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SmackDown Women's Champion - Bayley
Once Becky Lynch lost the SmackDown Women's title at Money in the Bank last year, the Blue Brand's women's division has been ruled by Bayley and to a lesser degree, Charlotte Flair. Flair's moved on to RAW after the Draft but Bayley has maintained her hold atop the women's division.
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Lacey Evans is going to get the next shot at the former Hugger but I don't think it's time for the Sassy Southern Belle to win the title yet. That would leave other faces like Bliss, Cross or Carmella to challenge for the prize.
I'm thinking that we might be headed for a Banks/Bayley match at WrestleMania 36, thus putting Banks out of contention to walk into the Show of Shows as Champ. That all could change if Bayley defends her title in the Elimination Chamber match. It would be an easy story to write of Banks winning the title in the match after her best friend is eliminated earlier.
They wouldn't need to explain much why the two would be fighting as they both want to be the best. A bolder direction would be to have Banks win the Rumble and outright challenge her friend for the title at WrestleMania. Regardless of how it happens, I still think Bayley enters the PPV as Champion.
