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Discussion Post: SmackDown 12/27/19

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There is one more Friday Night SmackDown left for the year 2019 and it takes place tonight. Alexa Bliss is hoping to end the year strong as she gets her voice back on the microphone during a return segment of “A Moment of Bliss.” This segment could shed some light on what comes next for … Read more

Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch Tables Match SmackDown Women’s Title: TLC 12/04/16

WWE’s TLC pay-per-view event is this Sunday on Dec. 15. In honor of this upcoming event which will see The Kabuki Warriors defend their Women’s Tag Team Championship against Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch let’s go back a few years to 2016.

During this year it was an exciting time for the women of SmackDown and the roster would famously become known as the SmackDown Six. Two of these six, Alexa Bliss and Becky Lynch went one-on-one in a Tables Match for the SmackDown Women’s Title.

2016 was also the starting year for this championship. Lynch was the inaugural champion heading into this match. She would fail to retain her belt as Bliss would powerbomb the Irish Lass Kicker through a table to win her first title in WWE.

What were your thoughts of this match? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Check back in with Diva Dirt next Friday for another Free Match Friday!!

Asuka needs the Raw Women’s Championship

A few years ago the catchphrase “No one is ready for Asuka” sent a powerful message throughout the women’s revolution as “The Empress of Tomorrow” left her path of destruction through NXT and WWE’s main roster. She went undefeated for 914 days before suffering her first loss at the hands of Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 11/29/19

This week’s Friday Night SmackDown certainly had its moments for the women’s division. Coming off a Survivor Series loss, SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha Banks addressed their fellow colleagues in disgust. The one to answer their tirade was Lacey Evans.

The only match of this week’s show was between Sonya Deville and Nikki Cross. The match itself was short but with Cross pulling off a victory it led to the return of Alexa Bliss.

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For the full rundown of the show, you can head over to the live coverage that you can view here.

Here are the Winners & Losers from this week’s SmackDown:

WINNER: Alexa Bliss

Alexa Bliss made her return and although it wasn’t entirely a surprise it puts her as a big win. Bliss is scheduled to be in a Fatal 4-way this weekend at Starrcade on Sunday, so her reemergence was expected. She was last seen almost two months ago at Hell in a Cell and has been nursing a shoulder injury since.

WINNER: Lacey Evans

Lacey Evans received the biggest win of the week. Although it hasn’t been confirmed that she is Bayley’s next challenger for the title it can be assumed. The face turn for her still remains to be seen on how good it will work, but it is a start. She received a decent reaction from the crowd as well.

Although personally, Evans wouldn’t be my first choice for the next opponent for Bayley, at least it isn’t the same Nikki Cross/Alexa Bliss feud that has been done way too much. More than likely it is only going to be a temporary feud as I don’t see Bayley losing the title until at least WrestleMania.

LOSER: Bayley

Bayley’s heel persona fell big this week. Generally, I feel like her heel turn has been working even if it is a little lackluster. This week however was not a good way to build the champion up especially after a loss at Survivor Series.

After Lacey took down Sasha Banks her bestie simply stood there. It is not a good look for the SmackDown women’s division to have a champion who doesn’t have that fire. She should have won at Survivor Series in order to further her character development.

Final Thoughts:

Sasha Banks could use her own feud and break away some from Bayley. It looks like this could be Carmella. And if nothing comes from this, it should.

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I am not opposed to Lacey being Bayley’s next opponent, especially as it may just be a one-off to get to the Royal Rumble. However, this was the perfect time to give Dana Brooke her moment. With her Twitter romance with Batista, Brooke is the talk of wrestling social media right now.

They could have built off of this and had Brooke as the one to come out to confront Bayley and Sasha instead of Lacey. Instead, she was just provided with a backstage segment with Drake Maverick trying to give her a little smoochy smooch. Missed opportunity and we all know Dana loves her opportunities.

What were your thoughts on this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Discuss this week’s show and developments in the comment section below.

Starrcade match changed to a Fatal 4-Way

WWE has changed the landscape of their women’s match at Starrcade. It was previously said that we would see The Kabuki Warriors defending their Women’s Tag Team Championship against RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, It was being booked as a Texas Tornado Match. The pressure has now been applied even more for … Read more

Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross have been traded to SmackDown

The draft may be technically over but further trades are still in the works. Triple H has announced on WWE Backstage that former Women’s Tag Team Champions, Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross are now on Friday Night SmackDown. These two ladies were originally part of night one of the draft last Friday on SmackDown and … Read more

Additional matches added to Hell in a Cell

On WWE Now via a live stream, they have added further matches to what was originally a very small card for Hell in a Cell. The stream is hosted by Cathy Kelley and Mike Rome.

In addition to the SmackDown Women’s Title match and the Hell in a Cell Match for the RAW Women’s Title – the Women’s Tag Titles will be on the line. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross will defend their titles against the Kabuki Warriors.

On the Kick Off show, Natalya will continue her feud with Lacey Evans.

Click back in with Diva Dirt for Live Coverage during the main show starting at 7 p.m. ET. Hell in a Cell Kick Off show starts at 6 p.m. ET.

The Four Horsewomen riding high into a new era

This week we said farewell to SmackDown Live as the show moves from USA to FOX on Oct. 4. After years being nothing more than a RAW recap show SmackDown Live was launched in 2016 with a full brand split, separate championships, and superstar draft. The show quickly became a favourite for the “hardcore” fan … Read more

RAW Women’s Title match ends with a DQ at Clash of Champions

Clash of Champions is an event where all gold is on the line. All champions have to defend their top spot of their respective divisions. This year was different than prior years as there are now three titles to defend thanks to the introduction of the Women’s Tag Team Championship from earlier this year. Bayley, … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 09/10/19

For the second night in a row at Madison Square Garden, WWE’s talent continued to perform in an arena enriched in history. This time, SmackDown was up to the plate. This is the last show prior to Clash of Champions this Sunday, so it was all about building up the matches on the pay-per-view card. … Read more

Women’s Tag Team Championship will be defended at Clash of Champions

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross will be defending their tag team belts against Fire & Desire one week from Sunday at Clash of Champions. Bliss and Cross have held the title for over a month. They won a Fatal Four-way tag team elimination match on the Aug. 5 episode of RAW. During that match, it … Read more

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 09/03/19

Women’s wrestling is getting exciting again in WWE. The crowd’s response between last night and tonight have shown that finally, we are moving in the right direction. Bayley kicks off SmackDown Live this week to explain her actions from the night before on RAW. She assisted Banks in the attack on Becky Lynch with a steel chair and many people want to know why. The SmackDown Women’s Champion simply explains that she was having her best friends back.

Banks has been there for Bayley through it all. Bayley will continue to have her back regardless of the circumstances. She proclaims that her purpose is still to build up the women’s division on SmackDown and to prove the kind of champion she is. She wants the SmackDown Title to be just as prominent as Becky Lynch with the RAW Title.

The result is to give new people a shot at her title such as Liv Morgan, Zelina Vega, or even Ember Moon who had a one time chance at SummerSlam. Bayley intends on doing just that after she takes out Charlotte Flair at Clash of Champions one week from Sunday. Turning her attention to Flair, she calls her the most selfish person to which The Queen makes her entrance.

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Flair pretends to be shocked by this accusation. She declares that Bayley is quite perceptive and that she is right. Flair is the Queen of Selfishness. The Boss’ music hits and as she makes her way to the ring, Flair attacks Bayley. The number game is too much for The Queen and both Bayley and Banks take turns hitting her with a steel chair.

The match of the night was the Women’s Tag Team Championships vs. Fire & Desire. SURPRISINGLY! Fire & Desire picked up the win. The match culminated when Bliss was about to put away Sonya Deville.

Bliss plants her with a DDT and heads up to the top turnbuckle to deliver Twisted Bliss. On the outside, Mandy Rose and Cross were fighting causing a distraction to Bliss. That was enough time for Deville to get the knees up when Bliss hit her finisher. Rose is tagged in and the duo hit a team finisher. Rose pins Bliss for the win.

Could they have a title match at Clash of Champions now that they picked up a win on the champions?

Winners: Fire & Desire

Picking up a win against the tag champs was huge for this team. The women’s tag titles are one of the few titles not on the Clash of Champions card yet. The way the tag titles have been booked since inception made it predictable that it wouldn’t be on another pay-per-view. However, since Bliss and Cross have been champs the titles have been very visible.

Fire & Desire had a great showing at Elimination Chamber during the inaugural match. Many people thought they could have walked away as the first champs. Although Bliss and Cross probably won’t lose the titles anytime soon, it would be nice to have an actual feud for the titles for a change. Maybe this is a start?

Loser: Charlotte Flair

Out of the women that were on the show this week, Flair definitely came up on the losing end. The double team from Banks and Bayley left her reeling in the ring. Although Flair could very well become a 10-time champion a week from Sunday, tonight wasn’t her night.

If she were to lose at Clash of Champions it would be nice to see Bayley to actually have matches against those wrestlers she keeps mentioning. Especially Liv Morgan.

What were your thoughts of SmackDown this week? Who were your Winners & Losers? Drop a comment below.

Winners & Losers: RAW 09/02/19

For months now many fans, critics, and journalists have been saying that the wild card rule is hurting WWE’s product. Myself included. We can all agree that using the same six to seven women every week gets stale, no denying that. With that being said, this week’s RAW hit it out of the park. Sure … Read more

Winners & Losers: RAW 08/12/19

SummerSlam is over and “The Man” is still the RAW Women’s Champion. It was expected that Natalya would be a one-off opponent for Becky Lynch and after tonight’s RAW that became evident. Lynch had a backstage segment where she gave respect to Nattie from their match at SummerSlam. She continued the segment by stating that … Read more

Titles stay put and Queen of all Eras comes out on top – SummerSlam

SummerSlam is in the books. After three title defenses, including the Kick off show, all gold stays put. The Queen of all Eras Charlotte Flair came out the victor as she puts away the Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. Let’s rank, from worst to best, the results of all four of SummerSlam women’s matches: 4. … Read more

Women’s Tag Title match announced for SummerSlam Kickoff *Updated*

Update: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross retain their titles. The match was a solid showing for The IIconics but they were unable to regain the gold. Bliss picks up the pin for her team as she hits a punch followed by Twisted Bliss. This is how she won the title for her team on RAW … Read more

Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross will defend their Women’s Tag Titles on RAW

On the first RAW post-SummerSlam, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross will be defending their newly won tag titles. This was announced by WWE just a few moments ago on their Twitter account. The match will take place at at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It will be against The Kabuki Warriors. Bliss and … Read more

Winners & Losers: RAW 08/05/19

The go-home RAW before SummerSlam is now over and the women were thankfully focused on more this week. To start, although it has no bearing on SummerSlam, Maria Kanellis is no longer the 24/7 Champion. She held the title longer than any prior female and was the first pregnant champ. She lost her title at … Read more

Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross are the new Women’s Tag Team Champions

Earlier in the day, WWE announced that The IIconics would defend their titles on RAW. The decision would take place in a Fatal 4-Way tag team elimination match. They would be facing Fire & Desire, The Kabuki Warriors and Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. Although The IIconics looked strong at the beginning of the match … Read more

Fatal 4-Way Women’s Tag Team Title elimination match set for RAW

Just announced by Charly Caruso on WWE’s Twitter account, The IIconics are set to defend the Women’s Tag Team Championship tonight. The match will be a Fatal 4-Way elimination match. It will include Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, The Kabuki Warriors, and Fire & Desire. This match is taking place as a result of The … Read more

Natalya will face Becky Lynch at SummerSlam

WWE announced earlier today that Becky Lynch would have a new opponent for SummerSlam as of tonight’s episode of RAW. In a Fatal-four-way elimination match to determine the number one contender for the RAW Women’s Championship match we now have a new challenger. Natalya will face Becky Lynch at SummerSlam. The match also included Carmella, … Read more