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Winners & Losers: AEW Dynamite 04.08.20

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This week’s AEW Dynamite offered up a real doozy of a match between two of the company’s best female talents, Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker. The match starts with Baker evading Shida until the two exchange shoves. Baker takes Shida to the turnbuckle but Shida powers out and goes for a dropkick but Baker evades … Read more

Winners & Losers: WrestleMania Day 1 04.04.20

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Day 1 of the weirdest WrestleMania ever is over and done with and despite its jarring format and strange appearance, we were treated to two women’s matches on the card. The show opened with Stephanie McMahon welcoming us to WrestleMania. The Kabuki Warriors vs Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 04.03.20

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The last night prior to the taped “Too Big For Just One Night” WrestleMania weekend and the women were here to entertain. The match of the night was a Triple Threat match between three of Bayley’s WrestleMania opponents. Bayley will be defending her SmackDown Women’s Championship in a Fatal Five-way Elimination Match this weekend. Naomi, … Read more

AEW Dynamite: Winners and Losers – 04.01.20

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A new look AEW Dynamite took place this week. Gone was the arena vibe of Daily’s Place and here is a smaller, more intimate and dare I say, Performance Center-like feel that works much better under the current circumstances of zero fans in attendance. Another thing that made the show was the inclusion of a … Read more

Winners & Losers: AEW Dynamite 18.03.20

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In truly unknown and unprecedented times the performers of AEW put their health at risk to provide us entertainment and highly enjoyable show. The episode was played behind closed doors but featured wrestlers and AEW staff at ringside that certainly added a fun atmosphere to the action in the ring. However, some questioned this decision … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 03.13.20

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Friday Night SmackDown was brought to you from the WWE Performance Center in front of – no one. That’s right. For the first time ever, SmackDown took place without an audience. Truth be told, at first, it was awkward and odd but the talent did a great job making light of it and still putting … Read more

Winners & Losers: AEW Dynamite 3.11.20

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This week’s AEW Dynamite had a huge tag team match that saw the return of Bea Priestley after a lengthy absence from AEW. Priestley would team up with AEW Women’s Champion, Nyla Rose to face off Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander, who we haven’t seen her loss to Rose at AEW Revolution. But before we … Read more

Winners & Losers: RAW 03.09.20

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Here we are, one night removed from Shayna Baszler essentially being handed a shot at the RAW Women’s Championship at WrestleMania. At Elimination Chamber, Baszler went through five other women and will be facing Becky Lynch at the biggest stage of them all. It came as to no surprise to anyone seeing as Baszler and … Read more

Winners & Losers: RAW 03.02.20

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The prior few weeks leading up to RAW have been lackluster at best building up to the Elimination Chamber match this coming Sunday. Although last week’s contract signing helped build some momentum, there were zero women’s matches on that episode of RAW. This week we received two matches. The first match was finally what many … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 02.28.20

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The SmackDown Women’s Championship picture continues to stay blurry as the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view is just one week away. The only match of the night for the women turned into two matches. Originally the match started with Bayley taking on who she just defeated at Super ShowDown and that was Naomi. This broke down once … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 02.26.20

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This week’s NXT offered up a match that many people were looking forward to. This was Bianca Belair taking on Charlotte Flair and it took place in the main event.

This match had a fresh idea and big implications for Belair to take down arguably one of the best in the business. Unfortunately for Belair she came up short.

Flair dominated through a big part of the match. The end of the match was clunky after Flair picked up the win. NXT Women’s Champion, Rhea Ripley’s music hit once Flair showed she wasn’t done with Belair after the bell. She grabbed a steel chair and also applied a Figure Eight as Ripley took her time heading to the ring. Ripley did her entire entrance as Belair was being decimated in the ring. Super awkward.

Ripley would eventually make her way to the ring as Flair fled. I was there live for this event, and it was definitely perplexing. The crowd wasn’t sure if this is what was supposed to be done as far as Ripley taking her time, or if there was a miscommunication and the timing was off.

The other match of the night was Xia Li vs. Mia Yim. The match didn’t last very long as Dakota Kai along with Raquel Gonzalez interrupted the match. Kai reminded Yim of how she originally attempted to steal her spot at WarGames. This was enough of a distraction for Li to get a quick pin on Yim. Gonzalez would then attack both Li and Yim as Kai looked on.

Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of the week:

WINNER: Dakota Kai

Dakota’s heel work personally is getting better. Although I am not crazy about Raquel just being used as an enforcer or bodyguard, it is doing the trick. This was a good way for Dakota to still inflict her heelish ways but at the same time not directly interact with Tegan Nox.

Next week the two battle it out in a steel cage which may just be the wrap up for their feud. If this does end their feud then Dakota will need her next opponent which could be Mia Yim or even Xia Li. With as much as Tegan has been being pumped up though, it will be likely that she wins the cage match.

LOSER: Bianca Belair

Unfortunately for Belair, her momentum has been halted. It has been widely speculated and hoped by many that she will be possibly added to the WrestleMania match between Rhea and Charlotte. Her loss to Charlotte this week could be the end of that possibility.

It was a good thing for Belair to stay at the helm of the NXT Women’s Championship, but she may be at the back of the line after this. The only thing that could possibly keep her in the title picture is if she qualifies for the ladder match at TakeOver: Tampa and wins the number one contender spot.

Final Thoughts: Charlotte didn’t need this win. Even if she would have lost, this would not have discredited her or her WrestleMania match. I am not saying that Belair necessarily needed to go over clean though, but there could have been better outcomes.

What were your thoughts on this week’s NXT? How did you feel about the Flair vs. Belair match? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Winners & Losers: AEW Dynamite 02.26.20

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This week’s AEW Dynamite from Kansas, MO, was the go-home show for AEW’s first PPV of 2020, Revolution, which is taking place this Saturday. It was announced earlier in the week that the AEW Women’s World Championship would be on the line when the champion, Nyla Rose defends against Kris Statlander. Before we get into … Read more

Winners & Losers: RAW 02.24.20

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With the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view just one week from this Sunday, RAW was all about the chamber match we are about to witness. What RAW wasn’t about, however, was having matches on their very own show. In fact, there wasn’t a single women’s match this week which is one down from the one last week.

What they did have though was a six-woman contract signing. This segment started with five out of the six competitors for the Elimination Chamber match ready in the ring. The sixth – Shayna Baszler, didn’t make her way out with the others. Prior to the women putting ink to paper, Asuka cut a promo in mostly Japanese. Afterward, the signing started first with Sarah Logan and then with Natalya.

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Once Liv Morgan signed her name she hand delivered the contract to her foe, Ruby Riott. Riott would sign it but the feathers started to get ruffled. As Asuka does her signature, Baszler’s music hits and she makes her way to the ring through the crowd.

After Baszler signs the contract, she gets in Natalya’s face which starts the breakdown between the competitors. Asuka would then get in Baszler’s face and after yelling in Japanese, she says “bite me.” Asuka would then attack Natalya while Morgan would leap over the desk and take out Riott. Logan tried to be the peace keeper and pulled Morgan off Riott.

Baszler kept away from the chaos even though she is the one that started it. Becky Lynch’s music hit and then Baszler had no choice but to be involved. Both ladies had to be pulled back from officials and security as they attempted to break the fight apart.

As mentioned earlier, there were no matches this week. This could have easily been fixed by having two matches earlier in the night. It actually would have built up the animosity during the contact signing if done that way. They could have saved the big clashes such as Riott and Morgan by having had Logan face Riott earlier on. There is so much they could be doing, and they are missing it.

Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of the week:

WINNER: Asuka

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Asuka really carried this contact signing as a whole. There were other good parts, but she really shined as usual. The “bite me” line to Baszler was great and she adds that comical aspect to her heel persona. There is very little chance of anyone else winning this chamber match other than Baszler, but at least Asuka brings some excitement to it. After this, they really need to build up the tag team division.

This could be a reach, but Beth Phoenix will be at RAW next week to update everyone on Edge’s medical condition. If this could potential lead to Phoenix and Natalya challenging the Kabuki Warriors for the tag titles at WrestleMania, I am here for it.

WINNER: Liv Morgan

Liv was the other person who made this segment good. She is really hyping up her revenge on Ruby and it is fun to watch. Now if we can only get more invested in it as a whole. She is doing the best she can with what time they are allowing her to utilize. Her leap at Ruby was a highlight.

LOSER: Sarah Logan

It really feels like they just threw in Sarah into this Elimination Chamber match in order to have enough people. The story is there to have a complete break down between the former Riott Squad members, but they are only touching on it. Hopefully in the actual chamber match will show more of this. Until then, Sarah continues to be somewhat of an afterthought.

What were your thoughts on this week’s RAW? Who were your winners and losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 02.21.20

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Much like RAW this week, SmackDown progressed many storylines as WrestleMania quickly approaches. The advertised match of the night saw Naomi face off against Carmella to see who would face Bayley for the blue brand’s title at Super ShowDown.

Unfortunately, this was the only women’s match of the night and it did start off super slow. It progressed nicely towards the end but by the time it picked up it was over and Naomi was the victor.

The Bella Twins were on ‘A Moment of Bliss’ to soak up an important announcement in their hometown. Alexa Bliss made it official that Nikki & Brie will be this years female inductees to the Hall of Fame. They were greeted with an overall warm response from the crowd and Bella Army.

Other women on the show included a sit down interview with Lacey Evans. The biggest take away was when Evans stated that she understood that she is at the back of the line for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. She explained that she has to go through five women to get her shot. At this time a match has not been announced for Elimination Chamber. Could this mean we are getting two Elimination Chamber matches this year?

Fire & Desire also were present in backstage segments. As a follow up to Mandy Rose’s date with Otis last week, Tucker would approach the pair. He questioned why Rose did what she did being with Dolph Ziggler on Valentine’s Day instead of Otis. Rose stated that Otis didn’t show up. Tucker, seemingly confused, asked her why did she send a text saying that she was running late. Rose has no idea what text he is referring to. After Tucker left, Sonya Deville said to Rose that Ziggler seems to be more her type anyway.

For a full run down of the above events, you can check out the live coverage of the show by clicking here.

Let’s get to the Winners & Losers of the week.

WINNER: Naomi

Naomi got her title match. With only being back for a few weeks, Naomi has jumped full speed ahead to potentially go into WrestleMania as champion. Realistically, I personally don’t see Bayley losing the title less than two months away from the big show. With a rumor swirling around that Sasha Banks may be clear and ready, Naomi may not get to perform in Tampa, Fla. after all. Only time will tell that.

If what Lacey Evans says had any merit on the women of SmackDown possibly having an Elimination Chamber match as well, then Naomi will certainly be part of that. Regardless, Naomi vs. Bayley will be the first time that a women’s title will be defended in Saudi Arabia.

WINNER: The Bella Twins

The Bella Twins are big winners. The choice to have them inducted in this year’s Hall of Fame is certainly controversial. Regardless of how anyone feels about this, this is the ultimate end goal for many and this is just the icing on the top of all the positive things happening to them as of late.

Personally they earned this. They deserve to be in it, just look at the tweet below. Sure, the argument that many are having are saying it is “too soon.” To be honest, I feel that a lot of people are only saying that because they feel others should be put in first. I am not denying that other women such as Victoria, Melina, Molly Holly, etc. deserve their rightful spots in the Hall of Fame. They do. However, that shouldn’t negate The Bella Twins going in as well.

The way I look at it is that Edge went into the Hall of Fame the year after he had to retire. Nikki Bella is doing the same thing.

WINNER: Sonya Deville

Sonya is the silent winner of the week. Naomi and The Bella Twins were the loud and obvious ones. Sonya is clearly the one to send Otis that text and her “Ziggler is more your type” response to Mandy confirms it. Although I do want Fire & Desire to win the tag titles, seeing the storyline progress is great. Seeing Sonya becoming the true heel in all of this is even better.

LOSER: Carmella

Carmella definitely winds up on the loser list this week. Her short push seems to be over with. Hopefully, for her sake, she can still stay relevant leading up to WrestleMania. At this point, though unless she finds herself a tag team partner and WWE actually does something with the tag titles, she may be trying for a second win in the Women’s Battle Royal.

What were your thoughts on this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Winners & Losers: AEW Dynamite 02.19.20

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This week on AEW programming we are into the post-Riho era of the women’s division, which saw a big star returning to our screens and an interesting three-way confrontation over the AEW Women’s World Championship. There was a few decent happenings on AEW Dark so a little bit about that first. The show featured two … Read more

Winners & Losers: NXT 02.19.20

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Several things were unpacked on this week’s NXT from TakeOver: Portland. The rivalry is still going strong between Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox. General Manager William Regal announced that the Street Fight wasn’t the end for these two former best friends. They will battle in a steel cage in two weeks.

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The addition of Raquel Gonzalez at Kai’s side presents a new element. If they treat them as equals then this could go somewhere as a team, but more than likely Gonzalez will turn into the bodyguard. Gonzalez admits that her helping Kai on Sunday was a way to show her empathy as she knows what it likes to feel alone and left out.

The NXT Women’s Champion was not on the show this week which seemed weird as her WrestleMania opponent had so much to say on RAW. They did show a clip of her reaction after Charlotte Flair jumped her in Portland. The last piece of the puzzle to follow up with is Bianca Belair.

Belair interrupted the match between Chelsea Green and Kayden Carter to give a message to Flair. Essentially she states that she warned Flair to not stick her nose in NXT’s business. Since she did, now Belair wants a match with Flair. She states it doesn’t matter when or where, but she wants Flair.

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Speaking of the match between Green and Carter, this was the only women’s match of the night. This is where NXT lacked this week. Only one women’s match was a let down. The roster has over 20 women plus at least a dozen more from the performance center that could be used on this show. There is no reason to only have one match.

Moving on to the match itself, it seemed very clunky. Personally, I don’t feel that Carter and Green have the same styles and mesh the best together. There was a move where Carter slipped on the ropes, but Green did take advantage of it to continue the momentum of the match. Carter has more of a fast paced in-ring style whereas Green is more technical.

The rematch made sense but it feels like it was just to fix that Green lost her first match as a part of this “Robert Stone Brand” pairing. Creative must have realized that her losing that match didn’t make sense.

The idea isn’t bad for this “brand” but there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make it work or it will just flop. Besides Belair’s interruption, Stone would interject himself by knocking Carter off her feet. This allowed Green to capitalize and hit the Unprettier for the win.

Let’s discuss the Winners & Losers from this unflattering week.

WINNER: Chelsea Green

Although the “Robert Stone Brand” idea doesn’t seem to be taking off to a roaring start, at least Chelsea received some retribution. The “re-launch” was a success but we shouldn’t be getting a re-launch already.

There appears to be a disconnect with where this is going. Hopefully it either picks up soon or maybe we can just reunite VXT and have them in the tag team division where they should have been by now.

WINNER: Bianca Belair

She interrupted the match. She called out Charlotte Flair. She is still being utilized at the top. Winner.

LOSER: Kayden Carter

Kayden losing does nothing for her but to put over Chelsea which could have happened the first time. We could have been moved on from this by now. Kayden needs to have matches with someone like a Kacy Catanzaro where the two can really show out.

What did you think about this week’s NXT? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave you thoughts in the comment section below.

Winners & Losers: NXT 02/12/20

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This week’s NXT was the go-home episode before NXT TakeOver: Portland. The first TakeOver of 2020, features two exciting and highly-anticipated matchups. The first being a street fight between bitter enemies Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox. The second is the title match between two of the most popular and on-fire wrestlers in the business right … Read more

Winners & Losers: RAW 02/10/20

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RAW was jam-packed full of appearances from women superstars this week. A total of 10 women were utilized with two matches (one squash match) and a lot of build-ups continue. The first match was the advertised rematch between Becky Lynch and Asuka for the RAW Women’s Title. Whereas the second match saw Sarah Logan being … Read more

Winners & Losers; AEW Dynamite 02/05/20

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The first February episode of AEW Dynamite took place last night from Hunstville, AL. The show featured the returning Yuka Sakazaki in her Dynamite debut taking on Britt Baker. Before we get to all the goings-on on Dynamite we had a few interesting things take place on AEW Dark. First, we got a match between … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 01/31/20

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Friday Night SmackDown was dubbed “Super” this week, but it had its moment where it wasn’t so super. This is mainly in reference to the only match of the night. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross took on Fire & Desire for what feels like the hundredth time. What makes matters even worse is I don’t think we know why they are wrestling each other, to begin with.

These two teams have had their fair share of feuds in the past, but this one has literally zero storyline. They have been having matches against each other for weeks now and no one knows why. The main story is actually between Mandy Rose and Otis. After all, she did get a date with Otis set for Valentine’s Day.

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Fire & Desire suffer another loss after a short match between the two teams. Michael Cole repeatedly said that whoever wins may have a chance at the Women’s Tag Team Titles against The Kabuki Warriors. A match hasn’t been made official, but at least we are starting to talk about the tag titles again. Rose would take the pin after a neckbreaker by Cross sets up Bliss to deliver the Twisted Bliss.

Despite the one win Rose picked up on Bliss a couple weeks ago, this is the same result week after week.

Now on to a better moment of the night. Naomi has returned! That’s right, Naomi, who returned at the Royal Rumble, is now back on the blue brand. The SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley was out in the ring first. She was gloating about her win against Lacey Evans at the Royal Rumble.

She goes on and on about how much of a role model she is and how she has beaten everyone there is to beat. Expecting Charlotte Flair to pick her to face at WrestleMania, she calls out the Queen but gets the Glow instead.

Naomi’s music hits and her entrance had a new fresh element to it. She heads to the ring with an EDM Fishbowl placed upon her head. Once she enters the ring, she states that she could stand in the back with Bayley spilling lies. She reminded Bayley that she hasn’t beaten her when she so boldly stated she has defeated everyone.

Bayley would attack Naomi, but the Glow Queen would get the last laugh as she lays out the champion who winds up on the floor at ringside.

It looks like Naomi is going to be the next challenger for Bayley. This could very well just be a one-off at Elimination Chamber, or perhaps they will continue this through WrestleMania.

WINNER: Naomi

Naomi is the clear winner this week. She has made her long-awaited return and seemingly has claimed her spot in the title picture. The former two-time SmackDown Women’s Champion can use this title match/feud and so do the fans. Both SmackDown and RAW have been rather stagnant with the same talent being used and recycled storylines. This seems fresh between Naomi and Bayley and I am ready for it.

LOSERS: Fire & Desire

Unfortunately for Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, they continue to end up on the losers list. The only thing that would make either one a winner would be Rose securing a date with Otis. As much as I love these two together, the best thing may be to try them out as singles competitors. I do hope they can win the tag titles before they are broken up though.

Final Thoughts:

It is good to hear the tag team titles being talked about again, but we need more teams. Having Bliss and Cross go right back at the titles when they are the ones who lost them to the Kabuki Warriors is just recycling again.

Overall SmackDown has a similar problem that RAW has. The same few women used every week. For several weeks at least SmackDown was using every member of their roster, but now we are back to the same few (minus the inclusion of Naomi). Bring back, Dana Brooke. Where is Carmella? Let’s fix this.

Also can we start having more matches? If NXT can have two to three matches a week consistently then so can SmackDown and RAW.

I really think they may be ready to move a few NXT talent over. Hopefully this happens around WrestleMania time. Top picks to move over are Shayna Baszler, Bianca Belair, Io Shirai, and Candice LeRae. It would be nice to see those who haven’t won the NXT Championship to do so, but I don’t see Rhea Ripley dropping the title anytime soon.

What were your thoughts on this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Use the comment section below to let us know what you think.

Winners & Losers: AEW Dynamite 01/29/20

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This week’s AEW Dynamite took place in Cleveland, OH for the first time ever and offered us the match up of ‘The Native Beast’ Nyala Rose vs. Big Swole and a killer promo by Dr. Britt Baker. The match started with Big Swole attacking Rose with a barrage of quick strikes followed by a dropkick … Read more

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