Becky Lynch vs Mickie James
Mickie James starts off the match by targeting Becky’s arm once again, just like she’d done at Elimination Chamber. The two women lock arms and Becky takes Mickie down with a waistlock takedown, Mickie gets back up but Becky puts her down again. Becky locks in a hammer lock on Mickie.
Becky continued working on Mickie James’ arm, clearly looking to set up for the Disarmer. Becky then hit Mickie with a springboard sidekick as she’s on the apron, sending her crashing to the floor. The Irish Lass Kicker then headed to ringside as both women hit each other with clothesline taking each other down as we headed to commercial.
We came back from commercial to see Becky in a side headlock. Mickie dragged her back down to the mat as Becky tried to get to her feet and followed it with a cover for a 1-count. Following the failed pin attempt, she locked in another side headlock. Mickie followed it with a flapjack, planting Becky face-first into the mat.
James headed to the top rope but Becky avoided her offence and hit the Bexploder Suplex for a nearfall. With James down at ringside, Becky followed her out. It looked like James had an injured shoulder but she turned around and hit an unsuspecting Becky Lynch with a Mick Kick for the win.
Mickie James def. Becky Lynch
Naomi was out with Renee Young next. Naomi announced that she’d picked up an injury at Elimination Chamber. She told Renee that she realized she had an injury only after returning to her hotel room after Elimination Chamber. Naomi told the fans that what didn’t kill her only made her stronger and she’d been working for 8 years to become champion.
At this point Alexa Bliss came out and told Naomi that the injury was only in her head and she would show Naomi who the real champ was in front of her family at Wrestlemania 33. Bliss added that she’d give Naomi a week and if she didn’t get a title shot by then, she’d grab it.
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