Trish Stratus challenging Tiffany Stratton for WWE Women’s Championship
WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus is returning from hiatus to challenge for the Women’s Championship at Evolution.
As confirmed during Friday’s taped SmackDown episode, Stratus will challenge Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women’s Championship at the Sunday, July 13 Evolution event in Atlanta.
During an in-ring promo with Queen of the Ring winner Jade Cargill, Stratton revealed that she had been granted the opportunity to choose her challenger at Evolution and had chosen Stratus. Cargill will face the winner at SummerSlam set for August 2 and August 3.
Stratus and Stratton teamed at the Elimination Chamber event in Stratus’s hometown of Toronto earlier this year.
A former seven-time Women’s Champion, Stratus was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. Stratus has held the WWE Women’s title since January 3 of this year when she cashed in her Money in the Bank contract on Nia Jax on SmackDown.
The updated Evolution lineup following SmackDown:
WWE Evolution, Sunday, July 13, 7 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock in the US and Netflix internationally —
- WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Trish Stratus
- Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Rhea Ripley
- NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne defends against Jordynne Grace
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss and two teams TBD in a four-way
- No holds barred: Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
- Battle royal for a championship match at Clash in Paris