Updated
Updated · Bleacher Report · Aug 15
Gunther Submits Matt Cardona on SmackDown as Nia Jax Targets Women's Title in 30-Day Window
Updated
Updated · Bleacher Report · Aug 15

Gunther Submits Matt Cardona on SmackDown as Nia Jax Targets Women's Title in 30-Day Window

3 articles · Updated · Bleacher Report · Aug 15

Summary

  • Boston opened with Chelsea Green refusing to relinquish the WWE Women’s Championship despite a broken eye socket, and Nick Aldis gave her 30 days to get medically cleared.
  • Gunther then turned that confrontation into an impromptu match, dominating Matt Cardona before finishing him with a Boston Crab after consecutive powerbombs.
  • Nia Jax hit the ring immediately after the win and declared she wants Green’s title, while Lash Legend helped leave Tiffany Stratton laid out after a failed save.
  • The angle kept Green at the center of SmackDown’s first 25 minutes and set up a likely title program around whether she can return within that 30-day deadline.

Insights

Will Chelsea Green keep the Interim Women’s Championship, or will her SummerSlam injury finally force WWE to strip her next week?
Why did GUNTHER hijack Chelsea Green’s title crisis, and is his attack on Matt Cardona really about bigger championship politics?
After Nia Jax and Lash Legend crushed Tiffany Stratton, who truly controls SmackDown’s increasingly chaotic women’s title picture?