With IYO SKY cashing in at SummerSlam, this has firmly put Damage CTRL at the top of the SmackDown women’s division. On the Aug. 11 episode proved that as all three members came to crash down on Charlotte Flair and Asuka’s match. To start the show, Flair and Asuka were going one-on-one. As Flair looked … Read more
The August 10 episode of IMPACT Wrestling featured Jody Threat vs. Alisha Edwards as the sole Knockouts bout. Threat initially took control, but it didn’t take long for Alisha to trip Threat in the ropes to change the momentum. Alisha choked Threat in the ropes and then clobbered her with corner clotheslines. But Threat turned … Read more
It was announced during this week’s AEW Dynamite that the AEW Women’s World Championship will be defended in a four-way match at AEW All In. With that being said, a small tournament is being held to determine the competitors. In the main event of Dynamite, Hikaru Shida defended the Women’s title against Ann Jay to … Read more
We have another wrestling engagement! WWE’s Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and AEW Trios Champion Buddy Matthews (in WWE Buddy Murphy) announce their engagement on social media. The couple have been together since at least 2022. Ripley shows off the ring in the photo as tons of fellow wrestlers give their congratulations in the comments. … Read more
The Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley continues to be busy as she made another trip to NXT this week. She was there in the corner of North American Champion Dominik Mysterio as he defended the title against Dragon Lee in the main event. Ripley had formed some respect for Lyra Valkyria and after defeating her … Read more
On the Aug. 7 episode of Raw we saw some advances in some storylines as well as a fresh match between Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler. The Stark and Baszler encounter came from the Becky Lynch promo where she was saying her final words about Trish Stratus before they have their match next week. Lynch … Read more
The AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander had a big task to take on for the Aug. 5 episode of Collision. She put her gold on the line against the veteran Mercedes Martinez. Statlander retained after the two traded back and forth roll ups which had Martinez’s shoulders stay down for the three count. Post match, … Read more
A Triple Threat match for the WWE Women’s Championship at SummerSlam was a wild ride as the title changed hands twice. Heading into the event we had Asuka as the champion defending her gold against both Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair. All three women who are no strangers to championships. Flair heading into the match … Read more
Shotzi returns for the first time to SmackDown since shaving her head a few weeks ago. On the Grayson Waller Effect segment, his guests were Bayley and Ms. Money in the Bank IYO SKY. Waller asked if SKY was gonna cash in tomorrow night at SummerSlam. Before SKY could answer, Bayley said why would they … Read more
This week’s IMPACT opened with Trinity returning to Chicago, the same city she made her IMPACT debut. Similarly, Deonna Purrazzo interrupted her and declared that Trinity won’t beat her twice. The Coven followed suit with KiLynn having a lengthy promo. But when all was said and done, a brawl broke out leading to an impromptu … Read more
One week removed from the “Book The Women’s Division Better” sign appearing on television, the AEW Women’s World Championship match headlined the 200th episode of AEW Dynamite. In the latter half of the bout, Ruby Soho pulled Shida off the turnbuckle, allowing Storm to hit a Tornado DDT. Storm hit the running hip attack in … Read more
The Aug. 1 episode of NXT opened up with the rivalry between Jacy Jayne and Lyra Valkyria. After Valkyria failed to get a victory over the Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley, Ripley still told Valkyria to prove something to her and take out Jayne. Jayne opened the show in studio as she grabbed Vic Joseph’s … Read more
A tale as old as time played out on SmackDown this week, can they coexist?
Ahead of them challenging Asuka for the WWE Women’s Title Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair teamed up to face the WWE Women’s Tag Twam Champions Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green.
The final moments of the match had Flair get a blind tag as Belair had Green up and ready for the KOD. Flair hit a big boot on Green causing her to fall off of Belair’s shoulder. The two argue before Flair pins Green to get the victory.
The champion Asuka appears later in a locker room segment between IYO SKY and Bayley. Asuka says that if SKY considers to cash in on her then she will regret that decision forever.
SKY responds saying it doesn’t matter who wins at SummerSlam because she will be leaving as WWE Women’s Champion.
This week’s IMPACT kicked off with tag team action as new Knockouts World Champion Trinity teamed with Dani Luna to take on former tag champs The Coven. Trinity and KiLynn King started the bout as a callback to Trinity’s debut. Luna eventually came in and showcased her powerhouse moves against both King and Wilde. But … Read more
This week’s AEW Dynamite featured a first-time match-up between Britt Baker and Taya Valkyrie. They started off with fast-paced back and forth that resulted in Valkryie taking control. She dropped Baker with a lackluster Road to Valhalla before delivering a number of elbow strikes on the mat heading into commercial break. After the break, Baker … Read more
For the first half of the match, Jade was dominant and keeping Brooke down. However, the match started to take a turn when Kelani Jordan distracted Jade. The distraction gave Brooke the opportunity to hit a drop toe-hold on Jade into a chair. Jordan gave Brooke a pink kendo stick which she utilized on Jade’s back before hitting her with a suplex into a stack of kendo sticks that were piled up on the chair. Brooke got the win by hitting a Swanton Bomb on top of Jade and the kendo sticks/chair.
The main event match was the Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley facing Lyra Valkyria in a non-title bout. Ripley prevailed as expected but Valkyria put on a great showing. A Riptide ended the match. After the match, Ripley still told Valkyria to make a statement against Jacy Jayne.
Becky Lynch has earned a rematch against Trish Stratus. On the July 24 episode of Raw, just 11 days before SummerSlam, Lynch defeated Zoey Stark. As promised by Stratus this means that Lynch will be awarded another go at the Hall of Famed. This time, Lynch determined to get the victory. It has not been … Read more
WWE Alum and former Divas Champion Alicia Fox (Victoria Crawford) wants to get back in the ring. She has a whole list of women that she wants to face and made her first return to wrestling at a Reality of Wrestling (ROW) event. She appeared after a Battle Royal at the ROW Summer of Champions. … Read more
Prior to the July 21 episode of SmackDown, it was confirmed that Asuka will face both Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair in a Triple Threat at SummerSlam for the WWE Women’s Title. Flair would be in action following this announcement against a woman who will be paying very close attention to that Triple Threat – Ms. Money in the Bank IYO SKY.
The match between the two was very back and forth and was given plenty of time. The match started to breakdown when Bayley came off of commentary to cause a distraction to Flair. SKY took advantage and went for a Sunset Flip Powerbomb off the top rope. Flair was able to kick out.
A montage of Shotzi cutting her hair from last week with her maniacal laugh played on the big screen which freaked out Bayley. She kept looking around and told SKY she had to go as she retreated to backstage. SKY being left alone continued to fight off Flair.
The two continue to get near falls back and forth by trading moonsaults and even submissions. It came down to Natural Selection to put away SKY as Flair emerged victorious. Her celebration didn’t take place though as the WWE Women’s Champion Asuka attacked Flair from behind getting the last laugh.
Moments later in the women’s locker room we saw Bayley and SKY arguing about what happened out at the ring. Bayley kept telling SKY that they need to go and to worry about it later. It was then that Bayley saw her luggage was sliced up and there was a photo of her with scissors stabbed into it. Bayley and SKY fled out of the locker room.
NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton was in the crowd for the show and was seen on camera before the women’s match. She also had a dark match before the show versus Kiana James. Stratton won and reportedly played the baby face role.
The post-Slammiversary episode of IMPACT saw Courtney Rush go one-on-one with Savannah Evans. Evans dominated the first half of the bout and showcased her strength while Jai Vidal and Gisele Shaw provided ringside distractions. That all turned around when Jessicka finally knocked Shaw down, while Jody Threat came down to carry Vidal out of the … Read more
Season Two of the hit show Heels on STARZ is finally coming out on July 28. The first season, which premiered in 2021, had CM Punk as Ricky Rabies with his valet Vicky Rabies played by actress Bonnie Somerville. Now AJ Lee is joining the cast as wrestler Elle Dorado. Season One is available to … Read more
Thea Hail is still looking to become the NXT Women’s Champion. After failing to win the title against the champion Tiffany Stratton a few weeks back, Hail is looking to prove she can become champion. She cause Stratton to tap out in that title match and if the referee wasn’t distracted we would have a new champion right now.
On the July 18 episode of NXT, Hail earned a victory against Elektra Lopez with the same Kimura submission maneuver she used on Stratton. Post match, she demanded a rematch and had the crowd firmly behind her. Stratton emerged and would agree to the match but as champion she has final say.
Hail then requested the match to be a submission match. Stratton would not agree before Hail locked her in the Kimura causing the champion to tap and scream in pain while agreeing to the stipulation. The match will take place at the Great American Bash on July 30.
A second match has been confirmed for that event and it will be Blair Davenport vs. Roxanne Perez. On this weeks NXT the two had a face to face interview backstage. Davenport told Perez that she didn’t belong here with the adults as Perez states she has had a fire inside of her ever since losing the NXT Women’s Title. The Great American Bash will be in Perez’s home state of Texas.
Kiana James and Gigi Dolin had a rematch. This time, James picked up the win. Dolin had the bag of James and as the referee was struggling to get it out of her hands, James hit the 401K on Dolin who landed on the bag.
A backstage moment between Rhea Ripley and Lyra Valkyria took place. Ripley has been singing the praises of Valkyria but wasn’t pleased that she lost to Jacy Jayne. Valkyria confirms the next time she is in the ring with Jayne she will be victorious.
There was a promo for Dana Brooke and Kelani Jordan. Jordan felt back losing to Cora Jade. Brooke and Jordan would show what they can do and what Jade can’t and that is gymnastics. Brooke will be taking on Jade next week in a Kendo Stick match.
On the July 17 episode of Raw, Ronda Rousey challenged her former best friend Shayna Baszler to a match at SummerSlam.
The segment came after Baszler defeated Nikki Cross in about five seconds. Rousey called out Baszler after the match as she was in the upper part of the arena. Rousey continued the talk about how she used the back door to get into WWE while Baszler used the front. The difference is that per Rousey she got thrown to the wolves with little to no training and within a year became a future Hall of Famer.
Baszler responds by saying that she is a better version of Rousey. She wanted to fight Rousey right there but the Baddest Woman on the Planet declined. Rousey does want to see Baszler at SummerSlam tho. This way Baszler can actually be booked on SummerSlam according to Rousey.
Also on this week’s Raw, Maxxine Dupri was speared threw a table by Valhalla. During the Viking Rules match between Alpha Academy and the Viking Raiders, Dupri landed a crossbody on Valhalla and got her letterman jacket back. Valhalla didn’t take this lightly and speared Dupri threw a table sitting in the corner. The Viking Raiders would go on the win the match.
On Miz TV, he hosted Becky Lynch and talked about her downward spiral. He reminded her that she has lost to Trish Stratus, then lost Money in the Bank, and most recently lost to Zoey Stark last week.
Lynch wanted to cut to the chase and yelled at The Miz to just bring out Stratus and Stark. To which he did. Lynch wants another match with Stratus but Stratus doesn’t feel she has to honor that as she has already defeated her. Finally after Lynch made Stratus agree to another match, Stratus says in order for Lynch to get that she has to defeat Stark next week.
We also crowned new Women’s Tag Team Champions which you can read about here.
IMPACT Slammiversary 2023 was full of title changes. The night got started on the Countdown pre-show with a six-person tag bout pitting Jody Threat and The Death Dollz against Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans, and Jai Vidal. Vidal slapped Jessicka early on, but he was met with a receipt. Courtney Rush was the damsel in distress … Read more
Asuka defended her WWE Women’s Championship in the main event against Bianca Belair on this week’s SmackDown.
To kick off the show, Belair took to the ring for a promo. After getting the crowd hyped up, Charlotte Flair made her way out to the ring. The two exchanged words with Flair telling Belair that she is manifesting a Belair win tonight. Why? Because Flair wants first shot at Belair when she becomes champion. Belair, leary of agreeing to this, stated that if she wins the title in the main event then she will accept Flair’s challenge at SummerSlam.
As the match starts in the main event, we see IYO SKY with her Money in the Bank briefcase as well as Bayley who purchased a ticket to be in the front row. Moments later, Flair made her entrance on the other side of the crowd with a ticket in hand.
Final momenta of the match had Asuka catch Belair with a knee strike before going for a Fujiwara Arm Bar. Belair reversed it and planted a spinebuster on Asuka for a near fall. Asuka tried to go for a submission again, but Belair broke the hold. Asuka caught Belair with a Code Breaker. The action spilled to the outside where Belair would land a KOD to the champion onto the announce table.
This outside action caused both SKY and Bayley to hop the barricade. Flair did as well and landed a big boot to Bayley. SKY slammed Flair into the ring post before turning her attention to Belair. SKY locked eyes on Belair, but she got out of the way before Flair speared Belair, causing the disqualification.
After the bell rang, SKY realizes that everyone is down including the current champion Asuka. She intends to cash in as Bayley holds the briefcase for her. SKY gets Ausuka back in the ring and sets her up for a moonsault. As SKY climbs up top, Bayley tries to tell the referee that SKY is cashing in. However, Asuka gets up and mists the eyes of Bayley which allows her to escape with her title and no cash in taking place.
Earlier in the night, Bayley took on Zelina Vega with SKY by her side.
The final moments of this match had Vega get hung up in the ropes by Bayley who was on the outside. Back in the ring, Bayley capitalized and hit the Rose Plant for the win. Bayley came to the ring for this match with the piece of Shotzi’s hair that she cut a couple weeks back.
Post match, a vignette of Shotzi appeared on the screen. Shotzi pulled out the hair razor and stated she is in control and not Bayley. She admits to being a little strange but that’s why she has the control. She continues to shave her head and says some people fear change but she invites it.
The final episode of IMPACT before Slammiversary concluded with Deonna Purrazzo putting her Knockouts World Championship on the line in an open challenge. Her opponent? Jody Threat. The two showcased their confidence at the start before Threat took control. Purrazzo was able to turn things around with a Side Russian Legsweep and Fujiwara armbar, which … Read more
