Tonight is a big night for AEW as the company has its third annual Double or Nothing event. There are two championship matches set for tonight. The first will be seen on the Buy In preshow as Serena Deeb defends her NWA World Women’s Championship against Riho. Deeb and Riho last clashed one-on-one in January … Read more
Have we finally broken the cycle of the rematch? At least on SmackDown we may have. This week’s SmackDown had two matches and neither one was a rematch or multi-woman tag team match thrown together. The results are as follows: Natalya & Tamina defeated The Riott Squad Bianca Belair defeated Carmella The first match was … Read more
Tonight’s episode of SmackDown doesn’t have any official advertisement currently for the women. SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair did make a post on Twitter which is geared towards Bayley which shows their rivalry is not yet over. With Hell in a Cell just a few weeks away, will we get another one-on-one for the title? … Read more
Wrestling fans are still scratching their heads over the release of Peyton Royce (Cassie Lee) and Billie Kay (Jessica McKay) collectively known as The IIconics. WWE released several wrestlers from the main roster right after WrestleMania. Releases during this time frame are common, but for both Cassie and Jessica they were both recently utilized on … Read more
A 10-Knockouts Tag Team match is set for tonight’s episode of IMPACT! After last week’s brawl in the ring that emptied out almost every woman in the IMPACT locker room, a tag team match was the best answer. The brawl that happened last week took place after Tenille Dashwood defeated Kiera Hogan. Taylor Wilde came … Read more
Natalya is sitting high on top of the tag team women’s division since she and Tamina won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships a number of week’s ago. However, prior to the team forming the plan was to have her enter a rivalry with Sasha Banks. Banks at the time was SmackDown Women’s Champion and … Read more
Alexa Bliss was not on this past week’s RAW due to trying to find an emergency vet to help her pet pig Larry Steve who needed urgent care. He was in a great amount of pain and was having difficulty even moving. She explained that his normal vet did not feel comfortable assisting him.
By the next morning on Tuesday May 25, she sadly announced that Larry Steve had passed away.
— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) May 25, 2021
Last evening, Bliss took to her social media to a video in where she thanked everyone for their kind words including those who reached out to try to help her in any way they could. She explained that Larry went very quickly and they do not fully understand it yet. She says that her family was there petting him and trying to make him as comfortable as possible before he passed. The transcript of the video is below:
“I just wanted to get on here and say thank you to everyone who has reached out about Larry and to let everyone know that I really appreciate the amount of support and people who have called and texted, I will get back to you, I just can’t yet, because we’re still trying to kind of wrap our heads around what happened. Larry went very quickly, digressed really quickly, and we don’t really fully understand it yet. But he was surrounded by people who loved him.”
“My family was there, we were petting him and Ryan was playing your music on his guitar because Larry loves music. I just want to say, to any animal care person or vet, no matter how big an animal is, or how different they are, please help them. I hope Larry’s story helps open people’s eyes to the realities of having animals around his size. I just want people to do better. We are going to celebrate Larry’s birthday tomorrow. I really want to do something where we celebrate his birthday and maybe do something like a charity thing to raise money for an animal rescue and if that’s something that you guys are interested in or seeing or anything like that, just let us know, and again, thank you” [h/t – Fightful]
— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) May 26, 2021
Larry passed away one day before his 4-year birthday. Bliss stated that she is still going to celebrate his birthday today and for those that can to join Bliss on Instagram Live at 7 P.M. EST on her account @alexa_bliss_wwe_. They will be raising money for a pig rescue.
Join us tonight at 7 PM ET. To celebrate Larry-Steve’s 4th birthday & his life ?? There will be musical performances, fun Larry stories, we’re gonna talk about the importance of more vet accessibility for large & unique animals. We will also be raising money for a pig rescue ?? pic.twitter.com/LDnUSZCEbq
— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) May 26, 2021
WWE talent Buddy Murphy also mourned the loss of Larry. Murphy and Bliss got Larry together when they were a couple. His post can be seen below.
This week’s NXT is going to have the in-ring debut of Franky Monet as well as two teams that have their eye set on the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles. Former champions Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon will be facing Dakota Kai and NXT Women’s Title Raquel Gonzalez. Franky Monet has been in NXT for … Read more
On this week’s RAW we will see not only a rematch for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles but the same match we have already seen 30 times. Tamina & Natalya will put their titles on the line against former champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler. Tamina & Natalya have already defeated Jax & Baszler … Read more
Tay Conti recently spoke with Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone on the latest episode of the AEW Unrestricted Podcast During the discussion, they talked about her signing with the promotion shortly after she was released from WWE. Conti debuted with AEW in their tag team tournament that they hosted last summer pairing with Anna Jay. … Read more
At WrestleMania Backlash, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair retained her title in her first title defense against Bayley. What’s next for Belair in her title reign? Currently nothing has been officially advertised for tonight’s show. Will she continue to fight Bayley into the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view or will she get a new challenger? … Read more
Tamina & Natalya became the new Women’s Tag Team Champions on last week’s SmackDown by defeating Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax. The two teams collided at WrestleMania in April and although the crowd of returned fans were firmly behind Tamina & Natalya, the titles stayed put. Now a month later the fans support behind the … Read more
Tonight’s IMPACT is set to see the fall out from last weekend’s Under Siege event. Two women who picked up wins at that event will be facing each other one-on-one. Tenille Dashwood vs. Kiera Hogan. Hogan along with her partner Tasha Steelz won back the Knockouts Tag Team Championships against Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering. … Read more
Renee Paquette left WWE last year, and she has been busy ever since. The former on-screen personality has been working on her cookbook, “Messy in the Kitchen”, started her popular Oral Sessions podcast, and is also pregnant with her first child. On Oral Sessions, Paquette welcomed her own mother as the special guest. The host … Read more
As we rapidly approach AEW’s next pay-per-view event, Double or Nothing, there are two matches on the show for tonight. Double or Nothing takes place one week from Sunday on May 30 and so far has only one women’s match on the card. AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida will defend her title against Dr. … Read more
Wrestling legend Jazz isn’t sure if she will ever go into the WWE Hall of Fame one day. However, if she were to be inducted there are a couple things she would like to be done when that time comes. When referring to women of WWE during the early 2000s one cannot speak on that … 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
Prior to any matches taking place, Naomi & Lana along with Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke were arguing backstage with WWE Authority Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville on who would be next to get a title shot. Now that we have new champions, the teams are wanting another go.
Naomi mentions how every time her and Lana would have a match they would always get interrupted in some capacity. Mandy and Dana stated that they were on the winning team last week against the former tag team champions.
Deville then asks the ladies to give her and Pearce a moment with Flair as they have something to discuss. No surprise, Flair stated that she wasn’t the one to take the pin during last night’s Triple Threat match, so she wants Rhea Ripley one-on-one for the RAW Women’s Championship. Deville says that she understands where she is coming from (as always) but says she will have to defeat Asuka later in the night in order to get another title shot.
Rhea Ripley says what every single fan has been saying for a while now….that she is here and she wants to take on some NEW competitors. Yes Rhea! Fresh matches…we WANT to see it.
As for the match between Asuka and Flair, it ends up much like their match did a few weeks ago. Asuka gets the pin, which was very much needed for her, from some assistance on a distraction by Ripley. So does this mean that Flair might not be facing Ripley again, or….?
If that is the case, who would Flair go for next? Could we maybe see Sonya making a return to the ring after perhaps she doesn’t feed into Flair wanting another title match? I may just be getting my hopes up to see some new matches.
As for the Women’s Tag Team Title rematch, let’s take a trip to Alexa’s Playground first. She invited the new champs, Tamina & Natalya to visit. Tamina definitely wasn’t having it and wanted out every second she was there.
They start off by talking about their tag team win. Nattie says that it was no easy task beating two of the toughest women in the division but it was something they will cherish and it was also Tamina’s first title win.
Bliss responds, “super duper, that is nice” as she holds Lilly up. Tamina, who had been staring around the playground, asks if they can leave now. Bliss then says that she hasn’t even asked the “tough questions yet.” She says Lilly wants to know what their favorite colors are. Nattie of course says pink but Tamina says black and blue which is what Alexa’s face will look like if she tries anything weird.
Bliss says that wasn’t very nice but Lilly likes Tamina. She really liked it when Tamina beat up Reginald and wanted to know if that was fun. Tamina says it was and if he tries to interfere in the rematch then she will have no problem “swatting” him again. Bliss then goes on to say what Lilly likes in regards to dead bugs as Tamina and Nattie quietly exit.
Once Bliss realizes they are gone she says she will be watching the tag team match. And that she did.
Bliss came out with Lilly in hand on the stage during the match just as Reginald was creeping up the steel steps to the ring. Tamina had Baszler up on her shoulders, but Baszler countered and was trying to lock in the Kirifuda Clutch. As Reginald was on the steel steps the ring post pyro went off and burst into flames causing him to be launched back to the barricade. Jax went to go check on him as he kept his eyes covered.
Tamina then took advantage and held up Baszler for Nattie to execute a clothesline to get the pin and retain their titles.
This keeps me hopeful also that we may end up seeing the end of Baszler & Jax vs Tamia & Nattie. With their loss they should be put at the back of the line.
As for Bliss and what’s to come, it seems as though she is definitely targeting Baszler and Jax. She did some voodoo magic on Baszler’s knee last week and then went after Reginald this week.
We did get another new promo for Eva Marie. It was similar to last week’s where it definitely seems like she will first step into perhaps a managerial or mentor role. She talks about being in film and compares herself to a heroine just like Angelina Jolie.
Lastly, there was a Nikki Cross sighting. She was a lumberjill during the lumberjack match between Damian Priest and John Morrison. She was the only woman out there and was front and center. Unfortunately they didn’t do much with her, but it was good to at least see her out there.
Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of this week’s RAW:
WINNER: Asuka
A great bounced back and much needed win for Asuka. It was almost certain that Asuka was going to take the fall at WrestleMania Backlash, and she did just that. Although it was a great Triple Threat, Asuka tends to take the fall in type of matches. This win against Charlotte tonight though still gave her that fight that she needs to not be brushed aside. Not sure where this is all going next, but her getting that win kept her in a good light.
WINNERS: Tamina & Nattie
First successful title defense – check! Not sure about anybody else, but I was holding my breath thinking that they were going to take the titles off of them this quick. It’s WWE, so I wouldn’t have been surprised. I thought the interaction with Alexa Bliss was great also….and I am looking forward to them hopefully facing The Riott Squad on SmackDown.
Side note: I am all for the tag team champions being used on both brands – they are supposed to be. However, the fact they have to be used on both brands every week shows how badly we need some new faces on both brands.
LOSERS: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler
It seems to be obvious that they are probably Alexa’s target. If that’s the case I am all for them moving on and away from the title. However, them losing should put them at the back of the line.
LOSER: Charlotte Flair
Much like Nia & Shayna, Charlotte losing should put her in the back of the line. But this is Charlotte Flair, so I won’t count my chickens until I see what happens the next couple of week’s. I would really love for her and Sonya to feud next. Maybe that’s just me really wanting Sonya back in the ring, but I honestly think they could have some great one-on-one matches together.
What did you think of this week’s RAW? Who were your Winners & Losers? Discuss in the comment section below!
There is some good potential for tonight’s RAW. It is the fallout from WrestleMania Backlash that took place on Sunday and Rhea Ripley is still the RAW Women’s Champion. Ripley, who defeated Asuka at WrestleMania was able to pin The Empress of Tomorrow once again in a Triple Threat match that also involved Charlotte Flair. … Read more
WrestleMania Backlash is tonight and there are two titles that will be defended. Both titles changed hands at WrestleMania so will they stay put after tonight’s Backlash? First, the SmackDown Women’s Title is on the line with Bianca Belair defending her title for the first time since her historic WrestleMania win against Sasha Banks. She … Read more
Even while split up on screen, The IIconics have continued to do everything together. They started wrestling together, started with WWE together, and sadly were released together in April. So what’s next for Cassie Lee (Peyton Royce) and Jessica McKay (Billie Kay)? As fans, we have until July to wait until the pair’s 90-day non-compete … Read more
The current RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley has praise for a fellow champion under the WWE umbrella. She spoke favorably of the current NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray saying that she could do very well on any US brand. Ripley, the inaugural NXT UK Women’s Champion, tells BT Sport that KLR could take … Read more
Today’s IMPACT Plus event Under Siege has three Knockouts matches set to go. Both the Knockouts Title and Knockouts Tag Team Titles will be defended. The matches are as follows: Taylor Wilde and Tenille Dashwood vs. Susan and Kimber Lee Knockouts Championship Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Havok Knockouts Tag Team Championships Jordynne Grace & Rachael … Read more
Tonight’s the last show before this Sunday’s WrestleMania Backlash event. On that card from the blue brand, Bianca Belair will be defending her SmackDown Women’s Title against Bayley. Here’s hoping we get a final push for this match on tonight’s show. Scheduled for tonight is a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match. The Champions Shayna … Read more
Tonight’s IMPACT! is the last show before this weekend’s IMPACT Plus event Under Siege. At the time of this writing, there is only one confirmed match for that event and it is for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships. It will be a rematch from Rebellion as the champions Rachael Ellering and Jordynne Grace take on … Read more
AEW’s next big pay-per-view Double or Nothing is just two weeks away from this Sunday and there is a big match to look forward to. Dr. Britt Baker will be challenging the AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida for the title that she has held for almost a year. In fact, once this match takes … Read more
