For the first time in the history of 205 Live, a women’s match will take place on the show. A first-round bout in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will air on Jan. 22. This will be the WWE debuts of Gigi Dolin (FKA- Priscilla Kelly) and Cora Jade (FKA-Elayna Black). This team will face … Read more
Kay Lee Ray is still your history-making and longest-reigning NXT UK Women’s Champion. On this week’s NXT UK, the “Scary Queen of Scots” successfully retained the title against the “Fashionista” Jinny. The match was fierce and fiery from the start with both competitors allowing emotions to override technique. Jinny took advantage of Ray when she … Read more
Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter have officially advanced in their first-round match in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. They defeated the favored team of Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez. Catanzaro & Carter may have been the underdog heading into this tournament but their chemistry is undeniable. Unlike the makeshift team of Storm and Martinez, … Read more
Tonight’s a big night for tag team wrestling as the first-ever women’s Dusty Rhodes Classic tournament kicks off with its first match. Advertised for the night is Team Ninja (Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter) taking on Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm. In this first-round match, it seems as though the likely winners may end up … Read more
Former two-time WWE Women’s Champion Nikki Cross has been seemingly missing from television since her loss to Alexa Bliss in November. She rounded out the year with a win on Main Event against Reckoning but hasn’t been used on RAW since. She did make one appearance backstage alongside Torrie Wilson on RAW Legends Night. Since … Read more
NXT announced the signings of three major independent talents, Priscilla Kelly, Lacey Ryan, and Elayna Black. All three stars have been renamed and will now be known as Zoey Stark (Ryan), Gigi Dolin (Kelly), and Cora Jade (Black). They all be making their debuts as part of the history-making women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. … Read more
Last year NXT Superstar, Mercedes Martinez made her main roster debut as part of the anti-establishment faction RETRIBUTION. However, Martinez’s part of the group was brief, and she quickly vanished from television without explanation. Reports revealed that the wrestling legend personally asked to leave the faction and return to NXT, which WWE granted. Martinez made … Read more
Another week, another typical RAW on record. RAW is still the brand that suffers the most from booking issues. This week shows just that but there were a couple of high moments, in my opinion. Let’s start off with Randy Orton’s response to having the fireball hurled at his face on last week’s RAW by … Read more
As of tonight’s RAW, Peyton Royce, Alexa Bliss, and Shayna Baszler have been added to the list of the Royal Rumble match competitors. Royce was actually announced right before RAW and Bliss declared herself during Alexa’s Playground. As for Baszler, she roughly was announced when Nia Jax was the first declared for the rumble. She … Read more
Tonight’s show is highly advertised around Alexa Bliss. Bliss will be going one-on-one with the RAW Women’s & Tag Team Champion Asuka in a non-title match. She will also be having a follow up to her run-ins with Randy Orton. Lacey Evans has also been getting the best of Charlotte Flair as of late thanks … Read more
Huge Japanese professional wrestler star Sareee has made the announcement that she is about to come stateside. Sareee was signed to WWE officially in February 2020 but due to the pandemic, it has hindered her training/debut with the company. Her updated status says that once she finishes up with her commitment with a SEAdLINNNG event on … Read more
Former NXT Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair was the biggest draw for the brand last year. According to the Wrestling Observer, Charlotte’s controversial run in NXT was a success in terms of viewership numbers. It stated that the “Queen” drew 47,000 new viewers per segment outdrawing Rhea Ripley and Velveteen Dream. Charlotte became the focal point of … Read more
Not every title reign can be stellar. Over the course of many decades, we’ve had many great champions-Trish, Lita, Ivory, Victoria, Beth, Melina, Molly and Jazz…but we have had some duds. Who are they? Let’s find out! Debra McMichael, May 10-June 8, 1999. I still do this day have no idea why WWE thought to … Read more
WrestleMania officially has a date and a location for 2021. Much as expected and rumored, WrestleMania 37 will take place on April 10 and April 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. This is the location that WrestleMania 36 was supposed to take place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. They announced this breaking news … Read more
SmackDown this week was a lot like last week with the exception that we did get one match. The match centered around the storyline of Billie Kay “joining” the Riott Squad as Liv Morgan faced Natalya. Kay joined commentary while Ruby Riott was at ringside for Morgan and Tamina for Natalya. Kay said she was … Read more
It was announced during SmackDown this week that Alexa Bliss will be taking on an old rival, the RAW Women’s Champion – Asuka. The match will take place this Monday on the Jan. 18 edition of RAW. At the time of this writing and announcement, the title was not mentioned to be on the line. … Read more
Another SmackDown closer to the Royal Rumble and yet again we still don’t have anything advertised for the women for tonight’s show. Last week the women’s roster received zero matches but did have a few moments on the two-hour show. Bayley and Bianca Belair had a backstage segment in which they both declared themselves for … Read more
NXT legend Bayley expressed her desire to be a part of the first-ever women’s Dusty Classic Tag Team Tournament. The former SmackDown Women’s Champion asked the WWE EVP, Triple H to put her in the Dusty Classic. As a former two-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, Bayley would make an excellent addition to the inaugural … Read more
With the Royal Rumble being a traditional 30-person match, there is no surprise that WWE has to dip into their NXT or NXT UK rosters. This holds especially true for the women’s main roster which is significantly less than its male counterpart. According to research done by Fightful Select, NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee … Read more
As the Royal Rumble quickly approaches that means one big thing – the road to WrestleMania is here. Last year’s WrestleMania was the first pay-per-view event that was highly affected by the current global pandemic. It is the biggest event of the year and took a big hit on everyone involved. It was previously reported … Read more
Last week, Jinny became the number one contender for the NXT UK Women’s Championship after defeating Piper Niven. This came with a little help from Joseph Conners – but Jinny won the opportunity nonetheless. The champion, Kay Lee Ray, is at 502 days and counting as champion. She defeated Toni Storm in August 2019. In … Read more
In a backstage segment on NXT this week, we heard two teams announced for the upcoming women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Shotzi Blackheart was being interviewed about her loss from earlier in the night against Candice LeRae. Blackheart says that she won’t whine about her loss but look forward to making history. She explains … Read more
Following the New Year’s Evil event last week, there is a lot of good things to look forward to. A clear contender for the NXT Women’s Champion has been sent and that woman is Mercedes Martinez. Last week she let the champ Io Shirai know that she has her eyes set on the gold. Raquel … Read more
In a recent interview on the podcast Pretty Big Deal with Ashley Graham, The Bella Twins were her guests. They spoke about the current women on the roster which includes some that they have worked alongside prior to their retirement. Nikki Bella in particular spoke about how Daniel Bryan works a lot with creative and … Read more
There was a lot of excitement for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship when it was first won in 2019 at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Without a fully realized tag team division, there was still faith that having another title for the women was a good thing. Especially since it is arguably the best-looking title … Read more
Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke officially declared their spots in the upcoming 30-woman Royal Rumble match on this week’s RAW. With their announcement, they make a total of six women who have been named. They join Nia Jax, Charlotte Flair, Bianca Belair, and Bayley. Both women have competed in all three prior women’s Royal Rumble … Read more