NAOMI vs. CARMELLA
Back from a commercial break (that’s three for three) the champion is in control of the match, working over Carmella with rest holds and kick combinations. Carmella gets a brief advantage after going for the hair, but Naomi quickly takes it back with a big kick. James Ellsworth tries to get involved and the referee ejects him from ringside, as we go to yet another commercial break.
After the break, Naomi is destroying Carmella with kick after kick, then did her rapid fire kick spot. Carmella bailed to the outside looking for her man, then faked trying to run away from the match, only to superkick the champion. She rolled Naomi back into the ring and put on a side headlock, then hit a Bronco Buster for two. Back into the side headlock. They jockey for position on the ropes, until Naomi hits a big flash kick, then a sit-down jawbreaker. She heads up to the top rope but is cut off by Tamina Snuka, until the referee ejects her and Natalya from the match as well. The go to leave but instead go after Charlotte and Becky in a big brawl on the floor. Naomi drops Tamina with a kick through the ropes, but Carmella rolls her up from behind with a handful of tights for the pin. Winner: Carmella
– Dolph Ziggler is backstage, and says he never understood the hype of Shinsuke Nakamura. He calls him a fraud and a “nobody”, but says he did his research and is ready for WWE Backlash. He says he has a video of all the things Shinsuke Nakamura has done in WWE, but it’s just a slide that says “footage not found”. He then rolls a video of his career over the last eight years (so we’re forgetting that Spirit Squad existed), with him winning Money in the Bank and all his various championships. Ziggler says that for all his accomplishments, nothing will bring him more joy than spitting in the face of all the fans that turned their backs on him by beating Nakamura.
