The resume and headshot must have worked as Carmella has now accepted Billie Kay as her tag team partner. They have officially been added to the Tag Team Turmoil match at WrestleMania which will take place on Night One this Saturday.
After a match between one-half the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Tamina which ended in a disqualification, The Riott Squad was about to be interviewed backstage as Billie Kay showed up. Liv Morgan asked her what she was doing here because she doesn’t have a tag team partner. Carmella entered and asked if there was a problem because Kay is with her.
Ruby Riott says she and Morgan are laser-focused on the Tag Team Turmoil match set for this weekend. Riott says that she and Morgan are more in sync than ever after they got rid of their “sidekick” (Kay). Carmella says that if she wanted a lesson on friendship then she would watch an after-school special. The tag titles she says are hers, well ours.
Then entered Mandy Rose/Dana Brooke and Naomi/Lana. The four teams start brawling in the back before Natalya and Tamina show up to deliver more pain to their opponents. Natalya and Tamina leave as the last team standing yet again as they walk away from the rest of the women laid out on the ground.
Carmella and Kay being added to this match had a bit of confusion surrounding it from earlier this week when the Tag Team Turmoil match was first announced. Originally scheduled as just four teams, the WWE WrestleMania Twitter account mistakenly added Carmella and Kay to the graphic. The post was then deleted shortly thereafter.
Who will end up winning the Tag Team Turmoil match and go on to face the champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler for the tag titles on Night Two?
Before SmackDown aired, it was announced on social media that the SmackDown Women’s Championship will be decided in the main event of Night One of Mania. Tonight’s episode of SmackDown was taped which was prior to them learning they will be the main event. Both the champion Sasha Banks and the challenger Bianca Belair had backstage interviews that were aired on tonight’s show. Both can be viewed below.
Happy WrestleMania-Eve!! All things considered around the booking of this year’s event, the matches still look good on paper. What continues to be no surprise is there isn’t any promotion for the women on tonight’s SmackDown from WWE officially. What has been announced though is that the WWE Championship match will be opening Night One … Read more
WrestleMania is only eight days away and tonight was the second to last SmackDown before the two-night event. Tonight’s SmackDown’s booking was thrown together which we are going to just end up having until after the biggest event of the year. So let’s just get into it. Let me first start off by saying this … Read more
One of the last shows before WrestleMania weekend which will take place just one week from tomorrow and there isn’t anything advertised for the women. Per usual. There have been prior rumors about adding two more women’s matches to the big two-night event on April 11 & 12. That has however been a focus to … Read more
WrestleMania is two weeks from this Sunday and let’s see if WWE can right some of its wrongs when it comes to booking Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for that event. Banks delivered the first slap at Fastlane after she teamed up with Belair and wasn’t able to capture the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. … Read more
The last SmackDown before Fastlane had the focus on the match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles which will be defended this weekend. Nia Jax took on Sasha Banks with the SmackDown Women’s Title on the line at the top of SmackDown. Prior to the match, Banks and her partner for this Sunday and opponent at WrestleMania, Bianca Belair, had some words backstage.
Belair was trying to understand why Banks would agree to have this match. Banks allowing Reginald to get into her head is something that Belair has constantly been concerned about as they need to be on the same page for Fastlane.
It is also clear that Belair wants to have the upcoming highly anticipated WrestleMania match against Banks and not Jax — which we can all agree with. The EST then let her know that she wouldn’t be coming out to bail her out but she did make an appearance during the match to hype up Banks.
Reginald was not present as he was treated to a “day at the spa.”
After a failed sunset flip by Banks, Jax tried to capitalize with a standing leg drop but missed. Banks then executed a reverse Meteora but couldn’t get the three count.
Moments later, Banks tried to get Jax to the mat so that she could lock in the Bank Statement but she had to counter out of the strength of her opponent to deliver. After planting Jax, Banks was able to apply the submission in the middle of the ring.
Baszler and Belair then stir on the outside and the fight heads into the ring. Baszler went to deliver a kick to Banks but missed and nailed Jax instead. Belair tosses Baszler out of the ring for Banks to execute a jackknife cover to get the three count and retain her title.
After the match, Baszler tried to apologize to Jax who was concerned that they may be in trouble come Fastlane. She says she will face Belair later on in the night.
Shayna Baszler vs. Bianca Belair ends in a no contest
This match was rather quick and Jax left ringside as the match was considered a no contest when both Belair and Baszler were attacked by Natalya and Tamina. This shows even more why the booking is all wrong as we head into the last pay-per-view before WrestleMania.
Building up Natalya and Tamina is a solid thing for them. As veterans in the business and not seeing either one of them grabbing a singles title anytime soon them going for (and winning), the tag titles would be a nice thing to see. What doesn’t make sense is why aren’t they facing Baszler & Jax at Fastlane?
Banks and Belair could build-up to their WrestleMania match without being involved in the tag titles. They could have continued to use Reginald and Carmella who apparently can only be shown on Network Exclusives or short backstage segments as of late.
Speaking of Carmella, she was seen in a Network Exclusive discussing getting a new sommelier. Billie Kay was caught in the background eavesdropping as Carmella was being interviewed on what qualities she looks for in a sommelier. After Carmella walked away, Kay says she is updating her resume and wants to see #KayforSommelier start trending.
Prior to SmackDown airing, both Chelsea Green and Santana Garrett posted separate photos on their social media. They were each standing in front of the SmackDown sign backstage which had many hoping they would be used on last night’s show. Green is a member of the roster but went out with an injury from her debut match in November. Garrett was rumored to have been called up to the main roster but hasn’t been seen last July other than a Royal Rumble appearance.
This would have been a nice introduction to have two more women introduced into the roster but of course, we can’t have nice things.
Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of the week:
Please note that it was very hard to pick any Winners & Losers from this week and not in a good way.
WINNER: Sasha Banks
She retained her title, kept the one exciting thing I am looking forward to WrestleMania for intact. That’s the biggest win of the week for the blue brand. I am just ready for after this Sunday where she can start actually feuding with Bianca instead of them trying to be a team. Hopefully, they won’t win the tag titles because we don’t need a reason to not have the tag titles stand alone in a WrestleMania match.
WINNERS: Natalya & Tamina
Just add them to the match for Fastlane at this point and let them take the titles. Have Shayna face Asuka at WrestleMania and let’s move on. Please.
LOSER: Shayna Baszler
Old Shayna would have never apologized to Nia. Let’s please have them go their separate ways. This team has run its course. Shayna is definitely getting the short end of the stick out of everything as well.
What did you think of this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts below.
Tonight is the last show before Fastlane this weekend and Sasha Banks is set to defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nia Jax. At the event this weekend we will see a rematch from Elimination Chamber as Jax & Shayna Baszler will defend their WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles against Banks & Bianca Belair. What … Read more
Chelsea Green has been out of action with an injury since November when she debuted on SmackDown. In her debut, she was placed in a Fatal 4-way match to claim a spot for the blue brand in the upcoming Survivor Series match at that time. It was rumored that she was planned to win that … Read more
The quest for a double champion continues. Sasha Banks has the opportunity to become a double champion heading into WrestleMania as she teams up with Bianca Belair at Fastlane on March 21. Banks, the current SmackDown Women’s Champion, and Belair will be facing the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler at … Read more
Tonight’s SmackDown is going to see the two women who will make history and battle it out at WrestleMania for the SmackDown Women’s Championship appear on the KO Show. These same two women, Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks, will once again team up at Fastlane on March 21 to challenge Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler … Read more
On this week’s SmackDown, the advertised match is going to be between Bianca Belair and one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions, Shayna Baszler. It was announced yesterday that there will be a rematch from Elimination Chamber at Fastlane. Bianca Belair will once again team up with her WrestleMania opponent SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks … Read more
When Sonya Deville swaggered back onto WWE television looking like a million bucks in a black three-piece suit it was clear she meant business. But instead of getting back in the ring, she has been taking care of business from a role of authority. Since returning to SmackDown on January 1st Deville assumed a position … Read more
Bianca Belair is set to make a big decision tonight. It was previously reported that she will be making her choice on which champion she would like to face at WrestleMania. If the majority of fans get what they want then she will most likely pick SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks but we will have … Read more
With all signs pointing to Bianca Belair facing Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women’s Title at WrestleMania, nothing is certified until the announcement has been made. It is being advertised for tonight’s SmackDown that the Royal Rumble winner will be giving us her answer. The official preview reads: At the 2021 Royal Rumble, Bianca Belair … Read more
It has been announced on tonight’s SmackDown that the Women’s Tag Team Championships will be defended on Sunday at Elimination Chamber. The champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler will be facing the challengers of Bianca Belair & SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. For the second week in a row, the tag champs showed up on … Read more
On tonight’s SmackDown, we will see the return of Ding Dong, Hello!, the show hosted by Bayley. She will have as her special guests the Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. Jax and Baszler have made their way around each brand as of late. Last week they had words with Bianca Belair … Read more
SmackDown this week was a rough one for the women’s roster. The booking seemed to be very thrown together and a little last minute. What did have continuity was the one match that was given between Bayley and Liv Morgan. Last week, Bayley defeated Morgan’s tag team partner Ruby Riott and this week she sought … Read more
On last week’s SmackDown, Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair came out to the ring to make her victory speech on her home brand. She wasn’t able to sort all who she wants to face at WrestleMania because she was interrupted by Reginald and Carmella. SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks would then join the conversation. Banks … Read more
At this time we still don’t know who Bianca Belair will be facing at WrestleMania thanks to her historic win in the Royal Rumble match. As we saw on SmackDown, Belair has yet to make her challenge. As she was leading towards the announcement, Carmella’s sommelier Reginald made his way to the ring. Reginald made … Read more
It’s time for the winner of the Royal Rumble to take her applause on SmackDown. Although there isn’t much of a preview sadly for the women of the blue brand, we can probably expect Bianca Belair to be present. It may be too soon for her to say who she wants to face at WrestleMania … Read more
This week’s SmackDown certainly showed out when it comes to the women as they were all over this show. We had two matches, an Ultimate Athlete Obstacle Course, and some more names added to the Royal Rumble match. Let’s get right into the first match which saw the Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Charlotte … Read more
With the Royal Rumble only one week away from this Sunday we have….an Ultimate Athlete Obstacle Course scheduled for tonight’s SmackDown. Thanks to the first episode of “Ding Dong, Hello!” last week, Bayley has challenged Bianca Belair to an obstacle course for tonight’s show. You can check out both women preparing for the spectacle tonight. … Read more
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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
Sonya Deville made a huge impression as she returned to the SmackDown brand on the New Year’s Day episode last week. This week, she spoke with authority figure Adam Pearce on helping him out. She confirms that she is ready to put the past behind her and feels as though Pearce could use a hand. … Read more
Two of the more favorable names to win the 2021 Royal Rumble match have officially been announced. On this week’s SmackDown, Bianca Belair and Bayley have now declared their spots in the upcoming 30-woman match. They join Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax who have declared their spots from RAW. Belair and Bayley have had a … Read more
