This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown aired live from Riyadh and the show featured some big title matches. Zelina Vega defended the WWE Women’s United States Championship against Giulia during the show, and in the end it was Giulia who walked out with the gold.
Near the end of the match Zelina Vega went for a moonsault from the top, but Giulia moved out of the way. The challenger then followed up with a running knee to Vega then another knee to her face. Giulia picked Vega up for the Northern Lights Bomb then connected with the move and the pin the win the match.
Giulia first signed with WWE last year and quickly became one of the top stars in NXT. She managed to win the NXT Women’s Championship back in January which she dropped to Stephanie Vaquer in March. Giulia was then called up to the SmackDown brand in May.
Zelina Vega defeated Chelsea Green to win the WWE Women’s United States Championship for the first time in her career during the April 25th episode of SmackDown, but unfortunately for Vega her run has come to an end after 63 days.
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