On this week’s Friday Night SmackDown, Nikki Cross won another shot at the SmackDown Women’s Championship. She faced her tag team partner and best friend, Alexa Bliss, in a one-on-one match.
Cross picked up the win with a cradle after she seemed to be in trouble due to her injured ribs. The idea of the number one contender match was Bayley’s saying that if Cross wanted another shot at her title then she would have to earn it.
She recently had a title match against Bayley at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view last weekend. With SummerSlam, a month away, will Bayley still be SmackDown Women’s Champion heading into that event? Could we maybe move on for a feud between Cross and Bliss if Cross is able to take down the longest-reigning SmackDown champ?
What are your thoughts on seeing this match happen, again?
The last show before Extreme Rules this weekend and we saw all four women who will be on that card in action on tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown. This all came to fruition from Alexa Bliss bringing a mystery guest to her A Moment of Bliss segment. The mystery guest had many fans guessing all sorts … Read more
Advertised for this week’s SmackDown is Alexa Bliss with A Moment of Bliss segment. As of now, her guest is being presented as a mystery. Wandering minds could come up with a whole bunch of people on who her guest may be. We could maybe see a return of Mickie James? The IIconics did pop … Read more
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and her best friend Sasha Banks continue to put in the work as they fight on show after show. On tonight’s episode of SmackDown, Bayley and Banks had a non-title match against Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. Without their Women’s Tag Team Titles not on the line it may have taken … Read more
On this week’s SmackDown, there is an advertised non-title match. It will be Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Bayley taking on Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. Cross has a very important match coming up for Extreme Rules one week from Sunday against Bayley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Feel free to use the … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown this week focused on the shattered relationship between Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose. We also continued to see Sasha Banks and Bayley in control of the division both dominating the tag team and singles divisions. Banks and Bayley bragged on commentary that they have essentially beat everyone. They will be defending their … Read more
The Backlash pay-per-view is today and on that card is two women’s matches with championships on the line. The Backlash event itself has a long history with the company. It is an event that has come and gone since it debuted in 1999. For ten years straight it was something to watch annually and didn’t … Read more
WWE Backlash is here and we have two decent women’s matches to look forward to. The first is the Triple Threat Tag Team Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championships. The match is Sasha Banks and Bayley vs Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs The IIconics. The second is the RAW Women’s Championship match that … Read more
Last show to go before Backlash this Sunday and for Bayley and Sasha Banks they have a tall order to attend to at the event. They will be defending their Women’s Tag Team Titles in a Triple Threat against both the two women they defeated Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross as well as The IIconics. … Read more
The Women’s Tag Team Championship has become a hot commodity as of late and it is coming to the NXT brand next. The idea of the championship is that they are defended across all brands. Besides a one-off match in October the brand hasn’t had a chance to sink their teeth into the gold. That … Read more
We have made it to the RAW before Backlash and things are getting more entangled. As reported earlier, newly crowned Women’s Tag Team Champions will be making their way to RAW. Heading in we now know that Bayley and Sasha Banks will have to defend their titles at Backlash in a Triple Threat that will … Read more
WWE has officially announced that the newly crowned Women’s Tag Team Champions Bayley & Sasha Banks will have to put their tag team titles on the line at Backlash. They will be defending against Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross along with The IIconics. Bayley and Banks won the titles just a few days ago on … Read more
Another great week for women’s wrestling occurred this week on SmackDown. Mirrored to last week we saw two matches. One was a rematch between Sonya Deville and Lacey Evans and the other was the advertised match for the Women’s Tag Team Championships. That match saw the champions Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross defend against Sasha … Read more
In a shocking main event, Sasha Banks & SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley are now two-time Women Tag Team Champions. This match was announced last week saw the now-former champs Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss defend the titles against the first-ever champions. The two teams showed that either could win throughout the match, but towards the … Read more
The Women’s Tag Team Championship has been the center of attention over the course of the past couple of weeks. With it being able to move between brands, the champions Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss have been having to be on both RAW and SmackDown. They had a championship match to defend their titles against … Read more
SmackDown this week was very enjoyable all around. Everything just clicked. We had two matches, one that was advertised that was pleasantly entertaining and also a “Fast Times” video featuring Mandy Rose and her boo Otis. Let’s discuss the advertised match first which was Sonya Deville vs. Lacey Evans. This match brewed from a social … Read more
It has been announced that Sasha Banks and SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley have a chance to become two-time Women Tag Team Champions next week on SmackDown. The match was announced after Banks had a one-on-one match victory against Alexa Bliss on this week’s show. The build-up for this started with the A Moment of Bliss … Read more
RAW kicked off in a fashion that many fans missed and that was the noise of a crowd. For the first time in a couple of months we received a crowd reaction in the way of NXT and Performance Center wrestlers. The show started with the KO Show which featured first Asuka and then all … Read more
RAW this week had a lot of representation from the women and it was good to see. There were three women’s matches and a number of segments. Before we get into the Winners & Losers of the week, let’s unpack what has gone down. The show opened up with a video package of Becky Lynch’s … Read more
The RAW women’s division was sent in a whirlwind by the shocking announcement made by prior champion Becky Lynch last week. Lynch is now out because she is with child and we have a new champion in that of Asuka. This drastically changes the landscape of the red brand women’s roster. Moving from what has … Read more
A RAW many soon will never forget, came with huge news provided by ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch that has changed the landscape of the women’s roster on the red brand. The 400-day reign of Lynch is over as she announced that she had to pass on the title due to becoming a mother as she is with child. As a result, Asuka is the new RAW Women’s Champion because her winning the Money in the Bank briefcase on Sunday was actually her winning the title. For a full review of this, you can check the prior article by clicking here.
After this kicked off the show it was hard to concentrate on anything else, however, a much needed return was right around the corner. The IIconics returned and originally challenged the Women’s Tag Team Champions to a title match. The title ended up not being on the line against Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross, but the returning duo did pick up a win as Peyton Royce pinned Bliss. That full report can be found here.
The second match of the night involved Shayna Baszler and Natalya. Nattie wasn’t very amused by Baszler’s reaction to Lynch’s baby announcement. She couldn’t fathom why someone who was at the top of their career. Nattie challenged Baszler to a match as a result of her inconsiderate response. Baszler then informed Nattie that she will never be a mother and the Hart Dynasty will end with her.
The match between the two was much expected with a win going to Baszler. She attempted to stomp the arm of Nattie as she has been doing lately to her opponents. Nattie was able to counter and avoid the move that has taken many women out. After a knee strike, The Queen of Spades gets the pin.
It seems that Baszler will be going for Asuka next as she is still determined to become champion.
Let’s get to the Winners & Losers of the night as this is pretty obvious this week:
WINNER: Becky Lynch
She may have had to relinquish the title that she has held for 400-days without losing it in a match, but she still has had one hell of a past year (plus). It was quite an emotional moment and I am glad she was able to share it with Asuka. Out of all the women in that Money in the Bank match, Asuka was the one that has the most history with her and the reaction was pure.
I just hope that Becky comes back afterward. She has had a great career with a lot of accomplishments but she is still young with a lot more to go. We will miss you Beckasaurus.
WINNER: Asuka
She just became a Grand Slam Champion, how could she not be a winner? Asuka certainly deserves it. Not only has she put in the work leading up to this from her days in NXT to main roster but she has carried the shows since they have been put on without an audience.
She definitely has Hall of Famer written all over her and in several years when that times come she deserves a standing ovation.
WINNERS: The IIconics
A big return capped off with a big win. They earned a title shot next week as a result. It is very refreshing to see them back. They provide that comedy that we all could use right now. Their first reign with the tag titles wasn’t treated the correct way, especially since their win at Mania was so powerful.
Knocking off the tag champs is a great thing that shows promise for them possible winning back the titles. It would be rather poetic also for them to win them back from the team that beat them.
LOSERS: Alexs Bliss & Nikki Cross
There time could be numbered as champions. They have only held the titles since they beat The Kabuki Warriors at WrestleMania last month. They did defeat a makeshift team of Carmella and Dana Brooke a couple of weeks ago.
They could still retain after they face The IIconics next week, but as of this week it didn’t look good for them.
What did you think of this week’s RAW? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
After a seven months absence, RAW has become IICONIC! once again. The former Women’s Tag Team Champions – The IIconics – returned on tonight’s show as the guests for A Moment of Bliss. The current tag champs of Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross who are originally on SmackDown are able to defend their titles across … Read more
As reported earlier this year in January, WWE has now launched the Fight Like A Girl series on the steaming service known as Quibi. The series picks 10 women who have struggled throughout their life, one way or another, and over the course of 10 weeks helps instill confidence through training at the Performance Center. … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown picked up where RAW left off and that is with plenty to talk about from the women’s division. WrestleMania may be in the rear view, however, there is still plenty to build from as a result of that event. The match of the night saw The Kabuki Warriors getting a rematch for their former gold. They faced the new Women’s Tag Team Champions – Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss.
Another great match between these four women was a joy to watch. Personally, I feel that the WrestleMania match was better, but this one certainly was entertaining. Asuka and Cross arguing on top of the commentary desk was fun to watch. Speaking of Asuka, she certainly has been the glue that has held both RAW and SmackDown together. She has been appearing on both shows for the past several weeks and has been the most entertaining to see during this time.
The match culminated with Kairi Sane being isolated in the ring. This allowed for a blind tag by Cross. She would enter the match and hit a neck breaker to pick up the pin on Sane to retain the title. With these two being the only two teams left on-screen I couldn’t have been the only one wanting The IIconics to return tonight.
Credit: @DynamiteSkye
In regards to the tag team division there seems to be a new team brewing and that is Dana Brooke and Carmella. They were seen backstage approaching Bliss & Cross after their win. They challenged them to a match and although Bliss was reluctant, they accepted. There wasn’t any mention of when this match would take place but because Brooke and Carmella weren’t on WrestleMania they wanted a chance for the gold.
Brooke was also announced to be in a qualifying match for next week against Naomi for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match that will take place on May 10.
From the tag titles we transfer to the SmackDown Women’s Title. Bayley retained in a Fatal Five-way at Mania and she continues to think she is the unstoppable role model. Her and Sasha Banks stood in the ring and explained the opinions of the sheep. They were interrupted by a determined Tamina. The two best friends attempt to smooth things over as always with the compliments to her. Tamina wasn’t buying it and issued a challenge of her own. She explains that although she may have been first out during the Fatal Five-way match, it took all four of the other competitors to do so. She wants a title shot one-on-one with the longest reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion.
Bayley would agree to this, however, Tamina has to go through Banks first next week. It has been a while since Tamina has been seen as an unstoppable force and also standing on her own instead of being the bodyguard for someone else. So could she be finally getting her moment?
Sonya Deville was also on the show to accompany Dolph Ziggler to ringside. Ziggler defeated Tucker and although it appears Mandy Rose is busy with Otis, Deville will meet with her next week. Deville and Ziggler maintain that the footage that was shown about their involvement with the Valentine’s date gone wrong was doctored. Let’s see how Deville talks her way out of this one as she will be face to face with Rose next week.
Banks has really been killing it on the mic. Her reactions to Tamina have been comical and having that during these times is a nice relief. Since Bayley was the one to make the match between Sasha and Tamina for next week, it seems that there is still that break up lurking. Although I won’t get my hopes up to much because we all know what happen for the majority of 2018 between the two.
WINNER: Dana Brooke
OPPORTUNITY!! Brooke was unfortunately taken out of the WrestleMania match but she is back and is ready to finally get some gold. Between her qualifying match for the MITB Ladder match as well a Women’s Tag Team Championship If anyone’s immediate future looks bright it would be Dana’s.
LOSER:
Everyone on tonight’s show seems to be moving forward in there storylines so it really is hard to pick a loser this week. The Kabuki Warriors could be considered on the losing end as they lost their rematch, but with how Asuka has been carrying both shows and the match itself being good that seems to be a stretch.
What did you think of this week’s show? Who were your Winners and Losers? Did you find anyone on the loser end? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
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To kick off WrestleMania 36 was an incredible match with the Women’s Tag Team Championship was on the line. Heading into the night, The Kabuki Warriors have held the tag titles since Hell in a Cell in October for the past 181-days. In fact, they defeated the team of Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross to … Read more
