Becky Lynch’s long-awaited and much-anticipated return has been rumoured for months. Ever since reports broke that Lynch was training at the Performance Center her comeback seems imminent. Photos of Lynch looking in perfect comeback shape emerged recently, which further fueled the fires of speculation. According to PWInsider “The Man” is scheduled to be at Sunday’s … Read more
For what it is worth, AEW’s Fyter Fest Night One takes place tonight. On the card for this event is one women’s match that has the returning Yuka Sakazaki taking on Penelope Ford. Sakazaki returned to the states to the company and picked up a win over KiLynn King on Elevation this past Monday. Next … Read more
NXT UK’s newest superstar Blair Davenport debuted for the brand last week and instantly put the women’s division on notice. In a recent interview with Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT Davenport spoke about her journey to get to WWE. Davenport revealed how WWE’s Senior Director of Talent Development, Canyon Ceman, contacted her several years ago. “NXT UK … Read more
On last night’s episode of NXT Mandy Rose made her surprise return to NXT. She appeared on the entrance ramp during the match between Sarray and Gigi Dolin. The appearance was a major talking point coming out of the show with many fans asking why was she there. According to PWInsider fans are going to … Read more
AEW Women’s World Champion Britt Baker wants to finally have the women included in the AEW and IMPACT Wrestling cross-promotion. At the end of 2020, the two companies announced some exciting news that they were going to work together moving forward in some capacity. Many fans and talent alike were excited about the possibilities. However, … Read more
Mickie James certainly hasn’t pulled any punches when talking about her former employer, WWE. Since leaving the company James has spoken out about their short-sighted booking and how she pitched to have an all-female branded show and was told it will never happen. James was a guest on The Wrestling Inc. Daily and the conversation … Read more
Alexa Bliss is the talk of the wrestling world right now. Her twisted and horror movie-esque persona is a polarizing act, but on that is as creative as it is inventive. Bliss is a decorated WWE Superstar. She is a multi-time champion and the first wrestler to win the RAW and SmackDown Women’s Championships. Throughout … Read more
NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez has a new challenger and that is Xia Li.
Prior to Li stepping up to Gonzalez, the champion was at ringside supporting her tag team partner Dakota Kai as she faced Ember Moon. Moon is now officially a singles competitor again as Shotzi Blackheart has now moved on to SmackDown with Tegan Nox.
Kai and Moon put on another clinic of a match and Kai was able to pick up the win. Afterward, the lights went out and Xia Li emerged.
Li tells Gonzalez that she is standing in her way. Gonzalez accepts the challenge and says she hopes she shows up this time and tells her to take a good look at the belt. Li then left the ring and the match is booked.
Next week Li challenges Gonzalez with the NXT Women’s Championship on the line.
If there were two surprises on this week’s NXT, the credit goes to Mandy Rose and Aliyah. First, RAW Superstar Mandy Rose appeared during the scheduled match between Sarray and GiGi Dolin. Dolin was having her first singles match since joining the company and having Rose come out on the stage certainly wasn’t what anyone … Read more
This week’s NXT has two women’s match set and ready to go. First, as was revealed yesterday on social media, Sarray has found herself an opponent. Since arriving in WWE and on the NXT brand, Sarray has been undefeated. She is actively looking for competition and she wanted Toni Storm. Storm declined the offer saying … Read more
Mickie James and NWA are determined to bring us the best women’s wrestling in the world. Last month James announced that NWA is hosting their first-ever all-women’s pay-per-view EmPowerrr. Earlier today in a press conference to promote EmPowerrr and NWA 76 James revealed another first for the historic promotion. During the conference, James announced the … Read more
Ring of Honor has announced that their new women’s champion will be crowned on Sept. 12 at its Death Before Dishonor XVIII event. The event will take place in Lakeland, Fla. at the RP Funding Center. This event for Ring of Honor has been a mainstay since 2003. The brackets for the Women’s Title Quest … Read more
Today marks the sixth anniversary that Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair debuted on WWE television and changed the wrestling landscape. On July 13 2015, WWE introduced all three women to the main roster in a move that revolutionised the women’s division. Months before their debut, WWE hardly featured the women’s division on its … Read more
If you are a fan of the WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix then you will enjoy the possibility of her lacing up her boots once again. The Glamazon recently spoke with Renne Paquette on her Oral Session podcast and provided some details about her love for wrestling and how she doesn’t feel as though … 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?
Check back in with Diva Dirt for all your news on the women of WWE and coverage for Money in the Bank this Sunday on July 18.
Yuka Sakazaki made her return to AEW on this week’s Dark Elevation. The ‘Magical Girl’ picked up her victory at the first edition of the show to take place outside of Jacksonville. She will be facing Penelope Ford this Wednesday at Fyter Fest Night One. She faced KiLynn King in an ok but messy outing … Read more
Sonya Deville has been thriving in an authority role on both SmackDown and RAW. Deville made her return to WWE to kick off the new year on the Jan. 1 episode of SmackDown. Her absence from WWE programming started at SummerSlam in August when she lost in a Loser Leave WWE match against Mandy Rose. … Read more
NXT has a doozy of a match set for tomorrow’s episode as Gigi Dolin stepped up to take on Sarray. Sarray challenged Toni Storm for a match but the Aussie denied her request believing Sarray was not on her level. During an interview with WWE digital Sarray stated that despite Storm’s refusal she still wanted … Read more
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
One-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natayla is the seventh competitor in the women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. The WWE legend was added to the match by Sonya Deville and will take on Asuka, Alexa Bliss, Naomi, Liv Morgan, Nikki Cross/ASH and Zelina Vega who will battle it out to become … Read more
Chelsea Green has made her debut with Ring of Honor. Green made her debut with the promotion during tonight’s Best in the World event. During the event, Maria Kanellis Bennett announced the brackets for the Quest for Gold Women’s Title Tournament. Since the end of April, Kanellis Bennett has been scouting women for the promotion … Read more
Naomi has deactivated her Twitter after falling victim to a torrent of online abuse following her husband Jimmy Uso’s recent DUI. Uso was arrested last week for another DUI, which led to a vocal minority of idiot Twitter users sending abusive messages to her. Since Naomi deactivated her account, fellow WWE Superstars have come out … Read more
Over the weekend, MLW taped its Battle Riot III event. At this event, fans started seeing the new partnership MLW has with the founder of SHIMMER, Dave Prazak. Just days ago, MLW unveiled some huge news that they will be launching a women’s division and it will be spearheaded by the SHIMMER founder. On Saturday, … Read more
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and “The Boss” Sasha Banks are now ESPY award winners. In the category of WWE Moment of the Year, their WrestleMania main event match took the prize. The award was fan voted. There were four nominees for this award and Belair herself was nominated twice in the category. Her second … Read more
WWE is moving out of the ThunderDome after a near 12-month residency. The last set of tapings took place this week before the promotion go back on the road starting July 16 in Houston, Texas. Bayley took to Twitter to commemorate the time she spent at the WWE ThunderDome. Here’s what the former SmackDown Women’s … Read more
On Friday, Allysin Kay became the new AAW Women’s Champion for the AAW Wrestling promotion at its United We Stand event. She defeated Kris Statlander who held the title since December 2019 when she won the belt from Jessicka Havok. For those that may be unfamiliar with the AAW promotion they are based out of … Read more
