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“Fighting With My Family” poster and stills released

Fighting with My Family is based on the life of WWE superstar Paige

MGM have released the first official poster and stills from “Fighting With My Family”, the upcoming biographical feature about the life of WWE superstar Paige. The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant adapted the screenplay from the 2012 Channel 4 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, and helmed it in his directorial debut. “Fighting With My Family” is … Read more

Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir make in-ring debut next week

Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke

Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir will make their in-ring debut for NXT TV in a tag match with Io Shirai and Dakota Kai next week. NXT General Manager William Regal made the match official after Kai and Shirai demanded a chance at the former MMA stars. Duke and Shafir signed with WWE earlier this year, … Read more

Mia Yim qualifies for No.1 Contender Fatal 4-Way

Mia Yim

Mia Yim is the latest NXT Superstar to qualify for a fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender to the NXT Women’s Championship. NXT General Manager William Regal announced the match on Twitter just over a week ago, along with Bianca Belair as the first competitor. Belair remains undefeated in singles competition on … Read more

Alexa Bliss will host a pre-TLC press conference on Raw

Alexa Bliss

Former five-time WWE Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss recently announced via Twitter that she will be hosting a press conference this Monday on Raw, before the Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax Championship match at WWE TLC. The WWE Universe can send questions for the press conference on Raw by using the hashtag #AskAlexa. The last couple of weeks, Bliss has hosted … Read more

Five women who would benefit from a Royal Rumble victory

Royal Rumble

As the end of the year concludes and the excitement of a new year approaches, WWE starts the road to WrestleMania. The road to what many consider the Super Bowl of wrestling has always started with the first pay-per-view of the year. Since 1988, the Royal Rumble has been that event and a staple for WWE. The Royal Rumble match is arguably one of the highest anticipated matches of the year. Until earlier this year, only three women participated in this style of match; Chyna, Beth Phoenix, and Kharma.

For the ever-evolving women’s division, another first happened this past January. The first-ever women’s Royal Rumble match saw 30 women battle it out for their shot at the title of their choice. The winner will face the champion at WrestleMania.

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Asuka emerged victorious as she last eliminated Nikki Bella to continue her then undefeated streak. She went on to face Charlotte Flair in a SmackDown Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania. Her 914-day undefeated streak came to an end.

Asuka was expected by most to win this first-ever Rumble match. She was far from an underdog in her current place on the roster. Although her streak was defeated, she did have her WrestleMania moment. 

There are two types of competitors that are looked at when determining a winner of the Rumble.

A first option for the winner of this match could be one whom continues to ride high in the division, such as Asuka was earlier this year. The second option is having the winner be either a dark horse, or someone who has been away from the title picture for a long time. Both of these choices could propel a competitor forward as the number one contender at WrestleMania. 

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Most fans expect to see Lynch face Rousey at WrestleMania next year, ever since their Survivor Series match was canceled. With both being current champions, where does that leave the winner of the Rumble? Most are under the impression that both current champions Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch will still have their gold come the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. 

With an ever-growing main roster, many women would benefit from a win from the Royal Rumble match. In anticipation for next months match, here is a list of five women who would benefit the most from winning. 

Sonya Deville could be WWE’s next breakout star

Sonya Deville

Something interesting happened on this past Dec. 4 episode of SmackDown Live. The show opened with Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose taking on an odd couple of sorts in future TLC opponents Asuka and Charlotte Flair. After getting in a tiff with The Queen, The Empress of Tomorrow felt compelled to shatter Charlotte’s jaw with … Read more

Evolution follow-up could be Queen of the Ring

Queen of the Ring

WWE is reportedly developing ideas for their next women’s pay-per-view after the massive success of Evolution. One of the ideas on the table, according to the Wrestling Observer, could be the inaugural Queen of the Ring tournament. Evolution was a huge step forward for women’s wrestling, and a big win for the company. The pay-per-view received … Read more

WWE Women’s Division really want Tag Team Championships

On this week’s episode of Raw, Sasha Banks and Bayley were featured in a segment with new Raw Women’s General Manager, Alexa Bliss. During the open forum, Bliss was fielding questions, and during one of the question and answers, Bayley and Sasha Banks hinted that they want to be the first-ever WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

Back in march Diva Dirt’s Landon Buford spoke to Bayley prior to the Raw and SmackDown Live invasion of Dallas, and asked her if she thought it was time for the company to implement tag team titles for both brands.

“I have said this a couple of times in past interviews, but I think it has been discussed as far as the women in the locker room. The women’s division is strong on both Raw, Smackdown, and NXT, and I think we would be able to highlight a lot of us in a tag team. Maybe it is not too far off, as we already had the opportunity for a lot of firsts this year. I do not think it is too crazy to believe that there will be a women’s tag team division pretty soon.”

Back in October, Buford also spoke to both Mickie James and Naomi about the leaked match card before WWE Evolution, which had the Tag Team Title match featured it in.

“Now they are putting three women’s matches on the show, but aside from a personal issue, the only thing that is valuable to grab a hold of is the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships. There can only be one person going after those championships at a time, in the reality of things. So, what is it that will give everyone a different way of fighting and getting more camaraderie and storylines?  In the same way that they do with the men who have the tag team championships, the Universal Championship. They have a plethora of championships and storylines to be able to go after, where the women only have one per show,” said James.

She would continue:

“I think the tag team championships, even if it’s just one belt that’s then defended on both shows, but you have the IIconics now that are coming up. Think about it, like when Layla and Michelle were together, it would have been a great storyline when they were with the company. Or Alicia Fox and I can be the veteran team in the division. It would just give everyone, I think, a different catalyst for things, too, and ideas from different stories. Storylines could also spawn off from those stories. It would also show how diverse the women’s division could be, because tag team wrestling is a whole different dynamic. You would be building towards different moments than there are in singles competition.”

I’m so ready for it, tag teaming is so exciting, and it’ll be great for the division, because it will give us another championship to fight for, which we need. Being married to a tag team specialist, and in my opinion, one of the best to ever do it, I will have all the coaching and guidance I need to be the first to hold those titles,” said Naomi.

Naomi would continue by even naming who she would like to win the titles with:

Asuka!  We have a lot in common, surprising, and she’s just badass inside that ring point-blank period. There are no holes in her game. If there’s anyone I could learn from, grow with, and dominate with, it’s her.

Recently, Lana was interviewed by Nerdist’s Fangirling host Markeia McCarty, and spoke about her desire to implement them in the women’s division while dishing on WWE’s all-women’s pay-per-view Evolution.

The discussion of implementing Women’s Tag Team Championships is an ongoing decision, and is something the Superstars and the WWE Universe want to see. The Superstars have even started the hash tag . The last time a hash tag campaign was started was #GiveDivasAChance, which demanded Divas, now Superstars, the opportunity of longer matches.

There’s no telling when, or if, WWE will ever implement them, but Tables, Ladders, and Chairs: TLC would be the perfect opportunity to debut them. Especially, since it is a pay-per-view made famous by The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and Edge and Christian.

WWE TLC will air on Sunday, Dec. 16, streaming live starting at 6 p.m. EST, on the WWE Network.

Becky Lynch to share 10 matches that influenced her career

Becky Lynch

As first revealed by WWE Network News, WWE has decided to relaunch its get-to-know-your-favorite-wrestler concept, by once again airing Superstar Picks: a show in which a WWE Superstar gets to choose the matches that most influenced their career. Hosting the newest episode? Becky “The Man” Lynch. Superstar Picks lets a WWE Superstar choose 10 matches … Read more

Lana really wants WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles

In an interview with Nerdist’s Fangirling host Markeia McCarty, Lana spoke on her strong desire for a women’s tag team division within the WWE, while reflecting on her time at WWE’s first-ever all women’s pay-per-view Evolution.

“It was incredible. I think that so many of us girls, we couldn’t have even imagined having an all-women’s pay-per-view. To be able to experience this and be a part of it, I’m just very, very thankful. One of these days we’re going to get tag titles. I’m like, we have to do that! I was hoping, really, that we were going to announce it at there. Because when they told us ‘oh, we have to come out at the end and everyone has to come out on stage.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, they’re going to announce tag titles. It’s happening!’ And then I was like, ‘Oh, this is just a major hope spot.’ But keep on going, it’s going to happen. But it’s exciting to be able to work towards those things.”

Lana isn’t the only female WWE superstar who has spoken out about their desire for tag team titles for women.

The discussion of a possible women’s tag team division is an ongoing one, and it’s clear that fans and wrestlers are in support of the much-needed change.

WWE has communicated to fans that they are dedicated to the continuing evolution of their women’s division. The addition of tag team titles is the next step in that evolution.

Catch new episodes of Fangirling with hosts McCarty, Dani Fernandez and Sam Maggs every Thursday on Nerdist.com

Rhea Ripley enjoys first photo shoot as NXT UK Women’s Champion

Rhea Ripley

During tonight’s episode of NXT UK, the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament came to an official close, with Rhea Ripley defeating Toni Storm to become the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion. To celebrate the win, Ripley got her first champion’s photo shoot. The final outcome of the tournament had already been decided, as the matches … Read more

Asuka to join first-ever women’s TLC match for SmackDown Women’s Title

Asuka

Earlier tonight, we saw the SmackDown Live return of Becky “The Man” Lynch. In her return, she states that she is tired of watching from the sidelines and that “The Man” is putting herself back in the game, wasting no time in calling out Charlotte Flair. https://twitter.com/beckylynchwwe/status/1067590532619210752?s=21 This led to a war of words between … Read more

Alexa Bliss named new Raw Women’s General Manager

Alexa Bliss

In a move that might be a shock to fans, Alexa Bliss has been made the Women’s Raw General Manager. On Monday night’s episode of Raw, Bliss approached General Manager Baron Corbin, who was visually upset and stressed out from duties of the job. Did @BaronCorbinWWE just say @AlexaBliss_WWE can oversee the ENTIRE #RAW Women’s division?! … Read more

The importance of a WWE midcarder

WWE has been ridiculed at times for having trouble with their efforts of midcard storylines and matches for their women roster. A midcarder in wrestling is defined as, a wrestler who is seen as higher than a lowcarder, but below a main-eventer, who is often wrestling for the secondary title of a federation. The current … Read more

How long will Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey be champions?

Becky Lynch Ronda Rousey

This week’s Raw was a clear fallout from Survivor Series, raising the question: will Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey stay champions for long? Fans witnessed Nia Jax continue to use her punch delivered to Becky Lynch as a catalyst for her rise as top villain of the Red Brand. There has been a line drawn in … Read more

Biggest Winners and Losers from Survivor Series

Survivor Series 2018 is done, and as with most WWE pay-per-views, it was a mixed bag. We saw two interpromotional women’s matches involving 13 superstars, and coming out of Survivor Series, there were definitely some winners, and also losers, and not people who just ate pins. We’re going to look at the biggest winners and … Read more

Can Baszler and Sane make history?

Survivor Series is already this Sunday, but before this popular event takes place it is NXT’s turn to take center stage tonight at Takeover: WarGames. The match that focuses on the women is a rematch for Kairi Sane as she takes on the current champion, Shayna Baszler. The Sane and Baszler rivalry dates back over … Read more

Sasha Banks vs. Bayley could lead to a Four Horsewomen feud

Sasha Banks vs. Bayley

Monday’s Raw main event featuring Sasha Banks and Bayley was exactly what the Survivor Series season is all about. A pure all-out brawl that ended with one side standing tall as the other side retreats. Alexa Bliss announced her red brand participants in the main event segment, Monday. She came to the ring with Mickie James, Nia … Read more