Charlotte Flair makes her ring walk first, which isn’t that familiar a spot for her. As the champ, Asuka entering second out of three is also a bit strange. But it works because Bianca Belair sounds like the crowd favorite, and she gets to enter last.
Flair and Belair end up paired off first, with Charlotte getting the upper hand in their exchange. But Asuka is lurking to smash the Queen into the apron, and Bianca is all too happy to capitalize by flying to the floor. The champ makes the first cover of the match but gets only two.
Now it’s time for Belair and Asuka to battle until Flair returns and is dumped on her head by the champ. Asuka looks confident, dishing out kicks to both challengers. Flair rolls her up for two, though, until she gets suplexed again.
Belair’s suplex is countered by the Empress with an inside cradle for two. Flair picks the bones of both of them and gets a reaction from the crowd as she chops her way into a fallaway slam on Belair.
With Bianca and Asuka stacked in the corner, Flair tries to smash them both, and actually tries a double cover that earns a near fall. She taunts both her downed opponents before delivering a big boot to Bianca, but Asuka ambushes Charlotte for a near fall.
That leaves all three women down on the mat together. Belair fights out of having her hair pulled, then delivers a double neckbreaker that the crowd enjoys.
In the corner, Belair outsmarts Flair and Asuka but moonsaults into Flair’s knees. Asuka tries to choke out Charlotte next, but Belair this time hits her handspring moonsault to break the hold.
Bianca thinks about something high risk but is knocked to the floor, followed by the champ. Flair heads to the ropes and moonsaults down onto Belair, but Asuka throws her back in the ring and comes off the top, forcing Bianca to crawl in for the save.
Belair has Asuka up but sees the Empress escape to the apron, where she is sent flying by Flair’s big boot. Charlotte escapes the KOD but gets suplexed instead, and Asuka almost steals the win as a result.
Asuka goes for a leg triangle on Flair, who powers to her feet. Bianca powerbombs Flair, who quickly recovers and nearly gets a pinfall.
Pulling both her foes into position, Flair lands a moonsault, covering them both but once again getting only two. She tosses Belair to the outside, where she sells a hard landing and clutches her left knee — and refs and doctors run down to check on her.
That leaves Asuka and Flair to battle to the top rope, where Asuka pulls off a big superplex. Fans clap as Belair is helped back up toward the walkway.
Flair scores another near fall and looks like she is talking to herself. She goes for a Figure Four, but Belair breaks free and returns to the fray, heading up top. Bianca hits a somersault splash to break up the Figure Eight, and she covers Flair but only gets two.
Belair and Flair are down and Asuka is on the outside. Charlotte tells Bianca to bring it and gets what she requests. Bianca can’t pull off the KOD, and after Asuka is sent outside again, Flair applies the Figure Eight. But Asuka returns and mists Flair in the face, and while Asuka is trying to submit her, Bianca pins Flair to win the title.
Right after the bell, though, IYO SKY sprints to the ring, hammering Belair with the briefcase and cashing in her MITB contract. She connects on the Over the Moonsault and wins the title.
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