Becky Lynch continues to be Women’s Intercontinental Champion after Natalya turned heel on her former friend, Maxxine Dupri, costing her the match on “WWE Raw.” Natalya returned in a backstage segment ahead of the match and accompanied Dupri to the ring, as Dupri was set for her rematch against Lynch after “The Man” recaptured the title on the January 5 edition of the red brand.
The ladies locked up to start out off the match and it was Lynch to get Dupri off her feet. Lynch dodged an ankle lock, but caught a dropkick and rolled out of the ring. Dupri hit a cannonball from the ring apron to take out the champion. Back within the ring, Dupri went to the ropes, but Lynch hit a neck breaker to her challenger across the highest turnbuckle. Dupri rallied and hit a leg drop to Lynch, but she kicked out. She avoided one other ankle lock by attending to the ropes. Dupri dodged an arm bar and Dis-Arm-Her, and almost had the match won with an enormous kick to the back of Lynch’s head.
“The Man” hit a suplex off the center rope, followed by a DDT, but Dupri would not stay down. The champion took the quilt off the highest turnbuckle, nevertheless it was Lynch who bounced off of it after countering yet one more ankle lock. Dupri covered Lynch and looked to have the victory, but Natalya put Lynch’s foot on the rope from the surface. Lynch was capable of hit a Manhandle Slam for the victory.
After the match, Natalya attacked Dupri within the ring. While beating her down, she shouted at her former student that she was “never going to learn,” and locked her within the sharpshooter.