Winners by pinfall: Nikki Bella, Naomi & Becky Lynch (Kickoff Show)Īnalysis: **1/2 It was fine for a ten-minute tag. Naomi with a roundhouse kick on Bliss and a split-legged moonsault off the top finished it at 9:35. Kicks by Naomi get two as James made the save. Sitout jawbreaker by Naomi on Bliss for a two count. Hot tag to Naomi with a springboard cross body on Bliss and a dropkick on the other heels. Lynch got a rollup on Bliss and an enziguri that didn’t come close to connecting, but Bliss sold it like it did. Natalya pulled Nikki off the apron to prevent a tag. Bliss made a blind tag, but Lynch got a shot on her and Lynch sent Natalya out of the ring.
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Natalya with a Michinoku Driver on Lynch. Bliss tagged in and James hit a cheap kick without the ref seeing it. James worked over Lynch with some kicks in the corner.
James grabbed Lynch and whipped her into the barricade. Natalya bailed to the floor, so Lynch hit her with a forearm. Straight fire forearm by Lynch and a kick against the ropes. Lynch nailed Natalya with two clotheslines and a leg lariat. Baseball slide dropkicks by Lynch and Nikki followed by Naomi hitting a slingshot dive over the top to take out the heels. They did a triple suplex spot with the three faces suplexing the heels. Double dropkick by Naomi and Nikki on Bliss. Nikki drove Bliss’ face into her knee for a two count. Nikki slapped her, so Bliss tagged in for the heels.
Natalya started with Nikki and mocked her with the “you can’t see me” hand gesture. Mickie James, Natalya & Alexa Bliss (Kickoff Show) The announcers for the first match were the Smackdown Live team of Mauro Ranallo, John Bradshaw Layfield and David Otunga.