Damage CTRL bounced back from the attack from Jade Cargill on SmackDown as Cargill made the save for Naomi and Bianca Belair. On the go-home WrestleMania XL episode of Raw, Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, and Asuka) took on the unique team of Tegan Nox, Shayna Baszler, and Zoey Stark. Despite Damage CTRL pulling … Read more
A rematch has been confirmed for the April 1 episode of Raw as Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell will be taking on Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile. As LeRae continues to do everything she can to continue to win matches, it has been Dupri and now Nile being caught in the massive change to LeRae’s … Read more
On the March 25 episode of Raw, just two weeks before WrestleMania XL and we received just under two minutes worth of women’s wrestling. And in Women’s History Month no less! Candice LeRae took on Ivy Nile as the two have butted heads since LeRae has made Maxxine Dupri a target of her heel turn. … Read more
Becky Lynch has finally earned a victory over Nia Jax. In the main event of the March 18 episode of Raw, Lynch was able to get up by the count of 10 but Jax wasn’t so lucky. As the match progressed to its end, things were looking up for Jax. She drove Lynch into a … Read more
Candice LeRae has had enough and has seemingly turned heel. Over the past couple of week’s LeRae has shown frustration to her tag team partner Indi Hartwell on their continuous losses. Last week, LeRae snapped at Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile which led to a match on the March 11 episode of Raw. LeRae and … Read more
The March 7 episode of Main Event had Candice LeRae taking on Chelsea Green. LeRae as of late has been fed up on not winning as a tag team alongside Indi Hartwell. LeRae’s bad luck continued on Main Event in singles action against Green. Green wins with a roll up and assist with her feet … Read more
To kick off the Elimination Chamber premium live event in Perth, Australia, Indi Hartwell had a match in her home country. Hartwell and Candice LeRae challenged for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles against the champions The Kabuki Warriors. The warm welcome from the crowd did not disappoint with chants for Hartwell from the moment … Read more
As reported earlier, Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae will have a championship opportunity at Elimination Chamber. The match will take place on the kick off show as they challenge The Kabuki Warriors for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. Hartwell and LeRae are former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions. WWE posted a video of Raw … Read more
Previously announced there were only two women’s matches set for the upcoming Elimination Chamber event in Perth, Australia. Outside of the Elimination Chamber match itself, Rhea Ripley will be defending in her home country the Women’s World Title against Nia Jax. In the chamber will he Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Naomi, … Read more
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Piper Niven and Chelsea Green are set to defend their titles next week on the Dec. 18 edition of Raw. Kayden Carter and Katana Chance were able to defeat Tegan Nox and Natalya last week plus Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae this week to earn a shot at the … Read more
Xia Li competes in her first match on Raw since being drafted to the brand six months ago. She took on Candice Michelle….errr I mean LeRae and the match was a short but effective one. Li would win the match due to referee stoppage. After a knee from Li would bounce LeRae ofd the ropes, … Read more
Two women’s matches have been confirmed already for the Oct. 30 episode of Raw. This will also be the go-home Raw before Crown Jewel takes place this Saturday on Nov. 4. Xia Li took out Candice LeRae last week whole LeRae was watching Indi Hartwell take on Becky Lynch. From this Li, told LeRae to … Read more
Trish Stratus vs. Becky Lynch round two was finally happening on this week’s Raw. The feud that has lasted months since Stratus turned on Lynch resulted in The Man salivating over a rematch. Their first encounter had Stratus go over with the win at Night of Champions back in May. This win was thanks to … Read more
On the Aug. 7 episode of Raw we saw some advances in some storylines as well as a fresh match between Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler. The Stark and Baszler encounter came from the Becky Lynch promo where she was saying her final words about Trish Stratus before they have their match next week. Lynch … Read more
Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville are the new number one contenders for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. They defeated four other teams after entering first in a Tag Team Turmoil bout.
The other teams involved were The Way (Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell), Nikki Cross & Emma, Tegan Nox & Dana Brooke, and Katana Chance & Kayden Carter. They entered the match in the order listed. The champs Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan sat at ringside.
This match was Hartwell’s official debut on Raw since being called up to the red brand during the last WWE Draft. She had suffered an injury which has kept her out of the ring.
After taking out Hartwell and LeRae, Emma and Nikki Cross would enter the match. Cross came in with the energy but it quickly became a 2 on 1 affair between Deville/Green vs. Emma. Cross saw LeRae was injured on the outside. She went outside to show her concern for LeRae and stayed out the the remainder of her teams time in the match. Emma was pinned.
Next up was Brooke and Nox. The makeshift team did what they could but in the end would fall like the teams befofe them with a running knee by Deville. Lastly, the longest reigning NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Chance & Carter entered the ring. They have a prior win over Green and Deville.
The match certainly picked up in this last part of the bout. The final moments had the KC’s going for the After Party finish but eventually it would be the UnprettyHer from Green to get the pin and the victory.
The challengers and champions have a short stare off in the ring after the match. We do not have a date of the championship match at this time.
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.
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
Carmella has made her in-ring return to Raw and in a big way. She qualified for the last spot for the Elimination Chamber match by winning a Fatal 4-Way that also included Michin Mia Yim, Candice LeRae, and Piper Niven.
Final moments of the match had Carmella in charge against LeRae in the corner. Carmella sidestepped which allowed Niven to hit a cannonball on LeRae. A super kick by the Princess of Staten Island on Niven took her out of the match. She stacked up LeRae to get the pin.
Carmella now joins Raquel Rodriguez, Liv Morgan, Asuka, Nikki Cross, and Natalya for the Elimination Chamber on Feb. 18. The winner of the match will face Bianca Belair for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 39.
In a backstage segment post match, Niven ran into LeRae and Yim. She warned them to never get in her way for a championship opportunity again.
A six woman tag team match has been booked for next week’s Raw as the women in the chamber from the red brand take on the women in the chamber from the blue brand. Carmella, Cross, and Asuka vs. Rodriguez, Morgan, and Natalya.
Nikki Cross has finally been caught stalking Candice LeRae. Dexter Lumis drew a picture of Cross watch the Garganos as she was actually watching them. Cross ran off.
Chelsea Green also had a short match against Asuka. All the chamber participants were at ringside. Green was more focused on the women outside the ring which allowed Asuka to get the submission victory. Post match, the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair came out to say she looks forward to see who she will be facing at WrestleMania.
Carmella is back! On the Jan. 30 episode of Raw, Carmella made her return. She has not been on Raw since July. In a backstage interview with Cathy Kelley seemingly back to her Princess of Staten Island gimmick. She is hyped to be back and she says she will soon be back where she belongs. … Read more
The Jan. 9 episode of Raw had Alexa Bliss explaining her actions against Bianca Belair last week plus two women’s matches take place.
First, Bliss had her segment as she stepped on top of the commentary desk. She took to the mic to address what took place last week. Commentary confirmed that Belair walked away from what took place with just some stitches.
Bliss started by saying that Belair may be the Raw Women’s Champion but it would be Bliss that is the only one here. She says once she busted Belair’s face open she decided to go run and hide. This confirms that Belair doesn’t need to be afraid of Bray Wyatt or Uncle Howdy, she is only afraid of Bliss. Why is this? Because Bliss is the face of evil and she doesn’t feel bad about what she did because she hasn’t felt this good in a really long time.
Bliss adds that she has finally taken control and she has the whole world in her hands and she isn’t afraid to use her hands to tear more scars into Belair’s face and take the Raw Women’s Championship from her.
After claiming that she would become champion, Bliss was interrupted by a shot of a playground and flash of images from her past time as evil Alexa. Uncle Howdy would then appear and make his way out on stage. The segment then went to a commercial break and as we come back we did not see Bliss or Howdy but instead moved on to the first women’s match of the night.
The first of two women’s matches was Michin taking on Bayley. Last week, Michin had Becky Lynch’s back against Damage CTRL and served as her tag team partner. This week, Lynch was not present which allowed Bayley to get into the head of Michin.
The match came down to an exchange in the corner leading up to a backslide by Bayley. The pin was assisted with Bayley’s foot on the ropes that the referee never saw. A three count gave Bayley the victory leaving Michin visibly upset in the ring.
Later in the night, Damage CTRL were having an interview when Michin came up to address the cheating victory. All three members attacked Michin showing how Lynch is nowhere to be seen when Michin really needed her.
Next up we have Candice LeRae being interviewed backstage. Nikki Cross is spying on her for about the 9th week in a row and we still don’t know why. LeRae provides an update on Johnny Gargano stating that he is out with an injury. She was then asked what is next for her and she commented on the Royal Rumble essentially stating that she intends on being in the Rumble.
Rhea Ripley would interrupt her and laughs at LeRae’s statement of a potential Rumble victory. After calling her delusional, LeRae states that she has just a good of a chance to win the Rumble as Ripley does. The two decide to take things to the next level and have a match.
The match came down to an attack from Ripley on LeRae on the outside. As LeRae attempted a cross body she was caught by Ripley who would then toss her into the barricae multiple times and even apply the triangle submission. Once back in the ring, Ripley set up LeRae for the Riptide to get the victory.
Royal Rumble participants confirmed –
Liv Morgan
Candice LeRae
Rhea Ripley
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She took on Bayley to start off Raw this week and came away with the victory after delivering Twisted Bliss. The WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Dakota Kai and IYO SKY accompanied Bayley to the ring. However, Becky Lynch arrived and attacked both Kai and SKY taking them out threw the crowd and away from the ring prior to the match starting. Belair came out to ringside to watch the match.
After Bliss picked up the victory she went to give Belair a hug in the ring and caught the Raw Women’s Champion in Sister Abigail. She wouldn’t execute the move releasing Belair as the two backed away from one another. Just before the Sister Abigail tease, the Bray Wyatt symbol appeared on the big screen behind Belair.
The second match of the night was the advertised Candice LeRae taking on IYO SKY. The two have a lot of history from NXT and LeRae was looking to finally get a win over SKY.
Prior to the match, LeRae had a backstage segment with Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis. For another week, Nikki Cross appeared behind LeRae spying on her. SKY would end up winning the match after delivering her moonsault. Damage CTRL celebrated in the ring following SKY’s win. LeRae is still winless against SKY in singles matches.
Lastly, the third women’s match had Asuka taking on Rhea Ripley. Although we have seen this match recently, this time felt different as Asuka came to the ring and wrestled without her normal face makeup on. During the match, commentary brought up Asuka’s recent Twitter postings being unusual. For those who have not been caught up, Asuka has been posting her prior to WWE character Kana frequently on social media since last week.
Asuka would take the loss in this match after she spit mist in the face of Dominik Mysterio. This allowed Ripley to deliver the Riptide.
After embracing the WWE Universe, Lynch made her way out into the crowd and started incorporating them into her promo confirming that she is the man of the people. Shortly after, Bayley came out to address her. While Lynch was still in the crowd, Bayley and The Man exchange words back and forth getting the crowd members involved.
This takes place until the rest of Damage CTRL (IYO SKY and Dakota Kai) attack Lynch. As Bayley joins, the three-on-one assault escalates up to the merch stand until all parties involved are pulled apart by officials.
Directly after this, a small video of Rhea Ripley is played before she comes out to face “Michin” Mia Yim. The two rivals who participated in WarGames just 48 hours ago were putting on a stellar match until Judgment Day and The OC got involved which caused a no-contest finish. This then turned into the four-on-four tag team match that was highly anticipated between both factions.
Much like Yim vs. Ripley, this match was also very well received and it included the women even briefly interacting with the men instead of acknowledging mixed tag team rules. The result would come down to Yim and Ripley (as it should) with Ripley picking up the win for Judgment Day off of Riptide. This was after Yim bodyslammed Finn Balor and then targeted Dominik Mysterio.
Moments later, a video was shown about Candice LeRae and how she was taken out a month ago by Damage CTRL. She is back and was walking down a hallway backstage. She was stopped for an interview where she addressed Dakota Kai in particular because she had a match with her later in the night. While LeRae was walking down the hallway, Nikki Cross was hiding as we saw her peek out to take a glance at LeRae.
As stated, LeRae and Kai have a match later in the night. The match was given plenty of time and showcased both women very well. LeRae started the match quickly by attacking Kai when she was making her entrance. Bayley and SKY would attempt to come down to the ring to help but were sent to the back so there was nobody out at ringside. Despite Kai pulling out many moves in her arsenal including the scorpion kick, she wasn’t able to get the victory. LeRae defeated one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions with a top rope neck breaker.
Finally, three women from WarGames we hadn’t seen yet were Asuka, Alexa Bliss, and the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair. Commentary stated that due to the WarGames match, the three women weren’t cleared to compete. They also said despite Bayley and SKY being involved in the brawl earlier in the night, they were also not cleared to compete on Raw. SKY had on a neck brace during the brawl.
There was a backstage interview with Asuka, Bliss, and Belair where they were commenting on WarGames and including Becky Lynch as the final member paying off for their team. Belair stated that every plan Damage CTRL had backfired since SummerSlam. She also would say she is happy to put all of that behind her. Before they began to speak, the Wyatt 6 symbol appeared on the screen behind them. Bliss was checked out during the interview and not engaged. After Asuka spoke, Cathy Kelley asked Bliss if she had anything to add. After clearly being zoned out during the interview, Bliss woke up and said she agreed with what Belair had to say.
Survivor Series WarGames is this Saturday and there will be a women’s WarGames match hosting 10 women. This will be the first time that WarGames takes place on the main roster after being in NXT for the past several years. Out of the 10 women that will participate, nine women are known. It will be … Read more
Nikki A.S.H is no more, welcome back Nikki Cross. Before we get to the reemergence of Nikki Cross, the first women’s segment of the night was a backstage interview between Candice LeRae and Cathy Kelley. Candice was going over her life recently and how she went from NXT to motherhood to career uncertainty and now … Read more
In a recent interview with returning WWE Superstar Candice LeRae, she was asked if she would like to start or join any factions. While speaking to Muscle Memory, he asks her this with LeRae currently feuding with Damage CTRL and recently picking up a win against Bayley. LeRae responds that she would like to see … Read more
Candice LeRae is back into the winning circle after picking up a win against Bayley on the Oct. 10 episode of Raw. This is her third match since returning to WWE as a new member of the red brand. Prior to their match, a backstage interview with all of Damage CTRL took place as they … Read more
