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 & Natalya became the new Women’s Tag Team Champions on last week’s SmackDown by defeating Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax. The two teams collided at WrestleMania in April and although the crowd of returned fans were firmly behind Tamina & Natalya, the titles stayed put. Now a month later the fans support behind the … Read more
This week’s IMPACT certainly had the Knockouts division going after one another. The advertised match for tonight’s show had Tenille Dashwood in singles action against Kiera Hogan.
Dashwood teamed up with Taylor Wilde at Under Siege and the duo defeated Susan and Kimber Lee. Wilde is still not feeling being in a tag team and has one goal since coming out of retirement and back in the ring for the first time in a decade. That goal is to become Knockouts Champion. Wilde is also not about cheating and both Dashwood and Kaleb with a K have proven that’s how they roll.
Dashwood let Wilde know about her one-one-one match against Hogan and said if she is victorious that may open up them as a team to go after the Knockouts Tag Team Titles. Although Wilde still wasn’t on board, Dashwood would go on to face Hogan and come out with a victory.
After the match, chaos erupted. Tasha Steelz attacked Dashwood behind as she was trying to celebrate. Kaleb would then get involved to try and even the odds. Things then began to break down as Susan, Kimber Lee, and Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo rushed to the ring. It then became a five-on-one scenario as the five women in the ring were attacking Dashwood.
Just when we think that Dashwood doesn’t have any allies in the division, out comes Wilde. She went right after Purrazzo to signify she is coming for the title. The numbers advantage was still too much which caused Havok to make her way out. Havok recently lost to Purrazzo and was unable to capture the title at Under Siege.
Lastly, Rosemary and the rest of Decay made their way out to the stage to end the segment to show their solidarity with Havok, Wilde, and Dashwood. Purrazzo and the rest of the gang ran for safety.
With the majority of the Knockouts division partaking in this segment, the women were not done for the evening. Jordynne Grace had a one-on-one match against her friend and tag team partner, Rachael Ellering.
As the match goes on, Ellering begins to build momentum. She hits a jumping European uppercut and follows it up with a senton to get a near fall. After avoiding a Vader Bomb by Grace, both women exchange pin attempts until Ellering finally gets the three count for the win.
After the match, the two embrace. The team lost the Knockouts Tag Team Titles at Under Siege after only holding the gold for a few weeks. Grace was the one to ask for this one-on-one match in an attempt to get things back on track. She Tweeted after the match that she is 100% fine…not sure if that is convincing.
Lastly, there was an updated promo for the upcoming Slammiversary event that takes place in July. Just like IMPACT did last year, they put together a promo of the event teasing names of recently released WWE talent. In that included Chelsea Green, Mickie James, and The IIconics. Previously only showing the Australian flag to hint at The IIconics, we now have the “II” symbol showing up in the vignette.
On last week’s NXT UK, Meiko Satomura replaced Xia Brookside in the gauntlet match, and went on to earn another shot at the NXT UK Women’s Championship.
The week before this, Amale attacked Brookside, seemingly to replace her in the five-woman match. However, this clearly backfired as Satomura replaced the star. NXT UK management then revealed that the pair would be going head-to-head once Brookside had recovered from her injuries.
The time came for the two to face off on this week’s NXT UK. The bout between the two women got off with a frenzied start, and Brookside grabbed Amale by the hair and dragged her across the ring.
The action between the pair spilled over to the outside of the NXT UK ring, and this is when Amale gathered more momentum. The French Hope rammed her rival into the ring apron, before throwing her back into the ring and attempting a pin. Brookside kicked out. Amale got another near-fall when she hit Brookside with a savage strike to the face.
This brought Brookside back to having the upper hand in the match. She hit Amale with a series of strikes, followed up with a sharp dropkick which she followed up with headscissors. This combo sent Amale crashing to the mat.
Amale recovered from this, and came back with more strikes on her opponent. She then attacked her rival with a powerful-looking spinebuster slam to pin her rival and take home the win.
This was the only women’s match on NXT UK this week. However, a vignette was shown of Aoife Valkyrie. In the clip, the star mused over Satomura ending her previous winning streak. As the NXT UK Superstar explored woodland, she claimed that she was coming for Satomura in the future, and vowed to beat her.
Tonight’s IMPACT is set to see the fall out from last weekend’s Under Siege event. Two women who picked up wins at that event will be facing each other one-on-one. Tenille Dashwood vs. Kiera Hogan. Hogan along with her partner Tasha Steelz won back the Knockouts Tag Team Championships against Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering. … Read more
Renee Paquette left WWE last year, and she has been busy ever since. The former on-screen personality has been working on her cookbook, “Messy in the Kitchen”, started her popular Oral Sessions podcast, and is also pregnant with her first child. On Oral Sessions, Paquette welcomed her own mother as the special guest. The host … Read more
Vanessa Borne, who was one of four women to be released from WWE yesterday, commented on her release from the company on her social media. Borne who was signed with the company in 2016 hadn’t been utilized on WWE programming in the past 18-months. She was a member of the NXT brand but was rumored … Read more
Serena Deeb returned to action for the first time since February on this week’s Dynamite. Her return showed to be no easy task as she put her NWA World Women’s Championship on the line against Red Velvet, a woman who has been excelling during Deeb’s absence. Red Velvet has been picking up many wins over … Read more
On this week’s Women’s Division Wednesday, Maria Kanellis-Bennett awarded a golden ticket to Allysin Kay to enter this summer’s ROH Women’s Championship Tournament. Since the end of April, week after week competitors have been facing off in order to impress Kanellis-Bennett to earn golden tickets to enter into the upcoming tournament. So far the participants … Read more
As we rapidly approach AEW’s next pay-per-view event, Double or Nothing, there are two matches on the show for tonight. Double or Nothing takes place one week from Sunday on May 30 and so far has only one women’s match on the card. AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida will defend her title against Dr. … Read more
It is being reported that WWE has released talent from their NXT brand. Of those talent’s four have been confirmed from two different sources. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp is confirming the releases of Vanessa Borne, Kavita Devi, and Jessamyn Duke. PWInsider is confirming the release of Skyler Story. Vanessa Borne is the biggest name on … Read more
AEW continues to grow, this time with another show on television. AEW Rampage is coming to the TNT Network this August. It will be a one-hour show that will air on Friday’s at 10 p.m. EST (U.S.). Along with this announcement, AEW’s flagship show, Dynamite, will be moving to TBS in January 2022. At that … Read more
On this week’s NXT, the recently crowned NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions spent their time being pampered in style as they were having a spa day. While they were enjoying their time relaxing, they discussed about Indi Hartwell being over Dexter Lumis. With cucumbers on their eyes, they didn’t realize that it was Lumis for … Read more
Wrestling legend Jazz isn’t sure if she will ever go into the WWE Hall of Fame one day. However, if she were to be inducted there are a couple things she would like to be done when that time comes. When referring to women of WWE during the early 2000s one cannot speak on that … Read more
This week’s ROH Women’s Division Wednesday match will be Hyan facing Max the Impaler. ROH has been putting on a women’s match weekly for the past few weeks as they head towards a tournament this summer to crown a brand new ROH Women’s Champion. This is a way to relaunch their women’s division and participants … Read more
It was previously reported that IMPACT Knockouts Champion challenged the AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Faby Apache to a Champion vs. Champion match. We now have a date for that match. It will take place at Triplemania XXIX on Aug. 14. Purrazzo made an appearance at a recent AAA Lucha Libre event where the new … Read more
Scheduled for tonight’s NXT will be round two between Toni Storm and Zoey Stark. Stark picked up a big win and what many would call an upset against Storm at the pre-show of the last TakeOver event, Stand & Deliver. Ever since that win for Stark, Storm has been furious that the newcomer bested her. … Read more
Prior to any matches taking place, Naomi & Lana along with Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke were arguing backstage with WWE Authority Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville on who would be next to get a title shot. Now that we have new champions, the teams are wanting another go.
Naomi mentions how every time her and Lana would have a match they would always get interrupted in some capacity. Mandy and Dana stated that they were on the winning team last week against the former tag team champions.
Deville then asks the ladies to give her and Pearce a moment with Flair as they have something to discuss. No surprise, Flair stated that she wasn’t the one to take the pin during last night’s Triple Threat match, so she wants Rhea Ripley one-on-one for the RAW Women’s Championship. Deville says that she understands where she is coming from (as always) but says she will have to defeat Asuka later in the night in order to get another title shot.
Rhea Ripley says what every single fan has been saying for a while now….that she is here and she wants to take on some NEW competitors. Yes Rhea! Fresh matches…we WANT to see it.
As for the match between Asuka and Flair, it ends up much like their match did a few weeks ago. Asuka gets the pin, which was very much needed for her, from some assistance on a distraction by Ripley. So does this mean that Flair might not be facing Ripley again, or….?
If that is the case, who would Flair go for next? Could we maybe see Sonya making a return to the ring after perhaps she doesn’t feed into Flair wanting another title match? I may just be getting my hopes up to see some new matches.
As for the Women’s Tag Team Title rematch, let’s take a trip to Alexa’s Playground first. She invited the new champs, Tamina & Natalya to visit. Tamina definitely wasn’t having it and wanted out every second she was there.
They start off by talking about their tag team win. Nattie says that it was no easy task beating two of the toughest women in the division but it was something they will cherish and it was also Tamina’s first title win.
Bliss responds, “super duper, that is nice” as she holds Lilly up. Tamina, who had been staring around the playground, asks if they can leave now. Bliss then says that she hasn’t even asked the “tough questions yet.” She says Lilly wants to know what their favorite colors are. Nattie of course says pink but Tamina says black and blue which is what Alexa’s face will look like if she tries anything weird.
Bliss says that wasn’t very nice but Lilly likes Tamina. She really liked it when Tamina beat up Reginald and wanted to know if that was fun. Tamina says it was and if he tries to interfere in the rematch then she will have no problem “swatting” him again. Bliss then goes on to say what Lilly likes in regards to dead bugs as Tamina and Nattie quietly exit.
Once Bliss realizes they are gone she says she will be watching the tag team match. And that she did.
Bliss came out with Lilly in hand on the stage during the match just as Reginald was creeping up the steel steps to the ring. Tamina had Baszler up on her shoulders, but Baszler countered and was trying to lock in the Kirifuda Clutch. As Reginald was on the steel steps the ring post pyro went off and burst into flames causing him to be launched back to the barricade. Jax went to go check on him as he kept his eyes covered.
Tamina then took advantage and held up Baszler for Nattie to execute a clothesline to get the pin and retain their titles.
This keeps me hopeful also that we may end up seeing the end of Baszler & Jax vs Tamia & Nattie. With their loss they should be put at the back of the line.
As for Bliss and what’s to come, it seems as though she is definitely targeting Baszler and Jax. She did some voodoo magic on Baszler’s knee last week and then went after Reginald this week.
We did get another new promo for Eva Marie. It was similar to last week’s where it definitely seems like she will first step into perhaps a managerial or mentor role. She talks about being in film and compares herself to a heroine just like Angelina Jolie.
Lastly, there was a Nikki Cross sighting. She was a lumberjill during the lumberjack match between Damian Priest and John Morrison. She was the only woman out there and was front and center. Unfortunately they didn’t do much with her, but it was good to at least see her out there.
Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of this week’s RAW:
WINNER: Asuka
A great bounced back and much needed win for Asuka. It was almost certain that Asuka was going to take the fall at WrestleMania Backlash, and she did just that. Although it was a great Triple Threat, Asuka tends to take the fall in type of matches. This win against Charlotte tonight though still gave her that fight that she needs to not be brushed aside. Not sure where this is all going next, but her getting that win kept her in a good light.
WINNERS: Tamina & Nattie
First successful title defense – check! Not sure about anybody else, but I was holding my breath thinking that they were going to take the titles off of them this quick. It’s WWE, so I wouldn’t have been surprised. I thought the interaction with Alexa Bliss was great also….and I am looking forward to them hopefully facing The Riott Squad on SmackDown.
Side note: I am all for the tag team champions being used on both brands – they are supposed to be. However, the fact they have to be used on both brands every week shows how badly we need some new faces on both brands.
LOSERS: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler
It seems to be obvious that they are probably Alexa’s target. If that’s the case I am all for them moving on and away from the title. However, them losing should put them at the back of the line.
LOSER: Charlotte Flair
Much like Nia & Shayna, Charlotte losing should put her in the back of the line. But this is Charlotte Flair, so I won’t count my chickens until I see what happens the next couple of week’s. I would really love for her and Sonya to feud next. Maybe that’s just me really wanting Sonya back in the ring, but I honestly think they could have some great one-on-one matches together.
What did you think of this week’s RAW? Who were your Winners & Losers? Discuss in the comment section below!
On tonight’s Dark:Elevation, a second match for this week’s Dynamite was announced. The champion Hikaru Shida will be facing Rebel after their encounter backstage. Kris Statlander was being interviewed about her upcoming Dark match against Diamante when Rebel and the number one contender Dr. Britt Baker interrupted. Baker was gloating about her upcoming title match … Read more
There is some good potential for tonight’s RAW. It is the fallout from WrestleMania Backlash that took place on Sunday and Rhea Ripley is still the RAW Women’s Champion. Ripley, who defeated Asuka at WrestleMania was able to pin The Empress of Tomorrow once again in a Triple Threat match that also involved Charlotte Flair. … Read more
On tonight’s WrestleMania Backlash, both Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair set out for one goal. That goal was for both of them to retain their respective championships that they won at WrestleMania. They both did just that. Since winning at the biggest show of the year, Ripley and Belair have referred to their title wins … Read more
During tonight’s broadcast of WrestleMania Backlash, WWE announced Hell in the Cell (HIAC) will be the next pay-per-view on June 20. Since its first show in 2009, the HIAC event generally takes place every year in October. Money in the Bank (MITB) was the original pay-per-view scheduled for June which is around the time of … Read more
WrestleMania BackLash is set to take place tonight. In the women’s division, both the SmackDown and RAW Women’s Championships will be on the line. On the SmackDown side, Bianca Belair will defend her title against long-time rival Bayley. Over on the RAW roster, Rhea Ripley will fend off Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a Triple … Read more
WrestleMania Backlash is tonight and there are two titles that will be defended. Both titles changed hands at WrestleMania so will they stay put after tonight’s Backlash? First, the SmackDown Women’s Title is on the line with Bianca Belair defending her title for the first time since her historic WrestleMania win against Sasha Banks. She … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania BackLash, Bianca Belair will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship for the first time since her historic win at WrestleMania 37. The EST of WWE will go head-to-head with her old foe Bayley once more at tonight’s pay-per-view. In a recent interview with TalkSPORT, Bianca Belair discussed who she would love to face … Read more
If there is one thing AEW does well is that they open the door to a lot of new faces in the wrestling industry. On this Monday’s Elevation, there will be three fresh names appearing in AEW for the first time: Robyn Renegade, Kiah Dream, and Natalia Markova. Robyn Renegade has been trained by QT … Read more
