Beth Phoenix will have her WWE Icons episode air this coming Sunday on both Peacock and the WWE Network. WWE Icons is a newer documentary series which focuses on Hall of Famers and Legends. This will be the first one released for a female Hall of Famer.
Phoenix is currently a full-time commentator for the NXT brand for WWE. She is a former three-time WWE Women’s Champion and a one-time Divas Champion. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017.
The Glamazon has taken part in a handful of matches since her return to the company. These have included two Royal Rumble matches and she went for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania with Natalya.
This looks like a good one to watch. Will you be watching?
Not sure how everyone else is feeling but it has been a frustrating past two months to be a women’s wrestling fan when it comes to WWE. That is of course aside from NXT. Let’s dive into this Fastlane event. There is absolutely no reason to continue to have the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions … Read more
Charlotte Flair hasn’t been on television for two weeks and fans have been speculating what is the current deal with the second-generation star. The Queen was removed from the WrestleMania 37 poster, and the WWE release of her fiance Andrade has only added fuel to the fire when it comes to the status of Flair … Read more
Weeks ago, it was announced that former NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley would be moving to the RAW roster. After weeks of teasing, WWE has finally revealed that the Nightmare will be making her debut on the Red Brand this Monday, the day after Fastlane. As Rhea Ripley makes the move from NXT to RAW, … Read more
Reckoning has left the building and Mia Yim is entering the chat. On the Fastlane Kick Off show, the leader of RETRIBUTION Mustafa Ali had a United States Championship match against Riddle. His stablemates were ringside for the match. After Ali was unable to capture the gold, he snapped on his cohorts. He blamed them … Read more
NWA is finally back in action and they had their return event Back For The Attack take place today. For this show was a number one contender match for the NWA World Women’s Championship. The current champion is Serena Deeb and she now knows her next opponent for the gold will be Kamille. Kamille took … Read more
Tonight’s Fastlane event is the second pay-per-view in a row where the women’s roster has been put on the back burner with poor booking. Regardless, it is the last stop on the road to WrestleMania that takes place next month. The show will include a rematch from Elimination Chamber where the WWE Women’s Tag Team … Read more
The second episode of AEW Dark: Elevation takes place this Monday on March 22 and Red Velvet will be showcased. She is being listed to be featured as a Rising Star profile. There aren’t any other details for what this may entail at this time. Red Velvet has been a mainstay for AEW since she … Read more
Hello and welcome to another edition of Diva Dirt Discussions: What Went Down. Where w speak about the weird and wonderful goings-on in the world of women’s wrestling that happened this week. This week we talk about Asuka’s triumphant return to RAW, Charlotte’s absence and removal from the WrestleMania poster, plus the upcoming debut of … 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.
It’s been made official, Raquel Gonzalez has signed the contract and Io Shirai has her opponent for the next TakeOver event. Stand & Deliver will lead us into WrestleMania as it will take place over the course of two nights April 7 & April 8. This NXT Women’s Championship match will take place on night one.
On the March 10 episode of NXT, Shirai approached Gonzalez after her loss alongside Dakota Kai as the inaugural NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. After defeating Toni Storm that same night, Shirai was looking for her next opponent. She ran right into Gonzalez and confronted her.
This match has been an idea for quite some time. Gonzalez pinned Shirai in the last WarGames match that took place in December. Since then, Gonzalez took out Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match.
Could this be Raquel’s time to lead the division? Do you think we will have a new NXT Women’s Champion just around the corner? Discuss in the comments!
Warrior Wrestling announced on Wednesday that Kylie Rae was returning to the ring to defend her Warrior Wrestling Women’s Title on June 5. This will be Rae’s first match since October when she made the decision to no longer be a professional wrestler. At that time she stated once she was able to she would … Read more
The former NXT Women’s Champion is finally making her way to RAW this coming Monday. For the past several week’s we have been seeing vignettes for Rhea Ripley letting the fans know she is “coming soon.” Ripley will be in the building just three weeks before the biggest show of the year. We haven’t seen … Read more
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
WrestleMania 37 is rapidly approaching and is now less than a month away. As of now, there is not a tag team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on the card. Liv Morgan of The Riott Squad would love to see that change and she wants to win the titles at the biggest … Read more
Exciting news came out for Legit Leyla Hirsch this past week when AEW President & CEO Tony Khan revealed that she was officially All Elite. According to Hirsch in a recent virtual signing with Highsports Wrestling Network, she was actually offered her contract back in October. This was her first week with the promotion. “I … Read more
In a couple of reports, it is being said that Charly Caruso will be finishing her time with WWE at the end of her contract. Until then she will not be expected to return to television according to PWInsider. She has been with the company for the past five years. An initial report from Fightful … Read more
This week’s AEW Dynamite showcased an incredible display of passionate physicality and beautiful violence in the main event match. Britt Baker clashed with Thunder Rosa in the first-ever women’s ‘Unsanctioned Lights Out Match’. An intense feud locked the two enemies in a barrage of personal insults, sneak attacks, and pull apart brawls. Therefore, fans knew that it … Read more
Kylie Rae will be returning to the ring on June 5 to defend her Warrior Wrestling Women’s Championship. Rae was last seen in IMPACT Wrestling and was scheduled to face Deonna Purrazzo for the Knockouts Title at Bound for Glory in October. She did not appear to face Purrazzo and later made an announcement in … Read more
Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon came out of last week as the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions and now the whole roster has their eyes on them. First to step up to the champs are none other than The Robert Stone Brand. Aliyah and Jessi Kamea interrupted the champions who were backstage soaking in their … Read more
A heated rivalry came to a head as the first-ever women’s main event on Dynamite took place tonight. Ever since this match was announced last week it has left fans buzzing in anticipation. Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker battled it out in an Unsanctioned Lights Out match which left the women a bloody mess (especially … Read more
Sarray, formerly known as Sareee, will be making her way to our screens on the NXT brand soon. Sarray signed with WWE in 2019 and was planned to come over to the United States from Japan in early 2020. Unfortunately due to the pandemic she was kept in Japan and was unable to make her … Read more
With the introduction to the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles and Io Shirai retaining her NXT Women’s Title last week a lot went on. The follow up from last week on tonight’s episode should be entertaining. After Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez became the inaugural tag team champions, they lost to Ember Moon & Shotzi … Read more
The longest-reigning women’s champion in modern WWE history, Kay Lee Ray received some high praise from WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. In the recent interview with Inside the Ropes, HBK had nothing but great things to say about the NXT UK Women’s Champion. “Kay Lee Ray. She, to me, is probably the greatest… I … Read more
After a couple of weeks with the RAW Women’s Champion missing in action, Asuka returned this past Monday to face Shayna Baszler. She was out during that time due to an injury caused by an inadvertent kick to the face by Baszler. First reports noted she lost a tooth or several from that and also … Read more
