WWE adds tornado stipulation to SmackDown tag match

WWE has added another stipulation to Bayley & Naomi vs. Nia Jax & Tiffany Stratton on tonight’s SmackDown.

The stakes of the match are — if the babyface team wins — whoever scores the pinfall or submission will challenge Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship at Bad Blood. If the heels win, the member of the babyface team that loses the fall will have to leave SmackDown forever.

In addition to those stipulations, WWE has now announced that Bayley & Naomi vs. Jax & Stratton will be a tornado tag match. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis explained that, with this stipulation, the match is more fair because neither Bayley nor Naomi can refuse to tag out or refuse to tag in.

🚨 🚨 🚨 #SmackDown General Manager @RealNickAldis just made tonight's Women's Tag Team Match a little more interesting! 👀

📺 8/7c on @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/RciG3vXCQh

— WWE (@WWE) September 20, 2024

With Stratton’s help, Jax won the WWE Women’s Championship from Bayley at SummerSlam. Stratton currently holds the women’s Money in the Bank briefcase.

Bad Blood is taking place from Atlanta on Saturday, October 5.

Here’s the updated SmackDown lineup for tonight:

WWE SmackDown (Friday, September 20) —

• United States Champion LA Knight defends against Andrade
• Tornado tag match: Bayley & Naomi vs. Nia Jax & Tiffany Stratton (If Bayley & Naomi win, whoever scores the fall will challenge Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship at Bad Blood. If Bayley & Naomi lose, whoever loses the fall must leave SmackDown forever)
• Footage of Cody Rhodes-Roman Reigns Georgia Tech angle will air
• Apollo Crews vs. Giovanni Vinci