Mercedes Martinez took part in a Mixed Tag Team Match on tonight’s NXT alongside Jake Atlas. They teamed up to take on Martinez’s rivals of Tian Sha (Xia Li & Boa).
The match had to be stopped by the referee due to a concerning moment after Li delivered a roundhouse kick to the head of Martinez. Li went for the pin but Martinez couldn’t physically keep her shoulders down although the official was making the count. The official then realized something wasn’t right and she was checking on Martinez as Li backed away. The match was then called.
Concern quickly set in with fans in wanting to make sure that Martinez is okay. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful stated that he would look into it and has received word that Martinez was checked in the back and talent/staff were told that she has been sent to the hospital for further evaluation.
I'll work to find out Mercedes' condition. That was nasty
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 30, 2021
Mercedes Martinez was checked in the back and talent/staff were told she's headed to the hospital for further evaluation
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 30, 2021
Diva Dirt will provide any further updates to this post as the information is provided.
Speculations started swirling earlier today that Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins were set to get married. The couple has been engaged since August 2019 and just welcomed their first baby girl into the world in December. Lynch has been out of action and away from WWE since she announced she was pregnant in May 2020. … Read more
Tonight’s NXT has two matches advertised that involve the women of the brand. We will see a number one contender’s match to determine who faces The Way at The Great American Bash next week for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships. This match will be a Triple Threat and involve NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez … Read more
Two big names on the indie scene, Hyan and Holidead, will both be in an AEW ring for the first time as they have matches on tonight’s Dark. First we get Hyan vs. Abadon. Hyan has recently been seen on Ring of Honor’s Women’s Division Wednesday. She also has gone toe-to-toe against Kris Statlander at … Read more
Vita VonStarr will no longer participate in the upcoming ROH Women’s Title Tournament. She didn’t play by the rules.
On the June 9 episode of Women’s Division Wednesday, VonStarr received a golden ticket into the tournament after Bateman pled her case to be in it. She recently had a match against former Women of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai. She came up short in that match but held her own and felt that she should still be placed in the tournament.
Board of Directors member and the mind behind the upcoming tournament, Maria Kanellis Bennett, gave in and granted her a spot. However, she gave a stipulation. As long as she can prove that she has the passion and the focus to participate in the women’s division she can. By this, if she interferes in the men’s matches again then she will be out of the tournament. She interfered.
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) June 28, 2021
In the clip below you can see where Maria stands firm in her decision to remove VonStarr from the tournament despite the anger from Victor.
This tournament is meant to be about the BEST in the sport of professional wrestling and without rules there is no true winner. My decision is Righteous. This is Ring of Honor. This is Women’s Wrestling. @VVonstarr @TheHorrorKingVM #therightgeous#ROHWD@ringofhonorpic.twitter.com/w72LkwvtqU
— MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) June 29, 2021
With VonStarr being removed, and as long as the punishment is kept, this opens up another spot for the tournament which is still not finalized. The participants are as follows:
Angelina Love (first round bye)
Allysin Kay
Rok-C
Willow
Trish Adora
Miranda Alize
Mazzerati
Mandy Leon
Nicole Savoy
Max the Impaler
Alex Gracia has had a Women’s Division Wednesday match recently against Willow in which she came up short. Despite these matches not being qualifiers anyway, Gracia made it a point to get the attention of Maria to get another shot to prove herself. Maria responded in person. Gracia will be getting another chance in the future which may mean she may impress Maria enough to earn a ticket to gold.
Who else do you think will round out the tournament for the new ROH Women’s World Championship? A date for the start of the tournament has not been provided at this time.
Check back in with Diva Dirt for all your news on ROH as they rebuild their women’s division and look to crown a new champion.
On this week’s RAW, Nikki Cross continues with her new gimmick she started last week and has coined that she is “Almost a Superhero.” Claiming that her name could end up being Nikki A.S.H as a result, commentary went back and forth between calling her both names throughout her match against Shayna Baszler.
Prior to their match, Baszler was seen backstage by herself with a deck of cards. Nia Jax and Reginald approached her making sure she was focused heading into her match with Cross. After they walked off-screen, Alexa Bliss was seen lurking in the background. Last week, Bliss and Cross qualified for the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match after they defeated Jax and Baszler. Cross pinned Baszler so The Queen of Spades was looking for some revenge against her and further had plans to take care of Bliss.
Bliss came out during the Cross vs. Baszler match and although she interacted with Jax and Reginald, the match continued. Baszler was distracted by the happenings on the outside, however, Cross wasn’t able to get the pin right away. After a clothesline took down Cross, she regained momentum by locking Baszler’s arm and placing her in a cradle for the victory.
Moving on to a rematch from last week, Doudrop and Eva Marie took on Naomi and Asuka. Last week, Naomi and Asuka got the win after the Eva-Lution has already started to have cracks in its mission. After Eva gave the pet name of Doudrop to Piper Niven, the “protege” wasn’t too happy. She stepped off the apron instead of accepting the tag which allowed Naomi to pin Eva. Naomi and Asuka qualified for the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match as a result.
This week, we saw distrust again between the new members of RAW but this time Eva Marie jumped down from the ring apron and refused to tag in to help her partner. This time, however, Doudrop was able to maintain focus and she won the match after hitting a crossbody off the ropes on Asuka. Although this was a tag team match, Eva took the mic from the ring announcer and said that the winner of the match was just herself. This left Doudrop fuming in the ring as the segment ended.
The third and final women’s match of the night was the advertised six-woman tag team match. RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley teamed up with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke to face Charlotte Flair and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Tamina and Natalya.
For the first half of the match, Flair/Tamina/Natalya isolated Brooke in their corner keeping her away from her team. Once she was finally able to tag out the match broke down with each woman being highlighted and Brooke/Rose showing some solid tag teamwork. In the end, the two legal women would be Rose and Flair.
Flair delivered the big boot to get the win for her team. She wasn’t able to celebrate for long as Ripley re-entered the ring and chop blocked the left knee of Flair. Flair tried to go right after her but she had already rolled out of the ring. She taunted her on the outside to end the segment.
What did you think of this week’s RAW? Join the discussion in the comment section below.
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