On the Feb. 10 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Rousey returned after a confrontation between Natalya and Shayna Baszler happened in the ring. Natalya first took to the ring to cut a promo. She addressed Baszler who took her out a number of months ago with a broken nose. She says that Baszler took something from her so she repaid the favor and took Baszler’s spot in the upcoming Chamber match. She then called Baszler a cheap knock off of Rousey.
Baszler would head to the ring and tell Natalya that she has been doing this long before Rousey was even signed with WWE. The two got face to face in the ring before Rousey’s music hit. One Rousey entered the ring, she and Baszler attacked Natalya. Another previous victim of Baszler and Rousey, Shotzi, attempted to make the save but wasn’t successful. With Rousey holding Natalya back, Baszler hit another knee to Nataly’a face.
A tag team match has been booked for next week between Baszler and Rousey vs. Natalya and Shotzi.
Elsewhere on SmackDown, Chelsea Green made the trip over from Raw. She wanted to speak to the manager of SmackDown, not realizing it is the same as Raw – Adam Pearce. She blames it on facial amnesia. Pearce booked a match for Green alongside Sony Deville vs. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.
Although Green and Deville didn’t want to team up, they had to anyway…they would suffer defeat after Green gets pinned by Morgan. The final moments of the match had Morgan hit ObLIVion before Rodriguez powerbombs her onto Green.
The SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair addresses Rhea Ripley being her WrestleMania opponent.
You can check out NXT Level Up from Feb. 10 as Lash Legend defeats Dani Palmer as shown below.
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It was an eventful night for the Knockouts division on February 9. First up, Knockouts World Champion Mickie James teamed with Tommy Dreamer in an intergender tag team bout to take on Jason Hotch and John Skyler of The Good Hands. James was able to showcase her greatest hits, mostly on Hotch, but Skyler did … Read more
AEW presented a “Championship Fight Night” edition of Dynamite on February 8. In a change of pace, AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter vs. The Bunny in an Eliminator match took place at 8:20 p.m. ET as the second bout on the card. Hayter received a warm welcome from the El Paso crowd, but it was … Read more
Fans finally got the steel cage match between Becky Lynch and Bayley on the Feb. 6 episode of Raw. And what made it better was it being in the main event where it belongs. The match would end with Lynch victorious after delivering a ManHandle Slam, however, she did get some help. Some help from a Hall of Famer – Lita.
The final moments of the match had Bayley trying to win by escaping the cage. She climbed to the top but Lynch followed her. Lynch tried locking in the DisarmHer on the top of the cage but couldn’t get all of it. Bayley fell down the cage inside the ring to the mat.
With Lynch still at the top of the cage, IYO SKY climbed up and traded blows with Lynch. This continued until she was able to get Lynch back down to the ring. SKY wasn’t able to get back down the cage before Lita’s music hit. She ran down to the ring, pulled SKY off the cage before making sure Dakota Kai wasn’t an issue either. She then slammed the steel cage door on Bayley allowing Lynch to hit her finisher for the win.
From one Hall of Famer to another, we now know that Beth Phoenix will team with Edge to face Rhea Ripley and Finn Balor at Elimination Chamber.
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Carmella has made her in-ring return to Raw and in a big way. She qualified for the last spot for the Elimination Chamber match by winning a Fatal 4-Way that also included Michin Mia Yim, Candice LeRae, and Piper Niven.
Final moments of the match had Carmella in charge against LeRae in the corner. Carmella sidestepped which allowed Niven to hit a cannonball on LeRae. A super kick by the Princess of Staten Island on Niven took her out of the match. She stacked up LeRae to get the pin.
Carmella now joins Raquel Rodriguez, Liv Morgan, Asuka, Nikki Cross, and Natalya for the Elimination Chamber on Feb. 18. The winner of the match will face Bianca Belair for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 39.
In a backstage segment post match, Niven ran into LeRae and Yim. She warned them to never get in her way for a championship opportunity again.
A six woman tag team match has been booked for next week’s Raw as the women in the chamber from the red brand take on the women in the chamber from the blue brand. Carmella, Cross, and Asuka vs. Rodriguez, Morgan, and Natalya.
Nikki Cross has finally been caught stalking Candice LeRae. Dexter Lumis drew a picture of Cross watch the Garganos as she was actually watching them. Cross ran off.
Chelsea Green also had a short match against Asuka. All the chamber participants were at ringside. Green was more focused on the women outside the ring which allowed Asuka to get the submission victory. Post match, the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair came out to say she looks forward to see who she will be facing at WrestleMania.
On the Feb. 3 episode of Friday Night SmackDown a Fatal 4-Way match took place to determine who would qualify for a spot in the Elimination Chamber. Natalya earned the spot by winning the match. Shotzi, Shayna Baszler, and Zelina Vega participated in the match.
The final moments saw Vega locked into a Kirifuda Clutch by Baszler who had to let go as Natalya went and missed with the discus clothesline. Baszler then locked in the clutch on Natalya but she was able to escape and push Baszler out of the ring. This let Natalya lock in the Sharpshooter on Vega to get the submission victory.
FOUR women fighting for a chance to compete at #WWEChamber…
Natalya makes the fifth woman qualified for the Elimination Chamber Match on Feb. 18. It will be a number one contender match for the Raw Women’s Championship against Bianca Belair at WrestleMania. She joins Liv Morgan, Nikki Cross, Raquel Rodriguez, and Asuka who are already in the match.
On the upcoming Feb. 6 episode of Raw, we will see another Fatal 4-Way qualifying match to confirm the last entry into the chamber. It will be Candice LeRae vs. Michin Mia Yim vs. Piper Niven vs. Carmella.
Also on SmackDown, Charlotte Flair successfully defended her title against Sonya Deville. So her match against Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania is still intact. Flair retained after locking in the Figure Eight submission.
Over on NXT Level Up this week, Sol Ruca took on Lash Legend and came out with the victory after hitting Sol Snatcher.
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On the February 2 episode of IMPACT Wrestling, Gisele Shaw was tasked with taking on “The Cannibal” Savannah Evans. The two recently teamed up in a six-woman tag match and beat The Death Dollz, however Shaw came up short in her title match the week before with Tara. Evans dominated at first, but a referee … Read more
It was an eventful night for the women of AEW. First, The Bunny confronted Jamie Hayter in a backstage interview with Renee Paquette. After watching Hayter’s eliminator match against Emi Sakura last week, Bunny now wants one of her own on next week’s Dynamite. The interview ended prematurely as footage on the screen behind them … Read more
Tara returns for one night only! The January 26 episode of IMPACT featured a Knockouts World Tag Team Championship match as Jessicka and Taya Valkyrie of The Death Dollz defended against Gisele Shaw and her mystery tag team partner as selected by Santino Marella. As it played out, the chosen partner was none other than … Read more
Ruby Soho wins big on AEW Dynamite. As announced earlier on Wednesday, Britt Baker is injured and was not medically cleared to compete in the advertised three-way against Ruby Soho and Toni Storm. Nevertheless, Soho still battled Storm in a grudge match after the attack on Willow Nightingale last week. Soho laid in her strikes … Read more
If you missed the Jan. 24 episode of NXT, then you missed a show filled with the women’s division. There were a total of four women’s matches along with various segments. The show closed out with the Championship Summit which had the NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez go face-to-face-to-face with Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin of Toxic Attraction. Her opponents for Vengeance Day on Feb. 4. But more on that later.
First, let’s go over the results of the matches –
Tiffany Stratton def. Indi Hartwell
Elektra Lopez def. Wendy Choo
Fallon Henley & Kiana James def. Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley
Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c) def. Alba Fyre & Sol Ruca – NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles
To open this week’s show, Tiffany Stratton returns to the ring for the first time since August. Her return ruffled the feathers of Indi Hartwell when Stratton seemed smug about how she referred to the women’s locker room. The match would result in the favor of the returning Stratton as she delivered a moonsault from the top rope to pin Hartwell for the victory.
Next up, we have Elektra Lopez taking on Wendy Choo. This match was more so for the story of Lopez who has been talking to Valentina Feroz as of late. Feroz has had a string of bad luck over the past number of months. Her tag team partner Yulisa Leon was sidelined with an injury, and she lost her mentor of sorts in Sanga. Lopez told Feroz last week to watch her match this week to see how to be victorious.
Lopez is known for her cheating ways to win matches and this time would be no different. After Choo got a near fall from a cross body, Lopez pulled brass knuckles out of her gear to utilize. She delivered a right hand which knocked out Choo for the three count. Post-match, Feroz looked on, and even though she doesn’t agree with Lopez’s tactics maybe she is reconsidering.
Nikkita Lyons was attacked in the parking lot. There were several people around when she was attacked and it would be Hartwell and Lyra Valkyria who came and tried to help her. This was announced as Cora Jade was being interviewed in the locker room. Jade was upset that her interview was cut short just as she was explaining that Valkyria left her a black feather in her locker.
Stevie Turner was interviewed (sort of) by Mckenzie Mitchell. Turner stated that her debut will be next week and that she would eventually like to face Roxanne Perez. She has a feeling Perez won’t be champion past Vengeance Day.
Thea Hail had an award ceremony with the rest of Chase U.
Lastly, we had the Championship Summit which took place in the main event. Roxanne Perez will be defending her NXT Women’s Title for the first time at Vengeance Day in a Triple Threat against both members of Toxic Attraction. Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne won this opportunity by simultaneously eliminating each other at the end of a 20-woman battle royal.
Throughout the night, both Dolin and Jayne had separate interviews. Basically talking about their growing dislike for one another ever since they were named number one contenders. They took this to the summit and they didn’t hold back. They would trade insults with Perez eventually saying she loves to see both of them go at each other. The champ was afraid of a handicap situation at Vengeance Day but now thinks it may be a real Triple Threat.
Dolin and Jayne end up getting up from their seats and in each other’s faces until they then put on a smile. It was an act all along and Toxic Attraction is still standing together. They would target Perez and put her through the table. The show ended with a shot of Dolin and Jayne holding up the championship together.
NXT – Feb. 1
Cora Jade vs. Lyra Valkyria
Stevie Turner Debuts
Vengeance Day – Feb. 4
Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Gigi Dolin vs. Jacy Jayne – NXT Women’s Title
Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (c) vs. Fallon Henley & Kiana James – NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles
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The NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships will be on the line at NXT’s Vengeance Day which takes place on Feb. 4. The longest-reigning tag champs will Kayden Carter & Katana Chance will face the newly formed team of former rivals Kiana James & Fallon Henley. Carter & Chance have held the gold for 175 days … Read more
NXT held its live events Friday (Jan. 20) and Saturday (Jan. 21) from Ft. Pierce and Melbourne, Fla. The following results are below courtesy of Wrestling Bodyslam – Ft. Pierce, Fla. (Jan. 20) Melbourne, Fla. (Jan. 21) Check back in with Diva Dirt for more news and results from the women of NXT.
If you missed SmackDown this week then you didn’t miss much. There was a lack of women’s representation on the show with no match taking place. However, we did find out two more women who will be in the Royal Rumble match. So far there were four women confirmed: Liv Morgan, Candice LeRae, Rhea Ripley, … Read more
The January 19 episode of IMPACT featured several Knockouts matches. New Knockouts World Champion Mickie James kicked off the show, attempting to celebrate her victory, however Bully Ray quickly interrupted her. They went back and forth about who truly main-evented Hard to Kill before Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans interrupted. Steelz staked her claim for … Read more
AEW Dynamite featured a major heel turn. In a backstage segment, Saraya yelled at Hikaru Shida for inadvertently costing her and Toni Storm last week’s tag match against Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter. She also put down “AEW homegrown girls” for being in a bubble before ordering Shida to stay backstage during Storm’s match against … Read more
If you missed the Jan. 17 episode of NXT, you missed a lot for the women’s division. As usual, NXT showcases its women’s division throughout the show with three matches and various segments throughout.
The first women of the night was a run-in between Tiffany Stratton and Indi Hartwell. Stratton was attempting to get into her locker room but it was locked. She was banging on the door to be let in which prompted Hartwell to open it. The two exchanged words with Hartwell telling Stratton she doesn’t deserve a locker room to herself as she changed the name on the door from Tiffany Stratton to NXT Women’s Locker Room. Hartwell told Stratton to change somewhere else.
As a result of this confrontation, Hartwell will take on Stratton next week.
Next up we have Toxic Attraction making their way to the ring to cut a promo about their number one contender win. They said they were right that they both would be declared the winners from last week’s Battle Royal and as a result will face Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s Championship at Vengeance Day. They added they will make Perez regret winning the title.
Lyra Valkyria interrupted the duo and from what she sees, she doesn’t see a champion between the two all she sees is two women who know they can’t beat the champion unless they are doing it together. Perez comes down to save Valkyria and this makes a tag team match between the four women for the main event later in the night.
Another vignette aired for Stevie Turner. She reacted to the 20-woman battle royal match from New Year’s Evil. She commented on moments of the match including the double win by Toxic Attraction. Turner says her debut will be coming soon.
The first women’s match of the night had Sol Ruca taking on Alba Fyre. The two women had a pretty even match with the rising talent of Ruca showing off why she has recently had a lot of eyes on her. The match would result in Ruca getting a shocking upset after Isla Dawn made her way out to the ringside stage. Ruca took advantage of the distraction and hit Sol Snatcher on Fyre to get the pin.
Later in the night, Fyre attacks a referee backstage before the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Kayden Carter & Katana Chance pull her back. They tell her to calm down and focus but Fyre was too emotional over her recent loss. The champs say it took them some time to become tag team champs but look at them now as they are the longest-reigning champs. Fyre then suggests she faces them for the titles. Carter and Chance point out that Fyre doesn’t even have a partner. Fyre seems to think she doesn’t need to have a partner and she can win the tag gold on her own.
This has booked a tag team title bout for next week.
A match was taking place between Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen vs. Gallus with Fallon Henley ringside. Kiana James came out to motivate Jensen who she has formed a relationship with over the past number of weeks. What was supposed to be a good gesture became distracting and cost Briggs & Jensen the match. Henley was upset later in the night about James’ appearance but Jensen convinced her that they like each other and Henley has to just deal with it. Late into the episode, Henley confirmed with Jensen that she will give James a shot and has had them booked in a tag team match as partners.
The next women’s match was Valentina Feroz taking on Thea Hail. Elektra Lopez came out midmatch to take a look at Feroz. The final moments of the match had Lopez giving Feroz the brass knuckles but instead of using them she gave them to the referee. Hail was able to take advantage of the distraction and hit a snapmare DDT on Feroz to get the pinfall and victory.
Shortly later backstage, Feroz was confronted by Lopez. Lopez told her that she needs to start standing on her own and suggests that she watches her match next week against Wendy Choo.
The last women’s match of the night was the tag team match booked from earlier in the night. Lyra Valkyria & Roxanne Perez took on Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne. The final moments of the match had Valkyria tagging in Perez who hit a Thesz Press on Jayne. Valkyria executed a crossbody on Cora Jade who came to ringside to cost the match for Valkyria & Perez. Toxic Attraction went for the Hi-Low but Jayne accidentally caught Dolin with a roundhouse kick. Perez with a Russian Leg Sweep before hitting Pop Rox was what she needed to get the pinfall on Dolin. Perez would stand tall to end the show on the ramp raising the title while Toxic Attraction argued in the ring.
Before the broadcast ended, commentary stated there will be a face-to-face-to-face Championship Summit next week between Perez, Dolin, and Jayne.
Jan. 24 NXT line-up
Indi Hartwell vs. Tiffany Stratton
Wendy Choo vs. Elektra Lopez
Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (c) vs. Alba Fyre & TBD – NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles
Two upcoming big matches were confirmed on the Jan. 16 episode of Raw. Raw XXX will be taking place next week and that will also be the go-home episode before the Royal Rumble on Jan. 28. The first glimpse into the women’s division on this week’s Raw was Becky Lynch coming down to the ring … Read more
The Last Rodeo has ended and it has ended to the benefit of Mickie James and the fans. James will not be going home to retire as she did what she set out to do. She faced multiple opponents and defeated each one on the road to the championship. If she would have lost the … Read more
For those that missed the Jan. 13 episode of SmackDown, there were two women’s matches and a segment involving SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair continuing a feud with Sonya Deville.
The first women we saw during the night was a backstage segment between Liv Morgan, Maxxine Dupri, Emma, and Raquel Rodriguez. In the locker room, both Emma and Maxxine were questioning Morgan’s desire to enter the Royal Rumble in the number one position. Emma was giving her advice more out of care whereas Maxxine pretty much said she was dumb to want to enter at number one.
Rodriguez would enter the conversation and agree with both Emma and Maxxine. Morgan took offense to this and said she recently had her palm read. She wanted Rodriguez to take a look at her palm but instead, Morgan slapped her across the face. Rodriguez said she is tired of people not realizing she is the strongest woman in the locker room. This led to a match between the two later in the night. Rodriguez also declared herself for the Rumble.
The first match was between Tegan Nox and Xia Li. It was a quick affair between the two only lasting a few minutes. The winner of the match would be Nox after she avoided a spinning kick from Li. Nox hit the Shiniest Wizard to get the pinfall victory.
Valhalla was involved in a Viking Raiders vignette calling out Drew McIntyre & Sheamus.
The second match as mentioned earlier was Morgan facing Rodriguez. Lasting a bit longer than the first women’s match, this one went to Rodriguez. As the match came to its conclusion, Morgan pulled out a table despite this not being any type of stipulation match. She set it up and placed Rodriguez on top of it on the outside. As Morgan climbed to the top, Rodriguez would roll off the table and got back in the ring. Still on the turnbuckle, Morgan went to hit a crossbody but was swatted down by Rodriguez. Rodriguez followed up with the Tejana Bomb to get the pin.
Lastly, Sonya Deville was backstage in Adam Pearce’s office demanding a rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Title against Charlotte Flair. Deville failed to get the victory last week and wants another match. Pearce explained to her that’s not how it works, she just lost and has to go to the back of the line. Deville wouldn’t accept this and said she will get her rematch essentially her way.
Moments later after a commercial break, Deville attacked Flair backstage and the two entered into a brawl. The brawl was broken up multiple times by officials but it did last a few minutes.
Updated list of 2023 Women’s Royal Rumble Participants –
Liv Morgan
Candice LeRae
Rhea Ripley
Raquel Rodriguez
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24 hours before Hard to Kill, IMPACT Wrestling announced that Mickie James vs. Jordynne Grace in a Career vs. Knockouts Championship match will be the official main event of the pay-per-view on Friday, January 13. It will mark the second Knockouts pay-per-view main event after James defeated Deonna Purrazzo in a Texas Death match in … Read more
During the January 11 episode of AEW Dynamite, Saraya competed in her second AEW match ever when she teamed with Toni Storm (for real) to take on AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter and Britt Baker. The bout started around the 9:15 p.m. ET mark with Storm and Hayter kicking things off. This was Storm’s … Read more
The NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez walked into the New Year’s Evil episode of NXT ready to find out who her opponent would be at Vengeance Day. What she didn’t expect is to have two challengers and be booked for a Triple Threat at Vengeance Day on Feb. 4. In a 20-woman Battle Royal, Toxic … Read more
The Jan. 9 episode of Raw had Alexa Bliss explaining her actions against Bianca Belair last week plus two women’s matches take place.
First, Bliss had her segment as she stepped on top of the commentary desk. She took to the mic to address what took place last week. Commentary confirmed that Belair walked away from what took place with just some stitches.
Bliss started by saying that Belair may be the Raw Women’s Champion but it would be Bliss that is the only one here. She says once she busted Belair’s face open she decided to go run and hide. This confirms that Belair doesn’t need to be afraid of Bray Wyatt or Uncle Howdy, she is only afraid of Bliss. Why is this? Because Bliss is the face of evil and she doesn’t feel bad about what she did because she hasn’t felt this good in a really long time.
Bliss adds that she has finally taken control and she has the whole world in her hands and she isn’t afraid to use her hands to tear more scars into Belair’s face and take the Raw Women’s Championship from her.
After claiming that she would become champion, Bliss was interrupted by a shot of a playground and flash of images from her past time as evil Alexa. Uncle Howdy would then appear and make his way out on stage. The segment then went to a commercial break and as we come back we did not see Bliss or Howdy but instead moved on to the first women’s match of the night.
The first of two women’s matches was Michin taking on Bayley. Last week, Michin had Becky Lynch’s back against Damage CTRL and served as her tag team partner. This week, Lynch was not present which allowed Bayley to get into the head of Michin.
The match came down to an exchange in the corner leading up to a backslide by Bayley. The pin was assisted with Bayley’s foot on the ropes that the referee never saw. A three count gave Bayley the victory leaving Michin visibly upset in the ring.
Later in the night, Damage CTRL were having an interview when Michin came up to address the cheating victory. All three members attacked Michin showing how Lynch is nowhere to be seen when Michin really needed her.
Next up we have Candice LeRae being interviewed backstage. Nikki Cross is spying on her for about the 9th week in a row and we still don’t know why. LeRae provides an update on Johnny Gargano stating that he is out with an injury. She was then asked what is next for her and she commented on the Royal Rumble essentially stating that she intends on being in the Rumble.
Rhea Ripley would interrupt her and laughs at LeRae’s statement of a potential Rumble victory. After calling her delusional, LeRae states that she has just a good of a chance to win the Rumble as Ripley does. The two decide to take things to the next level and have a match.
The match came down to an attack from Ripley on LeRae on the outside. As LeRae attempted a cross body she was caught by Ripley who would then toss her into the barricae multiple times and even apply the triangle submission. Once back in the ring, Ripley set up LeRae for the Riptide to get the victory.
Royal Rumble participants confirmed –
Liv Morgan
Candice LeRae
Rhea Ripley
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The rivalry between Tay Melo & Anna Jay against Ruby Soho & Willow Nightingale will take it to the next level as the two teams are poised to do battle in a Street Fight. This sill take place on the Jan. 13 episode of Rampage. The last time these two teams clashed, it would be … Read more
On the Jan. 6 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, there were two matches featuring the women’s division. First we had the TV in-ring debut from Scarlett as she teamed up with Karrion Kross. Their opponents were Emma and Madcap Moss. Two weeks ago, things heated up when Emma slapped Scarlett. The final moments of the … Read more
