair took a shot to the eyes and rolled her up for two. They went back and forth looking for pins on each other, until Charlotte finally hit Natural Selection to pick up the win.

Winner: Charlotte Flair

Shane McMahon welcomes us to Smackdown Live, and is joined by all five women competing in the first ever women’s Money in the Bank match at this month’s pay-per-view. He introduces all five of them individually, before revealing a brand new white MITB briefcase that will hang above the ring. James Ellsworth cuts off Shane and tells him to stop “mansplaining” to all the women how this match works. Carmella tries to speak but is cut off by the Queen. They all go around in circles talking about why they’re all going to win; Natalya says Charlotte is ripping off her dad, Becky Lynch says Natalya is ripping off her uncle Brett – pretty much business as usual. Tamina Snuka tells them all they talk too much, and she’s going to enjoy shutting them up by winning.

Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi cuts them all off and gets her full entrance. She talks about how big of an opportunity this is for all of them, and wishes she could participate in the first ever women’s MITB ladder match because it’s going to be “lit”. But wait… The Ravishing Russian is here! Lana makes her way to the ring in a bright blue sequence dress, looking ridiculously good, and the crowd greats her with a loud “Lana” chant. Shane McMahon says Smackdown is the land of opportunity, but he’s just not feeling this yet. Lana tells him if it works for her, she can make it work for him, and Naomi starts laughing hysterically. She tells Lana she’s never beaten anyone, and hasn’t even had a singles match yet. Shane tells her she needs to earn her spot, and the Ravishing one storms off in a fit as the crowd boos and chants “we want Lana!

BECKY LYNCH, NAOMI & CHARLOTTE vs. CARMELLA, NATALYA & TAMINA SNUKA

Carmella starts things off and doesn’t fair well against the champion, and fairs even worse as Becky makes the tag and literally wrestles circles around her. The Lasskicker dominates the pace of the match for several minutes until Carmella catches one of her step-up kicks and dumps her hard to the floor. As the referee is distracted, Natalya hits Becky with a clothesline from behind, and the heels take control as we cut to commercial.

During the break, the heels alternated in and out with quick tags to keep Becky isolated. She almost stole the match with a roll-up on Tamina, but took a kick to the head for her trouble. Every time she mounted a comeback the trio would attack her and cut off the hot tag. Natalya spent a little too much time taunting Naomi and got rolled up for a close two-count. Carmella ran in and nocked the Queen off the apron but ran into an elbow from Naomi and finally Becky made the hot tag to the champion. Naomi delivered a flurry of kicks to Tamina and came off the top rope with a flying crossbody. All hell broke loose with a massive brawl, as Lana made her way down to ringside just to add to the chaos. The Ravishing Russian knocked Naomi off the apron while the ref was dealing with the anarchy in the ring, allowing Tamina to pick up the win.

Winners: Tamina Snuka, Natalya & Carmella

The show kicks off with all five ladies that will be participating in tonight’s Fatal 5-Way elimination match to determine the new #1 contender to the WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship. They take turns telling the fans why they deserve to win, in pre-recorded videos.

#1 Contender’s Elimination Match
Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Tamina Snuka vs. Carmella

A brawl starts out the match with all five women going after each other, and the action immediately spills to the floor. Becky goes flying off the barricade to take down Carmella in the timekeeper’s area. Snuka goes crazy and starts ripping apart the commentary table, throwing monitors everywhere. Charlotte takes her out from behind and hits a huge moonsault off the top turnbuckle, all the way to the floor to take down three of them. Carmella flies over the barricade with a splash on the Queen, but turns around into an Exploder Suplex from Becky. Natalya spears Charlotte and it’s absolute chaos, as the match technically hasn’t even started yet. Multiple referees come out and try to get control of the match, but it has zero effect. Natalya tries to put Charlotte through the commentary table, but the Queen throws her into the steel steps instead, then puts her through the table with a powerbomb. A loud “holy s—” chant erupts as all five women are down.

Shane McMahon comes out and applauds the women for creating an awesome moment for the fans. He says they all want to become #1 contender so badly, that this can’t end in just any match here tonight. And so, there will officially be a five-way Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match at the upcoming pay-per-view!