We are less than two weeks away from the premiere of WWE’s Mixed Match Challenge on Facebook Watch. As it was previously reported, the Mixed Match Challenge will pair male and female Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown to compete in a mini-tournament for a chance to win $100,000 for their charity. WWE have announced … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live (January 2nd), Carmella, Natalya and Tamina took on the Riott Squad in a Six Woman Tag Team match. "Before there was a #RiottSquad, there was a #WelcomingCommittee!" @NatByNature @CarmellaWWE and @TaminaSnuka are on the same page before their match. #SDLive @LanaWWE pic.twitter.com/DyUj2KDk58 — WWE (@WWE) January 3, 2018 Prior to the … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live (Dec 26th), Ruby Riott took on Naomi in a one-on-one match. In a pre-taped segment prior to the match, Riott announced her entrant to the Royal Rumble match. She says that Rumble is just a fancy word for riot and come next month, she will be last woman standing at the … Read more
Following last night’s announcement on RAW that the next Royal Rumble event would include the first ever Women’s Royal Rumble, many were looking forward to seeing how the women on the SmackDown Live brand would react. As well as that major announcement, we were all waiting to see the fallout from this weekend’s Clash of … Read more
Tonight (Dec 17th), Charlotte Flair successfully retained the SmackDown Women’s Title against her long-time rival Natalya. The match held under Lumberjack rules, saw Charlotte become the first to use the stipulation by kicking Natalya to the outside. Naomi landed two kicks to Natalya before tossing Natalya back in the ring. With the action back in … Read more
WWE superstars participated in the 15th annual Tribute to the Troops that was aired on December 14th. This event took place at the Naval Base in San Diego with the ring surrounded by servicemen and women with their families. This personal event is always a great one to experience. The gratitude from the WWE superstars … Read more
The WWE continues to celebrate their WWE Holiday Week with tonight’s (Dec 14th) presentation their annual Tribute to the Troops special. To help hype the 15th celebration of the event, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair recently spoke with Pollo Del Mar of the Arm Drag Takedown podcast to discuss being part of the Tribute to the … Read more
The WWE have announced their plans to air a new Mixed Tag Team Tournament via Facebook Watch beginning Tuesday January 16th, 2018, following SmackDown Live. According to WWE, the Mixed Match Challenge will be a Raw vs. SmackDown tournament that will consist of twelve 20-minute live episodes that will feature WWE Superstars from both the … Read more
After reportedly suffering multiple injuries at the hand of the Riott Squad two weeks ago, SmackDown Superstar Naomi made her return to the blue on tonight’s (Dec 12th) SmackDown Live. ? The night saw Charlotte Flair take on Ruby Riott, just days before Flair defends the SmackDown Women’s Title at Clash of Champions against Natalya … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live (Dec 5th), it was announced that at Clash of Champions, Charlotte Flair would defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Natayla in a Lumberjack match. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”>?</span> The announcement came during a backstage segment with SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan overseeing an argument between Carmella, … Read more
This week on SmackDown LIVE, the SmackDown Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair will be taking on Tamina, perhaps the hardest-hitting competitor in the SmackDown LIVE Women’s division. Can Tamina knock the champion down a few notches before her big title defense? Discuss the show in the comments!
? The WWE will air their list of “2017 Match of Year” Collection on the WWE Network this Monday (Dec 4th). The content listing for the Collection (courtesy of PWInsider), features five Women’s Matches: No Stopping Now! RAW (2/13/2017) – The girlhood dream of Bayley is poised to come true when she challenges Charlotte Flair … Read more
The WWE have announced via Twitter that at Clash of Champions, Charlotte Flair will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Natalya. As seen on last week’s episode of SmackDown Live (Nov 21st), Natalya was in midst of her SmackDown Women’s Title rematch against Charlotte Flair which abruptly ended without a winner when The Riott Squad … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live (Nov 28th), Ruby Riott (who has added an extra “t” to her name), Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan picked up a big win in their main roster debut match in a Six-Woman Tag Match against Charlotte Flair, Naomi and Natalya. #SDLive #WomensChampion @MsCharlotteWWE, @NaomiWWE, AND @NatbyNature are ready to work together … Read more
After Monday Night RAW’s debuts of Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, SmackDown Live seemed to have gotten the memo too. In a backstage segment, former SmackDown Women’s champion Naomi was seen speaking to Leslie from the makeup team. Mid conversation however, NXT’s Ruby Riot popped up to greet her. .@RubyRiotWWE, @YaOnlyLivvOnce and @SarahLoganWWE make a statement on … Read more
Tonight at Survivor Series (Nov 19th), Asuka proved to be a survivor for Team Raw. In a 5 -on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match, the undefeated Superstar saw the rest of her team fall one by one until she was the last woman standing. ????#SDLive just lost their CAPTAIN as @BeckyLynchWWE is ELIMINATED by @itsBayleyWWE! … Read more
This Sunday, RAW Women’s champion Alexa Bliss will face the SmackDown Women’s champion. Will it be the current holder, Natalya, or will it be Charlotte Flair as she gains her seventh title belt in the process? At the beginning of the show, Shane McMahon rallies the SmackDown locker room, hyping them up for this Sunday’s events. He discusses some … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live, Charlotte Flair defeated Natalya to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. Pure AGGRESSION from @MsCharlotteWWE!!! Will #TheQueen be heading to #SurvivorSeries? #SDLive #WomensTitle @NatByNature pic.twitter.com/y2hQemhmgd — WWE (@WWE) November 15, 2017 https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/930616742560321536 The back and forth match saw both women compete inside and outside the ring, When the action spilled outside, … Read more
After heading over to Manchester for RAW last night, the SmackDown Superstars are following suit. And with a match set for tonight, this could be quite an interesting episode… For the past few days, James Ellsworth and Carmella have been fighting with Becky Lynch on social media. Ellworth and ‘Mella insist that Miss Money In The Bank deserves … Read more
The annual PWI Female 50 list has been revealed, and 2017 sees Asuka as the woman to outdo the rest! After completing her run in NXT undefeated, whilst holding the title longer than any championship holder in WWE history, her win doesn’t come as a surprise. And after making her WWE main roster debut at … Read more
It’s Halloween and tonight, the SmackDown Live women’s division are all planning on wearing the same outfit! It appears that they’re all dressing as ghosts this year, and are taking it so seriously that it’s literally impossible to see them in the ring. Gotta love dedicated cosplayers. Way to keep the revolution going, guys! Anyway, … Read more
After last night’s invasion on RAW, the SmackDown locker room is bound to be on edge. Could the red team take them down? Or will they stay back for the meantime? On the topic of last night, the women of SmackDown Live are seen boasting about their work. As the group discuss the invasion, the … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live, Becky Lynch won a Fatal Five match that included Carmella, Charlotte Flair, Naomi and Tamina to be named the captain of SmackDown’s Survivor Series Women’s Team. As per #SDLive GM @WWEDanielBryan, TONIGHT'S #Fatal5Way will determine the captain of #TeamBlue's Women's #SurvivorSeries team! pic.twitter.com/At5ODGcyq4 — WWE (@WWE) October 25, 2017 During a … Read more
With last week’s brawl still fresh on everyone’s minds, Charlotte Flair is out for revenge. Will she take down the Women’s champion, or will Natalya reign supreme with more dirty tactics? Let’s find out! After a look back at the brawl and a recap of Hell in a Cell, we take to ringside for a six … Read more
Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix opens a box of 2017 Topps WWE Women’s Division trading cards. (YouTube) * James Ellsworth credits … Read more
Natalya reigned supreme last Sunday at Hell in a Cell with the help of a chair. But is she still standing tall in tonight’s fallout? Or will Charlotte Flair take her down a few pegs? Let’s see what happened this week on SmackDown Live! Before the night’s events, Carmella is seen drinking some water with James … Read more