Bayley Beats Piper Niven to Retain WWE Women's Title at Clash at the Castle 2024

Bayley beat Piper Niven at Clash at the Castle in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday to retain the WWE Women's Championship.

Bayley thwarted multiple attempts at interference by Chelsea Green throughout the match and managed to take down Niven with a pinning combination out of a crucifix bomb.

At WrestleMania 40, Bayley returned to the top of the women's division by defeating former Damage CTRL stablemate Iyo Sky for the WWE women's title, but it quickly made her a marked Superstar on SmackDown.

Bayley entered into a friendly rivalry with Naomi, as well as a more heated one with Tiffany Stratton, beating both of them in a Triple Threat at Backlash.

Shortly thereafter, Niven and Green felt slighted by Bayley when the champ expressed excitement over seeing Jade Cargill in the Queen of the Ring tournament.

Cargill faced and defeated Niven in the tournament, which added further insult to injury and prompted Niven and Green to focus their energy on taking down Bayley.

Bayley beat Green in a singles match on the May 24 episode of SmackDown in Saudi Arabia, but Niven and Green got one over on Bayley the following week when they beat Bayley and Naomi in a tag team match.

With that win, Niven was named No. 1 contender for the Women's Championship, and her match against Bayley became official at Clash at the Castle in Piper's home country of Scotland.

When Bayley confronted Nia Jax during her celebration for winning the Queen of the Ring tournament, Niven attacked Bayley, putting her and her title reign on notice.

Jax's Queen of the Ring win meant she secured a Women's Championship match at SummerSlam in August, so it would have been easy for Bayley to look past Niven.

Even so, Bayley was able to focus on the task at hand by vanquishing Piper to keep her title match against Nia alive for SummerSlam.

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