In a report by PWInsider, it is being stated that Hall of Famer Molly Holly is backstage at RAW tonight. In the report it says that she is there to have a try out as a potential producer for the company.
Being inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, Molly has continued to maintain a good relationship with WWE. She has appeared in two Royal Rumble matches, one as herself and one as her Mighty Molly gimmick.
She is a two-time WWE Women’s Championship and has also held the Hardcore Championship. Her tenure in WWE spanned the course of five years from 2000-2005 where she decided to leave to spend time with her family.
She was pivotal in her iconic Hair vs. Title match against Victoria at WrestleMania XX. The match wasn’t originally set to be on the card but she pitched the idea to Vince McMahon. She ended up losing that match resulting in having her head shaved.
What would you think if Molly became a producer? Could this be a benefit for the women’s division? Leave your thoughts below.
On this Monday’s RAW, RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley along with Charlotte Flair will be the guests on Miz TV. The Miz hasn’t been seen since he was fighting off zombies at WrestleMania Backlash a few weeks ago. Also at that event, Ripley retained her title against both Flair and Asuka in a Triple Threat … Read more
Today on May 29, the first TakeOver event for NXT took place seven years ago in 2014. On that card was a match for the vacant NXT Women’s Championship. Once Paige moved to the main roster and won the Divas Championship she had to relinquish the NXT title. This match was the final match of … Read more
Have we finally broken the cycle of the rematch? At least on SmackDown we may have. This week’s SmackDown had two matches and neither one was a rematch or multi-woman tag team match thrown together. The results are as follows: Natalya & Tamina defeated The Riott Squad Bianca Belair defeated Carmella The first match was … Read more
Tonight’s episode of SmackDown doesn’t have any official advertisement currently for the women. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair did make a post on Twitter which is geared towards Bayley which shows their rivalry is not yet over. With Hell in a Cell just a few weeks away, will we get another one-on-one for the title? … Read more
It has been nearly a month since WWE first started to air vignettes for the return of Eva Marie. Since then, several videos have aired which have pushed the notion that she will serve as a manager or a motivator to a fellow talent. This seems to be the exact case.
According to a report by Fightful Select, the plan as of now is not for Eva Marie to return as an in-ring competitor. Fightful has been told that the plan is to use her as a vehicle to help get another female talent over. This plan has been in the works long before her vignettes started to air and confirms that her return is in no way a response to WWE recently releasing other female talent.
There is no word on who the female talent is that Eva Marie will be paired up with.
There have been various reports of her training at the WWE Performance Center and she even gave a shout out to Norman Smiley for his coaching. Once rumors started to swirl that Eva Marie would be back, she had previously stated that she would return to WWE when the time was right and if it made sense.
The Forever Champion and the Final Boss are set to clash in a rematch with the NXT UK Women’s Championship on the line in two weeks on June 10. Challenger Meiko Satomura won a gauntlet match against four other women two week’s ago to earn another shot at Kay Lee Ray’s title. A title that … Read more
Natalya is sitting high on top of the tag team women’s division since she and Tamina won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships a number of week’s ago. However, prior to the team forming the plan was to have her enter a rivalry with Sasha Banks. Banks at the time was SmackDown Women’s Champion and … Read more
Alexa Bliss was not on this past week’s RAW due to trying to find an emergency vet to help her pet pig Larry Steve who needed urgent care. He was in a great amount of pain and was having difficulty even moving. She explained that his normal vet did not feel comfortable assisting him.
By the next morning on Tuesday May 25, she sadly announced that Larry Steve had passed away.
— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) May 25, 2021
Last evening, Bliss took to her social media to a video in where she thanked everyone for their kind words including those who reached out to try to help her in any way they could. She explained that Larry went very quickly and they do not fully understand it yet. She says that her family was there petting him and trying to make him as comfortable as possible before he passed. The transcript of the video is below:
“I just wanted to get on here and say thank you to everyone who has reached out about Larry and to let everyone know that I really appreciate the amount of support and people who have called and texted, I will get back to you, I just can’t yet, because we’re still trying to kind of wrap our heads around what happened. Larry went very quickly, digressed really quickly, and we don’t really fully understand it yet. But he was surrounded by people who loved him.”
“My family was there, we were petting him and Ryan was playing your music on his guitar because Larry loves music. I just want to say, to any animal care person or vet, no matter how big an animal is, or how different they are, please help them. I hope Larry’s story helps open people’s eyes to the realities of having animals around his size. I just want people to do better. We are going to celebrate Larry’s birthday tomorrow. I really want to do something where we celebrate his birthday and maybe do something like a charity thing to raise money for an animal rescue and if that’s something that you guys are interested in or seeing or anything like that, just let us know, and again, thank you” [h/t – Fightful]
— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) May 26, 2021
Larry passed away one day before his 4-year birthday. Bliss stated that she is still going to celebrate his birthday today and for those that can to join Bliss on Instagram Live at 7 P.M. EST on her account @alexa_bliss_wwe_. They will be raising money for a pig rescue.
Join us tonight at 7 PM ET. To celebrate Larry-Steve’s 4th birthday & his life ?? There will be musical performances, fun Larry stories, we’re gonna talk about the importance of more vet accessibility for large & unique animals. We will also be raising money for a pig rescue ?? pic.twitter.com/LDnUSZCEbq
— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) May 26, 2021
WWE talent Buddy Murphy also mourned the loss of Larry. Murphy and Bliss got Larry together when they were a couple. His post can be seen below.
NXT offered up three women’s matches on this weeks show including the highly anticipated debut match of Franky Monet. This week’s match results were as follows: Franky Monet defeated Cora Jade Mercedes Martinez defeated Zayda Ramier Ember Moon & Shotzi Blackheart defeated Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez Monet took down Jade with a Glam Slam … Read more
This week’s NXT is going to have the in-ring debut of Franky Monet as well as two teams that have their eye set on the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. Former champions Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon will be facing Dakota Kai and NXT Women’s Title Raquel Gonzalez. Franky Monet has been in NXT for … Read more
Sasha Banks is currently being advertised for the July 16 SmackDown where fans will return to attendance. This show will mark WWE’s return to touring with fans present and is set for a 25-city tour. She is also shown for the advertisement for Money in the Bank which takes place on July 18. SmackDown Women’s … Read more
Nikki Cross was in action this week on RAW for the first time since February. This match came about when Ripley and Charlotte Flair met backstage earlier in the day. Ripley wished Flair luck in her match against Asuka later on while Flair stated that Ripley is just jealous of her and she is the … Read more
It was made official on tonight’s RAW that Rhea Ripley will be defending her RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair at Hell in a Cell. The event takes place on June 20. At the time of this writing the match has not been confirmed to be inside Hell in a Cell. The match was made … Read more
Could we finally be getting some new faces on RAW and SmackDown? In a report by Fightful Select, Sean Ross Sapp states that he has been informed that there are plans for adding additional call-ups to the RAW and SmackDown rosters. This includes talent from both NXT and NXT UK. At this time, Sapp reports … Read more
On this week’s RAW we will see not only a rematch for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles but the same match we have already seen 30 times. Tamina & Natalya will put their titles on the line against former champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler. Tamina & Natalya have already defeated Jax & Baszler … Read more
At WrestleMania Backlash, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair retained her title in her first title defense against Bayley. What’s next for Belair in her title reign? Currently nothing has been officially advertised for tonight’s show. Will she continue to fight Bayley into the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view or will she get a new challenger? … Read more
Tamina & Natalya became the new Women’s Tag Team Champions on last week’s SmackDown by defeating Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax. The two teams collided at WrestleMania in April and although the crowd of returned fans were firmly behind Tamina & Natalya, the titles stayed put. Now a month later the fans support behind the … Read more
On last week’s NXT UK, Meiko Satomura replaced Xia Brookside in the gauntlet match, and went on to earn another shot at the NXT UK Women’s Championship.
The week before this, Amale attacked Brookside, seemingly to replace her in the five-woman match. However, this clearly backfired as Satomura replaced the star. NXT UK management then revealed that the pair would be going head-to-head once Brookside had recovered from her injuries.
The time came for the two to face off on this week’s NXT UK. The bout between the two women got off with a frenzied start, and Brookside grabbed Amale by the hair and dragged her across the ring.
The action between the pair spilled over to the outside of the NXT UK ring, and this is when Amale gathered more momentum. The French Hope rammed her rival into the ring apron, before throwing her back into the ring and attempting a pin. Brookside kicked out. Amale got another near-fall when she hit Brookside with a savage strike to the face.
This brought Brookside back to having the upper hand in the match. She hit Amale with a series of strikes, followed up with a sharp dropkick which she followed up with headscissors. This combo sent Amale crashing to the mat.
Amale recovered from this, and came back with more strikes on her opponent. She then attacked her rival with a powerful-looking spinebuster slam to pin her rival and take home the win.
This was the only women’s match on NXT UK this week. However, a vignette was shown of Aoife Valkyrie. In the clip, the star mused over Satomura ending her previous winning streak. As the NXT UK Superstar explored woodland, she claimed that she was coming for Satomura in the future, and vowed to beat her.
Vanessa Borne, who was one of four women to be released from WWE yesterday, commented on her release from the company on her social media. Borne who was signed with the company in 2016 hadn’t been utilized on WWE programming in the past 18-months. She was a member of the NXT brand but was rumored … Read more
It is being reported that WWE has released talent from their NXT brand. Of those talent’s four have been confirmed from two different sources. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp is confirming the releases of Vanessa Borne, Kavita Devi, and Jessamyn Duke. PWInsider is confirming the release of Skyler Story. Vanessa Borne is the biggest name on … Read more
On this week’s NXT, the recently crowned NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions spent their time being pampered in style as they were having a spa day. While they were enjoying their time relaxing, they discussed about Indi Hartwell being over Dexter Lumis. With cucumbers on their eyes, they didn’t realize that it was Lumis for … Read more
Scheduled for tonight’s NXT will be round two between Toni Storm and Zoey Stark. Stark picked up a big win and what many would call an upset against Storm at the pre-show of the last TakeOver event, Stand & Deliver. Ever since that win for Stark, Storm has been furious that the newcomer bested her. … Read more
Prior to any matches taking place, Naomi & Lana along with Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke were arguing backstage with WWE Authority Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville on who would be next to get a title shot. Now that we have new champions, the teams are wanting another go.
Naomi mentions how every time her and Lana would have a match they would always get interrupted in some capacity. Mandy and Dana stated that they were on the winning team last week against the former tag team champions.
Deville then asks the ladies to give her and Pearce a moment with Flair as they have something to discuss. No surprise, Flair stated that she wasn’t the one to take the pin during last night’s Triple Threat match, so she wants Rhea Ripley one-on-one for the RAW Women’s Championship. Deville says that she understands where she is coming from (as always) but says she will have to defeat Asuka later in the night in order to get another title shot.
Rhea Ripley says what every single fan has been saying for a while now….that she is here and she wants to take on some NEW competitors. Yes Rhea! Fresh matches…we WANT to see it.
As for the match between Asuka and Flair, it ends up much like their match did a few weeks ago. Asuka gets the pin, which was very much needed for her, from some assistance on a distraction by Ripley. So does this mean that Flair might not be facing Ripley again, or….?
If that is the case, who would Flair go for next? Could we maybe see Sonya making a return to the ring after perhaps she doesn’t feed into Flair wanting another title match? I may just be getting my hopes up to see some new matches.
As for the Women’s Tag Team Title rematch, let’s take a trip to Alexa’s Playground first. She invited the new champs, Tamina & Natalya to visit. Tamina definitely wasn’t having it and wanted out every second she was there.
They start off by talking about their tag team win. Nattie says that it was no easy task beating two of the toughest women in the division but it was something they will cherish and it was also Tamina’s first title win.
Bliss responds, “super duper, that is nice” as she holds Lilly up. Tamina, who had been staring around the playground, asks if they can leave now. Bliss then says that she hasn’t even asked the “tough questions yet.” She says Lilly wants to know what their favorite colors are. Nattie of course says pink but Tamina says black and blue which is what Alexa’s face will look like if she tries anything weird.
Bliss says that wasn’t very nice but Lilly likes Tamina. She really liked it when Tamina beat up Reginald and wanted to know if that was fun. Tamina says it was and if he tries to interfere in the rematch then she will have no problem “swatting” him again. Bliss then goes on to say what Lilly likes in regards to dead bugs as Tamina and Nattie quietly exit.
Once Bliss realizes they are gone she says she will be watching the tag team match. And that she did.
Bliss came out with Lilly in hand on the stage during the match just as Reginald was creeping up the steel steps to the ring. Tamina had Baszler up on her shoulders, but Baszler countered and was trying to lock in the Kirifuda Clutch. As Reginald was on the steel steps the ring post pyro went off and burst into flames causing him to be launched back to the barricade. Jax went to go check on him as he kept his eyes covered.
Tamina then took advantage and held up Baszler for Nattie to execute a clothesline to get the pin and retain their titles.
This keeps me hopeful also that we may end up seeing the end of Baszler & Jax vs Tamia & Nattie. With their loss they should be put at the back of the line.
As for Bliss and what’s to come, it seems as though she is definitely targeting Baszler and Jax. She did some voodoo magic on Baszler’s knee last week and then went after Reginald this week.
We did get another new promo for Eva Marie. It was similar to last week’s where it definitely seems like she will first step into perhaps a managerial or mentor role. She talks about being in film and compares herself to a heroine just like Angelina Jolie.
Lastly, there was a Nikki Cross sighting. She was a lumberjill during the lumberjack match between Damian Priest and John Morrison. She was the only woman out there and was front and center. Unfortunately they didn’t do much with her, but it was good to at least see her out there.
Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of this week’s RAW:
WINNER: Asuka
A great bounced back and much needed win for Asuka. It was almost certain that Asuka was going to take the fall at WrestleMania Backlash, and she did just that. Although it was a great Triple Threat, Asuka tends to take the fall in type of matches. This win against Charlotte tonight though still gave her that fight that she needs to not be brushed aside. Not sure where this is all going next, but her getting that win kept her in a good light.
WINNERS: Tamina & Nattie
First successful title defense – check! Not sure about anybody else, but I was holding my breath thinking that they were going to take the titles off of them this quick. It’s WWE, so I wouldn’t have been surprised. I thought the interaction with Alexa Bliss was great also….and I am looking forward to them hopefully facing The Riott Squad on SmackDown.
Side note: I am all for the tag team champions being used on both brands – they are supposed to be. However, the fact they have to be used on both brands every week shows how badly we need some new faces on both brands.
LOSERS: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler
It seems to be obvious that they are probably Alexa’s target. If that’s the case I am all for them moving on and away from the title. However, them losing should put them at the back of the line.
LOSER: Charlotte Flair
Much like Nia & Shayna, Charlotte losing should put her in the back of the line. But this is Charlotte Flair, so I won’t count my chickens until I see what happens the next couple of week’s. I would really love for her and Sonya to feud next. Maybe that’s just me really wanting Sonya back in the ring, but I honestly think they could have some great one-on-one matches together.
What did you think of this week’s RAW? Who were your Winners & Losers? Discuss in the comment section below!
There is some good potential for tonight’s RAW. It is the fallout from WrestleMania Backlash that took place on Sunday and Rhea Ripley is still the RAW Women’s Champion. Ripley, who defeated Asuka at WrestleMania was able to pin The Empress of Tomorrow once again in a Triple Threat match that also involved Charlotte Flair. … Read more
On tonight’s WrestleMania Backlash, both Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair set out for one goal. That goal was for both of them to retain their respective championships that they won at WrestleMania. They both did just that. Since winning at the biggest show of the year, Ripley and Belair have referred to their title wins … Read more
