Two matches have been announced for the January 3 episode of WWE SmackDown. As announced on the December 27 episode, Naomi will challenge Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s Championship. Naomi is one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions alongside Bianca Belair.

The WWE Women’s Championship will be on the line on the first SmackDown of 2025. As revealed during this week’s episode, WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax will defend her title against Naomi on the

The Undisputed WWE Championship will be defended at WWE Royal Rumble. At WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, Cody Rhodes beat Kevin Owens to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship. After the match, Owens attacked Rhodes and walked away with the Winged Eagle Title that Rhodes wore to the ring.

A stipulation has been added to the WWE Women’s World Championship match on the WWE RAW on Netflix premiere. At the WWE RAW on Netflix Kickoff event, Adm Pearce confirmed that Rhea Ripley would challenge Liv Morgan for the title at the Netflix premiere on January 6.