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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.

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.

Zelina Vega vs. Sonya Deville Confirmed For April 28 SmackDown

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After being announced as the number one contender for Rhea Ripley’s SmackDown Women’s Championship at Backlash, Zelina Vega has more eyes on her. During SmackDown Lowdown over the weekend, Vega was being interviewed about this huge opportunity of hers. As she was explaining how happy she is to be performing in Puerto Rico in front … Read more

WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Match Set For April 21 SmackDown

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After a confrontation on the April 14 episode of SmackDown, we are getting a WWE Women’s Tag Team Title match next week.

The new champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez took to the ring to celebrate their victory. The celebration quickly turned once they were interrupted by Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green.


Deville presented the question of how is Morgan and Rodriguez champions anyway when they defeated Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus and not Lynch and Lita. After complaining that they aren’t getting title opportunities, Morgan presented them with one for next week.

Rodriguez and Morgan attack Green and Deville having the new challengers retreating up the ring.

Fatal Four-way Set For March 31 SmackDown

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The last episode of SmackDown before WrestleMania 39 takes place tonight and WWE has confirmed a Fatal Four-way. One representative from each team in the WrestleMania Showcase match will be in action – Natalya vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Sonya Deville. Which team will get a boost heading into their match this weekend? … Read more

Last Team Confirmed For WrestleMania Showcase; Becky Lynch vs. IYO SKY

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The last team was confirmed for the upcoming Fatal Four-way WrestleMania Showcase. This weekend four teams will battle. The names already set for the match are Liv Morgan/Raquel Rodriguez, Shotzi/Natalya, Shayna Baszler/Ronda Rousey and now we add Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville. On the go-home episode of Raw on March 27, Green approached Adam Pearce … Read more

Sonya Deville Gets Engaged

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Sonya Deville (Daria Berenato) is now engaged to girlfriend Toni Cassano. Deville proposed on Feb. 15 and both women provided the other with a ring. In a People Exclusive, the news was announced. Photos can be see in the Instagram post below. Berenato also discussed the time she put in to designing the engagement ring. … Read more

Flair & Deville Brawl On SmackDown; Rodriguez Added To Royal Rumble

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For those that missed the Jan. 13 episode of SmackDown, there were two women’s matches and a segment involving SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair continuing a feud with Sonya Deville.

The first women we saw during the night was a backstage segment between Liv Morgan, Maxxine Dupri, Emma, and Raquel Rodriguez. In the locker room, both Emma and Maxxine were questioning Morgan’s desire to enter the Royal Rumble in the number one position. Emma was giving her advice more out of care whereas Maxxine pretty much said she was dumb to want to enter at number one.

Rodriguez would enter the conversation and agree with both Emma and Maxxine. Morgan took offense to this and said she recently had her palm read. She wanted Rodriguez to take a look at her palm but instead, Morgan slapped her across the face. Rodriguez said she is tired of people not realizing she is the strongest woman in the locker room. This led to a match between the two later in the night. Rodriguez also declared herself for the Rumble.

The first match was between Tegan Nox and Xia Li. It was a quick affair between the two only lasting a few minutes. The winner of the match would be Nox after she avoided a spinning kick from Li. Nox hit the Shiniest Wizard to get the pinfall victory.

Valhalla was involved in a Viking Raiders vignette calling out Drew McIntyre & Sheamus.

The second match as mentioned earlier was Morgan facing Rodriguez. Lasting a bit longer than the first women’s match, this one went to Rodriguez. As the match came to its conclusion, Morgan pulled out a table despite this not being any type of stipulation match. She set it up and placed Rodriguez on top of it on the outside. As Morgan climbed to the top, Rodriguez would roll off the table and got back in the ring. Still on the turnbuckle, Morgan went to hit a crossbody but was swatted down by Rodriguez. Rodriguez followed up with the Tejana Bomb to get the pin.

Lastly, Sonya Deville was backstage in Adam Pearce’s office demanding a rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Title against Charlotte Flair. Deville failed to get the victory last week and wants another match. Pearce explained to her that’s not how it works, she just lost and has to go to the back of the line. Deville wouldn’t accept this and said she will get her rematch essentially her way.

Moments later after a commercial break, Deville attacked Flair backstage and the two entered into a brawl. The brawl was broken up multiple times by officials but it did last a few minutes.

Updated list of 2023 Women’s Royal Rumble Participants –

  • Liv Morgan
  • Candice LeRae
  • Rhea Ripley
  • Raquel Rodriguez

You can check out exclusives from Tegan Nox and Liv Morgan below –

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

Scarlett Makes SmackDown In-Ring Debut; Flair vs. Deville

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On the Jan. 6 episode of Friday Night SmackDown, there were two matches featuring the women’s division. First we had the TV in-ring debut from Scarlett as she teamed up with Karrion Kross. Their opponents were Emma and Madcap Moss. Two weeks ago, things heated up when Emma slapped Scarlett. The final moments of the … Read more

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

Liv Morgan Wins No DQ Match; Xia Li Meets Emma

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The Nov. 4 edition of SmackDown kicked off with the No Disqualification Match between Liv Morgan and Sonya Deville. Deville started the match strong out of the gate with a right hand but this new extreme side of Morgan didn’t take long to fight back. Deville would start the match with a kendo stick but … Read more

Liv Morgan Unleashes On Sonya Deville, Damage CTRL Retains

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Two matches took place on the Oct. 21 episode of Friday Night Smackdown. First, the evolution of Liv Morgan contiues as she continues to show a different side of herself. Relentless in a match that showed Sonya Deville in a light we haven’t seen her in a while had a result where both women would … Read more

Mandy Rose Returns Ahead Of Halloween Havoc; Pick Your Poison Match Results

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Who stood tall heading into NXT’s Halloween Havoc on the Oct. 18 episode of NXT?

The NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose returned to NXT after a few weeks to help build towards her match at this weekend’s premium live event as she hopes to retain so she can make it to 365-days as champion.

Before we get to Rose and the championship, the show started off with the first of two Pick Your Poison matches. Ahead of their Weapon’s Wild Match at Halloween Havoc, both Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade picked each other’s opponents. Perez took on Raw’s Rhea Ripley. Jade took on SmackDown’s Raquel Rodriguez later in the show.

First, Perez put on a lengthy hard-hitting match with Ripley. Ripley arrives with all of her Judgment Day faction which ended up being the downfall of Perez. Despite putting up a good fight and narrowly almost defeating Ripley, a distraction by Dominik Mysterio was what it took for a Riptide to take out Perez. Ripley gets the pin.

Later in the night, Jade took on Rodriguez and the match ended in a disqualification giving the win to Jade. After Rodriguez took down her opponent with a lariat, Jade grabbed a bat and brought it into the ring. The bat would get into the hands of Rodriguez who used it to cause the DQ. Directly after the match, Perez rushed to ringside to start brawling with her former best friend.

Once back in the ring, Jade found herself between Perez and Rodriguez as Perez delivered a super kick. Jade ran off after Perez went for a swing of the bat.

The third women’s match of the night had the challenger for the NXT Women’s Championship Alba Fyre taking on Sonya Deville. Deville shocked the NXT crowd last week when she showed up to help Toxic Attraction during Mandy Rose’s absence. In a short match that was revving up to be so much more, Fyre would pin Deville with a roll up.

Deville and Toxic Attraction would immediately attack Fyre and hold her back with her own back as the NXT Women’s Champion made her way out to the ring. Rose says that at Halloween Havoc she will be fighting Fyre with Fire. Fyre fights off Toxic Attraction and Deville before Rose enters the ring. Rose attempts to go after Fyre with the championship belt but Fyre catches her with the bat beforehand. Rose retreats.

Rose won the NXT Women’s Championship at last year’s Halloween Havoc by defeating Raquel Rodriguez. If she defeats Fyre and retains, Oct. 26 will mark 365-days as champion.

Shotzi returned to NXT and will be the host of Halloween Havoc alongside Quincy Elliott. More on that here.

Kayden Carter and Katana Chance will defend their NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships against Zoey Stark and Nikkita Lyons on the Oct. 25 episode of NXT. More on that here.

Thea Hail was on this week’s episode during a Chase U segment where she requested another match with Kiana James.

Check back in with Diva Dirt this Saturday for the Halloween Havoc Discussion Post.

Two Matches Confirmed For Oct. 21 SmackDown

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Liv Morgan becomes unhinged on this week’s SmackDown with a brutal beating to Sonya Deville. After losing the SmackDown Women’s Championship at Extreme Rules to Ronda Rousey, Morgan seemingly takes out every ounce of frustration on Deville. In a backstage interview, Deville immediately went after Morgan verbally stating that she did not seize the opportunity … Read more

Sonya Deville Returns To NXT And Attacks Alba Fyre, Match Set For Next Week

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Sonya Deville makes an appearance on the Oct. 11 episode of NXT. Jacy Jayne went one-on-one with Alba Fyre on this week’s NXT. Fyre attacked Toxic Attraction last week and captured the NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose in the back of their vehicle. Fyre claims that she will be facing Rose for the NXT Women’s … 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

Rodriguez And Aliyah Advance To WWE Women’s Tag Tournament Finals

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The final match of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament is set. Sonya Deville and Natalya were successful in the “last chance” fatal four-way match on SmackDown to advance to the tournament semi-finals. They outlasted Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop, Tamina and Dana Brooke, and Shotzi and Xia Li with Deville pinning Nikki for the … Read more

Toxic Attraction Advances To Semi-Finals With A Dominant SmackDown Debut

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This week’s SmackDown comes just two weeks before Clash at the Castle and there was a lot for the women content to unpack. Ronda Rousey kicks off the night, seemingly walking in from the crowd as Michael Cole and Pat McAfee are opening the show despite her suspension. She says that she wants to be … Read more

Liv Morgan & Ronda Rousey Coexist Heading Into SummerSlam

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The SmackDown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan teamed up with her SummerSlam opponent Ronda Rousey on the go-home episode of SmackDown. Forcing them to coexist, the SummerSlam opponents battled Natalya and Sonya Deville. Prior to the match, the four had a backstage segment which led to Rousey storming to the ring. She would go after Shotzi … Read more

Liv Morgan And Rousey Meet Face-to-Face; Aliyah vs. Lacey Evans

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Liv Morgan and Ronda Rousey met face-to-face on the July 22 episode of SmackDown. The two will battle one week from Saturday as they step in the ring together at SummerSlam. Rousey is betting on becoming a two-time champion whereas Morgan is determined to hold onto the first gold she has acquired in WWE. The … Read more

Belair Overcomes Deville’s Authority To Retain The Raw Women’s Title

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Bianca Belair is still the Raw Women’s Champion after defeating WWE Official Sonya Deville. In Belair’s hometown of Knoxville, Deville continued to abuse her power by changing the rules of their match. The rules first changed when Deville was quickly tossed over the announce table early in the match. After being counted out, Deville made … Read more

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