Aliyah had the biggest win of her career as she won her first match on this week’s SmackDown. To open up the show this week, Aliyah was part of a huge tag team match alongside Sasha Banks and Naomi. They teamed up to face Shayna Baszler, Natalya, and Shotzi. Except for Naomi, the other five … Read more
When WWE made the official announcement of the Queen’s Crown Tournament, fans were ecstatic that it was finally happening. A Women’s Division counterpart to a WWE staple King of the Ring would be real and adds more opportunities given the constant evolvement of the Women’s Evolution. Another chance for one of the female WWE Superstars … Read more
The recent booking decisions within WWE women’s division has received criticism from fans online and reportedly created “significant resentment” backstage. According to Fightful Select, there is growing frustration surrounding the handling of the division. The report goes on to state that both employees and talent are exasperated by the lack of time and attention given to … Read more
The first Queens Crown Tournament is here and we will be crowning a Queen in a few weeks. It will be a total of eight women, four from SmackDown and four from the RAW roster. The finals will take place at Crown Jewel on Oct. 21. Both first-round matches took place tonight for SmackDown. Zelina … Read more
After Night One of the WWE Draft took place on SmackDown, a few more selections have been made on Talking Smack. Now co-hosted by WWE newcomer Jackie Redmond along with Matt Camp, they unveiled some more destinations for some of the female talent. Kayla Braxton was backstage at SmackDown and after seven years and an … Read more
Toni Storm popped the champagne last night as her longtime boyfriend, Juice Robinson got to one knee and asked the big question. Storm took to Instagram to make the announcement and share pictures of the proposal. Alongside the images, the former NXT UK Women’s Champion wrote: “Pop the champagne I’m changing my last name” The … Read more
There will now be a third women’s match at Extreme Rules. Liv Morgan will be taking on Carmella in a singles bout. On tonight’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, we witnessed the match that was cut from last week’s show. In tag team action, Morgan teamed with Toni Storm to take on Carmella and Zelina … Read more
Bianca Belair earned herself a rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship on last week’s SmackDown after winning a Fatal 4-Way. On this week’s SmackDown, Belair tried to convince The Man to put her title on the line tonight. She wasn’t able to convince the champ who responded with a resounding “no.” Backstage, the SmackDown Women’s … Read more
Toni Storm made her highly anticipated official debut on this week’s SmackDown and she is ready to climb to the top of the blue brand. She faced Zelina Vega in her debut match.
Although Vega was motivated to pick up a win after failing to become Ms. Money in the Bank, she was no match for the debuting Storm. Storm picked up the win with her Storm One finisher which commentary announced as her evolution. From Storm Zero to Storm One.
Also on SmackDown was a rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship between Bianca Belair and challenger Carmella. The match took place at Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, Fla. Belair won with the K.O.D.
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It was announced on tonight’s SmackDown that Toni Storm will be making her debut on the brand next week, July 23. A video promo premiered last week teasing her debut and with it just saying “coming soon” we didn’t know at that time when she would show up. Now we do. Storm is coming from … Read more
The former NXT UK Women’s Champion and current NXT talent Toni Storm is reportedly backstage at SmackDown tonight. Much like prior weeks where Scarlett and Shotzi Blackheart were used for dark matches, Storm is there this week. These matches could have implications for call-ups in the near future. The report is was put on social … Read more
Former NXT UK Women’s Champion and current NXT Superstar Toni Storm was in charge of WWE’s Instagram live today to celebrate Pride Month. In the story, she talks to General Manager William Regal and NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez about what Pride Month means to them while also addressing what Pride Month means to her. … Read more
On this week’s NXT, the recently crowned NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions spent their time being pampered in style as they were having a spa day. While they were enjoying their time relaxing, they discussed about Indi Hartwell being over Dexter Lumis. With cucumbers on their eyes, they didn’t realize that it was Lumis for … Read more
Scheduled for tonight’s NXT will be round two between Toni Storm and Zoey Stark. Stark picked up a big win and what many would call an upset against Storm at the pre-show of the last TakeOver event, Stand & Deliver. Ever since that win for Stark, Storm has been furious that the newcomer bested her. … Read more
Raquel Gonzalez is still the NXT Women’s Champion after a hard fought match against Mercedes Martinez.
Leading up to tonight’s title match, Gonzalez and Martinez have been clashing over their differences. Martinez being a 20-year veteran while Gonzalez saying that she has accomplished more in one year than Martinez has her entire career made this match very personal. One thing the two have in common is they are both strong competitors.
As the match comes to its conclusion, Martinez gets a count of two from a Fisherman Buster. Gonzalez then bounced back with a big boot. The champ followed it up with her one-armed powerbomb to put away Martinez and retain her title. Dakota Kai was at ringside and in the corner of Gonzalez but did not interfere in the match.
Announced for next week’s show is a rematch between Zoey Stark and Toni Storm. Stark defeated Storm at the last Takeover event, Stand & Deliver. Storm has been riddled with the fact that she lost to a rookie. Since then, Stark has been a thorn in the side of Storm as she cost her a match against newcomer Zayda Ramier. Can Stark go 2-0 over Storm next week?
Franky Monet has been seen weekly approaching various superstars since her debut several weeks ago. She first introduced herself to Raquel Gonzalez but since then has made sure others have known her name as well. She will be in action for the first time in an NXT ring in two weeks. An opponent for her has not been named at the time of this writing.
The Warrior of the Sun has officially wrestled her first match in NXT.
Sarray is victorious in her first match for the brand. The highly anticipated match landed her across the ring from Zoey Stark. Stark has been impressive since joining the brand herself so this match-up already had the potential to be a good one and it did not disappoint. She puts away her first opponent with a spinning heel kick under the jaw, connecting with a forearm, and hitting a suplex to get the pin.
After the match, both Sarray and Stark showed excellent sportsmanship. Sarray helped up Stark who then raised her arm in victory. As Stark was making her way up the ramp she was attacked by Toni Storm. Stark defeated Storm on the pre-show of TakeOver: Stand & Deliver and it is clear that taking that loss isn’t sitting well with Storm. Sarray went over to help Stark and to prevent any further attack from Storm.
This was the only women’s match on the show this week but there were many women throughout the show. NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez was being interviewed and was asked about all of the eyes that have been fixated on her now that she is champion. She said to line all the challengers up and she will defeat them all until there is no one left standing.
Kai then focused on Martinez who called out Gonzalez last week. Martinez answered later on in the night and said she would go through Kai first so that there will be no one in her way to get to Gonzalez and the gold.
"If they want to step up, go ahead, light 'em up, and I'll take them down one-by-one, until there is NO ONE left standing." – @RaquelWWE
As for the former NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai, she had a sit-down interview with Beth Phoenix about her title reign and recent loss and what she sees for her future. They discussed the match from Stand & Deliver which led to Shirai saying that when the time is right she will get her rematch.
Phoenix asked her what was next in the meantime. Shirai says her body needs rest in order to face Gonzalez again. As she tries to explain possible time away from the ring, Franky Monet entered with her dog. Monet introduced herself to Shirai and says that she is such a fan of Phoenix who she has been watching since she was a kid.
Monet adds that she didn’t mean to eavesdrop but since Shirai is going to take some time off that she could fill her shoes as the top woman of the NXT women’s division. Shirai responds in Japanese and after Monet says she doesn’t understand Shirai says that she likes cats.
Lastly, we have The Way. Early in the night, Dexter Lumis took on LA Knight and Indi Hartwell appeared behind the barricade. This distracted Lumis to the point that he suffered a loss. Hartwell then tried to console him and get her kiss but The Way came and grabbed her off the apron and took her away from the situation.
Throughout the night Hartwell continued to be preoccupied with the thought of Lumis. Candice LeRae told her that she really needs to get focused and stop being distracted by boys. They need to focus on the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. Not knowing that Hartwell had left her, LeRae was approached by the champions Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon. Once LeRae realized that Hartwell was no longer by her side, the tag champs attacked her and pulled her into the bathroom.
After being attacked, a disheveled LeRae would join her husband Johnny Gargano along with Austin Theory backstage. Theory was discussing a match that he was able to get booked in. They asked what happened to LeRae but she didn’t answer as Hartwell joined her stablemates. Hartwell says she ran into William Regal and was able to get them a tag team title match. Everyone but LeRae seemed thrilled by that announcement as she is left by herself.
What did you think of Sarray’s debut match against Stark? How about everything else that transpired for the women of the brand this week? Leave your thoughts below.
It has been a huge week for the stars of WWE. NXT had their first two-night TakeOver: Stand & Deliver on Wednesday and Thursday, and WrestleMania 37 weekend has just come to a close. WrestleMania weekend saw two former NXT stars win their first-ever main roster titles. Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver is about to take off as Night One starts tonight with Night Two concluding tomorrow. There is currently one women’s match on each show on the main card. NXT has now announced that on the pre-show of Night One, the rising star Zoey Stark will be facing Toni Storm. Stark … Read more
This week’s NXT certainly had a rollercoaster of emotions. Io Shirai retained her NXT Women’s Title, we had the introduction of the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles with two different champions, and Xia Li received some retaliation. The show started out with General Manager William Regal making the announcement that he promised from last week. … Read more
Tonight’s NXT should be another great night for the women of the brand. There are two matches scheduled and a big announcement coming from General Manager William Regal. First, we will see Kayden Carter take on Xia Li. Li took out Carter’s tag team partner Kacy Catanzaro two weeks ago and now Carter is seeking … Read more
Toni Storm is getting ready for her NXT Women’s Title match this week as she faces the champion, Io Shirai. With her eyes firmly on gold, she also commented on the possibility of the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships being introduced. On last week’s NXT, Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez were poised to becoming the … Read more
After Shirai defeated Zoey Stark in a great match for the newcomer, Storm made her way out on the stage. She reminds Shriai that it was Mercedes Martinez that the champion pinned during their Triple Threat match at Vengeance Day and not her. With this being said, Storm feels that Shirai cannot beat her one-on-one. Shirai responds saying she will take on the challenge anytime, anyplace, anywhere.
Prior encounters between these two competitors in singles action have resulted in a DQ to Storm’s favor in January 2020. Storm also defeated Shirai at Evolution to win the second Mae Young Classic in 2018.
If Toni is able to defeat Io then she will become the second woman to have held both the NXT UK and NXT Women’s Titles. Second of course to Rhea Ripley.
Do you think Shirai’s time as champion may be over or will her reign continue in two weeks? Leave your thoughts below.
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day was a brilliant show that offered up thrilling action from start to finish. The night began with a bang as Dakota Kai, Raquela Gonzalez, Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon put on a fantastic tag team match. Io Shirai, Mercedes Martinez and Toni Storm battled it out in a superb Triple Threat … Read more
The first NXT TakeOver of the year is here and Vengeance Day offers up two spectacular women’s matches. The first match is the final of the women’s Dusty Classic Tag Team Tournament. Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez take on the post-apocalyptic duo of Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart. The two teams will battle it out … Read more
NXT TakeOver Vengeance Day is upon us and offers up two mouthwatering women’s matchups. The first match is the finals of the first-ever women’s Dusty Classic between Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai vs Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart. The second match is a Triple Threat Match for the NXT Women’s Championship between Io Shirai vs … Read more
Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez went into tonight’s NXT as the odds on favorite to win their semi-final match against Team Ninja (Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter). Kai & Gonzalez did just that as they defeated Team Ninja to advance into the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
Team Ninja’s grit and determination is never questioned, however, it was not quite enough. Highlights of the match include Carter showing off her great athleticism until she was taken out by Gonzalez who hurled her into the announce table.
Catanzaro then showed her fearlessness as she jumped from the ring apron to Gonzalez’s back and then used it as a ramp to climb up a ringside light structure. She then hit a crossbody off the structure to take down her opponents. At the end of the match, Gonzalez decimated Catanzaro with a vicious power slam that allowed her to get the pin and the win.
Kai and Gonzalez will face the winners of the other semi-final match between Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae and Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon. The final match will take place at the next TakeOver event named Vengeance Day on Feb. 14.
The upcoming TakeOver event will host a huge Triple Threat Match for the NXT Women’s Title. One of the competitors in that match, Toni Storm, took on Jessi Kamea on this week’s show.
Kamea was joined by the Robert Stone Brand so it seems as though she has transitioned into it after their loss in the Dusty Classic. The match didn’t last long and Storm won by disqualification as her upcoming opponents Mercedes Martinez and NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai interfered. Shirai took her time as her challengers took each other apart before delivering a moonsault. The segment ended with her holding up her title to exert her dominance.
NXT also aired an origin story of Tian Sha. This is the warrior that leads and trained Xia Li and Boa. In this it explains she is thousands of years old. You can view it below.
What did you think of this week’s NXT results? Leave your thoughts below!!
