The road to crowning the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Champion will begin on the November 15 episode of WWE SmackDown.
In a tweet, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announced that the tournament would begin with a first-round match where Candice LeRae would face Bayley and B-Fab. He also said that Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes would kick off the show.
The updated card is as follows:
- Women’s United States Championship Tournament: Bayley vs. Candice LeRae vs. B-Fab
- Cody Rhodes kicks off the show
- WWE Women’s Championship: Nia Jax (c) vs. Naomi
- WWE Tag Team Championship: Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) (c) vs. The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)
WrestleZone will have coverage of WWE SmackDown as it airs on Friday.
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