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Alexa Bliss Becomes Number One Contender; Asuka Hints Character Change

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Alexa Bliss is the new number one contender for Bianca Belair’s Raw Women’s Championship. A date for the Bliss vs. Belair match was not announced.

She took on Bayley to start off Raw this week and came away with the victory after delivering Twisted Bliss. The WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Dakota Kai and IYO SKY accompanied Bayley to the ring. However, Becky Lynch arrived and attacked both Kai and SKY taking them out threw the crowd and away from the ring prior to the match starting. Belair came out to ringside to watch the match.

After Bliss picked up the victory she went to give Belair a hug in the ring and caught the Raw Women’s Champion in Sister Abigail. She wouldn’t execute the move releasing Belair as the two backed away from one another. Just before the Sister Abigail tease, the Bray Wyatt symbol appeared on the big screen behind Belair.

The second match of the night was the advertised Candice LeRae taking on IYO SKY. The two have a lot of history from NXT and LeRae was looking to finally get a win over SKY.

Prior to the match, LeRae had a backstage segment with Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis. For another week, Nikki Cross appeared behind LeRae spying on her. SKY would end up winning the match after delivering her moonsault. Damage CTRL celebrated in the ring following SKY’s win. LeRae is still winless against SKY in singles matches.

Lastly, the third women’s match had Asuka taking on Rhea Ripley. Although we have seen this match recently, this time felt different as Asuka came to the ring and wrestled without her normal face makeup on. During the match, commentary brought up Asuka’s recent Twitter postings being unusual. For those who have not been caught up, Asuka has been posting her prior to WWE character Kana frequently on social media since last week.

Asuka would take the loss in this match after she spit mist in the face of Dominik Mysterio. This allowed Ripley to deliver the Riptide.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for more news and results from the women of Raw.

Becky Lynch Brawls With Damage CTRL; Candice LeRae Returns

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The Monday Night Raw after Survivor Series WarGames opened up with the woman who won the WarGames Match for Team Bianca – Becky Lynch.

After embracing the WWE Universe, Lynch made her way out into the crowd and started incorporating them into her promo confirming that she is the man of the people. Shortly after, Bayley came out to address her. While Lynch was still in the crowd, Bayley and The Man exchange words back and forth getting the crowd members involved.

This takes place until the rest of Damage CTRL (IYO SKY and Dakota Kai) attack Lynch. As Bayley joins, the three-on-one assault escalates up to the merch stand until all parties involved are pulled apart by officials.

Directly after this, a small video of Rhea Ripley is played before she comes out to face “Michin” Mia Yim. The two rivals who participated in WarGames just 48 hours ago were putting on a stellar match until Judgment Day and The OC got involved which caused a no-contest finish. This then turned into the four-on-four tag team match that was highly anticipated between both factions.

Much like Yim vs. Ripley, this match was also very well received and it included the women even briefly interacting with the men instead of acknowledging mixed tag team rules. The result would come down to Yim and Ripley (as it should) with Ripley picking up the win for Judgment Day off of Riptide. This was after Yim bodyslammed Finn Balor and then targeted Dominik Mysterio.

Moments later, a video was shown about Candice LeRae and how she was taken out a month ago by Damage CTRL. She is back and was walking down a hallway backstage. She was stopped for an interview where she addressed Dakota Kai in particular because she had a match with her later in the night. While LeRae was walking down the hallway, Nikki Cross was hiding as we saw her peek out to take a glance at LeRae.

As stated, LeRae and Kai have a match later in the night. The match was given plenty of time and showcased both women very well. LeRae started the match quickly by attacking Kai when she was making her entrance. Bayley and SKY would attempt to come down to the ring to help but were sent to the back so there was nobody out at ringside. Despite Kai pulling out many moves in her arsenal including the scorpion kick, she wasn’t able to get the victory. LeRae defeated one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions with a top rope neck breaker.

Finally, three women from WarGames we hadn’t seen yet were Asuka, Alexa Bliss, and the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair. Commentary stated that due to the WarGames match, the three women weren’t cleared to compete. They also said despite Bayley and SKY being involved in the brawl earlier in the night, they were also not cleared to compete on Raw. SKY had on a neck brace during the brawl.

There was a backstage interview with Asuka, Bliss, and Belair where they were commenting on WarGames and including Becky Lynch as the final member paying off for their team. Belair stated that every plan Damage CTRL had backfired since SummerSlam. She also would say she is happy to put all of that behind her. Before they began to speak, the Wyatt 6 symbol appeared on the screen behind them. Bliss was checked out during the interview and not engaged. After Asuka spoke, Cathy Kelley asked Bliss if she had anything to add. After clearly being zoned out during the interview, Bliss woke up and said she agreed with what Belair had to say.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for more news and results form the women of Raw.

Five Names That May Take The Last Spot In WarGames

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Survivor Series WarGames is this Saturday and there will be a women’s WarGames match hosting 10 women. This will be the first time that WarGames takes place on the main roster after being in NXT for the past several years. Out of the 10 women that will participate, nine women are known. It will be … Read more

Nikki Cross Returns And Wreaks Havoc In Raw Main Event

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Nikki A.S.H is no more, welcome back Nikki Cross. Before we get to the reemergence of Nikki Cross, the first women’s segment of the night was a backstage interview between Candice LeRae and Cathy Kelley. Candice was going over her life recently and how she went from NXT to motherhood to career uncertainty and now … Read more

Damage CTRL Delivers Chaos On Raw Heading Into Extreme Rules

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Just five days ahead of Extreme Rules this Saturday, Damage CTRL proves why they are in control of the women’s division on Raw. Two women’s matches took place and a contract signing helped build up toward the ladder match that we will witness at Extreme Rules between Bayley and the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair. … Read more

Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano welcome their baby boy into the world

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Candice LeRae has given birth to her baby boy. Last August, LeRae and her husband Johnny Gargano announced that they were going to have their first child. She continued to make appearances on NXT programming up until the on-screen wedding between Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis. Over the past few days, Gargano has been posting … Read more

Candice LeRae talks about her pregnancy and addresses future in NXT

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Candice LeRae has released her first statement to talk about her pregnancy and address her future in NXT. Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano announced they were expecting their first child recently. The couple revealed their wonderful news via Twitter and now LaRae has taken to Instagram to issue further comments. In the post, the proud … Read more

New NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions crowned, Tegan Nox makes her return

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Tegan Nox has returned and as a result, Io Shirai and Zoey Stark are the NEW NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions at The Great American Bash. Shirai & Stark ended the 63-day reign of The Way and become the fourth team to win the titles since its inception in March. The Way’s Candice LeRae and … Read more

Io Shirai & Zoey Stark win number one contenders match to challenge The Way

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Io Shirai & Zoey Stark are officially the next opponents for The Way’s (Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell) NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships. The title match will take place at The Great American Bash on July 6. Shirai & Stark won this opportunity by winning a Triple Threat on this week’s NXT that involved NXT … Read more

The Way survives a main event street fight to become the new NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions

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Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell of The Way are now your new NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions after defeating Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in a main event Street Fight. This is the first gold won for both women within the company. LeRae & Hartwell also captured the titles without any assistance from the male … Read more

Street Fight for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles set for next week

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Next week the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships will be on the line in a Street Fight. The champions, Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon will be defending their gold against The Way. Last week, Indi Hartwell said that she got herself and Candice LeRae a match against the champions but Blackheart/Moon had The Robert Stone … Read more

Sarray impressive with a victory in her NXT debut; Kai vs. Martinez set for next week

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The Warrior of the Sun has officially wrestled her first match in NXT.

Sarray is victorious in her first match for the brand. The highly anticipated match landed her across the ring from Zoey Stark. Stark has been impressive since joining the brand herself so this match-up already had the potential to be a good one and it did not disappoint. She puts away her first opponent with a spinning heel kick under the jaw, connecting with a forearm, and hitting a suplex to get the pin.

After the match, both Sarray and Stark showed excellent sportsmanship. Sarray helped up Stark who then raised her arm in victory. As Stark was making her way up the ramp she was attacked by Toni Storm. Stark defeated Storm on the pre-show of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver and it is clear that taking that loss isn’t sitting well with Storm. Sarray went over to help Stark and to prevent any further attack from Storm.

This was the only women’s match on the show this week but there were many women throughout the show. NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez was being interviewed and was asked about all of the eyes that have been fixated on her now that she is champion. She said to line all the challengers up and she will defeat them all until there is no one left standing.

Kai then focused on Martinez who called out Gonzalez last week. Martinez answered later on in the night and said she would go through Kai first so that there will be no one in her way to get to Gonzalez and the gold.

As for the former NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai, she had a sit-down interview with Beth Phoenix about her title reign and recent loss and what she sees for her future. They discussed the match from Stand & Deliver which led to Shirai saying that when the time is right she will get her rematch.

Phoenix asked her what was next in the meantime. Shirai says her body needs rest in order to face Gonzalez again. As she tries to explain possible time away from the ring, Franky Monet entered with her dog. Monet introduced herself to Shirai and says that she is such a fan of Phoenix who she has been watching since she was a kid.

Monet adds that she didn’t mean to eavesdrop but since Shirai is going to take some time off that she could fill her shoes as the top woman of the NXT women’s division. Shirai responds in Japanese and after Monet says she doesn’t understand Shirai says that she likes cats.

Lastly, we have The Way. Early in the night, Dexter Lumis took on LA Knight and Indi Hartwell appeared behind the barricade. This distracted Lumis to the point that he suffered a loss. Hartwell then tried to console him and get her kiss but The Way came and grabbed her off the apron and took her away from the situation.

Throughout the night Hartwell continued to be preoccupied with the thought of Lumis. Candice LeRae told her that she really needs to get focused and stop being distracted by boys. They need to focus on the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. Not knowing that Hartwell had left her, LeRae was approached by the champions Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon. Once LeRae realized that Hartwell was no longer by her side, the tag champs attacked her and pulled her into the bathroom.

After being attacked, a disheveled LeRae would join her husband Johnny Gargano along with Austin Theory backstage. Theory was discussing a match that he was able to get booked in. They asked what happened to LeRae but she didn’t answer as Hartwell joined her stablemates. Hartwell says she ran into William Regal and was able to get them a tag team title match. Everyone but LeRae seemed thrilled by that announcement as she is left by herself.

What did you think of Sarray’s debut match against Stark? How about everything else that transpired for the women of the brand this week? Leave your thoughts below.

Five NXT stars who could be called up to WWE’s main roster following this year’s WrestleMania

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It has been a huge week for the stars of WWE. NXT had their first two-night TakeOver: Stand & Deliver on Wednesday and Thursday, and WrestleMania 37 weekend has just come to a close. WrestleMania weekend saw two former NXT stars win their first-ever main roster titles. Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks … Read more

NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Discussion Post: 04.08.21

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Night two of NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver takes place tonight. The event features the first-ever defence of the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships on a Takeover. The champions Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon defend the titles against The Way, Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell. The two teams have been on a collision course for … Read more

The Way to face Blackheart & Moon for the NXT Women’s Tag Titles at Stand & Deliver

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A second women’s match has been added to the two-night TakeOver: Stand & Deliver event for next week. The NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships will be on the line as the champs Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon will be facing The Way (Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell). The match was announced on tonight’s NXT after … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 02.17.21

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The fallout from TakeOver: Vengeance Day is upon us and there certainly will be a lot to unpack on tonight’s NXT. We witnessed the very first winners of a women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and they have a future tag team title opportunity in their back pockets. Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez earned that … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: 02.10.21

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NXT has reached its final show before their TakeOver event this Sunday. That event, Vengeance Day, has two women’s matches on the card. First, there will be the NXT Women’s Title on the line as Io Shirai faces both Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez in a huge Triple Threat match. The second match will be … Read more

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