SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley & Sasha Banks blindsided Charlotte seven days ago on SmackDown after many weeks of tension between The Queen and Bayley. Carmella came to Charlotte’s aid to fend off Sasha and Bayley, setting up this tag team match tonight on SmackDown LIVE.

With Carmella unexpectedly winning the 24/7 Championship the night before on Raw, the new champion would have to focus on the task at hand here while the 24/7 Title rule was temporarily suspended for this contest.

The Queen & Princess Mella proved effective while teaming together for the first time and attempting to slow the recent reign of terror by Bayley and Banks. When The Boss locked in the Banks Statement on Carmella, however, it was an academic submission victory. With Mella down and R-Truth knowing that the arrival of the competitors looking to capture the 24/7 Title was now imminent with the match over, The Rapping Superstar put the nearly unconscious Carmella on his back and bolted through the WWE Universe as the litany of female Superstars gave chase.

Princess Mella was now gone, but The Queen remained, and she was outnumbered by Bayley & The Boss. Charlotte attempted to fend them off, but Banks and Bayley downed The Queen. Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch rushed out to even the odds, sent Sasha and Bayley flying across the ring with a couple of Bexploders, forcing the former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions to retreat.

However, Banks wouldn’t retreat for long, as she reappeared later in the night, blindsiding Becky from behind during The Man’s backstage interview. Banks brutalized The Irish Lass Kicker, shoved her face-first into a chain-link fence and left her with one clear message: This is her Women’s division.