RAW’s last stop before Extreme Rules is tonight and there are a few things being advertised for the go-home episode. Two women’s matches have been announced which will see Shayna Baszler go up against Nia Jax while the Women’s Tag Team Titles will be on the line as Natalya & Tamina defend against Rhea Ripley … Read more
WWE has confirmed that the Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya & Tamina will be defending their titles on the upcoming RAW this Monday. For the past few weeks, the champions haven’t been having much luck when it comes to winning their matches as Rhea Ripley & Nikki A.S.H. have been getting the better of them. … Read more
Tonight’s RAW has two women’s matches advertised. One will be a non-title match between the RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair as she takes on Shayna Baszler. Flair defeated Baszler’s tag team partner Nia Jax last week when the title was on the line. Baszler seemed to favor Flair throughout the match and was the distraction … Read more
WWE has announced two women’s matches that will take place on this upcoming week’s RAW on Sept. 13. First, Rhea Ripley will go one-on-one with one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions – Natalya. Last week, Ripley teamed with Nikki A.S.H. as the two former champions defeated Natalya and Tamina in a non-title match. The … Read more
Nia Jax had a chance to become RAW Women’s Champion by showing that she could pin the champion Charlotte Flair two weeks in a row. This objective kept becoming more and more less likely from the very beginning of the match as Shayna Baszler was very much involved. From before the sound of the bell, … Read more
Tonight’s RAW has two matches scheduled. One of which is a direct result of last week’s match between Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax. Jax pinned the RAW Women’s Champion last week in a non-title match, but tonight the championship can be won if Jax can pin The Queen again. Also, a non-title tag team match … Read more
The two had a match last week in which Jax pinned the RAW Women’s Champion. The bout had a lot of eyes on it as the two seemed to have some real animosity in the match leading to a very stiff encounter.
Flair is newly champion after defeating both Nikki A.S.H and Rhea Ripley at SummerSlam. Jax is a previous RAW Women’s Champion but hasn’t held the title since 2018. She is more recently a two-time Women’s Tag Team Champion with Shayna Baszler.
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Despite last week teasing Alexa Bliss as Charlotte Flair’s next competitor, it appears that Nia Jax will be the next woman to go up against The Queen. On tonight’s RAW, Nia Jax took on Flair in a non-title bout. In a very stiff match, it ends with Jax getting a pin on the RAW Women’s … Read more
On last week’s RAW, Charlotte Flair celebrated becoming RAW Women’s Champion once again at SummerSlam. She defeated both Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley in a Triple Threat at that event. After celebrating her victory, Flair was interrupted by Alexa Bliss who came out on stage with Lilly just to say “hi.” Bliss looks to be … Read more
With SummerSlam now over, things seem to be moving forward now on the RAW brand in some situations. Charlotte Flair became the new RAW Women’s Champion at SummerSlam when she forced Nikki A.S.H. to submit in a match that also included Rhea Ripley. Finally, we seem to be moving past these three feuding for a … Read more
SummerSlam fallout time. A pay-per-view that had many people talking for many different reasons is now over and done with and we have a new RAW Women’s Champion yet again. Charlotte Flair took out both Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley to dethrone Nikki to become champion. Ripley and Nikki were opponents this past weekend but … Read more
Tonight’s RAW is the show before SummerSlam for the red brand. SummerSlam takes place this Saturday on August 21. At this weekend’s event, Nikki A.S.H. will be defending her RAW Women’s Title in a Triple Threat match against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley. Last week, Nikki faced Ripley but the match ended in disqualification after … Read more
Further news is being reported when it comes to Molly Holly working as a producer for WWE. The latest update from PWInsider is that the Hall of Famer is now working with and producing RAW. This follows her recent time spent on the road for the past several weeks with SmackDown. It was originally reported … Read more
Charlotte Flair will be speaking on tonight’s RAW following her loss last week to RAW Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. Flair thought she had Nikki’s number two weeks ago by defeating her in the main event, however, their rematch last week in a No Holds Barred match ended up going to the champion who pinned The … Read more
For the third week in a row, the women of the RAW brand main evented the show. This time, RAW Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. faced Charlotte Flair in a No Holds Barred Match. Nikki demanded to have this match directly after she lost to Flair last week. Flair is still reeling that she was cashed … Read more
Tonight’s RAW will have a No Holds Barred Match between the RAW Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. and Charlotte Flair. Flair and Nikki clashed in the main event of last week’s RAW. Along with Rhea Ripley, the three of them will meet at SummerSlam with the belt on the line, but will Nikki be able to … Read more
Nikki A.S.H. became RAW Women’s Champion the night after Money in the Bank when she cashed in her briefcase on Charlotte Flair. Flair herself had just become champion at Money in the Bank after defeating Rhea Ripley. The three now find themselves booked with the title on the line for the upcoming SummerSlam event.
Flair pinned Nikki last week in a non-title match. The feud continues tonight with them facing off in a No Holds Barred Match. Flair sent a message to Nikki over the weekend at a house show in Detroit. She says that she is going to teach Nikki how to be a champion and will humiliate her and punish her.
Thanks to the Money in the Bank briefcase, we now have a new RAW Women’s Champion. Nikki A.S.H. cashed in on last Monday’s RAW just 24-hours after winning the briefcase in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Nikki took her opportunity and cashed in on Charlotte Flair who had just won the title from … Read more
Nikki A.S.H. took no time in cashing in her Money in the Bank contract and is your new RAW Women’s Champion. This is Nikki’s first-ever singles title in WWE. She is a former two-time Women’s Tag Team Champion with Alexa Bliss.
She cashed in after the main event which saw now-former RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair in a rematch against Rhea Ripley. Flair had defeated Ripley on Sunday at Money in the Bank to become a five-time RAW Women’s Champion and 11-time Women’s Champion in total.
The rematch main event ended in disqualification when Flair clobbered Ripley in the head with the championship belt on the ramp. As Flair took time to gloat and hear that she was still the RAW Women’s Champion as a result of the disqualification, Ripley took the fight back to her. After Ripley had decimated Flair just enough, the Almost a Superhero Nikki rushed towards the ring with the briefcase in hand.
NIKKI A.S.H. CASHED IN HER #MITB CONTRACT TO BECOME THE NEW #WWERAW WOMEN'S CHAMPION!!!!
She asked for the match to start as she was cashing in, she climbed up to the turnbuckle waiting for the bell to ring. Once Flair was on her feet, Nikki hit a crossbody to get the three count on The Queen to become the RAW Women’s Champion for the first time in her career.
This makes the third time that Flair has been cashed in on. Previous Money in the Bank winners Carmella (2017) and Bayley (2019) both cashed in on Flair to each become SmackDown Women’s Champion. Carmella is the only briefcase holder to hold the briefcase for longer than one day.
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RAW is ready to get loud as tonight’s show will be the first since fans have returned. Fans returned on this past Friday’s SmackDown and continued to be present for Money in the Bank on Sunday and here on out. Over the weekend we witnessed Nikki A.S.H. do what seven other women couldn’t and that … Read more
Monday’s RAW didn’t just signify the go-home show for the red brand when it comes to Money in the Bank but it was the last show of the ThunderDome era. This show was pre-taped and fans will be returning regularly to WWE shows starting with this Friday’s SmackDown.
With that being said, a Fatal 4-Way match took place between the four women representing RAW in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match which will take place this Sunday, July 18. Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, and Nikki A.S.H. all wanted to get a leg up heading into the event by pulling out a win.
A match that started out as a Fatal 4-way became a Triple Threat after Bliss disappeared. Earlier in the night, Eva Marie and Doudrop came to Alexa’s Playground. And although Bliss and Doudrop seemed friendly, Bliss wasn’t keen on the fact that Eva tagged along when she wasn’t invited.
During the Fatal 4-Way, Doudrop and Eva made their way out to the ramp. A distraction caused Eva to be scared by Bliss and she tried to use her shoe to shoo her away. Doudrop then dumped Bliss over the barricade and that is where she disappeared from the match.
Now with only three women left, things really picked up in the match and it was Nikki who picked up the win after she pinned Asuka. Leading up to the pin, Naomi hit a swift kick from the ring apron to Nikki over the top rope. Asuka then delivered a codebreaker to Naomi in the ropes causing Naomi to fall to the outside taking her out of the equation. After a few pin attempts by Nikki, Asuka tried to lock in the Asuka Lock but Nikki had a unique roll through in order to get Asuka’s shoulders on the mat for the three count.
After picking up another victory in the Fatal 4-Way Match, Almost a Super Hero @NikkiCrossWWE is ready for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. pic.twitter.com/uyqcKtLQhg
Elsewhere on RAW, we saw the build continue towards the RAW Women’s Championship match between the champ Rhea Ripley and challenger Charlotte Flair. The two will battle it out at Money in the Bank with the gold on the line and with Ripley trying everything she can to best The Queen. Flair has been using Flair’s tactics against her for a number of weeks now. In fact, it helped her retain against Flair at Hell in a Cell when she disqualified herself in order to keep the title.
In a refreshing match, Ripley faced one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions, Natalya. The two put on a stellar match that highlighted both women. Natalya was added to the Money in the Bank Ladder Match by WWE Authority Sonya Deville on social media prior to RAW taking place.
Prior to Nattie’s match with Ripley, she and Tamina continued to have issues with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke backstage. The verbal assault turned physical after Tamina shoved Brooke before the tag champs walked away. Rose and Brooke are still gearing up to take the tag titles from the champs, they are just waiting for the match to be set.
Ripley ended up pinning Natalya and as to be expected, Flair jumped Ripley from behind with a chop block to the knee. Flair made sure that the champ and her opponent come Sunday wasn’t going to walk out of the last ThunderDome easily. She continued delivering the pain to Ripley’s knee as she wrenched it on the ring apron.
In a backstage interview with Flair, she makes an emphatic statement that she will become RAW Women’s Champion and that it is game over for Ripley. As Ripley tries to continue her championship reign since dethroning Asuka at WrestleMania, Flair will try to win the RAW Women’s Champion for the first time since 2016.
What did you think about this week’s RAW? Are you excited to get fans back?
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Welcome to the final RAW before Money in the Bank and the last time we see the Thunderdome as WWE goes back on the road this week. This show was pre-taped. WWE announced today via Sonya Deville that Natalya has joined the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match that will take place this Sunday … Read more
Nikki Cross surprised the WWE fans just a few weeks ago when she appeared in new ring gear with a mask and a cape. Cross let us in a little more about her new persona even more recently and stated that she isn’t a Superhero. She is “Almost A Superhero” also known as A.S.H. While … Read more
Tonight’s RAW has one main topic that social media has been buzzing about ever since Friday and that is Charlotte Flair’s medical update announcement. Since Friday, it has been advertised that Charlotte Flair will be providing a medical update since the RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley took out her knee after their six-woman tag team … Read more
Charlotte Flair will be on this Monday’s RAW and is advertised to make a medical update. On this past week’s RAW episode, Flair was part of a six-woman tag team match in which she secured the victory for her team by pinning Mandy Rose. Her celebration didn’t last long as the RAW Women’s Champion Rhea … Read more
On this week’s RAW, Nikki Cross continues with her new gimmick she started last week and has coined that she is “Almost a Superhero.” Claiming that her name could end up being Nikki A.S.H as a result, commentary went back and forth between calling her both names throughout her match against Shayna Baszler.
Prior to their match, Baszler was seen backstage by herself with a deck of cards. Nia Jax and Reginald approached her making sure she was focused heading into her match with Cross. After they walked off-screen, Alexa Bliss was seen lurking in the background. Last week, Bliss and Cross qualified for the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match after they defeated Jax and Baszler. Cross pinned Baszler so The Queen of Spades was looking for some revenge against her and further had plans to take care of Bliss.
Bliss came out during the Cross vs. Baszler match and although she interacted with Jax and Reginald, the match continued. Baszler was distracted by the happenings on the outside, however, Cross wasn’t able to get the pin right away. After a clothesline took down Cross, she regained momentum by locking Baszler’s arm and placing her in a cradle for the victory.
Moving on to a rematch from last week, Doudrop and Eva Marie took on Naomi and Asuka. Last week, Naomi and Asuka got the win after the Eva-Lution has already started to have cracks in its mission. After Eva gave the pet name of Doudrop to Piper Niven, the “protege” wasn’t too happy. She stepped off the apron instead of accepting the tag which allowed Naomi to pin Eva. Naomi and Asuka qualified for the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match as a result.
This week, we saw distrust again between the new members of RAW but this time Eva Marie jumped down from the ring apron and refused to tag in to help her partner. This time, however, Doudrop was able to maintain focus and she won the match after hitting a crossbody off the ropes on Asuka. Although this was a tag team match, Eva took the mic from the ring announcer and said that the winner of the match was just herself. This left Doudrop fuming in the ring as the segment ended.
The third and final women’s match of the night was the advertised six-woman tag team match. RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley teamed up with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke to face Charlotte Flair and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Tamina and Natalya.
For the first half of the match, Flair/Tamina/Natalya isolated Brooke in their corner keeping her away from her team. Once she was finally able to tag out the match broke down with each woman being highlighted and Brooke/Rose showing some solid tag teamwork. In the end, the two legal women would be Rose and Flair.
Flair delivered the big boot to get the win for her team. She wasn’t able to celebrate for long as Ripley re-entered the ring and chop blocked the left knee of Flair. Flair tried to go right after her but she had already rolled out of the ring. She taunted her on the outside to end the segment.
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