Posted on 7/18/126 by Colin Vassallo
An interim WWE Women’s champion will be crowned at
SummerSlam as Rhea Ripley does not seem likely to be
returning from her injury within the next few weeks.
On Smackdown last night it was announced that qualifying
matches will be held to determine five contenders who will
then wrestle in a ladder match at SummerSlam to crown the
new interim champion.
Interim champions are rarely used in WWE and usually those
injured are stripped off their title.
The first two qualifiers were held last night, with Tiffany
Stratton defeating Jacy Jayne and Jade Cargill defeating Nia
Jax, with both advancing to SummerSlam.
Jax will have another shot at this next week versus
Charlotte Flair since Flair cost her the DQ loss last night.