As a fall out from Extreme Rules, Nikki Cross was still heated from her loss at that event where she wasn’t able to become the SmackDown Women’s Champion. She brought this anger with her to this week’s show. As the show began, Sasha Banks and Bayley made their way to the ring. Once in the … Read more
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?
Last night’s Extreme Rules was anything but a horror show. As the event featured two excellent matches from the women among a plethora of exciting and crazy matches. Nikki Cross challenged Bayley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship in a really strong and entertaining bout. And the RAW Women’s Championship match between Asuka and Sasha Banks … Read more
The Horror Show at Extreme Rules is upon us and WWE have given us with two excellent matches. The first is Bayley defending her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross. The second is Asuka defending the RAW Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks. Both matches have high stakes attached and feature four of the most entertaining … Read more
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
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
The Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley continue to dominate all three brands as they returned to RAW again this week. The advertised match was a Champion vs. Champion match which pitted Bayley against RAW Women’s Champion Asuka. Last week, Banks pulled out a win in her mixed tag team … Read more
As Extreme Rules creeps closer, we now know that Sasha Banks will face Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship, but what about Bayley? The pair of Banks and Bayley may be the Women’s Tag Team Champions but at Extreme Rules, they will be in singles action. Bayley had to find out who her opponent would … 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
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
A Champion vs. Champion match which ended in a count-out, Billie Kay picking up a very important win, and Nia Jax getting into the head of Asuka is how this week’s RAW panned out. Three matches were had so let’s start with what occurred first which was a continuous build for the Women’s Tag Titles. … 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
