During a Raw live house show this past Sunday night (August 26th) in Rochester, New York, The Bella Twins returned to the ring for the first time since making their surprise appearance at the first ever women’s Royal Rumble match earlier this year. At the live show, Brie and Nikki Bella teamed up with Ember … Read more
Summerslam has come and gone, with the results seemingly dividing the WWE Universe’ opinions. ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey made waves by making quick work of Alexa Bliss to win the RAW Women’s Championship, getting her first taste of the WWE gold. With sights set towards our first WWE all-women’s PPV, Evolution, all attention turns to this … Read more
The Summer usually means endless BBQs, dodgy tan lines and never having enough swimwear, but for the wrestling world, it means Summerslam! Last week, the women took the main event slot with Ronda Rousey making her RAW in-ring debut by defeating our veteran Alicia Fox. With the RAW Women’s Champion, Alexa Bliss, with a huge … Read more
WWE is reporting that the leader of the Riott Squad, Ruby Riott, suffered an injury this past weekend. According to WWE.com, Ruby suffered a knee injury during a house show and she was scheduled to undergo an MRI yesterday, July 2. WWE doesn’t have any other updates yet on her condition or how long she’ll be … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s Raw Redux. First off, I want to say a gigantic sorry to everyone that this week’s Raw is getting out so late. The usual writer for Raw, Alex, fell ill this past week. On a side note, I hope he feels better soon and has a speedy recovery. Additionally, … Read more
At Money in the Bank, Alexa Bliss did the unexpected and pulled a ‘Kane/Dean Ambrose’ by winning the MITB ladder match and later cashing in her contract to become the new RAW Women’s Champion. Once again, the division has been shaken and with Extreme Rules and Summerslam on the horizon, how would these developments change … Read more
It’s the go-home show for the RAW brand before the big “Money In The Bank” spectacle. Last week it was announced that all 4 RAW male and female competitors will be competing in a Fatal4-way match, but after two had suffered apparent injuries, that match was looking more like a singles competition. We were also … Read more
On Monday, June 4, WWE launched the website for its state of the art Performance Center and recruitment tools for aspiring wrestlers. The announcement used Sasha Banks on the header – touting her as one of the success stories to come out of the PC. The online hub at WWEPerformanceCenter.com includes step-by-step instructions on how to … Read more
Well hey there RAW Reviewers, after a little break I’m back – Zaddy gotta pay them bills! Thank you to the lovely Josue for taking over. With the Women’s Money In The Bank line-up finally complete, it’s time for our Superstars to start staking their claim as to why we should put their money on … Read more
Hola Diva Dirt fans and welcome to this week’s Raw Recap. It’s Josue and I’ll be pulling Raw duty for Alex again. Well after nearly a month of qualifying matches, we finally know who will be the eight Superstars competing at this year’s Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match! Throughout the night, some of … Read more
Tonight (May 28th) on the main event of Monday Night Raw, Sasha Banks defeated Bayley, Dana Brooke, Liv Morgan, Mickie James, Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan in a Last Chance Gauntlet Match to earn the final spot at this year’s Money in the Bank Ladder match. She's starting off this Last Chance #GauntletMatch, but @itsBayleyWWE ain't scared! #RAW pic.twitter.com/XcaKfy6bdU … Read more
Hola Raw fans and welcome to this week’s Raw Redux. Sorry for the delay this week! Josue here and I’ll be covering Raw for Alex this week. The Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match is beginning to take shape with another qualifying match this week. Elsewhere, the Raw Women’s Champion Nia Jax makes her … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Natalya became the latest Superstar to qualify for this year’s Women’s MITB Ladder match. Nataya qualified after defeating Dana Brooke, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan in a Fatal 4-Way match. It's time to start a RIOTT. Will @YaOnlyLivvOnce or @sarahloganwwe manage to qualify for #MITB?! #RAW pic.twitter.com/xFZ83Nf41O — WWE (@WWE) … Read more
Raw Superstar Ronda Rousey will challenge Nia Jax for the Raw Women’s Title during at next month’s Money in the Bank PPV event. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WWE (@wwe) Ahead of her first Championship match, Rousey made her house show debut tonight (May 16th) in Geneva, Switzerland where she teamed … Read more
Put that kettle on, get your finest tea and crumpets because this week’s RAW comes from my hometown – London, England! Ironically, I’m actually going to the SmackDown taping tonight (awks), but hey I always love it when the Superstars we love travel the pond for us. With 6 more slots to grab to be … Read more
Backlash is over and we’re already switching gear for Money In The Bank… (still think this crossbrand PPV thing is gonna work?) Let’s see how the gear switch happened – with Nia Jax retaining her RAW Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss at Backlash, the Money In The Bank event switches the attention from the Champion, … Read more
Hello, readers! Mykel is back with another recap, and as always, nothing is ever in sequential order. We start off with seeing the Iconic Duo, ahem, IIconics hijack the pre-show panel. They were also curiously in their wrestling gear…hmm. They also weighed in on the women’s title match, and are firmly on the Mella Money … Read more
At Sunday’s WWE Backlash, two Women Championship matches will take place as Nia Jax defends the Raw Women’s Title against Alexa Bliss and Carmella defends the SmackDown Women’s Title against Charlotte Flair. The WWE have now announced a third Women’s match for Sunday’s event as Bayley will square off against Ruby Riott for Backlash’s Kickoff … Read more
The Superstar Shake-Up last week changed up RAW and after seeing the developments on SmackDown… I’ll be honest and say that I think RAW drew the short straw. So to prove me wrong, the WWE decided to follow last week’s format with the men and put the women in a 5-on-5 tag match in this … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live (April 17), the WWE concluded their Superstar Shake-Up two night event. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville‘s move from Raw to SmackDown was announced via social media: .@RealPaigeWWE must be ABSOLUTELY excited about this… @SonyaDevilleWWE & @WWE_MandyRose are coming to #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/lvs46cmaZb — WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018 Asuka’s arrival to SmackDown … Read more
Last week was the prolific “RAW after WrestleMania” and it lived up to the hype! With Ember Moon’s debut and Paige’s in-ring retirement changing up the division, we were set for more with the “Superstar Shake-Up”… since the WWE hates calling them ‘drafts’ these days. Either way, we know that some big changes were on … Read more
On this week’s episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live, the WWE will hold a Superstar Shake-Up two night event. Tonight saw the Riott Squad make their Raw debut when they interrupted a grudge match between Sasha Banks and Bayley. The Riott Squad would use the numbers game to lay out both Banks and Bayley: … Read more
In a surprise move at what I will call the “Sensational Sherri Memorial Battle Royal”, Naomi was its inaugural winner. She bested the likes of Natalya and Becky Lynch, as well an NXT-heavy field where we saw Peyton Royce, Kairi Sane, Kavita Devi, Dakota Kai, Taynara Conti and Bianca BelAir also compete and dominate the … Read more
Before Smackdown began, it was announced that Charlotte Flair was not going to be in her Mixed Match Challenge match with Bobby Roode after the Smackdown show due to injury. With this in mind, it was apparent that there is barely going to be any build up for the Smackdown Women’s Championship match in less … Read more
The WWE have confirmed that longtime ring announcer Lilian Garcia will make an appearance at this year’s WrestleMania as the special guest announcer for the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal. Garcia, who parted ways with the WWE in 2016, expressed her excitement about this year’s WrestleMania on social media: Words can’t describe how honored & excited … Read more
With Wrestlemania just 19 days away, all eyes are on the women’s division to see the build-up of the Smackdown locker room. There were two matches on the show tonight in hopes of furthering the storylines of these competitors. The first match had the most substance which was a match we have seen many times, … Read more