On January 26, 2020, at the Royal Rumble event, Carmella participated in the annual Royal Rumble match, entering at number 27 and lasting a little over six minutes, before she was eliminated by Shayna Baszler. After racking up some wins against the likes of Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose, in February, Carmella earned herself a title match for the SmackDown Women's Championship but came up short against Bayley. Throughout the next two months, she aligned herself with Dana Brooke, and the two eventually challenged Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, however, they were unsuccessful in capturing them. In May, after defeating Mandy Rose in a qualifying match, she participated in her third ever Money in the Bank ladder match at the eponymous pay-per-view, however, she failed to win the briefcase.