Overview
- Giulia defeated Chelsea Green by pinfall to win back the WWE Women’s United States Championship, making her a two-time titleholder.
- The championship change occurred on the Jan. 2 episode of SmackDown in the latest chapter of their feud that reignited in November.
- Kiana James and Alba Fyre were in the competitors’ corners and got involved, with James distracting the referee during a crucial cover by Green.
- Green hit Unprettier and Rough Rider and later rolled Giulia up after an Arrivederci Knee miss, but Giulia sealed the win with a top-rope butterfly suplex followed by a Northern Lights Bomb.
- Earlier in the show, Green sought to avoid the defense by appealing to GM Nick Aldis, who warned he would strip her of the belt.