2020 kicked off right for fans of WWE’s women’s division. The tag match between a women’s tag Triple Threat between Sasha Banks & Bayley, Lacey Evans & Dana Brooker, and Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss opened Jan. 3’s SmackDown.
And it got 30 minutes of TV time!
After promos from The Boss ‘N’ Hug Champ Connection and Lacey Evans, all six women got a chance to show off in the three way dance.
The action is getting CHAOTIC in a hurry in this Women's Tag Team Triple Threat Match on #SmackDown!@itsBayleyWWE @SashaBanksWWE @LaceyEvansWWE @DanaBrookeWWE @AlexaBliss_WWE @NikkiCrossWWE pic.twitter.com/BwOQOXfIZx
— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2020
It didn’t take a doctorate in WWE booking to see a win for the team of Evans & Brooke coming as a way to continue building toward Lacey challenging Bayley for the SmackDown Women’s title. But at the actual end was designed to raise some eyebrows:
Strong start to the new year for @DanaBrookeWWE! pic.twitter.com/XQvvMtDp5h
— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) January 4, 2020
It also looked like Dana landed tailbone to rib cage on The Boss, and announcer Corey Graves wondered about a possible fracture along with the Twitter doctors.
We’ll have to hope for the best there, as we wait for the next beat in the story of The First Lady & her friend vs. Sasha & the champ. In the meantime, the first entry in WWE’s 2020 record book is Brooke pinning the four-time Raw Women’s champ.
Get all the results from SmackDown in our live blog here.