A tale as old as time played out on SmackDown this week, can they coexist?
Ahead of them challenging Asuka for the WWE Women’s Title Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair teamed up to face the WWE Women’s Tag Twam Champions Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green.
The final moments of the match had Flair get a blind tag as Belair had Green up and ready for the KOD. Flair hit a big boot on Green causing her to fall off of Belair’s shoulder. The two argue before Flair pins Green to get the victory.
The champion Asuka appears later in a locker room segment between IYO SKY and Bayley. Asuka says that if SKY considers to cash in on her then she will regret that decision forever.
SKY responds saying it doesn’t matter who wins at SummerSlam because she will be leaving as WWE Women’s Champion.
As we get closer and closed to SummerSlam on Aug. 5, we now know Asuka will be defending her WWE Women’s Title in a Triple Threat. It will be against Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair. Elsewhere on SmackDown, Shotzi has been playing mind games with Damage CTRL ever since Bayley cut her hair. Currently there … Read more
Prior to the July 21 episode of SmackDown, it was confirmed that Asuka will face both Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair in a Triple Threat at SummerSlam for the WWE Women’s Title. Flair would be in action following this announcement against a woman who will be paying very close attention to that Triple Threat – Ms. Money in the Bank IYO SKY.
The match between the two was very back and forth and was given plenty of time. The match started to breakdown when Bayley came off of commentary to cause a distraction to Flair. SKY took advantage and went for a Sunset Flip Powerbomb off the top rope. Flair was able to kick out.
A montage of Shotzi cutting her hair from last week with her maniacal laugh played on the big screen which freaked out Bayley. She kept looking around and told SKY she had to go as she retreated to backstage. SKY being left alone continued to fight off Flair.
The two continue to get near falls back and forth by trading moonsaults and even submissions. It came down to Natural Selection to put away SKY as Flair emerged victorious. Her celebration didn’t take place though as the WWE Women’s Champion Asuka attacked Flair from behind getting the last laugh.
Moments later in the women’s locker room we saw Bayley and SKY arguing about what happened out at the ring. Bayley kept telling SKY that they need to go and to worry about it later. It was then that Bayley saw her luggage was sliced up and there was a photo of her with scissors stabbed into it. Bayley and SKY fled out of the locker room.
NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton was in the crowd for the show and was seen on camera before the women’s match. She also had a dark match before the show versus Kiana James. Stratton won and reportedly played the baby face role.
Tonight’s SmackDown comes just after WWE has confirmed that Asuka will defend her WWE Women’s Title agains Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat. A match is advertised tonight between Flair and Ms. Money in the Bank IYO SKY. Bayley will be with SKY at ringside.
Asuka has had many opponents eyeing her up in the past month. Especially since she received the new WWE Women’s Championship belt. On tonight’s SmackDown, Asuka will find out who her SummerSlam opponent will be. She has had recent matches with Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair with both ending in disqualification. Also there has been … Read more
Asuka defended her WWE Women’s Championship in the main event against Bianca Belair on this week’s SmackDown.
To kick off the show, Belair took to the ring for a promo. After getting the crowd hyped up, Charlotte Flair made her way out to the ring. The two exchanged words with Flair telling Belair that she is manifesting a Belair win tonight. Why? Because Flair wants first shot at Belair when she becomes champion. Belair, leary of agreeing to this, stated that if she wins the title in the main event then she will accept Flair’s challenge at SummerSlam.
As the match starts in the main event, we see IYO SKY with her Money in the Bank briefcase as well as Bayley who purchased a ticket to be in the front row. Moments later, Flair made her entrance on the other side of the crowd with a ticket in hand.
Final momenta of the match had Asuka catch Belair with a knee strike before going for a Fujiwara Arm Bar. Belair reversed it and planted a spinebuster on Asuka for a near fall. Asuka tried to go for a submission again, but Belair broke the hold. Asuka caught Belair with a Code Breaker. The action spilled to the outside where Belair would land a KOD to the champion onto the announce table.
This outside action caused both SKY and Bayley to hop the barricade. Flair did as well and landed a big boot to Bayley. SKY slammed Flair into the ring post before turning her attention to Belair. SKY locked eyes on Belair, but she got out of the way before Flair speared Belair, causing the disqualification.
After the bell rang, SKY realizes that everyone is down including the current champion Asuka. She intends to cash in as Bayley holds the briefcase for her. SKY gets Ausuka back in the ring and sets her up for a moonsault. As SKY climbs up top, Bayley tries to tell the referee that SKY is cashing in. However, Asuka gets up and mists the eyes of Bayley which allows her to escape with her title and no cash in taking place.
Earlier in the night, Bayley took on Zelina Vega with SKY by her side.
The final moments of this match had Vega get hung up in the ropes by Bayley who was on the outside. Back in the ring, Bayley capitalized and hit the Rose Plant for the win. Bayley came to the ring for this match with the piece of Shotzi’s hair that she cut a couple weeks back.
Post match, a vignette of Shotzi appeared on the screen. Shotzi pulled out the hair razor and stated she is in control and not Bayley. She admits to being a little strange but that’s why she has the control. She continues to shave her head and says some people fear change but she invites it.
Tonight’s SmackDown will have the WWE Women’s Championship on the line as Asuka defends against Bianca Belair. Belair has been waiting for a rematch since she lost the gold to Asuka at Night of Champions. Charlotte Flair swooped in and got the first shot and her match was ruled a DQ after Belair interfered. Don’t … Read more
Bianca Belair will finally get her rematch against Asuka for the WWE Women’s Championship on July 14th’s SmackDown. On the July 7 episode, Asuka made her way to the ring for a promo. Before she could say much, Belair’s music hit. Belair rushed to the ring and took down Asuka. As she continues to beat … Read more
Tonight’s SmackDown is the first show of the blue brand since IYO SKY has become Ms. Money in the Bank. Asuka is also still the WWE Women’s Champion after a DQ finish against Charlotte Flair happened last week after Bianca Belair got involved. Enjoy tonight’s show.
Charlotte Flair entered this week’s SmackDown in the United Kingdom attempting to become a 15-time champion. She faced a familiar foe in Asuka for the WWE Women’s Championship.
One woman who wasn’t in the match but has been upset that she hasn’t received her rematch is Bianca Belair. Adam Pearce had previously told her that she could not be at ringside for this match, so she played the game and purchased a ticket to be front row.
The final moments of the match had both Flair and Asuka on the outside. Asuka was at the barricade in front of Belair. Flair went for a big boot and Asuka pulled Belair in the way which is who Flair hit instead. Moments later once Belair composed herself, she hopped the barricade and went right after Asuka causing the disqualification. Belair continued her attack on Flair who warned her about putting her hand in her face.
Belair would stand tall in the end after hitting a KOD on both Asuka and Flair on top of the commentary table.
The other women’s match of the night was Bayley vs. Shotzi. A match that was cut last week happened tonight and it had Bayley’s spot in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match on the line. If Shotzi would have won then she would have replaced Bayley.
Bayley would win the match and remain in MITB. The final moments had IYO SKY help her Damage CTRL partner by placing her foot on the rope as Shotzi was near a count of three. This distracted Shotzi and then the referee who tried to get SKY to back off. While the official wasn’t looking, Bayley raked the eyes of Shotzi and hit her with Rose Plant to get the three count.
After the match and moments later backstage, Shotzi came running up to Damage CTRL saying she isn’t finished with them yet. The numbers game was too much for Shotzi who was taken down on top of a table. Bayley grabbed a pair of scissors as SKY held down Shotzi and cut a chunk of her hair. Bayley left with the hair in hand.
In a promo backstage, AJ Styles accepted a challenge from Karrion Kross and stated that if his woman (Scarlett) was to get involved then he has someone who can stop that as Michin appeared.
Money in the Bank takes place tomorrow at 3PM ET due to the event taking place in the UK. Diva Dirt will have a Discussion Post to talk about the show live, come join.
SmackDown is in the UK and tonight’s episode was taped as a result. Tomorrow is Money in the Bank and tonight is the last show prior. Bayley will hope to hang onto her MITB spot as she faces Shotzi tonight. If Shotzi wins then she takes Bayley’s spot in MITB. The WWE Women’s Championship will … Read more
Remember when this was planned to happen last week and was cut? Well, it is still happening. WWE is in the UK already for Money in the Bank that is set for tomorrow at 3 PM ET. Tonight’s SmackDown will be coming from UK but will be taped and then aired in the United States … Read more
Charlotte Flair returned to the ring for the first time since WrestleMania on the June 23 episode of SmackDown. One week away from Flair challenging Asuka for the WWE Women’s Championship, she faced Lacey Evans.
In a short match and after Evans did her part in taunting the crowd, Flair won after applying the Figure Eight. After the match, Flair still had the submission applied as Asuka attacked her challenger. She left Flair laying in the ring as she retreated up the ramp.
Flair will be challenging Asuka next week in the UK the night before Money in the Bank.
Bianca Belair has been taking her power into her own hands and told Flair last week she will be at ringside during the title match. She wants whoever walks out as champion. This week, Belair is back in Adam Pearce’s office who says she is banned from ringside but promises her she will get her rematch.
There was a match cut from this weeks SmackDown and it was Bayley vs. Shotzi. If Shotzi won then she would have replaced Bayley in the MITB match. Now it seems Bayley will remain in the match.
It has been advertised for this Monday’s Raw on June 26 that all six members of the MITB match will meet in a Summit segment.
For the results of the Women’s Tag Team Unification Match and the return of Liv Morgan you can click here.
The WWE Women’s Tag Titles and the NXT Women Tag Team Titles have now been unified. On the June 23 episode of SmackDown, Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler defeated Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre to unify the gold. Dawn and Fyre thought they had the match won as they went for the double team on … Read more
Tonight’s SmackDown will see the unification of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey will take on Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre. The Money in the Bank Ladder Match that will take place On July 1 does have its six women in the bout. … Read more
On the June 16 episode of SmackDown, Shotzi talked her way into a second chance to enter the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. This came after IYO SKY suffered a loss to Zelina Vega. SKY took on Vega in singles action with Bayley by ringside. The finals moment of the match had Bayley causing … Read more
Scheduled for tonight’s SmackDown is – Zelina Vega vs. IYO SKY Michin & AJ Styles vs. Scarlett & Karrion Kross Charlotte Flair on Grayson Waller Effect
With Money in the Bank just a couple weeks away, two of its participants – Zelina Vega and IYO SKY will be going one-on-one. The match takes place this Friday on SmackDown. Per WWE.com – As made official on SmackDown LowDown, The LWO’s Zelina Vega will take on Damage CTRL’s IYO SKY next week. Both Vega and SKY earned … Read more
Damage CTRL will be entering into every woman for herself territory as both IYO SKY and Bayley have qualified for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. On the June 9 episode of SmackDown, first Bayley qualified as she defeated Michin. The final moments of the match had Bayley trying to fake injury but Michin … Read more
The Raw Women’s Championship is now a thing of the past. Asuka is now the WWE Women’s Champion. The belt style is duplicate to the Undisputed WWE Universal Title belt that was presented to Roman Reigns last week. It just includes the white belt. There is no confirmation as of yet if the new title … Read more
A lot is on the plate for the women’s roster of SmackDown tonight. We have two MITB qualifying matches. One between Bayley and Michin and the other with IYO SKY taking on Shotzi. Already qualified are Zelina Vega, Becky Lynch, and Zoey Stark. After tonight there will be just one more woman to be added. … Read more
It looks like we may end up getting the women’s championships fixed. Since the draft, the Raw Women’s Title has been on SmackDown – first with Bianca Belair and now with Asuka. The SmackDown Women’s Title has been with Rhea Ripley on Raw. Advertised for tonight is a “WWE Women’s Championship Presentation.” Per WWE.com – … Read more
Zelina Vega becomes the first out of six women to qualify for the 2023 Money in the Bank Ladder Match. She defeated Lacey Evans on the June 2 episode of SmackDown in a short match. Evans dominated most of the match and even hit a Women’s Right before the bell rang. Vega won with a … Read more
First MITB qualifying match takes place tonight between Zelina Vega and Lacey Evans. It has been rumored that the new Raw Women’s Champion Asuka will be on the Grayson Waller Effect. Enjoy.
Raquel Rodriguez is getting acclimated to her new tag partner in Shotzi.
Since having to vacate the tag titles due to Liv Morgan’s injury, Rodriguez had to find a new tag team parneter. She will get a chance to win the tag team belts back with Shotzi on this coming Monday’s Raw. It will be a Fatal Four way that also includea Damage CTRL, Sonya Deville & Cheslea Green, and Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey.
Before they get to Monday however, Rodriguez and Shotzi had to take on Damage CTRL’s Bayley and IYO SKY. The final moments of the match had Bayley go for a sunset flip on Rodriguez but couldn’t get her over. SKY, who was on the top rope, backdropped on Shotzi. However Rodriguez was able to pin Bayley picking up the win.
As Night of Champions is set for tomorrow, the Raw Women’s Champion addressed her opponent Asuka. Belair stated the Asuka she knew at WrestleMania she respected. But this Asuka? She does not. She was not happy about Asuka interrupting her home championship celebration a few weeks ago. Asuka’s music would hit and she would emerge from behind Belair in the ring
Asuka locked in an arm bar and wouldn’t release until officials had to come out and break it up. The women broke free and Belair went for the KOD but Asuka landed on the officials. She quickly rolled out of the ring and laughed as she exited up the ramp.
Diva Dirt will have a Night of Champions Discussion Post ready to go at 1 PM ET on Saturday.
Tonight’s the last show before Night of Champions which will be tomorrow at 1 PM ET. A tag team match is scheduled between Shotzi and Raquel Rodriguez vs. Bayley and IYO SKY. There will be an in ring promo for Bianca Belair which will include Asuka. Enjoy.
