This week’s SmackDown Live saw Alexa Bliss defeat Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship after Naomi was forced to surrender the title earlier in the show due to injury.
Noami injured her left knee at Elimination Chamber when she hit the moonsault that won her the championship. The initial timeframe for her return looked like two weeks, but after that time she was still not cleared to return. It now looks like she could miss up to two months, which would prevent her from working WrestleMania 33.
"This was, by far, the most difficult thing I've had to do as GM of #SmackDown." – @WWEDanielBryan, on @NaomiWWE's injury. #TalkingSmack pic.twitter.com/98nHE4RwGD
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) February 22, 2017
Source: Wrestling Observer Radio