A key part of Sunday’s Money in the Bank was supposed to be Bianca Belair defending the SmackDown women’s championship against Bayley in an “I Quit” match.
Belair and Bayley have been embroiled in a feud throughout the year. This would have marked their third straight pay-per-view encounter, but the bout was called off last week when Bayley tore her ACL while training at the WWE Performance Center.
“It meant everything for me to work with Bayley,” Belair says. “She’s been there every step of the way for me until now. She gave me momentum going into the Royal Rumble, we came full circle after WrestleMania, and she helped show the SmackDown universe who I am.