WWE Women’s title match announced for SmackDown

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A WWE Women’s Championship match has been added to the lineup for this week’s SmackDown. 

IYO SKY will defend her title against the LWO’s Zelina Vega on the show. The match was officially confirmed on Thursday afternoon.  

It will be SKY’s first televised defense since cashing in her Money in the Bank briefcase on Bianca Belair at SummerSlam. She defended it twice last weekend on house shows in triple threat matches against Belair and Charlotte Flair, however. 

Vega will be going for her first singles title in WWE. She’s a former WWE Women’s tag champion with Carmella and won the Queen’s Crown tournament in 2021.  

Friday’s edition of SmackDown will take place from the KFC YUM! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Rey Mysterio vs. Grayson Waller is the only other match announced thus far. WrestleTix currently lists 8,261 tickets as having been distributed for the show. 

WWE SmackDown August 25, 2023 lineup:

  • WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY defends against Zelina Vega
  • Jimmy Uso appears
  • Rey Mysterio vs. Grayson Waller