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One of four matches that will happen at Stomping Grounds including both Raw and SmackDown superstars, this one sees Alexa Bliss make the trip over to SmackDown Live to challenge Women's Champion Bayley at the first ever Stomping Grounds event.
Bayley won the Championship when she cashed in her Money in the Bank contract on Charlotte Flair at the pay-per-view of the same name back in May. She has since moved into a feud with Alexa Bliss, who has picked up Nikki Cross as an ally whilst she has been waiting in the wings to make her return to the ring.
Bliss' injury status has become a huge talking point ahead of this match, but it appears that The Goddess is good to go and could potentially become a Champion of brand that she isn't even part of on Sunday night, whilst Bayley will be looking for backup of her own since Nikki Cross has vowed to be at ringside.
#5. Alexa Bliss becomes SmackDown Women's Champion
Alexa Bliss has already been SmackDown Women's Champion twice and was one of the rising stars on the brand before she was moved over to Raw and began to dominate the flagship show - so she knows what it takes to be Champion.
Bliss has been in the ring a number of times over the past few weeks and was able to defeat Charlotte Flair and Carmella in a triple threat match to earn the right to face Bayley a few weeks ago, so ring rust doesn't seem as though it will be a factor.
Bayley hasn't had a chance to establish herself as Champion on SmackDown Live, but Bliss just looks to be getting better and better within her new character and a Women's Championship definitely wouldn't look out of place on the middle table during A Moment of Bliss.
#4. Bayley retains the SmackDown Women's Championship
This is Bayley's first title defense on pay-per-view and her first Championship on SmackDown Live so it's obvious that the company are looking to push her forward away from the character that she was when she was a Women's Tag Team Champion. Sasha Banks and Bayley lost their titles at WrestleMania in April but since Banks has been absent from WWE ever since there was no rematch so it's still up in the air.
Bayley is a former Champion in her own right and dominated the scene in NXT for a long time, so there is nothing stopping her from beating Alexa Bliss at her own game and being able to retain the Women's Championship this weekend at Stomping Grounds, despite the fact that Bliss has a friend in her corner.
#3. Bayley turns heel
It's been coming for a while, there has been a new edge about Bayley over the past few weeks, ever since she moved over to SmackDown Live it has seemed as though she has been teasing a turn that is yet to happen.
Stomping Grounds could be the perfect place for this, if Nikki Cross or Alexa Bliss make it so that the match ends via disqualification, there is nothing stopping Bayley from attacking the two women after the match and showing that she isn't the fun-loving Bayley that was once on Monday Night Raw. Bayley needs a new makeover and a heel turn could be exactly what she needs to put her old character behind her and prove that she has what it takes to be the Champion of the Women's Division on SmackDown Live.
#2. Nikki Cross interferes on Alexa Bliss' behalf
Nikki Cross will be at ringside for the match between Alexa Bliss and Bayley this weekend at Stomping Grounds after Bayley cost her the chance to become one-half of the Women's Tag Team Champions on Raw. Cross later vowed that she wanted to be there to see Bliss take her Championship away from her, but there is nothing stopping Cross from helping Bliss win the title.
Of course, Bliss chose Nikki Cross to replace her back at Money in the Bank when she was unable to compete and she failed to win the ladder match, so it's likely that the two women have a game plan and it could go completely wrong since it doesn't appear that Cross is able to follow simple instructions because of her unpredictable nature.
#1. Sasha Banks returns
Bayley is outnumbered on Sunday night and the company hasn't even mentioned the fact that The SmackDown Women's Champion needs someone in her corner to even the odds. Banks has been updating some strange things on social media over the past few weeks but she has also been spotted doing work for WWE which means that she's still contracted and still expected to return.
Her best friend could lose her Championship this weekend if Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss have a solid game plan going into the match, so this would be the perfect time for Banks to make her return and save her friend from the numbers game. There have been reports of Banks returns many times in recent weeks, so don't hold your breath for this one just in case The Boss isn't ready to return to the ring.
