Liv Morgan picked up her first singles win since November after pinning Carmella on this week’s SmackDown. For the past two weeks, Morgan has had to find her footing without her tag team partner Ruby Riott who was released by the company. Whereas she has had more recent wins alongside Riott, Morgan now has to … Read more
The next WWE pay-per-view is Hell in a Cell and is rapidly approaching on June 20. Last week we found out that SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair will battle Bayley once again at the upcoming event continuing their rivalry. At the time of this writing they have not announced this match to be inside the … Read more
This week’s SmackDown saw SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair putting her foot down when it comes to Bayley. Belair knows that she has bested Bayley inside the ring, however, for a while now the Role Model has been getting in the head of the EST.
Belair admits that she has had people mocking and laughing at her her entire life. Something that Bayley continues to do to her with her excessive cackling. So the champ decides to take the matter in her own hands and challenges Bayley to a match at Hell in a Cell.
As Belair is waiting for Bayley to answer the challenge, the champion starts to hear the cackling. Bayley shows up on the screen via satellite from her “sanctuary” where she had photos of herself as champion plastered behind her. The Role Model then accepts the EST’s challenge and says that she won’t be the only one laughing when she beats her. She then starts her laughter as all the screens in the Thunderdome fill up with the image of Bayley cackling.
Much like the upcoming RAW Women’s Championship match between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair, this match was not announced to be inside the Hell in a Cell structure at the time of this writing.
Also on SmackDown, Carmella took on Liv Morgan. Prior to the match, Morgan addressed in a prerecorded promo that she thinks it is so cute that Carmella thinks she is the most beautiful woman in all of WWE. Morgan considers Carmella a 7 at best.
At the end of the match, Carmella tripped up Morgan and then proceeded to lock her in the Code of Silence. Morgan then tapped out to give Carmella the victory. After the match, Carmella required the ring announcer to address her win by referring to her as “the most beautiful woman in all of WWE.”
Morgan took to her social media after her loss and tweeted out to “keep watching.”
Last week, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair defeated Carmella in a non-title match. While Belair was trying to focus on her match, Bayley was on commentary and was up to her normal heckling. Belair successfully defended her title against Bayley at the WrestleMania Backlash event a few weeks back. The preview for tonight’s show will … Read more
Have we finally broken the cycle of the rematch? At least on SmackDown we may have. This week’s SmackDown had two matches and neither one was a rematch or multi-woman tag team match thrown together. The results are as follows: Natalya & Tamina defeated The Riott Squad Bianca Belair defeated Carmella The first match was … Read more
Tonight’s episode of SmackDown doesn’t have any official advertisement currently for the women. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair did make a post on Twitter which is geared towards Bayley which shows their rivalry is not yet over. With Hell in a Cell just a few weeks away, will we get another one-on-one for the title? … Read more
Sasha Banks is currently being advertised for the July 16 SmackDown where fans will return to attendance. This show will mark WWE’s return to touring with fans present and is set for a 25-city tour. She is also shown for the advertisement for Money in the Bank which takes place on July 18. SmackDown Women’s … Read more
At WrestleMania Backlash, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair retained her title in her first title defense against Bayley. What’s next for Belair in her title reign? Currently nothing has been officially advertised for tonight’s show. Will she continue to fight Bayley into the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view or will she get a new challenger? … Read more
Tamina and Natalya are your new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions as they defeated Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax on tonight’s SmackDown. This marks Tamina’s first title win (sans 24/7 Title) in her over a decade-long career with WWE. Coming up just short at WrestleMania, Natalya has been hellbent on making sure that she and … Read more
Tonight’s the last show before this Sunday’s WrestleMania Backlash event. On that card from the blue brand, Bianca Belair will be defending her SmackDown Women’s Title against Bayley. Here’s hoping we get a final push for this match on tonight’s show. Scheduled for tonight is a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match. The Champions Shayna … Read more
It is being reported that Mia Yim was set to debut on SmackDown this past Friday. This did not take place and the plans were nixed according to Fightful Select. She was set to start a feud with Carmella, however, it was nixed based on needing time to add throwback content to reflect the theme … Read more
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships will be on the line for next week’s SmackDown. The champions, Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler will be defending against Tamina & Natalya. For weeks now, the team of Natalya and Tamina have been besting the tag champs. Whether it has been singles matches or as a tag team, … Read more
Tonight’s episode of SmackDown is a Throwback edition. At the time of this writing, there hasn’t been anything officially announced for the women. However, WrestleMania Backlash is a week from this Sunday on May 16 and we have a SmackDown Women’s Title match to build towards. The champion Bianca Belair will be defending her title … Read more
On this week’s Friday Night SmackDown, Tamina & Natalya picked up a win against the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax. This time they won as a team, but the past two weeks have seen Natalya pick up a singles win on Shayna Baszler while Tamina has taken down her cousin Nia Jax.
The team of Tamina & Natalya came just short of winning the tag team titles at WrestleMania and are perhaps the team closest to taking down the champions. The duo appeared on this weekend’s Talking Smack and Tamina had some words to say.
“I don’t even need to really address Shayna. You may be a great mixed martial artist but I’ve got the dungeon on my side and nobody beats that sharpshooter, you hear what I’m saying?
But now I’m gonna sit here and I’m gonna address you Nia, Sis. You have disrespected me. And you may not think I know what I’m doing, but I have come here with passion. I don’t care if you may have been here, and you think that you know better than me but you don’t.
This is our place. Do you hear me? Do you feel my passion?”
Tamina then stormed of the set with Natalya saying she was going to go check on her to make sure she was okay.
At this time there is not a championship for the tag titles booked yet for WrestleMania Backlash but if one does get booked it looks likely that Tamina & Natalya will be a part of it.
The team was also on The Bump where Natalya said some further words of encouragement and hopes to continue a push for Tamina to win her first championship.
In addition, on SmackDown was a six-person tag team match to boost towards SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair vs. Bayley at WrestleMania Backlash. Belair teamed with the Street Profits facing Bayley and the SmackDown Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode. Montez Ford would pick up the pin and the win for his team.
What did you think of Tamina’s promo? Do you think that Tamina/Natalya will finally be the ones to end the reign of Baszler/Jax? Leave your thoughts below.
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair has a match confirmed for WrestleMania Backlash in a couple of weeks. She will put her title on the line against Bayley. But tonight, they will be on the opposite side of the ring from one another in a mixed-tag team match. As for the tag team division, Natalya & … Read more
A match was made official yesterday for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at WrestleMania Backlash which is set to take place on May 16. Bianca Belair will renew a rivalry that she had earlier this year as she defends her title against Bayley. On SmackDown, Bayley was talking a lot about Belair’s win at WrestleMania. As … Read more
As the next pay-per-view approaches in the next few weeks, we now know that the next opponent for Bianca Belair will be Bayley. The two will battle it out with the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line at WrestleMania Backlash on May 16. Last week Bayley staked claim in getting the next championship match against … Read more
In a report by PWInsider, Mia Yim, also known recently as Reckoning, will be moving to the blue brand. According to the report, there is no word on if she will continue the Reckoning persona or when she will be moved. PWInsider has just confirmed that she will be on SmackDown. As of now the … Read more
Bianca Belair is the new SmackDown Women’s Champion and she was welcomed to the ring to celebrate by her husband and fellow Superstar Montez Ford alongside his tag team partner Angelo Dawkins. Once in the ring, Belair stood center to give a much-deserved victory speech as the virtual crowd chanted EST!
One thing about me… I’m never going to apologize for doing me. Be you. Do you! Always! You are History In the Making. https://t.co/F4BIXF5E4H
“Wow. I feel like I have been floating since Saturday night. My mind is blown, my heart is filled, and I just feel so blessed. But you know, despite the setbacks and the struggles, I never stopped believing that this moment was possible.
And my family, you know my family has been making history for generations and they are the ones who showed me that when you demand greatness from yourself, that no matter how hard something may get, that you can change the game. Because if you were to ask me a year ago that I ever imagined that I would main event WrestleMania, that I would win the SmackDown Women’s Championship….well I mean I probably would have said yeah.
I mean, I would have. I probably would have said yes. But that’s not cockiness. That’s just being unapologetically me. Because everybody has some EST within themselves and when you find your EST, when you know that you are talented and you know that you work hard you should never apologize for looking somebody in their face and telling them – ‘I am the B E-S-T.’ Because if you can dream it, you can do it.
Because I went to WrestleMania and I showed up and I showed out. But you know what, it’s not just about me. Sasha Banks. Sasha, thank you because there is nobody that I would rather share the spotlight with other than you. You pushed me harder than anybody else. And it takes two. We both made history. We did.
But Sasha, if you ever try to forget it. Just know that I kind of left you with a little something to remember me by. But this is also more about Sasha too. This moment is so much bigger than that. This is for all those little girls that were watching at Raymond James Stadium or even sitting at home and especially the ones that saw themselves when they looked at me. This is for you!!
At WrestleMania, it was magic but just know we are just getting started creating history.”
After her speech she motivated The Street Profits to get themselves gold in their match that came next. Once the celebration was finished, Sasha Banks was backstage and she was fuming. Kayla Braxton was trying to interview her by commenting on their match at WrestleMania.
Banks stopped her and after saying Bianca’s name showed the mark that the SmackDown Women’s Champion left on her body from her braid. Banks didn’t get out any more words as she stormed off-screen.
With Banks unable to get her words out, Bayley saw an opportunity backstage by being interviewed by Braxton. Bayley stated that Banks probably wants a rematch but she was so angry that she couldn’t put together a sentence while Belair was out in the ring showboating. She calls Belair arrogant and the reason why Belair was crying before her match at WrestleMania was that she didn’t think she could get the job done. This all while Bayley was too busy hosting both nights to try and save the show.
She ends by saying that she is challenging Bianca to take the title from her and restore dignity to the championship.
The one women’s match of the night was Natalya facing Shayna Baszler. Baszler and Nia Jax retained their WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania against Natalya and Tamina. Tamin and Jax were both at ringside.
After a kick to the mouth to Natalya, Baszler tried to put her opponent away with the Kirifuda Clutch. Nattie shoved Baszler to the ropes avoid the submission and almost caused Baszler to run into Jax who was on the ring apron. The advantage was taken by Nattie as she rolled up Baszler for the win.
After the match, Jax went after Nattie but was stopped by Tamina to end the segment.
What did you think of Bianca’s speech? Do you think that Bayley will get a title match next or will Sasha get her rematch? Will Natalya and Tamina finally get tag team gold at some point? Leave your thoughts below.
Tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown will be the first show since Bianca Belair became SmackDown Women’s Champion at WrestleMania last weekend. In a battle that many will remember for a lifetime, Belair defeated Sasha Banks in the main event of Night One. WWE has just posted a video of Belair’s first week as champion while celebrating … Read more
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.
