The first women’s match at Night of Champions has been confirmed and it will be Becky Lynch taking on Trish Stratus. Still dealing with the betrayal of Stratus, Lynch took to the ring on the May 15 episode of Raw to confirm this match. Lynch started the segment by explaining even while being The Man … Read more
One-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan had been sidelined with an injury. Originally rumored prior to Raw and then confirmed on the show, Morgan is unable to compete but a specific injury or length of time was not disclosed. Her injury was said to take place during the tag title match … Read more
Tonight’s Raw will have a Women’s Tag Team Title match where the champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez will defend against Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green. Becky Lynch is also advertised as she will be responding to Trish Stratus.
Barlow, who has had several appearances on NXT Level Up, was taken out of action last July due to an ACL injury. Now she is back and took on Kiana James at the NXT Live show in Davenport, Fla. on Friday in a losing effort.
Barlow has had Level Up matches against James, Fallon Henley, Thea Hail, and Ivy Nile.
While Barlow makes her return, Harleigh White makes her debut. This is Harleigh’s real name and has not been given a ring name yet. She teamed up with Cora Jade in a losing effort against fellow newcomer Kelani Jordan and Thea Hail.
White is a Clemson University track star – 2022 ACC triple jump champion. She joined NXT with the fall class that also included Kelani Jordan.
Ivy Nile was also in action as she defeated Lola Vice.
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Asuka is back and is on her new home of SmackDown.
Asuka hasn’t been seen since her loss against Bianca Belair for the Raw Women’s Title at WrestleMania six weeks ago. Now she is back and still not over her loss.
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Bianca Belair went to the ring for a celebration in her hometown. But before Belair could even grab a mic, the Empress was on her way to the ring. Asuka extended her hand to congratulate Belair for becoming the longest reigning woman’s champion in the modern era. Reluctant at first, Belair shook Asuka’s hand but was greeted eith the blue mist right to her face.
Belair sold the mist perfectly as officials came down to the ring to help her and keep Asuka away.
Elsewhere on SmackDown this week, the tag titles were on the line as the champs Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez defended them. Their opponents were Bayley and Dakota Kai of Damage CTRL. IYO SKY was at ringside.
The match was solid between the two teams. The final moments had Bayley instructing SKY to grab a title belt for her to use while Kai was laid out on the outside. Rodriguez caught it and played tug of war with the belt as SKY was on the ring apron. Bayley inadvertently knocked SKY off the ring apron as Rodriguez gave a boot to Kai by the timekeepers area.
Back inside Morgan took advantage as she stacked up Bayley to get the three count and retain the titles.
Throughout this match, the newest SmackDown Superstars and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre looked on backstage.
On NXT Level Up, Kelani Jordan made her TV debut as she faced Wendy Choo in a losing effort. But an impressive debut nonetheless.
Tonight’s SmackDown will have the Women’s Tag Team Titles on the line. The champs Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez will be defending against Bayley and Dakota Kai. Whichever team wins sill go on to face Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville on Monday. Also, SmackDown is in Bianca Belair’s hometown so expect the Raw Women’s Champion … Read more
This week’s episode of Main Event saw Emma in action against former NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez. Emma picked up her first televised win since returning to WWE. She landed the Widows Peak to get the three count. On NXT Level Up which will be taking place tonight, we have a newcomer Kelani Jordan who … Read more
Tiffany Stratton and Lyra Valkyria are one step closer to possibly becoming NXT Women’s Champion. They both advance from their first round matches to make it to the semi finals on their respective side of the brackets. Stratton defeated Gigi Dolin while Valkyria took out Kiana James. You can view the matches below. Other women … Read more
A new NXT Women’s Champion needs to be crowned and the process to that starts tonight. A tournament of eight women is in place with two first round matches taking place.
With Indi Hartwell being called up to Raw during the WWE Draft this has left the NXT Women’s Championship vacant. With many women in the locker room wanting a shot at the gold, there are eight women who have been included in the tournament that will begin on the May 9 episode of NXT. Those … Read more
The May 8 episode of Raw had a new challenger step up to the SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley. At first it was Dana Brooke.
In a non-title match, Ripley made short work of Brooke only after a few minutes. Brooke had some offense early on in the match but it would take a Riptide and then locking her in the Prism to make her tap out. Post-match, Ripley wasn’t done with Brooke as she landed another Riptide and locked in the Prism submission again.
Natalya’s music would hit as she made her way to the ring. She stepped up to Ripley face to face but the champion would make her way out of the ring before things got physical.
The second women’s match of the night had the Raw debut match for Zoey Stark. She had a confrontation backstage with Nikki Cross which led to the match. Stark picked up a win in her debut after delivering the Z360.
Trish Stratus had a promo after handing out “Where is Becky Lynch?” flyers back stage. The promo continued to mock Lynch with Stratus saying we are never going to see her again. Lynch’s music hits but it was just a plan by Stratus to fake out the crowd as she laughed at how gullible everybody is.
Moments later, Lynch’s music hits again much to Stratus’ confusion as that wasn’t the plan. This time Becky was back and she was behind Trish in the ring. Lynch delivered a ManHandle slam which made Stratus roll out the ring and retreat up the ramp.
Lastly, we had Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville going around backstage collecting signatures. The signatures are to have them get a tag title shot even tho that’s not what they were telling some people. Xia Li first signed it as they them approached Candice LeRae, Johnny Gargano, and Indi Hartwell.
Hartwell asked Dexter Lumis if they should sign it as he gave the thumbs down.
Later in the night, they ran into the tag team champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Morgan stated if they wanted to have a rematch all they had to do is ask. Regardless the champs signed the petition and said they would face them after they retain against Damage CTRL on Friday. Green and Deville laughed because they had the intent on facing Damage CTRL and not the current champions.
Tonight’s Raw is not only the fall out from Backlash but the first day the recent draft takes into effect. The SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley is on Raw as the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair is on SmackDown. We now have Indi Hartwell, Zoey Stark, and Kayden Carter/Katana Chance on Raw from NXT. Trish … Read more
Trish Stratus will be in attendance on the May 8 episode of Raw set for tonight. The Hall of Famer was drafted to the red brand during the recent WWE Draft and she was last seen explaining her actions against Becky Lynch. Lynch has not been seen since she lost the WWE Women’s Tag Team … Read more
Following her victory at Backlash on Saturday, Bianca Belair is now officially the longest reigning Raw Women’s Champion. And not just that, but the longest reigning Women’s Champion in general from the main roster of the modern era. That accolade was previously held by Becky Lynch. At Backlash, Belair had her toughest competition yet as … Read more
Welcome to the Backlash Discussion Post where you can talk live throughout the show. There’s two women’s matches on the card – SmackDown Women’s TitleRhea Ripley (c) vs. Zelina Vega Raw Women’s Title Bianca Belair (c) vs. IYO SKY For Diva Dirt’s predictions you can click here. Enjoy.
Tonight, WWE will have its first premium live event since WrestleMania. Backlash will have two women’s matches and they are rather fresh match ups. Bianca Belair (c) vs. IYO SKY – Raw Women’s Title Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Zelina Vega – SmackDown Women’s Title After this event Bianca, IYO, and Zelina will all be on … Read more
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships will be defended on the May 12 episode of SmackDown. The champs Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez will be defending against Bayley and Dakota Kai of Damage CTRL. Damage CTRL earned this opportunity after Bayley pinned Morgan in a tag team match on the May 1 episode of Raw. … Read more
Zelina Vega has some huge bragging rights heading into her SmackDown Women’s Championship match on Saturday. Along with Rey Mysterio she defeated her upcoming opponent Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio in the main event of SmackDown. Can she carry that momentum into Backlash and score an upset over Ripley to become champion? Vega and Ripley … Read more
Tonight’s SmackDown is the last show before Backlash that takes place tomorrow. Advertised is the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair who faces IYO SKY at the event. They both will be SmackDown Superstars starting next week. As for the SmackDown Women’s Champion, Raw talent Rhea Ripley who is the champ will be facing Zelina Vega. … Read more
Bianca Belair, who will be a SmackDown Superstar as of next week, will be on the show tonight in Puerto Rico. Just one night before her match at Backlash where she will be defending the Raw Women’s Title against IYO SKY. What will she have to say? Today marks 398 days as Raw Women’s Champion … Read more
As first reported by ESPN and then confirmed by WWE, Tamyra Mensah-Stock has signed with the company. Born in Chicago and raised in Texas, Mensah-Stock is one of the most decorated athletes in the history of women’s wrestling, winning gold medals at the Pan American Championships, Pan American Games, World Championships, and the Olympics. In … Read more
The man who stalked and attempted to kidnap Sonya Deville in 2020 has been convicted. Phillip Thomas II pled guilty on all four accounts and has been sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by 15 years of probation. Back in August 2020, Thomas was arrested and charged with Aggravated Stalking, Armed Burglary of a Dwelling, … Read more
Indi Hartwell us heading to Raw based off of her call up during the draft. She also has an ankle injury after her match last week. In the final moments of the May 2 episode of NXT, Hartwell confirmed that there will be a tournament starting next week to crown a new champ. The tournament … Read more
The Unholy Union of Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn are still your NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. For the first time in history thanks to the draft we saw a team from Raw (Kayden Carter & Katana Chance) challenge a team from SmackDown (Fyre & Dawn) for the NXT Women’s Tag Team belts. With both … Read more
A lot is set for tonight’s NXT including the fall out from the WWE Draft. Six women have been called up including the NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. Speaking of Fyre and Dawn they will be defending their gold against Katana Chance and … Read more
In case you missed this week’s Raw, on the second and final night of the WWE Draft, Damage CTRL picks up a big victory against the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. In a non-title bout, Bayley and Dakota Kai became victorious against Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan.
The match was pretty evenly throughout. At one point Kai tagged the foot of Bayley which the referee wouldn’t take as a legal tag but allowed Bayley to rake the eyes of Morgan. Morgan would eventually get the hot tag for Rodriguez. The final moments had Bayley tagging herself in as Morgan hit ObLIVion on Kai. Bayley stacks up Morgan for the victory.
The second match of the night was between the LWO including Zelina Vega, Rey Mysterio, and Santos Escobar facing Judgment Day’s Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio, and Damian Priest. Eyes were on Vega and Ripley during this match by women’s wrestling fans as they will battle for the SmackDown Women’s Title this Saturday at Backlash.
A few moments of the match included both Vega and Ripley mixing it up with the men. The match would eventually be won by the Judgment Day after Priest pinned Rey.
There was a backstage promo that gave further push for the Raw Women’s Title match at Backlash which will be the champion Bianca Belair taking on IYO SKY. As Belair was being interviewed, all of Damage CTRL entered. Belair commented that back at SummerSlam she was excited to see SKY come to the main roster as she knows was she is capable of and what she can do. But for Belair, she hasn’t seen it on the main roster. She continues to drive a wedge in Damage CTRL and trying to get SKY to believe that Bayley and Kai are holding her back.
Bayley states that with her and Kai’s win over the tag champs and with SKY facing Belair this weekend that Damage CTRL will have all of the gold.
We also got to see two Hall of Famers as Queen Sharmell and Molly Holly both helped reveal draft picks.
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance are called up from NXT to the Raw brand.
