Tiffany Stratton has held the Money in the Bank briefcase twice in three years. (Credit: Melina Pizano/WWE via Getty Images)

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The WWE Crown Jewel event had been built up as a potential turning point for the women’s division on both Raw and SmackDown, one facilitated by a champion vs. champion match between Chelsea Green and Liv Morgan.

WWE’s women’s division has been booked underwhelmingly in recent months thanks in large part to the absence of a few top stars. Over the past few weeks, there have been signs of life on Raw and SmackDown, with the rise of stars like Blake Monroe and Tiffany Stratton’s big Money in the Bank win.

At WWE Crown Jewel, Green and Morgan did battle with the MITB briefcase looming large and many unanswered questions about the immediate future of the Women’s World and WWE Women’s titles.

WWE Crown Jewel 2026 Results For Liv Morgan Vs. Chelsea Green

Chelsea Green spent the past couple of months as one of the worst-booked world champions in recent memory, losing most of her matches during a title reign that was never really supposed to happen anyway.

But at WWE Crown Jewel 2026, Green picked up the biggest singles victory of her career when Morgan slipped on a banana peel and Green took advantage. The WWE Women’s Champion was able to pin Morgan after a failed Oblivion attempt to pick up the surprise victory, only for her best friend Tiffany Stratton to betray her moments later.

Here are the key match highlights from Green’s upset win and short-lived elation at Crown Jewel:

• Green nearly stole the win with a quick roll-up as Morgan talked trash, then Morgan hit a basement dropkick. The crowd chanted “Chelsea, Chelsea Green!” Green slapped Morgan and hit a pair of dropkicks, causing Morgan to roll to the outside. Green went for a dive, but Morgan intercepted it with a clothesline.
• Morgan hit Green with a Codebreaker for a nearfall, and eventually, nailed the Three Amigos suplexes followed by an enziguri. Green briefly rocked Morgan on the top rope, then hit a superplex off the middle rope. Green made a comeback with a step-up enziguri and running knee.
• Green leaped off the top rope, and Morgan caught her with another Codebreaker for a two-count. Morgan hit a corner splash, then Green smashed her face-first into the turnbuckle. Green went for the Rough Ryder, but Morgan countered into a powerbomb for another nearfall.
• Morgan went for the Unpretty-Her, then Green tried. Neither hit it. Green then got a suplex and a Rough Ryder for a two-count. The two stars exchanged blows, and Morgan hit a springboard Codebreaker for two. Morgan then locked in a half crab submission, but Green got to the ropes to break it up.
• Morgan leaped off the tope, but Green caught her with a superkick and both women went down. Green hit a dive on the outside followed by a second. Back in, Green hit a missle dropkick. Morgan missed the Oblivion, then Green hit the Unpretty-Her, but Morgan got her foot on the bottom rope to stop the pin.
• Green went to the top, and out came Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, allowing Morgan to push Green off the top rope. Morgan told Rodriguez and Perez to go to the back and sent them away. Inside, Morgan hit a Codebreaker yet again, then Morgan went for Oblivion. Green held onto the ropes and then got a crafty pin on Morgan to pick up the shocking victory. Post-match, Green celebrated at Ringside and then re-entered the ring as she hugged Triple H, who presented her with the Crown Jewel Championship title and ring.
• Triple H gave Green the microphone, and the crowd chanted, “You deserve it.” Green cut a promo about being overlooked, and she attempted to steal Morgan’s signature catchphrase, Morgan attacked her from behind. Tiffany Stratton’s music hit, and Stratton blasted Morgan with the briefcase.
• Out came Perez and Rodriguez to save Morgan. Then, Stratton blasted her friend Green with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Stratton said she was cashing in her briefcase. The bell rang just as Stratton hit the Prettiest Moonsault ever on Green. Stratton pinned Green for the 1-2-3 to win the WWE Women’s Championship.

WWE Crown Jewel 2026 Results: What’s Next For Chelsea Green And Tiffany Stratton?

The biggest X-factor heading into Crown Jewel was Stratton, and boy oh boy, did she make her presence felt.

When Stratton surprisingly won that briefcase last month, it was a booking swerve by WWE’s creative team, which apparently thought a Roxanne Perez win was too predictable. Of course, little did WWE realize that Stratton’s win and ensuing storylines with Green and Morgan were just as predictable, if not more so.

Given the way Stratton cashed in on her former friend Nia Jax just a couple of years ago, it felt far too repetitive for Stratton to betray her friend once again. Yet, no matter how predictable it was, this is exactly what WWE did anyway. It’s a catch-22, though.

Stratton badly needed a heel turn, and she got it at Crown Jewel when she successfully cashed in on Green instead of Morgan. But this all felt like an overly convoluted way to do a betrayal storyline between Green and Stratton that just as easily could have been done without the Money in the Bank briefcase involved.

The good news, though, is that Stratton is back to her more natural heel roots while Green’s dreadful title reigns is mercilessly over. Now, WWE fans should expected a few matches between Green and Stratton before Stratton moves on to bigger and better things, perhaps an eventual WrestleMania rivalry with a returning Rhea Ripley.