WWE Announces WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament to Start on 11/15 SmackDown Show

As noted before, the November 8th WWE SmackDown show featured the official debut of a new Women’s United States Championship belt that will be defended across both of their RAW and SmackDown brands.

WWE released a video earlier today on Twitter featuring SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announcing that a tournament will be held to crown the inagural champion and this tournament officially starts on tonight’s SmackDown show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Aldis also announced that one tournament match will be held on tonight’s SmackDown show.

This match is a First Round Triple Threat match of Candice LeRae vs. Bayley vs. B-Fab.

.@RealNickAldis gets us ready for a HUGE night in Milwaukee including the start of the Women's United States Championship Tournament AND @CodyRhodes kicking off #SmackDown!

📺 8/7c on @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/zTi3iO3adU

— WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2024

Current card for November 15th WWE SmackDown show:

• WWE Women’s Championship – Naomi vs. Nia Jax (c)
• WWE Tag Team Championship – Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) (c)
• WWE Women’s United States Championship Tournament First Round Triple Threat match – Candice LeRae vs. Bayley vs. B-Fab
• Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes to appear