Next week's three-hour episode of WWE Smackdown on the USA Network will be headlined by a WWE Women's Championship match between Nia Jax and Naomi. This week on Smackdown, Naomi teamed up with Bianca Belair and Bayley to defeat Jax,

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.

Furthermore, Nia Jax will put the WWE Women's Championship up for grabs in a match against Naomi. This will be Naomi's second crack at the belt in recent months, as she challenged for the title on the November 15 edition of WWE SmackDown. Furthermore, the show will transition to a three hour runtime.

Naturally, then, it was SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis who opened the show with a formal address to refute Kevin Owens’ claim that he is the rightful champion while carryi