Liv Morgan made her first premium live event defense as SmackDown Women’s Champion against Ronda Rousey at Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam event from the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
The match was short and quick. It was mostly dominated by Rousey. The finish saw Rousey have Morgan in the armbar, but at the same time, Morgan tapped, the referee counted the three as Rousey’s shoulders were down. They gave Morgan the win even. Post-match, Rousey attacked Morgan and the referee. WWE played it up as Rousey getting robbed.
At Money in the Bank, Rousey submitted Natalya to retain the SmackDown Women’s Championship, but after the match Morgan, who won the women’s Money in the Bank match earlier in the show, came out with the briefcase and cashed in. Rousey was vulnerable as she was selling the wear and tear of her previous match. Morgan pinned her to win the title for the first time.
On the July 8th edition of SmackDown, Morgan came out for a promo when she was confronted by Natalya, who told her if it wasn’t for her injuring Rousey’s leg then she wouldn’t be champion. Rouisey came out to confront Natalya, which led to Rousey beating Natalya.
