Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax are still the Women’s Tag Team Champions after their victory at Elimination Chamber. They defeated Bianca Belair & SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. Shockingly, Banks took the fall on a pin by Jax.
As the action dwindled down in the match, Jax receives a Meteora by Banks where she gets a near fall. Reginald then makes his way down to the ring with a champagne bottle. Carmella’s sommelier has been suspiciously on the side of Banks as of late. Banks is able to get Jax in the Bank Statement despite the appearance of Reginald.
After Jax is able to get out of the submission, Reginald hands Banks the champagne bottle. This gets the referee’s attention who snatches the bottle. This left Banks confused about the situation that she is distracted enough for Jax to capitalize. After a Samoan Drop, Jax pins the SmackDown Women’s Champion and retains the tag titles.
Jax and Baszler have another title defense set up for March 3 against NXT’s Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez. This match developed after Kai & Gonzalez won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Naomi & Lana also won a title shot several weeks ago but have yet to get a date for that match.
Sasha Banks took a much needed break for herself in 2019 after losing the Women’s Tag Team Championships alongside Bayley at WrestleMania 35. While Bayley continued to work and became SmackDown Women’s Champion, rumors swirled on if Banks was finished with the company. She returned four to five months later in an unforgettable moment where … Read more
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The SmackDown Women’s Champion, Sasha Banks will be an upcoming guest on Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions on the WWE Network. The episode has already been filmed. A date for its premiere has not been released just yet. This will make Banks the second woman to ever be a guest on Austin’s show. The first … Read more
WWE’s first major event of the year, the Royal Rumble is here. The show is set to deliver a tonne of action, possible title changes and surprises galore. There are 13 women confirmed for the Rumble match, which leaves 17 spots open for an array of the surprise entrants. The names confirmed for the match … Read more
WWE Royal Rumble is upon us and features two exciting women’s matches plus the fourth women’s Royal Rumble match. The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships are on the line in a match that has Asuka and Charlotte defending against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. Sasha Banks defends the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Carmella. The Women’s … Read more
The “EST” of WWE heads into the Royal Rumble with momentum on her side after she defeated Bayley on the “go-home” episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Belair faced the longest-reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion in WWE history for the second time in an entertaining and competative match. Belair got to showcase her astounding athleticism while Bayley’s … Read more
This week’s SmackDown certainly showed out when it comes to the women as they were all over this show. We had two matches, an Ultimate Athlete Obstacle Course, and some more names added to the Royal Rumble match. Let’s get right into the first match which saw the Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Charlotte … Read more
It’s that time of the year again as the road to WrestleMania kicks off officially with the Royal Rumble on Jan. 31. At that event, we will see what has become the annual 30-women Royal Rumble match. One of the favorites to win the rumble this year and earn a shot at a championship at … Read more
Sports Illustrated (SI) released its top 10 best wrestlers in the world list for 2020. SI compiled this list from a year like no other to give the talent that entertained us the credit where credit is due. Unlike past years, SI decided not to break the list down per gender. This particular author of … Read more
The first SmackDown of 2021 certainly had a few surprises. We were treated to two matches, one being the advertised match between Carmella & Bayley vs. Bianca Belair & SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. Before we get to that match result, the first match of the night involved The Riott Squad taking on Tamina & Natalya.
The Riott Squad defeated Tamina & Natalya (w/Billie Kay?)
For the past several weeks Billie Kay has been trying to find a tag team partner that will help her against The Riott Squad. She has lost two weeks in a row – first with Natalya as her partner and second with Tamina. This week she was supposed to bring in another partner to face Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott.
Tamina’s music hits making it seem like she would be Kay’s partner once again. Directly after comes Natalya’s music and it will actually be Tamina and Natalya to face The Riott Squad. This led to Billie Kay being the “manager” of this pairing…at least at first.
Midway through the match, Kay would jump to The Riott Squad’s corner and start cheering them on. This apparent switch happens when Morgan and Riott deliver a double Russian leg sweep to Tamina with Riott getting a near fall. This obviously confuses all the competitors in the match.
The end result is Kay distracting Tamina who had Morgan up on her shoulders. Morgan countered and stacked up Tamina to get the pin. Kay would then celebrate the win for The Riott Squad with everyone still confused in her actions.
In perhaps a surprise victory, Carmella & Bayley defeated Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks when Carmella pinned the SmackDown Women’s Champion. The match wound up having Belair and Bayley which had Banks distracted. Carmella rolled up Banks but got a near fall. This led to Carmella delivering a super kick to the face of The Boss. Carmella then misses in the corner and finds herself dragged into the center of the ring with the Bank Statment locked in.
Reginald quickly pulled out Carmella to avoid her from having to submit. He would then enter the ring and step up to Banks allowing Carmella to enter from the opposite side of the ring. Reginald would then exit the ring and with a smile on his face jumped on the apron to further distract Banks.
Carmella would then get caught from her superkick and Banks delivered a knee into a jackknife for a near fall. Reginald gets involved one last time as he hops back on the apron and Banks delivered a punch to knock him off. She turns around into a facebuster for Carmella to pick up the three count and the win. Carmella has pinned the SmackDown Women’s Champion.
Other than Carmella picking up the win, the other surprise of the night was the return of Sonya Deville. Although her return was just her strolling through the backstage area, it was enough to show that Daddy is back. I expect a good showing in the upcoming rumble match by Miss. Deville.
Let’s get into the first Winners & Losers of 2021!
WINNER: Billie Kay
Personally, Billie Kay is slaying in this role. It is comedy, it is fun, it is at this point more unpredictable then most things. Having her root for the team she has been feuding against is hilarious. I still won’t get over the break up of her and Peyton, however, at least with Billie they are letting her character shine.
Of course, it wasn’t without help for her victory but Carmella did pin the champion. Her working with Sasha has really made her work the best it has been, maybe ever. I am sure most people are going to complain about her getting the pin. In my opinion, it furthers the feud and does exactly what it should do. It feeds into Carmella’s character and has her look like a worthy opponent. I am all here for them getting another one-on-one at Royal Rumble.
WINNER: Sonya Deville
I know she didn’t really do anything, but she is BACK! So WIN! I really was hoping for her to be a surprise for the rumble itself. I hope to bring her back before it will mean there are some bigger surprises for the rumble. Her returning at the event would have been predictable anyway.
LOSER: Sasha Banks
Unfortunately for this week, The Boss, The Blueprint, The Standard winds up on the losing end of things. As I said with Carmella it is a good thing storyline-wise and in the long run, I don’t see it hurting her. If they have her drop the title before WrestleMania I would be kind of surprised at this point.
What did you think about this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!!
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