Trish Stratus vs. Becky Lynch round two was finally happening on this week’s Raw. The feud that has lasted months since Stratus turned on Lynch resulted in The Man salivating over a rematch. Their first encounter had Stratus go over with the win at Night of Champions back in May. This win was thanks to … Read more
We have another wrestling engagement! WWE’s Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and AEW Trios Champion Buddy Matthews (in WWE Buddy Murphy) announce their engagement on social media. The couple have been together since at least 2022. Ripley shows off the ring in the photo as tons of fellow wrestlers give their congratulations in the comments. … Read more
The Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley continues to be busy as she made another trip to NXT this week. She was there in the corner of North American Champion Dominik Mysterio as he defended the title against Dragon Lee in the main event. Ripley had formed some respect for Lyra Valkyria and after defeating her … Read more
On the Aug. 7 episode of Raw we saw some advances in some storylines as well as a fresh match between Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler. The Stark and Baszler encounter came from the Becky Lynch promo where she was saying her final words about Trish Stratus before they have their match next week. Lynch … Read more
If you thought we were going to get Trish Stratus vs. Becky Lynch at SummerSlam, think again. Their rematch will take place in two weeks at the Aug.14 episode of Raw in Winnipeg. Zoey Stark will be barred from ringside. On the July 31 episode of Raw in Houston, Texas, Lynch called out Stratus to … Read more
For the first half of the match, Jade was dominant and keeping Brooke down. However, the match started to take a turn when Kelani Jordan distracted Jade. The distraction gave Brooke the opportunity to hit a drop toe-hold on Jade into a chair. Jordan gave Brooke a pink kendo stick which she utilized on Jade’s back before hitting her with a suplex into a stack of kendo sticks that were piled up on the chair. Brooke got the win by hitting a Swanton Bomb on top of Jade and the kendo sticks/chair.
The main event match was the Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley facing Lyra Valkyria in a non-title bout. Ripley prevailed as expected but Valkyria put on a great showing. A Riptide ended the match. After the match, Ripley still told Valkyria to make a statement against Jacy Jayne.
After the Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley’s attack to Liv Morgan on last night’s Raw, WWE has issued a statement. Morgan was out of action recently for two months with a shoulder injury before returning to capture the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles for a second time. Per WWE.com – Last night on Monday Night Raw, … Read more
In a WWE exclusive, Ripley was backstage being interviewed. She explains that anyone that gets in her way will be stopped. Valkyria enters and says instead of proving to Ripley what she can do against Jacy Jayne, she wants to step up to her instead.
Ripley warns Valkyria that may not be the brightest idea as she is the most dominant woman across all brands. However, Ripley gladly accepts.
Ripley has shown admiration to Valkyria in the past and has spoken highly of her.
Becky Lynch has earned a rematch against Trish Stratus. On the July 24 episode of Raw, just 11 days before SummerSlam, Lynch defeated Zoey Stark. As promised by Stratus this means that Lynch will be awarded another go at the Hall of Famed. This time, Lynch determined to get the victory. It has not been … Read more
In case you missed the July 10 episode of Raw, you missed another Monday night with a decent amount of women’s content. First, the match between Zoey Stark and Becky Lynch which was possible nixed – did actually take place. And luckily for fans it did as it was a great match between the two. … Read more
If you missed the July 3 episode of Raw then you missed an episode full of the women’s roster. The advertised match of the night was for the Women’s World Championship as Rhea Ripley defended against Natalya. Natalya has been looking for a fair fight since Night of Champions and she hasn’t received it – … Read more
Two women’s matches are set for the June 19 episode of Raw. First we have a Money in the Bank Qualifier match as Hall of Famer Trish Stratus takes on Raquel Rodriguez. Per WWE.com – WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus looks to punch her ticket to her first-ever Money in the Bank Ladder Match … Read more
Much as Asuka did on SmackDown with the Raw Women’s Championship, Rhea Ripley has traded in her SmackDown Women’s Title for a new belt. Asuka is now the WWE Women’s Champion while Ripley is the Women’s World Champion. Both titles seem to continue the lineage of the belts they replaced. To begin Raw, Adam Pearce … Read more
Two more women have qualified for the 2023 women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. A match that will take place on July 2.
Heading into the June 5 episode of Raw we only knew one out of six women for the MITB match. That woman is Zelina Vega who qualified on Friday’s SmackDown after defeating Lacey Evans. Now, two more women join Vega and those are Becky Lynch and Zoey Stark.
Lynch defeated Sonya Deville to qualify but it wasn’t for lack of distractions. Not only did Deville have Chelsea Green at ringside with her but Trish Stratus and Zoey Stark emerged who have a special interest in taking down Lynch. In the end, Lynch would get the ManHandle Slam on Deville to give herself a victory.
Speaking of Stark, she would be the second woman on Raw to qualify after taking out the veteran Natalya with a Z360. This result came after Stratus tripped up Nattie at the ropes unbeknownst to the referee. It is very good for Stark to have a Hall of Famer in her corner!
We will find out who will take spots four and five this week on SmackDown. As a reminder, Michin takes on Bayley as IYO SKY battles Shotzi.
A third women’s match took place on Raw. The new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey continued to feel confident after their victory and encouraged any other tag team to stand up to them. NXT Alum and former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions and newcomers to Raw – Kayden Carter and Katana Chance – did just that. The KC’s had their in ring debut against the champs in a non title affair.
The match was given a good length of time and the KC’s took the champs to their limits. They even delivered the After Party which gave them so many wins in the past but Shayna Baszler made sure to pull Chance off of Rousey to continue the match. Rousey even went for the ankle lock which Chance was able to escape. Eventually, the champs would win after Baszler locked in the Kirifuda Clutch on Carter who tapped out.
The SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley was a feature on Miz TV as Dominik Mysterio was a special guest. He traded words with Cody Rhodes before slapping him and running scared behind Mami to protect him. Of course Cody wouldn’t touch Rhea but perhaps another Rhodes would.
Lastly, Maxxine Dupri appeared backstage with Alpha Academy. They talked about her interaction with Valhalla last week and they think she is ready to take her own. Gable says he will help train her but she has to get her gear on.
For the first time in 420 days we have a new Raw Women’s Champion. At Night of Champions on Saturday, Asuka defeated Bianca Belair to become a three-time Raw Women’s Champ. This would end Belair’s reign at 420 days which has her as the longest reigning women’s champion on the main roster of the modern … Read more
The SmackDown Women’s Championship is set to be defended this Saturday at Night of Champions. On the May 22 episode of Raw, the champion, Rhea Ripley, sent a challenge to Natalya. The two have had some verbal run-ins over the past number of weeks. Natalya responded on social media after the show and commented on … Read more
For those that may have missed the May 15 episode of Raw, here is what took place.
Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler return on Raw now that they are drafted to the red brand. The team has not been seen since WrestleMania where they won the WrestleMania Showcase. Rousey has been injured prior to that match and that is what has kept them off TV since.
They made their return after one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Raquel Rodriguez defeated Chelsea Green. A match that was supposed to be for the gold that had to be changed last minute due to an injury that Liv Morgan suffered on SmackDown. As Rodriguez was celebrating her victory up the ramp and to the stage, Rousey appeared and kicked her followed by Baszler appearing as well.
Rousey and Baszler tell Rodriguez that they are tired of waiting for a title shot and that Rodriguez can defend the gold with or without Morgan. However, if she chooses not to defend the titles then she will continue to get the same beating week after week.
For more on Liv Morgan’s injury you can click here.
Outside of the tag team division, Becky Lynch challenged Trish Stratus for a match at Night of Champions. More on that here.
Backstage Zoey Stark continues to harass Nikki Cross until Candice LeRae appeared. The two would verbally get into it as Stark mocks LeRae’s “weirdo” family. A match between the two has been made for next week.
Lastly, as the promo ended for Lynch, we witnessed the SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley backstage watching it on the monitor. She was approached by Cathy Kelley who asked Ripley about Natalya’s addition to Raw and how she came down last week to confront her.
Natalya told Ripley that she is the most dominant woman who has ever held the SmackDown Women’s Title. And that she doesn’t need to continue to kick people when they are down like she did to Dana Brooke last week. She deserves respect which she isn’t going to get running through the division.
Ripley says that Natalya came down to the ring last week not because of Dana Brooke but because she wants everyone to care about her again. Ripley warns her if she ever interrupts her again, she isn’t going to help her career but she will end it.
The May 8 episode of Raw had a new challenger step up to the SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley. At first it was Dana Brooke.
In a non-title match, Ripley made short work of Brooke only after a few minutes. Brooke had some offense early on in the match but it would take a Riptide and then locking her in the Prism to make her tap out. Post-match, Ripley wasn’t done with Brooke as she landed another Riptide and locked in the Prism submission again.
Natalya’s music would hit as she made her way to the ring. She stepped up to Ripley face to face but the champion would make her way out of the ring before things got physical.
The second women’s match of the night had the Raw debut match for Zoey Stark. She had a confrontation backstage with Nikki Cross which led to the match. Stark picked up a win in her debut after delivering the Z360.
Trish Stratus had a promo after handing out “Where is Becky Lynch?” flyers back stage. The promo continued to mock Lynch with Stratus saying we are never going to see her again. Lynch’s music hits but it was just a plan by Stratus to fake out the crowd as she laughed at how gullible everybody is.
Moments later, Lynch’s music hits again much to Stratus’ confusion as that wasn’t the plan. This time Becky was back and she was behind Trish in the ring. Lynch delivered a ManHandle slam which made Stratus roll out the ring and retreat up the ramp.
Lastly, we had Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville going around backstage collecting signatures. The signatures are to have them get a tag title shot even tho that’s not what they were telling some people. Xia Li first signed it as they them approached Candice LeRae, Johnny Gargano, and Indi Hartwell.
Hartwell asked Dexter Lumis if they should sign it as he gave the thumbs down.
Later in the night, they ran into the tag team champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Morgan stated if they wanted to have a rematch all they had to do is ask. Regardless the champs signed the petition and said they would face them after they retain against Damage CTRL on Friday. Green and Deville laughed because they had the intent on facing Damage CTRL and not the current champions.
Following her victory at Backlash on Saturday, Bianca Belair is now officially the longest reigning Raw Women’s Champion. And not just that, but the longest reigning Women’s Champion in general from the main roster of the modern era. That accolade was previously held by Becky Lynch. At Backlash, Belair had her toughest competition yet as … Read more
Tonight, WWE will have its first premium live event since WrestleMania. Backlash will have two women’s matches and they are rather fresh match ups. Bianca Belair (c) vs. IYO SKY – Raw Women’s Title Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Zelina Vega – SmackDown Women’s Title After this event Bianca, IYO, and Zelina will all be on … Read more
Zelina Vega has some huge bragging rights heading into her SmackDown Women’s Championship match on Saturday. Along with Rey Mysterio she defeated her upcoming opponent Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio in the main event of SmackDown. Can she carry that momentum into Backlash and score an upset over Ripley to become champion? Vega and Ripley … Read more
SmackDown has a new champion and Rhea Ripley will be present on tonight’s show. Per WWE.com – After defeating Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 39 in an instant classic, Rhea Ripley will appear on the blue brand for the first-time as SmackDown Women’s Champion in what is sure to be a memorable moment. Just days after … Read more
Rhea Ripley has dethroned the Queen to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. Ripley defeating Charlotte Flair marks her first time capturing the title and ends Flair’s reign at 92 days. The match went on as the match right before the main event. Arguably the match of the night, Ripley and Flair laid everything out … Read more
“If you didn’t know the future of women’s wrestling is Rhea Ripley, now you know.” – Trish Stratus WWE WrestleMania 39 is set to feature the latest chapter in the rivalry between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair when “The Nightmare” challenges “The Queen” for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. It wasn’t a rematch that many fans … Read more
Rhea Ripley is speaking out about the constant problem of those at airports that are harassing WWE Superstars merely to get signatures just to turn around and sell the memorabilia. There is a big difference between genuine fans who just want an autograph from their favorite wrestler as opposed to the sharks that hunt for … Read more
On the March 20 episode of Raw, we witnessed a couple of matches from the women as we are just two weeks out from WrestleMania 39.
The Royal Rumble winner Rhea Ripley who will face Charlotte Flair at the big event went to the ring to cut a promo. She promises to defeat Flair at Mania and become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion. Her promo was interrupted by Damage CTRL who heckled her and let her know that Raw belongs to them. This led to a match between Ripley and Bayley. In this match, Ripley would have to take the babyface role despite her current character.
Once Bayley was able to maintain some offense and take control of the match, the Women’s Tag Team Champions Becky Lynch and Lita along with Trish Stratus make their way out to the ring. Lynch with a giant bag of popcorn just to witness the match. This distracts Bayley severely despite having both Dakota Kai and IYO SKY at ringside. The trio who arrived were able to keep the rest of Damage CTRL at bay long enough for Ripley to hit the Riptide and get the big win over Bayley keeping her looking strong for Mania.
A backstage segment took place between WWE’s resident Karen, Chelsea Green with Adam Pearce. Pearce was attempting to explain the WrestleMania Showcase matches when Green approached him. Green let Pearce know that for whatever reason, Carmella was not present for their tag team match tonight. This led Green to take matters in her own hands and wanted Piper Niven as her partner who was with her. Green states that if Pearce doesn’t allow this to happen she will go to the manager. Niven replaces Carmella in the tag team match.
That match was against the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and her WrestleMania opponent Asuka. Yes, they did the “can they co-exist match.” It turns out they were able to co-exist as Belair and Asuka would pick up the win after Belair pinned Niven after a KOD.
Post match, Asuka finally attacked Belair for the first time since their “rivalry” started. This left the Raw Women’s Champion laid out in the the ring to end the segment.
The fight between Otis or Otise continues to go between Maxxine Dupri and Chad Gable. Otis would accompany Gable to ringside for his match, however, Dupri would come out to take Otise away from the ringside area.
