On “SmackDown”, Liv Morgan defeated an injured Charlotte Flair to advance to the Queen of the Ring finals.
Prior to the match, Flair was attacked by Jade Cargill, B-Fab, and Michin, who focused on her surgically repaired knee. Nick Aldis and Alexa Bliss tried to persuade her to forfeit, but she refused. Morgan chopped her knee before the match began. Once the bell rang, Flair connected with a clothesline. Morgan focused on attacking Flair’s knee in various ways.
Flair rolled her up and went for a Figure 4, but Morgan kicked her away. Flair continued tending to her knee, but landed a backbreaker and sent Morgan into the turnbuckle. Morgan hit her knee from behind and put her within the Tree of Woe to stomp her knee repeatedly. She climbed up top and battered the knee together with her hands. Flair sent her to the mat and landed an enormous boot. She followed with Natural Selection from the highest rope.
Flair locked within the Figure 4, but couldn’t bridge into the Figure Eight at first. She finally locked it in, but Morgan reversed it. Flair was in a position to get to the ropes. Morgan chopped her knee and cinched in a single leg Boston Crab. Flair almost made it to the rope when Morgan pulled her back and locked it in deeper. Flair got a rope break and rolled to the ground. The medical team, Bliss, and Aldis checked on her again. Morgan pulled her up and Flair pulled her neck over the rope. Morgan landed Ob-LIV-ion before putting her right into a deep single leg crab until she tapped.
Morgan will face IYO SKY within the tournament final at Night of Champions.