Originally the scheduled match to determine a new number one contender for the NXT Women’s Title was supposed to be handled in a Triple Threat. It has now been turned into a Fatal Four-way. Candice LeRae will join Mia Yim, Bianca Belair, and Io Shirai to battle it out on NXT’s debut on the USA … Read more
NXT is moving to the USA Network in a two-hour time slot on Sept. 18 and with this move, we will see a new number one contender. Io Shirai, Mia Yim, and Bianca Belair will battle it out to get another crack at the NXT Women’s Championship. All three of these women have had their … Read more
SummerSlam weekend has kicked off with NXT’s second round in Toronto. It has been since November 2016 when TakeOver took to Canada and with two women’s matches on the card, it did not disappoint. Well at least from the first match. First from the women we saw a very personal vendetta implode between Io Shirai … Read more
For the first time in a while, NXT TakeOver will hold two women’s matches. The next TakeOver event will be held in Toronto and as usual, will occur the day before the next WWE pay-per-view. It will take place on Aug. 10. WWE has officially announced that the NXT Women’s Championship will be defended. The … Read more
History was made this week on NXT in the women’s division. Shayna Baszler defended her championship in the first-ever NXT women’s Steel Cage against Io Shirai. This was placed in the main event spot. This wouldn’t be the first time Shirai had a crack at the NXT Women’s Championship. She failed to become champion at … Read more
NXT TakeOver XXV celebrates their 25th installment this evening from Bridgeport, Conn. The women’s involvement during this celebratory event was an NXT Women’s Championship match. Shayna Baszler defended her title against Io Shirai. This was Shirai’s first title opportunity against the submission magician since her best friend Kairi Sane left NXT to join the SmackDown … Read more
WWE’s developmental brand NXT has featured their TakeOver events since 2014. It has been five years since the brand has been able to feature it’s the best talent on a special that is equivalent to its main rosters pay-per-views. Tonight on the WWE Network the 25th TakeOver event will be featured. As a general structure … Read more
Monday WWE announced the location of NXT TakeOver XXV—Bridgeport, Connecticut. Today, Triple H confirmed Shayna Baszler will defend the NXT Women’s Championship against Io Shirai. If you’ve been keeping up with NXT, this match shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. They’ve been planting the seed for this feud since Io pinned the NXT Women’s … Read more
During tonight’s episode of NXT, it was announced that there would be a fatal four-way for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT TakeOver: New York. Scheduled for tonight’s card, Io Shirai and Bianca Belair faced each other in a no. 1 contender’s match to determine who would face champion Shayna Baszler for her title. During … Read more
Last month, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bayley and Sasha Banks promised that they would defend their titles against competitors from all brands. That includes Raw, SmackDown and even NXT. As women of their word, the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection made a surprise appearance at yesterday’s NXT Live house show in Largo, Florida. WWE posted … Read more
The 2019 Royal Rumble is officially in the book, and the winner, Becky Lynch, is heading to WrestleMania. This year’s match had some big shoes to fill, because the first Women’s Royal Rumble was so good. Whether viewers enjoyed it as much probably relies on their opinion of the surprise entrants. Last year’s rumble was … Read more
Kairi Sane was the big winner in the NXT Year-End Awards tonight, taking home both Female Competitor of the Year and Overall Competitor of the Year. Several awards were announced on the pre-show of NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, with the balance announced on WWE.com. Sane joins Bayley and Asuka as a winner of the Female Competitor … Read more
After months of rumors, speculation, and teases, WWE finally announced the Women’s Tag Team Championship is coming in 2019. It will mark their return since WWE retired the original belts in 1989. The move has seemingly been in the works since they released an article supporting it back in 2012. This couldn’t have come at … Read more
The EST of NXT, Bianca Belair, defeated Mia Yim, Lacey Evans and Io Shirai in a Fatal 4-Way match to decide the women’s division number one contender for the NXT Women’s Championship match at NXT TakeOver: Phoenix. Belair is now slated to challenge two-time NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler for the top prize at TakeOver … Read more
The popular Japanese all-women’s wrestling promotion Stardom will be hosting an action-packed event on Christmas Eve. What better way to spend the holiday with some great women’s wrestling? Stardom has planned to give us all a wonderful present this year and has scheduled some of their top talent to be in action. Some of the … Read more
Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir will make their in-ring debut for NXT TV in a tag match with Io Shirai and Dakota Kai next week. NXT General Manager William Regal made the match official after Kai and Shirai demanded a chance at the former MMA stars. Duke and Shafir signed with WWE earlier this year, … Read more
For the second year in a row women all over the world have been showcased in the Mae Young Classic II. The talent comes from all over the world from certain countries such as Japan, Mexico, Canada, England, Brazil, and Australia, just to name a few. WWE Evolution featured the finals of the Mae Young … Read more
Welcome back to the Mae Young Classic! We are down to our final four: Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm and Meiko Satomura. Who will make it to the finals? We’re going to find out NOW! Again, no slideshows, just straight into the matches! And then there were four.#WWEMYC pic.twitter.com/PV1qMYjFMm — Mae Young Classic (@MaeYoungClassic) … Read more
After eight long weeks, the finalists for this year’s Mae Young Classic were determined during tonight’s semi-final matches. After advancing to the Semifinals in last year’s tournament, Toni Storm secured her spot to the finals at Evolution by defeating the likes of Jinny, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mia Yim and Meiko Satomura. Meanwhile, WWE NXT and Mae Young Classic newcomer Io … Read more
Hello y’all, and welcome to the seventh week of the Mae Young Classic! This week we have: Meiko Satomura vs. Lacey Lane Rhea Ripley vs. Tegan Nox Io Shirai vs. Deonna Purrazzo Mia Yim vs. Toni Storm How did they fare? Well, let’s get into it and find out! I’m dispensing with the slideshow here … Read more
Hello, party people! Mykel is back (three reviews this week! Boo-yah!) with another Mae Young Classic Review! We saw Rhea Ripley, Meiko Satumora, Lacey Lane, and Toni Storm advance from the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite Eight. This week we see who will join them! We have the following match-ups: Io Shirai vs. Zeuxis Deonna … Read more
I’m so sorry for being this late on my review guys! I’ve been super sick all week, not feeling too great now, but, never fear, the Rai of Reads and Count of Critiques is here for week IV of your Mae Young Classic II! Week four saw the following matches: Rachel Evers vs. Jessie Elaba … Read more
During this past weekend’s (August 25th) NXT Live house show event in Largo, Florida, Four Horsewomen of MMA member Jessamyn Duke made her official NXT debut. At the live house show, Duke teamed up with fellow Horsewomen of MMA members Shayna Baszler and Marina Shafir (who made her official NXT debut last month) to defeat … Read more
WWE has announced their upcoming all Women’s Evolution PPV will celebrate the women of the past and present, will include matches that will see the Raw, SmackDown, NXT UK and NXT Women’s Titles on the line and will serve as the site of the final of the Mae Young Classic. However, the announcement that women … Read more
Tonight on Facebook Live and YouTube, the WWE presented their opening ceremony Mae Young Classic 2018 Parade of Champions, formally introducing the competitors representing different countries that will take part in this year’s tournament: Kaitlyn Io Shirai Tegan Nox Kacy Catanzaro Toni Storm Jinny Ashley Rayne Kavita Devi Meiko Satomura Rhea Ripley Deonna Purrazzo Reina … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. Ahead of Mae Young Classic II tapings next week, we’re asking this: What are your predictions for this year’s tournament? @cocainegel: I’m predicting Kaitlyn vs. Io Shirai for the finals. WWE will want to push Kaitlyn considering she’s a former champion. … Read more