The Raw Women’s Title Match between Alexa Bliss and Bayley was originally planned to be a fatal four-way match at SummerSlam. The fatal four-way match was originally planned to be involving Alexa Bliss, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Nia Jax.
However, when the men’s main event for the Universal Title at SummerSlam turned into a fatal four-way match, the women’s match was scrapped because the company didn’t want to do two similar matches on the same brand.