Chelsea Green advances to WWE Women’s US title tournament semifinals

Chelsea Green is moving on in the WWE Women’s United States Championship tournament.

Green won a three-way on Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode to advance in the tournament to crown the first-ever Women’s United States Champion.

After a Jade Cargill injury angle provided a distraction, Green defeated Blair Davenport and Bianca Belair in the triple threat quarterfinals matchup. Green will face Bayley in the United States title tournament at a later date after Bayley advanced on last week’s SmackDown.

The Cargill injury angle played out as she was shown backstage on the hood of a car, seemingly hit by a mystery assailant. After the tournament bout, Belair jumped into an ambulance to accompany Cargill to a hospital in storyline.

Cargill was set for action in the tournament on next week’s episode, but WWE announced that a mystery wrestler will take Cargill’s place.

The remaining quarterfinals matches in the tournament are a mystery replacement for Cargill vs. Michin vs. Piper Niven, plus Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Elektra Lopez.

Our full report from Friday’s WWE SmackDown is available here.