Former WWE wrestler Sarah Logan was recently a guest on Vickie Guerrero’s Excuse Me podcast. Logan was released last April as a part of the massive cut back due to COVID-19. Shortly thereafter she announced that she would take a step back from wrestling and then announced her pregnancy. She said the following on if … Read more
According to a Fightful Select report, Maria Manic is still with the Ring of Honor promotion. The report states that she was in at ROH for a recent set of tapings. Although she was at the tapings, it is being said that she didn’t wrestle during them. Sources say that she looking well, both healthy … Read more
Daughter of the late-WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper, Teal Piper, recently was interviewed by Wrestling Inc Daily. During the interview, she explained how her father and the late-former WWE Women’s Champion Chyna were close friends. She admitted that she had only met her a few times but that Chyna did attend Roddy Piper’s funeral … Read more
Jordynne Grace defeated Jazz this weekend during the IMPACT Plus event – Genesis. This was the only women’s match on the Genesis card. The career of Jazz has certainly been legendary and anyone going up against her would think of it themselves as a dream match. With Grace as the opponent, this was also a … Read more
Sonya Deville made a huge impression as she returned to the SmackDown brand on the New Year’s Day episode last week. This week, she spoke with authority figure Adam Pearce on helping him out. She confirms that she is ready to put the past behind her and feels as though Pearce could use a hand. … Read more
Two of the more favorable names to win the 2021 Royal Rumble match have officially been announced. On this week’s SmackDown, Bianca Belair and Bayley have now declared their spots in the upcoming 30-woman match. They join Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax who have declared their spots from RAW. Belair and Bayley have had a … Read more
Sports Illustrated (SI) released its top 10 best wrestlers in the world list for 2020. SI compiled this list from a year like no other to give the talent that entertained us the credit where credit is due. Unlike past years, SI decided not to break the list down per gender. This particular author of … Read more
For tonight’s SmackDown, there isn’t a whole lot advertised, however, based on several big moments last week hopefully we get a good show. Last week we saw Carmella pin the SmackDown Women’s Champion in tag team action. With the Royal Rumble in a few weeks, it is safe to say we will see these two … Read more
AEW is having the second night of its New Year’s Smash on Jan. 13 and the second women’s match is said to no longer be on the card. A match that has been brewing for quite some time between Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa is now reportedly not happening. Instead, Baker will be hosting a … Read more
In a recent interview with Ryan Satin, Stone Cold Steve Austin commented on several current WWE Superstars. He praised Bayley for her heel work and even went on to say she is one of the most entertaining heels in the wrestling business. “Well, I’ve said in the past, Bayley … when she turned heel, I … Read more
In a battle between Jinny and Piper Niven, Jinny came out as the winner. This win makes her the number one contender for Kay Lee Ray’s beloved NXT UK Women’s Championship. Her win didn’t happen without interference however as Joseph Conners was the catalyst that helped Jinny clinch her all-important victory. Conners made his presence … Read more
Catalina Garcia made her singles-debut in NXT last night with a loss when she faced a returning and repackaged Xia Li at New Year’s Evil. Garcia is now going by the name of Katrina Cortez. She was part of the Sept. 23 number one contender Battle Royal in NXT that Candice LeRae won. Some may … Read more
Tay Conti gets a huge opportunity next week as she is going for the NWA World Women’s Title. This will be on AEW’s New Year’s Smash Night 2 on Dynamite. The prestigious title that has been shuffled in as another women’s title on AEW programming thanks to Serena Deeb will be on the line. Deeb … Read more
In a fantastic announcement, we will soon witness the first-ever NXT Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic! For the past five years, the men’s locker room has been paying tribute to the late Dusty Rhodes by competing in a tag team tournament. The sixth annual tournament for the men starts next week. Finally, the women … Read more
The first NXT of the year is here and it is named New Year’s Evil. There is one women’s match scheduled for tonight and it should be a good one. Raquel Gonzalez takes on her rival Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match. These two last went at it one-on-one at Halloween Havoc in … Read more
WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long spoke recently alongside Richard Borger on what led up to the signing of Jade Cargill with AEW. Long and Borger talked with Wrestling Inc. about the training that Cargill endured at their Face2Face Wrestling Academy. Her original preparation to step foot in the ring was attributed to a road … Read more
Havok & Nevaeh are moving forward to the final match in the Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament. Either Havok & Nevaeh or Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz will become the new Knockouts Tag Team Champions at Hard to Kill on Jan. 16.
The Killer Death Machines advance to the final round by beating the perhaps favored team of Jordynne Grace and Jazz. In the final moments of the match, Jazz is left isolated in the ring as Grace falls to the outside. This allows Havok to deliver a Tombstone Piledriver to pick up the pin on the legend.
After the match, the losing team is seen backstage as Jazz finds Grace. Grace feels remorseful that they weren’t able to advance to the finals and puts blame on herself. She explains she is frustrated and winning the tag titles meant everything to her. Grace apologizes although Jazz an apology isn’t necessary. She was grateful to get into the ring with the younger generation.
Grace then propositions Jazz to a match. She was grateful to have a match alongside Jazz and now she wants to go one-on-one with her. Jazz seems to have accepted the challenge and the two will face each other at Genesis which takes place this Saturday on IMPACT Plus.
Former SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley posted earlier today on her Instagram that her brother was missing. Moments after she posted on social media about her missing sibling with all the necessary details, she states he was found within 90-seconds. She took her original posting down and replaced it with a post saying that he was … Read more
It’s time for the first IMPACT! of the new year and we have the last semi-finals round to get to. The Knockouts Tag Team Tournament is getting closer and closer to the end and for the company to crown their Knockouts Tag Team Champions. We already know that Tasha Steelz & Kiera Hogan will be … Read more
The first RAW of the new year was definitely…just that. It was RAW Legends Night and ironically the results of the two matches were the highlight of the night compared to the theme of the show. Let’s go ahead and get to the portion of the Legends Night first to get it out of the … Read more
The first RAW is here for 2021 and it is RAW Legends Night. Time to boost the ratings. Officially scheduled to appear on tonight’s show is: Beth Phoenix, Torrie Wilson, Mickie James, Ivory, Jacqueline, Alicia Fox, and Melina. This is based on who was shown in the video from WWE directly promoting the event. Since … Read more
It should come as no surprise that Charlotte Flair will be participating in the upcoming Royal Rumble match. She made this announcement in an interview with Sarah Schreiber in a WWE Network Exclusive. Flair is the winner of the 2020 Royal Rumble match and she went on to face Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women’s … Read more
WWE has released a List This! video on their YouTube channel which lists the five Superstars who’ll be champions in 2021. Out of that list, two women were included – Bianca Belair and Peyton Royce. Bianca Belair has been a rising star ever since her time in NXT. After WrestleMania in 2020, Belair was placed … Read more
Three-time Divas Champion, Eve Torres, has been added to the list of legends for RAW Legends Night. This will take place tonight on RAW and she has been added to the prior list that includes, Alicia Fox, Torrie Wilson, Ivory, Jacqueline, Beth Phoenix, Melina, and Mickie James. Former Women’s Champion Candice Michelle is also on … Read more
IMPACT Wrestling has released Killer Kelly’s theme song/entrance video graphics on its YouTube account. She is still listed as a free agent and has had two recent matches for the company. The first was a debut loss against Kimber Lee followed up by a tag team match alongside Rene Michelle in the first round of … Read more
The first SmackDown of 2021 certainly had a few surprises. We were treated to two matches, one being the advertised match between Carmella & Bayley vs. Bianca Belair & SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. Before we get to that match result, the first match of the night involved The Riott Squad taking on Tamina & Natalya.
The Riott Squad defeated Tamina & Natalya (w/Billie Kay?)
For the past several weeks Billie Kay has been trying to find a tag team partner that will help her against The Riott Squad. She has lost two weeks in a row – first with Natalya as her partner and second with Tamina. This week she was supposed to bring in another partner to face Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott.
Tamina’s music hits making it seem like she would be Kay’s partner once again. Directly after comes Natalya’s music and it will actually be Tamina and Natalya to face The Riott Squad. This led to Billie Kay being the “manager” of this pairing…at least at first.
Midway through the match, Kay would jump to The Riott Squad’s corner and start cheering them on. This apparent switch happens when Morgan and Riott deliver a double Russian leg sweep to Tamina with Riott getting a near fall. This obviously confuses all the competitors in the match.
The end result is Kay distracting Tamina who had Morgan up on her shoulders. Morgan countered and stacked up Tamina to get the pin. Kay would then celebrate the win for The Riott Squad with everyone still confused in her actions.
In perhaps a surprise victory, Carmella & Bayley defeated Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks when Carmella pinned the SmackDown Women’s Champion. The match wound up having Belair and Bayley which had Banks distracted. Carmella rolled up Banks but got a near fall. This led to Carmella delivering a super kick to the face of The Boss. Carmella then misses in the corner and finds herself dragged into the center of the ring with the Bank Statment locked in.
Reginald quickly pulled out Carmella to avoid her from having to submit. He would then enter the ring and step up to Banks allowing Carmella to enter from the opposite side of the ring. Reginald would then exit the ring and with a smile on his face jumped on the apron to further distract Banks.
Carmella would then get caught from her superkick and Banks delivered a knee into a jackknife for a near fall. Reginald gets involved one last time as he hops back on the apron and Banks delivered a punch to knock him off. She turns around into a facebuster for Carmella to pick up the three count and the win. Carmella has pinned the SmackDown Women’s Champion.
Other than Carmella picking up the win, the other surprise of the night was the return of Sonya Deville. Although her return was just her strolling through the backstage area, it was enough to show that Daddy is back. I expect a good showing in the upcoming rumble match by Miss. Deville.
Let’s get into the first Winners & Losers of 2021!
WINNER: Billie Kay
Personally, Billie Kay is slaying in this role. It is comedy, it is fun, it is at this point more unpredictable then most things. Having her root for the team she has been feuding against is hilarious. I still won’t get over the break up of her and Peyton, however, at least with Billie they are letting her character shine.
Of course, it wasn’t without help for her victory but Carmella did pin the champion. Her working with Sasha has really made her work the best it has been, maybe ever. I am sure most people are going to complain about her getting the pin. In my opinion, it furthers the feud and does exactly what it should do. It feeds into Carmella’s character and has her look like a worthy opponent. I am all here for them getting another one-on-one at Royal Rumble.
WINNER: Sonya Deville
I know she didn’t really do anything, but she is BACK! So WIN! I really was hoping for her to be a surprise for the rumble itself. I hope to bring her back before it will mean there are some bigger surprises for the rumble. Her returning at the event would have been predictable anyway.
LOSER: Sasha Banks
Unfortunately for this week, The Boss, The Blueprint, The Standard winds up on the losing end of things. As I said with Carmella it is a good thing storyline-wise and in the long run, I don’t see it hurting her. If they have her drop the title before WrestleMania I would be kind of surprised at this point.
What did you think about this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!!
