Last night on SmackDown Live, Naomi made a surprise appearance by running down the ramp and hitting Natalya with a running hurricanrana.
She then cut a promo confirming that she’s officially entering the SmackDown Women’s Title Match at Wrestlemania 33 in her hometown of Orlando, Florida.
The pre-show match also includes Natalya, Carmella, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch and Mickie James.
As noted, Naomi was forced to relinquish the SmackDown Women’s Title on this Tuesday’s show after suffering an injury while winning the title from Alexa Bliss at the February 12th WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Bliss became a two-time champion after defeating Becky Lynch for the vacant title this week.
The injury that Naomi suffered was to her left knee and it reportedly happened while doing the finishing split-legged moonsault in the win over Bliss. It was believed that Naomi would be able to return to action this week but the injury is more serious than expected. It was described to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter as similar to the injury that Seth Rollins recently suffered on RAW.
No word yet on if Naomi will be back in time for WrestleMania 33 but she’s not expected to go through a long recovery. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that she could be out of action for 2 months or so.
Source: WrestlingINC
SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi was forced to relinquish her title last night on SmackDown due to an injury she suffered shortly after winning the title. SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan noted that Naomi was being asked to hand over the title because she will be unable to defend the title within 30 days.
Naomi won the title from Alexa Bliss at the WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view two weeks ago and noted on SmackDown that she didn’t know she was hurt until she got back to her room that night. It should be noted that she did work a live event the next night.
Alexa Bliss defeated Becky Lynch for the vacant title.
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