Mickie James recently went on record to say that she pitched the idea of an all-female branded show for WWE prior to her release. She was told by someone within the company that she pitched the idea to that it would never, ever, happen. Not only that but was told that women’s wrestling doesn’t sell … Read more
IMPACT’s fall-out from Rebellion is here and there’s a lot of opportunities for tonight’s show. First, Taylor Wilde made her return to the company at Rebellion when she attacked Kimber Lee and Susan after Deonna Purrazzo retained her title against Tenille Dashwood. Wilde will make her first appearance in a wrestling match in 10-years on … Read more
Tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite will feature a match between Kris Statlander and Penelope Ford. This will be the first time they have met in the ring one-on-one for almost a year since last year’s Double or Nothing. On Dynamite shortly after that event is where Statlander was sidelined as she was paired up with … Read more
Mickie James was one of several wrestlers who were released the week after WrestleMania. James has done two stints with WWE and her second one was not on the level of how a legend of the industry should be treated. On her podcast that she co-hosts with Lisa Marie Varon and SoCal Val, James opened … Read more
There’s no hiding that the current state of the women’s division for WWE’s RAW and SmackDown has been lackluster to put it politely. With rosters bursting with talent, it is entirely frustrating as a viewer to see little to no effort being put into storylines, fresh matches, or even enough TV time. Carmella has been … Read more
NXT newcomer Zayda Ramier picked up a huge win in her first singles match on the black and gold brand. This is only the second look we are getting at Ramier as she lost her debut match alongside Gigi Dolin against The Way. Her opponent was Toni Storm. Facing a former champion, Ramier had a … Read more
Tonight’s NXT has two matches on the schedule and both surround potential future title opportunities. First is a match that was announced last week which is Mercedes Martinez taking on Dakota Kai. Ever since Raquel Gonzalez became NXT Women’s Champion at Stand & Deliver, Martinez has had gold in her sight. Last week, Martinez responded … Read more
Sanjana George is just one of the most recent WWE Performance Center recruits that were announced last week. Although she has prior experience in MMA, she is open about being new when it comes to wrestling. While speaking with Times of India, George had the following to say about starting her training as well as … Read more
Laynie Luck found herself in a marriage proposal during a training session with her now-fiancé and fellow wrestler GPA.
Luck took to her social media to reveal the video of the engagement. During her training, GPA delivered an Irish Whip which led to the up and over in the corner. But instead of GPA finishing the move he got down on one knee and presented the ring.
The couple recently wrestled each other at Freelance/FU Chicago’s Secret Stash a few weeks ago.
Luck is currently the Zelo Pro Women’s Champion for the Zelo Pro Wrestling organization based in Chicago, Ill. She will be defending her title against Knockouts Tag Team Champion Jordynne Grace on May 1.
The happy couple received many congratulations online from an abundance of talent from all across companies. Naomi, Maria Kanellis-Bennett, Franky Monet, LuFisto, Big Swole, Mick Foley, Killer Kelly, Mustafa Ali, and Indi Hartwell are just a few.
yes we have to get it resized for my big ass fingers ?
For tonight’s RAW, WWE has scheduled a six-woman tag team match. The team of RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax will face the team of Naomi, Lana, and Asuka. Last week, Charlotte Flair was “suspended indefinitely and fined” for her actions after losing to … Read more
IMPACT’s next big pay-per-view is tonight and Rebellion has two big Knockouts matches on the card. First, we have the Knockouts Tag Team Championships up for grabs as the champions Fire ‘N Flava defend against the team of Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering. Ellering made her debut for IMPACT this past Thursday when she came … Read more
As the next pay-per-view approaches in the next few weeks, we now know that the next opponent for Bianca Belair will be Bayley. The two will battle it out with the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line at WrestleMania Backlash on May 16. Last week Bayley staked claim in getting the next championship match against … Read more
Yesterday on her social media, Mickie James called out WWE for how they handled the return of her belongings. In the photo she took was her posessions in a trash bag marked with her name. She captioned the photo by addressing Vince McMahon saying she received her “care package.” A hashtag with Women’s Wrestling Matters … Read more
Mickie James is one of four women who was recently released by WWE the week after WrestleMania. James hasn’t been utilized in a match other than the Royal Rumble since September of last year. The treatment of James since she returned to WWE at the end of 2016 has been baffling to many fans. This … Read more
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will have the biggest match of Tay Conti’s career as the top-ranking female gets her shot at the AEW Women’s World Title. Recently Conti has been paired up alongside the champion Hikaru Shida but tonight she will be across the ring from her. Shida has held the AEW Women’s World Championship for … Read more
Tonight’s NXT will have a big debut from Sarray. She will be facing Zoey Stark in her debut match. You can view below from a Network Exclusive where Stark requested to be Sarray’s first opponent. Sarray accepted and General Manager William Regal made it official. Currently, this is the only match announced for the women … Read more
The Empress of Tomorrow vs. The Queen in the main event of this week’s RAW left Charlotte Flair unraveled and unhinged. Before we get to the main event result, let’s hop right into what was expected from our women’s tag team division. Once again the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions faced one of the same … Read more
Tonight’s RAW will see Charlotte Flair taking on Asuka. Last week on the RAW after WrestleMania, Flair returned after being off TV for several weeks. Early in the night, she cut a promo in regards to not being involved at WrestleMania. She showed up moments later to attack both Asuka and RAW Women’s Champion Rhea … Read more
Chelsea Green was one of four women that were released by WWE last week along with six male superstars. She recently sat down with Fightful for a very candid interview where she explained she was surprised by her release but did receive a heads up. Green was notified that cuts were happening and thanks to … Read more
Tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown will be the first show since Bianca Belair became SmackDown Women’s Champion at WrestleMania last weekend. In a battle that many will remember for a lifetime, Belair defeated Sasha Banks in the main event of Night One. WWE has just posted a video of Belair’s first week as champion while celebrating … Read more
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite has two women’s matches set, one of which is a return to the ring and the other is a match that has been brewing for weeks. First, Kris Statlander will be returning to the ring to face Amber Nova. Nova made her AEW debut this week on Dark as she teamed with … Read more
NXT is now on Tuesday nights and there is a lot to unpack already.
There was an advertised debut, two matches that involved the women including the main event, a lot of eyes on the new champion Raquel Gonzalez, and a surprise moment that was heartwarming to see.
The first match of the night was from an altercation that happened earlier in the day. Mercedes Martinez was heated because after she paired back up with The Robert Stone Brand a few weeks ago she didn’t get paid as she wanted. This was done because Jessi Kamea wasn’t able to compete. She approached Aliyah and Robert Stone backstage. When she wasn’t getting her money she choked Aliyah up against the way until Kamea entered. Martinez asked her if she wanted to step up to her. Kamea said no, she wanted to step on her.
Mercedes Martinez defeated Jessi Kamea
Despite the confidence that Kamea presented, the match was way shorter than it needed to be and Martinez was able to pick up the victory. After the match, Martinez went after Stone and Aliyah. Aliyah was able to escape around the barricade to the other side of the plexiglass but Stone wasn’t so lucky. Martinez held him up against the plexiglass until he gave her the money she was requesting.
As she was walking away checking her money, she stopped at the announce table and delivered a message to Raquel Gonzalez. Martinez has her eyes set on the new champion and wants to take the gold for herself as she states she is coming for her.
She isn’t the only woman that has her eyes set on Gonzalez. The debuting Franky Monet made a huge statement as she let the new champion know that she will be seeing her every Tuesday night. For a full rundown of what took place during Monet’s debut, you can click here to see the previous report.
After Monet and her adorable dog left the ring, a moment happened that no one was expecting. The new RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley and the new SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair joined Gonzalez in the center of the ring to celebrate their victories. Behind them on the screen was a photo of all three of them together. It was a beautiful and a fully realized moment of what we have witnessed this past week.
In a WWE Network Exclusive that was just uploaded, it shows Triple H being the proud papa as he takes photos with all three champions. Then after he leaves the three women to discuss their wins with one another and Ripley mentions that it is the start of a new era. They all agree and Belair says that the ones that came before them don’t have to leave but they need to make some space. Plus there is more coming behind them as well.
The main event saw an eight-person tag team match that pinned the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Ember Moon & Shotzi Blackheart along with Dexter Lumis and Bronson Reed against all four members of The Way.
Blackheart, Moon, Reed, and Lumis defeated The Way
This match had a bit of everything and was fun to watch. As the match starts to wind down to its finish, Indi Hartwell pretended to be knocked out in the ring as Lumis was trying to put Johnny Gargano to sleep. Once Lumis realized that Hartwell was “knocked out” he showed concern. As he goes to help her up, Austin Theory takes him out and Lumis spills to the outside. Hartwell then disposes of her own teammate Theory out on the other side of the ring. She then falls down again on the ring apron and Lumis picks her up to take her to the back. She picks her head up, winks, and smiles with a thumbs up. #Index.
Back to the action in the ring. Moon climbs on top of Reed’s shoulders and delivers an Eclipse on Theory. Candice LeRae then dumps Moon to the outside. Reed then fights off Gargano and Theory in the corner as he is perched up on the top turnbuckle. LeRae then tries to deliver a superplex to Reed as Blackheart shows up to place her on her shoulders and drop her on top of Theory. Reed then hits a Tsunami for the pin and the victory for his team.
Other women who made appearances on the show are Zoey Stark, Marina Shafir, and the announcement of Sarray’s debut.
Stark was seen backstage being interviewed about how she felt competing at her first TakeOver event. She says just four months ago she was living in Las Vegas trying to make ends meet. Now she has a huge victory over Toni Storm and has her eyes set on the NXT Women’s Title. Mercedes Martinez had something to say about that statement. Martinez says that she is the next in line for a title shot and that we shouldn’t be wasting our time on some rookie.
Shafir didn’t play any big part in the show but she was alongside her husband Roderick Strong. Strong turned in his resignation to William Regal who stated that he was always welcome back. What this may mean for Strong and if Shafir is going to play a part in it remains to be seen. Shafir was last seen in action alongside Zoey Stark in the Dusty Cup in January.
Lastly, Sarray will be making her long awaited debut next week. Sarray was signed a while back and because of the pandemic she wasn’t able to get to the United States. She is here now and the video hyping her debut from Regal seems to be big things on the horizon for this talent.
Now let’s get into the Winners & Losers of the week:
Although I am not loving the fact that Raquel seems to be a babyface all of a sudden, she 100% deserves this title win. Her recapping her history and how much she has grown showed that. Her interaction with the debuting Franky was great. And the big moment between her and Rhea and Bianca was something that I was not expecting in the slightest and made me emotional from all three wins this past week.
WINNER: Franky Monet
Good first impression of Franky. And for a change we have someone who is debuting who I feel has a good entrance and music to go along with it. The Torrie Wilson vibes are real. Going right towards the champ is good also and at the same time it doesn’t feel like she is necessarily jumping the line as Mercedes and Zoey both mentioned they have their eye on the prize as well.
WINNER: Indi Hartwell
Indi has so much talent. Both in the ring and her ability to make everyone laugh. I was fully expecting the Index moment and I am still good with it happening as it did. Her thumbs up was great and the WWE Network Exclusive that has come out is even better. She explained where she went missing was that she had to go to “medical” to be “cleared.” *wink wink* The Way is actually a stable where all four of them play their parts so very well.
It’s hard to pick a loser because everything was solid. But the constant jobbing that The Robert Stone Brand gets to be tiring. Kamea stands up to Martinez in the clip from earlier today to just lose in a minute. I didn’t expect her to beat Martinez but at least they could have had a solid match.
If RAW and SmackDown would start using their women as much as NXT does then it would be a lot more fun discussing the Winners & Losers of the week.
The fall-out from last week’s TakeOver event, Stand & Deliver, is tonight on NXT’s new night. NXT will be on Tuesday nights from here on out and we have a new champion for the brand. Raquel Gonzalez defeated Io Shirai in the main event of Night One from TakeOver. Shirai held the title for over … Read more
Former WWE Divas Champion Kelly Kelly got married over the weekend. Kelly, real name Barbie Blank married Joe Coba. It was reported back in May of 2020 that the two were engaged. She took to her social media to share a beautiful wedding photo and them officially becoming Mr. & Mrs. Coba. Her husband posted … Read more
The RAW after WrestleMania witnessed a rematch for the RAW Women’s Title where new champion Rhea Ripley faced off against now-former champion Asuka. Their match at WrestleMania Night Two yesterday has received mixed reactions. Personally, the match over the weekend certainly faired better in my opinion to what we saw tonight. Before we talk about … Read more
The biggest event on the wrestling calendar, WrestleMania 37, took place over the weekend. The event was energetic, historic, and ushered in a new era for the women’s division by crowning two new champions. The event was remarkable for several reasons. Firstly it was just brilliant to see fans in attendance. Their presence brought life and … Read more
