The Raw side of the brackets has officially moved to the semi-finals as Asuka and Alexa Bliss have moved on to the semi-finals. On the Aug. 15 episode of Raw, Asuka and Bliss took on the team of Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. and came out with the victory. They will face IYO SKY & Dakota … Read more
The Women’s Tag Team Championships are back and there are eight teams vying to become the new champions. On the Aug. 8 episode of Raw, the full brackets were confirmed that had four teams from Raw, three teams from SmackDown, and a team from NXT 2.0. The first match took place and one team has … Read more
On the Aug. 8 episode of Raw a confrontation to start off the show led to a Six-Woman Tag Team Match set for Clash at the Castle. We will see the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair team with Asuka and Alexa Bliss to take on Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY. This next premium live … Read more
Chaos erupted on the Aug. 2 Monday Night Raw episode courtesy of Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY. The three new members of the Raw women’s roster shocked the fans by appearing at SummerSlam sending a message to the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair. Now it is time for the fallout. Through pure respect, Becky … Read more
The 24/7 Championship changed hands between five different women on the July 18 episode of Raw. Dana Brooke walked in as champion but she would also walk out as the champion making her a seven-time 24/7 Champion (she would be a nine-time but her two victories at house shows are not being recognized). The breakdown … Read more
The women have done it again as Becky Lynch and Asuka main evented the July 4 episode of WWE Raw. This time with a stipulation. A No Holds Barred bout took place just two days after both women put their bodies on the line in a Money in the Bank ladder match. It has been … Read more
With Money in the Bank taking place tomorrow, six (out of seven) of its competitors will take to the ring on the July 1 SmackDown for a six-woman tag team bout. Raquel Rodriguez, Lacey Evans, and Shotzi will stand on one side of the ring as their opponents will be coming from Raw – Alexa … Read more
We are about to have a new Ms. Money in the Bank this Saturday, July 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Seven women are going to put everything on the line to be the first to the top of the ladder in order to grab the briefcase. A briefcase that almost guarantees the holder will win … Read more
In the main event of the June 27 episode of Raw, Becky Lynch won her last chance to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match in a six-woman elimination match. All six women who weren’t able to win their respective qualifying matches received just one more opportunity. Joining Lynch in the match were … Read more
One week from this Saturday, seven women will enter the Money in the Bank Ladder Match and one will win the briefcase almost guaranteeing her a championship win. Asuka was added to the field after she defeated Becky Lynch in the main event of the June 20 episode of Raw. She joins Lacey Evans, Raquel … Read more
So far we’ve witnessed three women qualify for this year’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Lacey Evans qualified on the June 10 episode of SmackDown after she defeated Xia Li. Alexa Bliss and Liv Morgan joined the field thanks to their victory over Nikki A.S.H and Doudrop on last night’s Raw. Scheduled for the … Read more
Bianca Belair is still your Raw Women’s Champion. In a match that kicked off the Hell in a Cell event on Sunday, Belair defended her championship against Becky Lynch and Asuka in a stellar Triple Threat. These three women proved why they are some of the best in women’s wrestling by putting on a clinic … Read more
On the go-home episode of Raw before Hell in a Cell takes place this Sunday, the Raw Women’s Champion continues to stay right where she belongs – in the win column. Bianca Belair will be facing both Asuka and Becky Lynch come Sunday but on tonight’s Raw, she had to take on Asuka one-on-one. Lynch … Read more
The Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair will have to battle one of her two upcoming opponents tonight on Raw heading into Hell in a Cell on June 4. In a match that was originally set to be one-on-one between Belair and Asuka at Hell in a Cell was quickly turned into a Triple Threat when … Read more
Becky Lynch received another chance to get into the Raw Women’s Championship Match at Hell in a Cell. She faced Asuka in the main event on this week’s Raw and if she defeated her she would be added to the match – making it a Triple Threat. Lynch would do just that. The final moments … Read more
A segment has been confirmed between the number one contender for the Raw Women’s Championship Asuka and the woman she beat for that spot, Becky Lynch. Last week, the two battled it out in the main event with the winner going on to face the champion Bianca Belair at Hell in a Cell.
Lynch will respond to what happened to her last week on the upcoming May 23 Raw. The official WWE.com preview reads as follows:
Becky Lynch’s inspirational rise back to the Raw Women’s Championship took a major detour last week when Asuka surprised Big Time Becks by spraying green mist in her face and rolling her up for the pin to earn a title opportunity against Bianca Belair at Hell in a Cell.
How will Lynch respond after having her title hopes go up in mist at the hands of The Empress of Tomorrow?
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Asuka has become the number one contender for the Raw Women’s Champion after defeating Becky Lynch in this week’s Raw main event. She will face the current Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair at the next premium live event Hell in a Cell on June 5. The final moments of the match had Lynch attempting to … Read more
This week’s Raw had a lot going on for the women’s roster. A total of four matches took place plus some additional moments took place outside of the ring. As a summary of this week’s Raw results, see the list below – Raw – May 9 Results Rhea Ripley is welcomed into the Judgment Day … Read more
Asuka is back!! After a nine-month absence, The Empress of Tomorrow has made her return to Raw. She interrupted Becky Lynch who had made her return to Raw herself for the first time since losing to Bianca Belair at WrestleMania. Lynch made her way to the ring to deal with the elephant in the room … Read more
*Please note that this article may be considered a potential spoiler* Asuka may be making her way back to Raw as early as this Monday, April 25. In a new report by Fightful Select, there are imminent plans for Asuka to return to Raw as of this weekend. They have learned that the plan is … Read more
Nearly four years ago in the land of opportunity on SmackDown Live, a nine-woman Battle Royal took place. The winner went on to be added to the first-ever women’s TLC match which was for the SmackDown Women’s Title. Already in the title match was the champion at the time Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. The … Read more
Asuka has not been on WWE programming since 2021 Money in the Bank in July where she participated in the Money in the Bank match. Since then, she has mentioned being out of action to receive surgery on her shoulder. Recent reports state that she is not available as of yet for a return. According … Read more
The SmackDown Women’s Championship turned five years old over the weekend as the first champion crowned was Becky Lynch on Sept. 11, 2016. That inaugural match was a memorable Six-Pack Elimination Challenge where Lynch last eliminated Carmella by submission to become champion. Since then there have been a total of 10 women to hold the … Read more
Monday’s RAW didn’t just signify the go-home show for the red brand when it comes to Money in the Bank but it was the last show of the ThunderDome era. This show was pre-taped and fans will be returning regularly to WWE shows starting with this Friday’s SmackDown.
With that being said, a Fatal 4-Way match took place between the four women representing RAW in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match which will take place this Sunday, July 18. Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, and Nikki A.S.H. all wanted to get a leg up heading into the event by pulling out a win.
A match that started out as a Fatal 4-way became a Triple Threat after Bliss disappeared. Earlier in the night, Eva Marie and Doudrop came to Alexa’s Playground. And although Bliss and Doudrop seemed friendly, Bliss wasn’t keen on the fact that Eva tagged along when she wasn’t invited.
During the Fatal 4-Way, Doudrop and Eva made their way out to the ramp. A distraction caused Eva to be scared by Bliss and she tried to use her shoe to shoo her away. Doudrop then dumped Bliss over the barricade and that is where she disappeared from the match.
Now with only three women left, things really picked up in the match and it was Nikki who picked up the win after she pinned Asuka. Leading up to the pin, Naomi hit a swift kick from the ring apron to Nikki over the top rope. Asuka then delivered a codebreaker to Naomi in the ropes causing Naomi to fall to the outside taking her out of the equation. After a few pin attempts by Nikki, Asuka tried to lock in the Asuka Lock but Nikki had a unique roll through in order to get Asuka’s shoulders on the mat for the three count.
After picking up another victory in the Fatal 4-Way Match, Almost a Super Hero @NikkiCrossWWE is ready for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. pic.twitter.com/uyqcKtLQhg
Elsewhere on RAW, we saw the build continue towards the RAW Women’s Championship match between the champ Rhea Ripley and challenger Charlotte Flair. The two will battle it out at Money in the Bank with the gold on the line and with Ripley trying everything she can to best The Queen. Flair has been using Flair’s tactics against her for a number of weeks now. In fact, it helped her retain against Flair at Hell in a Cell when she disqualified herself in order to keep the title.
In a refreshing match, Ripley faced one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions, Natalya. The two put on a stellar match that highlighted both women. Natalya was added to the Money in the Bank Ladder Match by WWE Authority Sonya Deville on social media prior to RAW taking place.
Prior to Nattie’s match with Ripley, she and Tamina continued to have issues with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke backstage. The verbal assault turned physical after Tamina shoved Brooke before the tag champs walked away. Rose and Brooke are still gearing up to take the tag titles from the champs, they are just waiting for the match to be set.
Ripley ended up pinning Natalya and as to be expected, Flair jumped Ripley from behind with a chop block to the knee. Flair made sure that the champ and her opponent come Sunday wasn’t going to walk out of the last ThunderDome easily. She continued delivering the pain to Ripley’s knee as she wrenched it on the ring apron.
In a backstage interview with Flair, she makes an emphatic statement that she will become RAW Women’s Champion and that it is game over for Ripley. As Ripley tries to continue her championship reign since dethroning Asuka at WrestleMania, Flair will try to win the RAW Women’s Champion for the first time since 2016.
What did you think about this week’s RAW? Are you excited to get fans back?
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On this week’s RAW, Nikki Cross continues with her new gimmick she started last week and has coined that she is “Almost a Superhero.” Claiming that her name could end up being Nikki A.S.H as a result, commentary went back and forth between calling her both names throughout her match against Shayna Baszler.
Prior to their match, Baszler was seen backstage by herself with a deck of cards. Nia Jax and Reginald approached her making sure she was focused heading into her match with Cross. After they walked off-screen, Alexa Bliss was seen lurking in the background. Last week, Bliss and Cross qualified for the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match after they defeated Jax and Baszler. Cross pinned Baszler so The Queen of Spades was looking for some revenge against her and further had plans to take care of Bliss.
Bliss came out during the Cross vs. Baszler match and although she interacted with Jax and Reginald, the match continued. Baszler was distracted by the happenings on the outside, however, Cross wasn’t able to get the pin right away. After a clothesline took down Cross, she regained momentum by locking Baszler’s arm and placing her in a cradle for the victory.
Moving on to a rematch from last week, Doudrop and Eva Marie took on Naomi and Asuka. Last week, Naomi and Asuka got the win after the Eva-Lution has already started to have cracks in its mission. After Eva gave the pet name of Doudrop to Piper Niven, the “protege” wasn’t too happy. She stepped off the apron instead of accepting the tag which allowed Naomi to pin Eva. Naomi and Asuka qualified for the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder Match as a result.
This week, we saw distrust again between the new members of RAW but this time Eva Marie jumped down from the ring apron and refused to tag in to help her partner. This time, however, Doudrop was able to maintain focus and she won the match after hitting a crossbody off the ropes on Asuka. Although this was a tag team match, Eva took the mic from the ring announcer and said that the winner of the match was just herself. This left Doudrop fuming in the ring as the segment ended.
The third and final women’s match of the night was the advertised six-woman tag team match. RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley teamed up with Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke to face Charlotte Flair and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Tamina and Natalya.
For the first half of the match, Flair/Tamina/Natalya isolated Brooke in their corner keeping her away from her team. Once she was finally able to tag out the match broke down with each woman being highlighted and Brooke/Rose showing some solid tag teamwork. In the end, the two legal women would be Rose and Flair.
Flair delivered the big boot to get the win for her team. She wasn’t able to celebrate for long as Ripley re-entered the ring and chop blocked the left knee of Flair. Flair tried to go right after her but she had already rolled out of the ring. She taunted her on the outside to end the segment.
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With Hell in a Cell behind us, the pay-per-view schedule continues right into the Money in the Bank event. Taking place on July 18, with fans in attendance, this event will see eight women get a chance to climb the ladder, grab the briefcase, and get a guaranteed shot at a championship. The four women … Read more
