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WWE Women’s & NXT Women’s Tag Team Title Unification Match Confirmed

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In a segment that took place on the June 9 episode of SmackDown, there’s not enough room for two sets of Tag Team Titles on the main roster. Introduced to the ring by Kayla Braxton, the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn made their way to the ring. Before they were … Read more

The KC’s Debut On Raw; Two More Women Added To MITB

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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.

New Women’s Tag Team Champs Crowned; Two MITB Qualifiers Set For June 5

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On the May 29 episode of Monday Night Raw, new WWE Women’s Tag Tam Champions were crowned in a Fatal Four Way. Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler became the new champions against Raquel Rodriguez & Shotzi, Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville, and Damage CTRL.

The match received a decent amount of time and in that Rodriguez was very much the focal point through most the match. However, the final moments of the match came down to Shotzi and Ronda Rousey. Shotzi attempted a back drop from the top rope but landed into an arm bar and tapped out to Rousey.

Elsewhere on the show, Trish Stratus gave a promo and introduced her help from Night of Champions – Zoey Stark. Becky Lynch would come out but be attacked by both women to end the segment.

Maxxine Dupri seems to be fully with the Alpha Academy now. She came to the ring dressed in a “shoosh” shirt during her teams match against Imperium. Valhalla appeared and went after Dupri. She gave her a kick to the head before running and screaming away with Valhalla chasing her to the back.

There were two vignettes aired – one for Kayden Carter and Katana Chance and the other for Candice LeRae.

Two qualifying matches for Money in the Bank are set for next week. Becky Lynch vs. Sonya Deville and Zoey Stark vs. Natalya.

Rousey & Baszler Return On Raw; Rhea Ripley Gives Warning To Natalya

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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.

Two SmackDown Women’s Matches Booked For March 3

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After the Feb. 24 episode of SmackDown two women’s matches are booked for next weeks show. First, after a match between Natalya and Shayna Baszler ended with Natalya tapping out, Baszler and Ronda Rousey wanted to inflict more pain. As Baszler held back Natalya, Rousey went for a running knee to the face but was … Read more

Women Of The Royal Rumble: A Retrospective

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The 2023 Royal Rumble is almost here! One of the fan’s favorite events of the year will take place this Saturday and it will hold the sixth women’s Royal Rumble match. A favorite match type of many, for women’s wrestling fans we weren’t able to have the full joy of the women participating in this … Read more

Notes On The Last SmackDown Women’s Title Change And How It Affected The Royal Rumble Event

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Currently in WWE as champions, we have Bianca Belair as the Raw Women’s Champion and more recently Charlotte Flair crowned as the SmackDown Women’s Champion. Flair made her return at the end of December and became a 14-time women’s champion after defeating Ronda Rousey in quick fashion. Rousey had just retained the gold against Raquel … Read more

Charlotte Flair Returns And Becomes NEW SmackDown Women’s Champion

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She’s BACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK! Charlotte Flair has returned on the last SmackDown of the year and has become the NEW SmackDown Women’s Champion. She is walking into 2023 as a 14-time Women’s Champion. How this came about for those that missed it, the scheduled match of the night was Raquel Rodriguez challenging Ronda Rousey for the SmackDown … Read more

SmackDown Women’s Title Match Set For Dec. 30

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Who will end 2022 as SmackDown Women’s Champion and head into 2023 with the gold around their waist? After winning a number one contender Gauntlet Match on Dec. 23 we know it will either be Raquel Rodriguez or current champion Ronda Rousey. Rodriguez defeated three (four) women to earn herself a championship match. She has … Read more

Tribute To The Troops Dec. 17, SuperShow Holiday Tour Live Event Results

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WWE aired its annual Tribute to the Troops episode on Dec. 17. This was pretaped. For the event there was one women’s match which was a tag team affair with the team of Emma & Tamina taking on Shayna Baszler and the SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey.

The finish came when the referee was distracted. Tamina was doing up top as Rousey kicks her. Baszler took advantage and applied the Kirifuda Clutch making Tamina tap out. The match can be viewed below.

Also this weekend was a live event for the main roster titled SuperShow Holiday Tour. It included matches that included talent from both Raw and SmackDown. It took place in Moline, Ill. The results below are courtesy of Cagematch.net.

  • The O.C. (Mia Yim, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows) def. The Judgment Day (Rhea Ripley, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio)
  • Emma & Madcap Moss def. Scarlett & Karrion Kross
  • Bianca Belair, Candice LeRae, and Liv Morgan def. Damage CTRL

WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Match Set For Dec. 16 SmackDown

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A women’s tag team title match is set for next week’s SmackDown as the champions Damage CTRL will defend against Liv Morgan & Tegan Nox. On the Dec. 9 episode of SmackDown, Morgan and Nox picked up a big win against the team of Shayna Baszler and the SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. This was … Read more

Ronda Rousey Talks DDT Spot With Shotzi At Survivor Series

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Ronda Rousey successfully defended her SmackDown Women’s Championship at the Survivor Series WarGames premium live event at the end of November. Her opponent was Shotzi and although this was the first big singles title match for her WWE career, the match received some high criticism from fans. In particular, during the match, there was a … Read more

Team Bianca Wins WarGames At Survivor Series

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Team Bianca Belair are the winners of this year’s WarGames match. Belair was the first competitor in the ring for her team against Dakota Kai for Team Damage CTRL. Thanks to Rhea Ripley, Team Damage CTRL had the advantage of having the next competitor enter. That would end up being the other half of the … Read more

Shotzi Builds Momentum With A Win On SmackDown

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Shotzi battled Shayna Baszler on the Nov. 18 episode of SmackDown just over one week away from her SmackDown Women’s Championship Match against the champ Ronda Rousey. Shotzi will challenge Rousey at Survivor Series WarGames but she had to get revenge on Baszler first after taking her out last week.

The match had a very 2-on-1 feeling as Rousey would cause distractions on numerous occasions. Every time that Shotzi would get some momentum against Baszler, Rousey was there to make sure it didn’t happen again.

Eventually, Raquel Rodriguez’s music would hit and she would make her way down to the ring to support Shotzi. This distracted Baszler while she was setting up Shotzi’s arm to stomp on. Shotzi would counter and stack up Baszler to get the victory. Shotzi and Rodriguez celebrated after the match.

Next week, a tag team match is booked as Shotzi and Rodriguez will be taking on Baszler and Rousey.

Elsewhere on SmackDown, Emma was giving a pep talk to Madcap Moss backstage before his match against Karrion Kross. Moss wanted some retribution against Kross after his loss to him recently. Scarlett would of course accompany Kross to the ring.

Scarlett’s presence throughout the match including a slap to Moss’ face would do him no favors. Kross would eventually cause Moss to go to sleep again in the Kross Jacket. Emma would rush to the ring after the match to be by the side of Moss.

On NXT Level Up, Dani Palmer had her TV debut. She faced Thea Hail in a losing effort.

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

Shotzi vs. Rousey Set For Survivor Series; Sarah Logan Returns

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Shotzi is the new number-one contender for the SmackDown Women’s Championship and will be taking on Ronda Rousey at the Survivor Series WarGames event. On the Nov. 11 episode of SmackDown, a six-pack challenge took place. Shotzi would eventually win the match by delivering the Never Wake Up to Lacey Evans. Also in the match … Read more

Emma Returns To WWE On SmackDown, Challenges Rousey

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Emma has made her return to WWE!!

It has been five years to almost the day since Emma was released from WWE. Her last match was on Raw against Asuka just days before her release on Oct. 29 in 2017. Now, she returned to SmackDown and answered the open challenge from Ronda Rousey for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.

During the match, commentary would remind everyone of Emma’s time with the company previously including her being in the finals of the inaugural NXT Women’s Championship tournament. She is the first-ever Australian female to ever be signed to WWE during her first run. Emma put up a fight against Rousey and despite her veteran status, it would still be considered an upset if she would have achieved victory.

Despite coming close to getting that upset with a very close near fall on Rousey, it would be Rousey that would retain. After fighting away from tapping out to the ankle lock, Emma would succumb to the armbar submission after being hit with the Piper’s Pit. This was only after Rousey raked Emma eyes.

After the match, Rousey was seen backstage where Shayna Baszler approached her. She congratulated her on retaining the belt against the “new girl.” Natalya appeared and stated that Rousey was lucky because if it was her that answered the open challenge it would have been a different story. Baszler would then attack Natalya with a Kirifuda Clutch as Rousey watched with approval.

We also got some continuation between Sonya Deville and Liv Morgan. Morgan defeated Deville last week and then went extreme when she landed a superplex on chairs in the middle of the ring. This week, Deville was asked backstage if she would be answering the open challenge against Rousey. She said she knows who won’t be answering and that was Morgan adding that the former champion should never have had the title, to begin with. Morgan would jump Deville and the two would brawl as they were pulled apart by officials.

Due to their ongoing animosity towards each other, next week we will get a No Disqualification match between Morgan and Deville.

B-Fab, Zelina Vega, and Maxxine Dupri were all on this week’s show with their respective stables. Hit Row and Shinsuke Nakamura took on Legado Del Fantasma and came out victorious. Maximum Male Models took another loss to The New Day.

Lastly, another video of the presumed return of Sarah Logan aired.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for more news and results from the women of SmackDown!

SmackDown Women’s Title Changes Hands At WWE Extreme Rules

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Ronda Rousey Extreme Rules

WWE Extreme Rules featured two big women’s championship matches with one title changing hands. In the second match of the night, Ronda Rousey challenged Liv Morgan once again for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, but this time in an Extreme Rules match. The women held nothing back with the use of Morgan’s bat heavily featured. Morgan … Read more

Stipulation Added To Title Match At Extreme Rules; Shotzi Turns Face

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On the Sept. 16 episode of SmackDown, a stipulation was added to the upcoming SmackDown Women’s Championship Match between the champion Liv Morgan and challenger Ronda Rousey. Extreme Rules is set to take place on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Morgan will defend against Rousey in an Extreme Rules Match. In a backstage interview that started … Read more

Liv Morgan vs. Rousey Set For Extreme Rules; Toxic Attraction Returns To SmackDown

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On the Sept. 9 episode of SmackDown, Ronda Rousey became the number one contender to the SmackDown Women’s Championship after winning a Fatal 5-way Elimination bout. The number one contender match would feature Rousey, Natalya, Xia Li, Lacey Evans, and Sonya Deville. The run time of the match wasn’t very long as Rousey quickly made … Read more

Number One Contender Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match Booked For SmackDown

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A Fatal 5-way Elimination Match is confirmed for the Sept. 9 episode of SmackDown to determine a number one contender. The winner will be facing Liv Morgan at Extreme Rules for the SmackDown Women’s Championship on Oct. 8. The participants will be Xia Li, Natalya, Sonya Deville, Lacey Evans, and Ronda Rousey. Morgan has held … Read more

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