Charlotte’s “Survivor Series” Replacement Announced

Oh…ok then. Earlier this week, Smackdown Women’s Champion Natalya lost the Women’s Title to Charlotte, changing up two matches for Sunday’s “Survivor Series 2017” card. Natalya was moved out of the champion vs. champion match while Charlotte was moved out of the elimination match. However, WWE made it clear that Natalya wasn’t being put into Charlotte’s place. Now we know who will take the new champ’s spot.

As announced in a tweet by “Smackdown Live” Commissioner Shane McMahon, Natalya will be taking Charlotte’s place. Natalya joins captain Becky Lynch, Carmella, Naomi and Tamina as the already announced members of the team. There had been speculation of either Paige or Nikki Bella taking the spot instead of Natalya.

Individual competition drives every #SDLive Superstar. Even in defeat, @NatbyNature proved herself to be a fierce competitor and will be an asset to Team Smackdown’s 5 on 5 #SurvivorSeries Team. Let’s go to work, Nattie.

— Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) November 18, 2017

Here’s how Charlotte got rid of Natalya.

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Opinion: Can someone explain to me why they didn’t just announce this on Tuesday? There was some nice speculation going on with Paige being a possibility or even Bella (so this is kind of a positive) but saying it won’t be Natalya and then just saying “eh it’s Natalya” is kind of a letdown. The match will be fine, but that’s not the most thrilling way to get there.

Do you like Natalya being in the match? Who should have gotten her spot? Let us know in the comments below.