Next week's three-hour episode of WWE Smackdown on the USA Network will be headlined by a WWE Women's Championship match between Nia Jax and Naomi. This week on Smackdown, Naomi teamed up with Bianca Belair and Bayley to defeat Jax,

or possibly two. The confirmed championship match will see Nia Jax put her WWE Women’s belt on the line against... the last wrestler she defended it against on television. Naomi came up short back on the Nov. 15 SmackDown, but she’s been on the winning ...

Someone who will indeed get a championship match, though, is one half of the women’s tag team champions, Naomi. After pinning Candice LeRae in a six-woman tag team match to earn the win for her team, Naomi will be facing Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship on next week’s show.

The WWE Women’s Championship will be on the line on the first SmackDown of 2025. As revealed during this week’s episode, WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax will defend her title against Naomi on the

Two matches have been announced for the January 3 episode of WWE SmackDown. As announced on the December 27 episode, Naomi will challenge Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship. Naomi is one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions alongside Bianca Belair.

Furthermore, Nia Jax will put the WWE Women's Championship up for grabs in a match against Naomi. This will be Naomi's second crack at the belt in recent months, as she challenged for the title on the November 15 edition of WWE SmackDown. Furthermore, the show will transition to a three hour runtime.

Naturally, then, it was SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis who opened the show with a formal address to refute Kevin Owens’ claim that he is the rightful champion while carryi