Jacy Jayne finally captured her first main roster title by dethroning Women’s United States Champion Tiffany Stratton, and her victory also furthered Stratton’s storyline with interim WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green. I love when things work out that way, as Jayne really needed some singles gold to compliment Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid’s Women’s Tag Team Championships, and WWE needed to further the story between Stratton and Green, especially with the latter unable to compete in the ring at the moment.
I’ve been a big fan of Jayne since her time in “WWE NXT,” and she spent more than enough time down at the WWE Performance Center to really establish herself as both a solid heel and an in-ring worker. While I wasn’t the biggest fan of this match overall tonight, as I found it pretty messy in places, I’m just glad she’s the new champion. I haven’t been loving Stratton’s work in the ring lately, and maybe she needs some time to heal up or get herself together, but first, she can wrap this story with the women’s champion.
Stratton started out as a reluctant friend of Green’s, and now, when she’s finally all in on that friendship, it cost her the title. She saved Green earlier in the night from an impending attack by Lash Legend and Nia Jax, and the Irresistible Forces injured her ribs, which Jayne attempted to target throughout the match. Even though Green knew she couldn’t get involved, since she isn’t medically cleared, she still ran out to attempt to help Stratton, and the now-former champion chose to save Green from Henley and Reid by flying off the top rope, rather than hit the Prettiest Moonsault Ever to Jayne in the ring to win the match.
We found out earlier in the night that Green has 30 days to get medically cleared to defend her title, and it looks like WWE may have established her first challenger. Stratton works much better as a heel, anyway, and it will be easy to turn her on Green in an in-ring segment while the champion continues to heal from a broken orbital bone.
Jayne holding the Women’s US title freshens things up in that scene a bit, as well, allowing for more babyface challengers to come forward. I’d love to see Tatum Paxley step up to her, encouraged by Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss. Tonight’s episode of the blue brand wasn’t my favorite watch, but Jayne winning the gold made the two hours more than worth it.
Written by Daisy Ruth
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