Bianca Belair will defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Bayley at Money in the Bank. The stipulation for this match will be an “I Quit” match at the pay per view. Belair made the challenge on the July 2nd edition of SmackDown.
This will be the third time that Bianca and Bayley will clash for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. At WrestleMania Backlash, The EST defeated The Role Model in a standard singles match. The second match was a Hell in a Cell match at the pay per view of the same name. The “I Quit” match will take place on July 18th. In an “I Quit” match there are no pinfalls, submissions, count outs or disqualifications. The only way to obtain victory is to force your opponent to say the words “I Quit.”
The current card for Money in the Bank is as follows:
- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Edge – Singles match for the Universal Championship.
- Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Kofi Kingston – Singles match for the WWE Championship.
- Bianca Belair (c) vs. Bayley – “I Quit” match for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair – Singles match for the RAW Women’s Championship.
- Asuka vs. Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Cross vs. Carmella vs. Zelina Vega [2 more contestants TBC] – Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
- Big E vs. Riddle vs. Ricochet vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kevin Owens vs. John Morrison [2 more contestants TBC*] – Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
*It has been announced by WWE that on the July 9th edition of SmackDown, 2 men’s qualifying matches will take place. Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro and Baron Corbin vs. Shinsuke Nakamura will air on the show. The winner of each match will be added to the ladder match.
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