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Rewind: Seven Years Since Three NXT Divas Debuted On Raw

July 13, 2022 by Nick

It has been seven years to the date on July 13 in 2015 that three of the biggest names in women’s wrestling debuted on WWE’s main roster. Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair were introduced on Raw by Stephanie McMahon who brought in more women from NXT to start a revolution. Nikki Bella was … Read more

Serena Deeb Submits Anna Jay, Athena & Statlander Set For AEW Rampage

July 13, 2022 by Colby Applegate

AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest Week 1 featured Serena Deeb taking on Anna Jay in singles action. As expected, the bout featured lots of back and forth with technical work at play from “The Professor.” Deeb’s Serenity Lock would land her the victory over Jay. But when Deeb kept the hold in past the bell, ROH … Read more

Lita Reportedly Turned Down Working With WOW Promotion

July 13, 2022 by Nick

It is being reported that the Women of Wrestling (WOW) promotion had interest in working with WWE Hall of Famer Lita. Earlier this year, Fightful had reported that AEW reached out to Lita for a potential storyline with Dr. Britt Baker. Lita opted to pass on AEW at the time and work with WWE earlier … Read more

20-Woman Battle Royal Set For NXT 2.0 July 19

July 13, 2022 by Nick

On the July 19 episode of NXT 2.0, it has been announced that Mandy Rose will find out who her next opponent will be in a 20-woman Battle Royal. Rose is currently at 260-days as champion and just defeated Roxanne Perez in the main event of the July 12 episode after Cora Jade turned on … Read more

Mercedes Varnado (Sasha Banks) To Appear At Chicago Meet & Greet

July 13, 2022 by Nick

Mercedes Varnado (Sasha Banks) has her first public appearance since May set as she will appear for a meet & greet at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) 2022. The event lists her with her real name and “Sasha Banks” & The Mandalorian. WWE is not listed in the promotional photo. Banks’ current status … Read more

Spoiler: NXT Level Up Tapings For July 15

July 13, 2022 by Nick

*Please note: This article contains spoilers for the upcoming episode of NXT: Level Up* On this week’s taped NXT: Level Up there will be one women’s match which will air at 10 PM this Friday after SmackDown on Peacock. This week’s show will have the television debut of Sol Ruca. She faces Kiana James in a losing effort. Ruca … Read more

Cora Jade Turns Heel On Roxanne Perez, Mandy Rose Retains

July 12, 2022 by Nick

Heading into tonight’s NXT 2.0 there was a NXT Women’s Championship match set between the champion Mandy Rose and the challenger Roxanne Perez. As the show started, it showed that Perez was attacked out in the parking lot and throughout the show it was unknown if she could compete in the main event. Tonight’s show … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 07.12.22

July 12, 2022 by Nick

The NXT Women’s Title will be defended on tonight’s show as the up-and-comer Roxanne Perez will attempt to become “Rox 2 Belts.” Perez along with Cora Jade took out two-thirds of Toxic Attraction last week as they took the tag team gold off of Jacy Jayne & Gigi Dolin. Now, Perez is cashing in her … Read more

Latest On The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships

July 12, 2022 by Nick

The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships have not been on WWE programming since May when the champs Sasha Banks and Naomi were indefinitely suspended. On air, it was stated that there would be a tournament to crown new champions but those words came and went quickly one week later and fans haven’t heard anything since. … Read more

ROH Women’s Title Match Added To Death Before Dishonor

July 12, 2022 by Nick

ROH’s next event, Death Before Dishonor, is set to take place on July 23 and a women’s match has been added to the card. The ROH Women’s World Champion Mercedes Martinez will be defending her title against Serena Deeb. Martinez has been the undisputed champion since the May 4 episode of AEW Dynamite where she … Read more

Latest Update On Io Shirai’s WWE Status

July 12, 2022 by Nick

*Updated* – Io Shirai has tweeted the following about the rumors of her status… There has been a lot of reporting on Io Shirai’s status in the past couple of months. It was confirmed that she has been out of action due to injury originally by Fightful. She hasn’t been seen on NXT programming since … Read more

Carmella Takes Count Out Victory Against Bianca Belair On Raw

July 11, 2022 by Nick

On the July 11 episode of Raw, there was a rematch from Money in the Bank as Carmella took on the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair with the gold on the line. Two weeks from Saturday will be SummerSlam and as of this time, Belair’s opponent for the biggest event of the summer has not … Read more

Raw Discussion Post: 07.11.22

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 by Nick

Heading towards SummerSlam we still need an opponent for Bianca Belair for her Raw Women’s Title! Last week, several women voiced their desire to face Belair including her Money in the Bank opponent Carmella, as well as Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, and Asuka. Asuka and Lynch continue to be the main attraction on Raw above … Read more

Bianca Belair And Jade Cargill Represent WWE & AEW At NASCAR Race

July 11, 2022 by Nick

Both WWE and AEW were well represented over the weekend at the NASCAR Quaker State 400 race in Atlanta at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Women’s Champions from both promotions were in attendance as the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and the AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill were guests at the event. Belair was joined by … Read more

Bianca Belair Learnt WrestleMania 37 Main Event Slot The Day Before

July 10, 2022 by Nick

Bianca Belair is sitting on top of the world and the Raw women’s roster as the Raw Women’s Champion. She has had an extremely impressive past two WrestleMania experiences. Big wins at WrestleMania 37 and 38, becoming champions both times, and becoming one of only five women to ever main event on the biggest stage … Read more

Ava Raine (Simone Johnson) Cuts First Promo At NXT Live Show

July 9, 2022 by Nick

It appears that we may be getting closer and closer to the television debut of Ava Raine (Simone Johnson). Raine made her first appearances at NXT Live Shows on July 8 & July 9. It was reported in May that Johnson had received her ring name. Her training at the WWE Performance Center first started … Read more

Jordynne Grace Says Dakota Kai Would Be Great In IMPACT

July 9, 2022 by Nick

Jordynne Grace is fairly early on in her second reign as the Knockouts World Champion. She won the title in the first Queen of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary dethroning Tasha Steelz in the process. A successful first defense against Steelz in a rematch is already in the books and she has Mia Yim next … Read more

Miyu Yamashita Earns AEW Women’s Title Shot

July 9, 2022 by Nick

Thunder Rosa visited Japan to participate in TJPW’s Summer Sun Princess event on July 9. The AEW Women’s World Champion took on Miyu Yamashita and the two would battle in singles competition. Before the match went underway, Rosa stated that if Yamashita wins, she would give her a title opportunity when Yamashita comes to the … Read more

Penelope Ford Not Medically Cleared To Compete

July 9, 2022 by Nick

AEW’s Penelope Ford has been missing in action since January. Her last televised match was on Rampage in a six-woman tag match. She received praise in December for her Street Fight tag match alongside The Bunny as they lost to TayJay on Rampage. So where has she been? Tony Khan confirmed that Ford is not … Read more

AEW Fyter Fest Match Booked For July 13

July 8, 2022 by Nick

AEW will be hosting its first night of Fyter Fest Dynamite episode on July 13. The women’s match booked for this show will be Anna Jay taking on Serena Deeb. That match aside, certain challengers are coming into focus for both the TBS Championship and the ROH Women’s World Title. Deeb was in tag team … Read more

Liv Morgan vs. Ronda Rousey Set For SummerSlam; Lacey Evans Turns Heel

July 8, 2022 by Nick

Liv Morgan has made it to SmackDown to start her reign as SmackDown Women’s Champion. On the July 8 episode, she made her way out to the ring to celebrate her victories at Money in the Bank. It would be Natalya who would first interrupt the new champ. Nattie continued to take credit for Morgan’s … Read more

SmackDown Discussion Post: 07.08.22

July 8, 2022 by Nick

A new champion emerges on SmackDown as the SmackDown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan is set to make her first appearance in her new home since winning gold. Morgan won not only the Money in the Bank briefcase last weekend, but she cashed in successfully on Ronda Rousey to become champion. Rousey is set to respond … Read more

Satomura & Sarray Silence Their Opponents In NXT UK Main Event

July 8, 2022 by Gary Baird

The main event of this week’s NXT UK is a challenge we saw thrown down last week by our NXT UK Women’s Champion: Meiko Satomura. Opting to bench her protégé, Emilia McKenzie, Meiko partners with Sarray to take on the team Xia Brookside and Eliza Alexander, a pair who have taken Sarray’s presence as a … Read more

Flashback Match: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Flair – Raw 07.25.16

July 8, 2022 by Nick

This week’s Flashback Match Friday is a match between Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair that would be the start of a series of unforgettable matches for the Women’s Championship (eventually renamed Raw Women’s Championship).

Flair became the first Women’s Champion as the Divas Championship was retired at WrestleMania 32 after a tremendous Triple Threat battle against both Banks and Becky Lynch. Banks wasn’t finished with her vision to win her first gold on the main roster and she does it in this very match.

On Raw nearly six years ago to the day on July 25, Flair defended her title in the first of six matches the two would have for the Raw Women’s Championship. At the time, the back and forth of the title exchange seemed unnecessary, but looking back it can be credited to how important the championship is and what it represents.

In this particular match, Banks would win her first gold on the main roster. She was previously an NXT Women’s Champion much like Charlotte. However, Charlotte had won the Divas Title and now held the Women’s Championship before The Boss.

The final moments of the match saw a series of Bank Statements. After locking it in, Flair was able to roll away from it to get closer to the ropes but Banks locked it in again. Flair would get her foot on the ropes to break the hold. Seething, Flair told Banks that she will never beat her. This just before Banks executed the backstabber into another Bank Statement. Flair would tap and we had a new Women’s Champion.

As mentioned earlier, the two women would go on to have five more championship matches throughout 2016.

Charlotte Flair defeated Sasha Banks (c) – SummerSlam
Sasha Banks defeated Charlotte Flair (c) – Oct. 3 Raw
Charlotte Flair defeated Sasha Banks (c) – Hell in a Cell – First Women’s HIAC match
Sasha Banks defeated Charlotte Flair (c) – Nov. 28 Raw
Charlotte Flair defeated Sasha Banks (c) – Roadblock: End of the Line

These matches would go on to be referenced for years to come as Banks was ridiculed for not being able to hold onto a championship for more than 30-days. She would eventually do so with the SmackDown Women’s Championship and the Women’s Tag Team Championships.

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