On this week’s AEW Dynamite was the fallout from Double or Nothing and the first appearance of Athena on the flagship show.
After the TBS Championship match at Double or Nothing, Athena made her debut after Jade Cargill extended her undefeated streak to 32-0 by defeating Anna Jay. After Kris Statlander came out to help Jay, it would be Athena to even the odds three to three with the Baddies.
Athena spoke for the first time in an interview on stage with Tony Schiavone. She made a clear that she is heading right for Cargill and the TBS Championship. The Fallen Goddess was interrupted by Cargill, the Baddies (Kiera Hogan & Red Velvet), and Stokely Hathaway.
Cargill’s new publicist Hathaway scolds Athena for interrupting them at Double or Nothing and says that Cargill is a Queen and a Goddess. Cargill says that Athena will not be getting her title shot today as Hogan stepped up and got in the face of Athena.
Anna Jay joins the side of Athena followed by Statlander. The six women stand face to face as the officials come out to make sure things don’t get physical.
Athena will be taking on Kiera Hogan this Friday on Rampage.
The match on this week’s Dynamite was a tag team rematch from a few weeks ago as the Owen Hart Cup winner Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter took on Ruby Soho & Toni Storm. Soho & Storm were also looking to avenge their losses to Baker in the tournament.
Both Soho & Storm needed a big victory coming off their tournament losses and they got just that. In the final moments of the match Baker tries to apply Lock Jaw but Soho keeps fighting it off. Moments later after Hayter and Storm spill to the outside, Soho sneaks in Destination Unknown to get the pin on Baker and the win for her team.
Post-match, Hayter and Baker attack Storm and Soho using the trophy belt from Baker’s Owen Hart Cup win.
*Please note: This article contains spoilers for the upcoming episode of NXT: Level Up*
On this week’s taped NXT: Level Up there will be two women’s matches which will air at 10 PM this Friday after SmackDown on Peacock.
Brooklyn Barlow will finally step back in the ring since her debut in March when she had her first match in a losing effort against Ivy Nile. This week she will be facing Fallon Henley. Henley comes out with the victory.
The second women’s match will have Tatum Paxley take on Sloane Jacobs. Jacobs continues to look for her first win but she will not get it on Level Up this week as Paxley picks up the win.
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The NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose didn’t fair too well heading out of this week’s NXT 2.0 and into the In Your House premium live event this weekend.
Both the NXT Women’s Championship and the Women’s Tag Team Championships will be on the line this weekend at the show and all three members of Toxic Attraction are in danger to lose their gold. A Women’s Championship Summit took place where the last signature needed was Rose’s.
Rose will be challenged by Wendy Choo on Saturday while Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne will have to put their gold on the line against Katana Chance & Kayden Carter.
The four women battling for the tag titles traded words back and forth while Choo kept telling Rose to sign the contract. This would erupt the crowd in a “sign the contract” chant that the champion did not appreciate.
Once the contract was signed, a brawl broke out which benefited the challengers who stood tall. After the KC’s handled Toxic Attraction they targeted Rose laying her out on the mat. They set up a table and held Rose for Choo to head up top and come crashing down through Rose and the table.
Other moments on this week’s NXT 2.0 had Thea Hail with a promo introducing her more into the brand. She has participated on Level Up but has yet to step in the ring for 2.0. She is a recent high school graduate and was ready to choose a college. Instead of choosing an ivy league education, she decided to go with Chase U.
Two women’s matches took place with the first one being between Cora Jade and Elektra Lopez. The feud started to brew last week when Jade was in the front row of the crowd getting into the mind of Lopez during her match with Alba Fyre. Jade picked up the win after a backdrop from the top turnbuckle.
The second match had a backstage segment beforehand as Kiana James approached Ivy Nile. She mocked Nile that she would no longer have the Creed Brothers to confide in once they are no longer a part of Diamond Mine. If they lose at In Your House they are no longer a part of the group.
James feels that they will not win and has a less than 12 percent chance of winning. That is after she crunched the numbers. She says that Nile has the same percentage to defeat her as well.
The match took place afterward which saw Nile continue her winning ways and secure her undefeated streak. She pinned James after delivering a slam on the mat. Nile wasn’t able to celebrate her win as the NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly came out to confront her. The Creed Brothers would appear in the ring to back her up as those two teams face off at In Your House.
Sofia Cromwell appeared once again by the side of Mr. Stone and Von Wagner. She continues not to speak but her presence is certainly felt. They appeared during the Grayson Waller vs. Josh Briggs match as they have their eye on Briggs and Jensen. A build for Cromwell and Fallon Henley may be brewing.
Check back in with Diva Dirt this Saturday for a Discussion Post during the broadcast of In Your House. Who do you think will walk out as champions? Do you think the reign of Toxic Attraction is coming to an end.
The first-ever NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament will conclude on next week’s NXT 2.0 episode. The match was originally scheduled to take place on the May 31 episode but it was moved to the following week without any explanation.
This final match will see Roxanne Perez take on Tiffany Stratton. Perez took out Kiana James in round one and fought through the powerhouse Lash Legend in the semi-finals. Stratton replaced Nikkita Lyons in the semi-finals and defeated Fallon Henley to advance.
The winner of the tournament will be able to cash their win in for a championship opportunity.
The promos for both Perez and Stratton ahead of their battle can be seen below.
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As usual, there is a lot scheduled for tonight’s NXT 2.0.
Tonight is the go-home episode before the In Your House premium live event this Saturday, June 4. At that event, both the NXT Women’s Title and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles will be on the line.
Mandy Rose will be defending against Wendy Choo while the rest of Toxic Attraction will have to battle Kayden Carter and Katana Chance. All six women will be on screen tonight taking part in a Championship Summit.
NXT’s most recent high school graduate Thea Hail will make her first official appearance on NXT 2.0 tonight. She has debuted and had several matches on NXT: Level Up but is looking to get her first win still.
EDIT: The finals for the tournament were scheduled for tonight but were pushed to next week.
The NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament will officially conclude tonight. In the finals of the tournament are Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton. Stratton replaced Nikkita Lyons in the semi-finals after the latter went out with an injury.
And lastly, a match between Cora Jade and Elektra Lopez is scheduled. Jade was ringside for Lopez’s match last week against Alba Fyre. Fyre was about to defeat Lopez but Lopez wasn’t a fan of Jade heckling her from the crowd.
As always, feel free to discuss tonight’s show in the comment section below.
Taking it back to 2012, the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view had a Triple Threat take place for the Divas Champions.
The champion at the time was Eve Torres who was in her third and what would be her last reign with the Divas Title. Torres won her third championship in September 2012 at Night of Champions where she defeated Layla.
Layla would get her rematch at Hell in a Cell but Kaitlyn would also be involved. The storyline was that it was supposed to be Kaitlyn to face Layla at Night of Champions but she was taken out backstage by a masked individual. Torres would instead get the title match and win the belt.
However, in the investigation of who attacked Kaitlyn, it was determined that the assailant was blonde so Torres blamed Beth Phoenix. The attacker turned out to be Aksana under the order of Torres.
Torres would go on to retain here in this Hell in a Cell match while Kaitlyn was attempting to pin Layla. Torres executed a senton and while both women were down on the mat chose to pin Layla.
Eve would hold the title until January 2013 when she would drop it to Kaitlyn during the Raw 20th Anniversary Special in Kaitlyn’s hometown of Houston, Texas.
What are your favorite moments from this time in Divas history? Join the discussion below.
Sasha Banks and Naomi have officially been off WWE programming now for three weeks and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for them returning at this time.
Reports and official statements from WWE started running both on-screen and off on May 16, that Banks and Naomi left Raw after disputing the upcoming plans for the team.
There’s been a lot of information out there but the general gist is that the duo wanted more for the Women’s Tag Team Championships and the lack of division that exists to fight for the gold. Since then, WWE has suspended the duo indefinitely, vacated the tag team championships, and removed the option to purchase merchandise of them on WWE Shop. They have also had their company ran Facebook pages taken down and were removed from the opening sequence for WWE programming.
According to a recent report from Fightful Select there hasn’t been much talk or any resolution moving forward at this time.
Naomi and Sasha Banks are currently suspended, and as of now, there’s no end in sight.
We’re told by those in WWE that they’ve not heard of much, if any, communication between the two sides. However, Fightful was able to confirm that WWE had canceled upcoming travel plans they had for both women starting last week when the suspension happened.
Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer reported that the suspension was without pay. We’ve not been able to verify that, but one higher up told Fightful they don’t believe Naomi and Sasha Banks’ contracts would be frozen if they’re not being paid. We’ll attempt to get a confirmation on that.
Another source indicated to Fightful that initially, several in WWE didn’t want to vacate the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles, but it became clear pretty quickly that was the route that needed to be taken. We’ve heard no update on when the potential tournament could take place.
If any further information or changes on the status of Sasha and Naomi, Diva Dirt will provide an update.
On the go-home episode of Raw before Hell in a Cell takes place this Sunday, the Raw Women’s Champion continues to stay right where she belongs – in the win column. Bianca Belair will be facing both Asuka and Becky Lynch come Sunday but on tonight’s Raw, she had to take on Asuka one-on-one. Lynch was of course on commentary. The match opened the show.
Prior to the match beginning, Lynch led the show by getting in the ring and cutting a promo. She talks about when she handed Asuka the Raw Women’s Title when she announced her pregnancy and how she did so because she knew she could beat Asuka upon her return. However, Asuka became a selfish entitled monster in the eyes of Lynch.
Asuka joins Lynch in the ring first and continues to call her a baby and that she is ready to become Raw Women’s Champion. Belair enters the ring and says she doesn’t care what the odds are because she is 100 percent sure that she will remain Raw Women’s Champion at Hell in a Cell. The three brawl after Lynch took the first shot. Both Belair and Asuka continued to pull each other off of Lynch because they wanted to fight her individually.
The match between Asuka and Belair would take place immediately after this segment. Lynch did not interfere in the match besides her normal trash talking. The back half of the match had Belair going for the KOD but Asuka fights out of it and finds herself tossed over the top rope. Lynch gets in the face of Asuka before Belair gets her back in the ring.
After Asuka gets a near fall off of a knee to the chin she goes for the Asuka Lock. Belair struggles to avoid it and eventually gets away and avoids the full impact. After planting Asuka face first, Belair misses with a standing moonsault. Asuka goes for a cradle and is reversed by Belair who gets the pin and victory.
Lynch immediately comes into the ring the moment the bell rings and takes them both out before walking up the ramp with confidence.
Elsewhere on Raw, Alexa Bliss had her fourth match back and she had all intention to continue her winning streak and she did so. She faced Doudrop after defeating Nikki A.S.H. last week and Sonya Deville in back-to-back weeks. The ending saw Doudrop missing with a big splash in the corner as Bliss rolled out. Bliss hit Twisted Bliss to get the win. There was no further continuation on any character change for Nikki or Doudrop for that matter to take things “more seriously.”
Dana Brooke is no longer the 24/7 Champion. During Miz TV, a 24/7 segment took place with the usual suspects in the ring trying to get the gold. Tamina would first defeat Brooke after hitting her with a Samoan Drop. Despite serving him divorce papers, Tamina kissed Akira Tozawa after her win. Tozawa would roll her up to win the title. He would stay champion as Raw ended.
Brooke had requested a match with Carmella last week after the two had words backstage the week before. Carmella was not involved in this segment so perhaps the two will go on to have a rivalry outside the 24/7 Title or Carmella will be brought into it later.
Lastly, Lacey Evans was scheduled for her in-ring return tonight. Last week it was confirmed and as the night went on and got later into the show, Evans never was shown or made her way out to the ring. There was no mention or explanation of why this match was cut during the broadcast.
Evans started the NASCAR Coca Cola 600 race over the weekend and also has been posting on social media about her new entrance theme music that she recorded on.
— Lacey Evans ~ WWE Superstar. (@LaceyEvansWWE) May 30, 2022
There was a lengthy amount of time from when the Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley made their way out to the ring for their match to when the match actually started. For more on Morgan vs. Ripley which had Morgan come out with a win, you can read that here.
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On the May 30 episode of Raw, a six-person mixed tag team bout was added for this Sunday’s Hell in a Cell premium live event.
Ever since Rhea Ripley turned her back on Liv Morgan and subsequently joined The Judgment Day, the two women have been at each other’s throats with Ripley constantly coming out on top. At Hell in a Cell, Ripley will join her Judgment Day partners Damian Priest and Edge to face Morgan, AJ Styles, and Finn Balor.
On this week’s go-home episode of Raw, Morgan faced Ripley in singles action. Once again, Morgan found herself going up against the strength of Ripley that cannot be matched. Halfway through the match, Priest would make his way out to ringside for Ripley while Styles joined Morgan to even the numbers.
The final moments of the match were almost dejavu from what happened a few weeks ago. Much as Edge did to help Ripley get a win over Morgan on May 9, Priest caught Morgan in the ropes during ObLIVion. Ripley attempted to stack Morgan up for the win, but this time she kicked out.
As Styles was dealing with Priest on the outside for interfering, Morgan escaped a Riptide and stacked up Ripley to get the victory. This was a much-needed win for Morgan and her team heading into Hell in a Cell.
Post-match, Priest took out Styles on the outside and then turned his focus to Morgan who was yelling at him in the ring. As Priest targeted Morgan, Balor would emerge making the save. Morgan and company would finish the segment strong as they continued to beat down both Ripley and Priest. Edge did not appear.
We’ve reached the go-home episode of Raw before Hell in a Cell and there’s only one match for the women on the card and it is for the Raw Women’s Championship.
At Hell in a Cell, Bianca Belair will be defending the title against Asuka and Becky Lynch in a triple threat. On tonight’s show, there will be a match between Belair and Asuka.
Also scheduled for tonight will be the in-ring return for Lacey Evans. Originally set to be a SmackDown Superstar, Evans was moved to Raw and is now ready to get back in the ring. Her opponent has not been confirmed.
Alexa Bliss finally made her return to Raw after WrestleMania Backlash. Since then, she has had three wins in a row after defeating Sonya Deville twice and Nikki A.S.H. last week. Doudrop has been trying to help Nikki take her matches seriously but she still isn’t picking up the wins needed.
Last week, the 24/7 Champion Dana Brooke requested a match with Carmella but it isn’t known when the match will take place.
What will be next for Judgment Day as they search for another person to join them. Will it be another woman to add with Rhea Ripley?
As always, feel free to discuss tonight’s show in the comment section below.
Kamille will be facing the number one contender KiLynn King for the NWA Alwayz Ready event. The show will take place on June 11.
In early May, King became the number one contender for the NWA World Women’s Championship after winning a Triple Threat that also included Chelsea Green and Jennacide. This will be King’s first shot at the title.
Props to @SerenaDeeb & @thunderrosa22. Both held The Burke for a reason. Proud to have that as part of the legacy.
That said, if seeing this, you *know* how hard @Kamille_brick worked to be on top of the game.
Since the match doesn’t take place until June 11, this means that Kamille will successfully make it to 365-day as champion. She defeated Serena Deeb for the belt last June 6 at the When Our Shadows Fall event. Since then, Kamille has successfully retained against the likes of Chelsea Green, Melina, Kylie Rae, Kenzie Paige, Leyla Hirsch, Kiera Hogan, and Taryn Terrell.
Also at the Alwayz Ready event, Taya Valkyrie will take on Natalia Markova and the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Titles will be on the line as The Hex defends against Pretty Empowered.
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The Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair will have to battle one of her two upcoming opponents tonight on Raw heading into Hell in a Cell on June 4.
In a match that was originally set to be one-on-one between Belair and Asuka at Hell in a Cell was quickly turned into a Triple Threat when Becky Lynch secured a win last week. The women have been the main event the past four weeks and Lynch redeemed herself with a win over Asuka last week.
Of the three women, it has been Asuka who has been in the main event match every week since her return. If Belair vs. Asuka main event tonight it would mean that Asuka has main evented five weeks in a row.
Also set for tonight will be the in-ring return of Lacey Evans. An opponent has not been named at the time of this writing.
Thunder Rosa is still the AEW Women’s World Champion after defeating Serena Deeb at Sunday’s Double or Nothing event. Rosa who won the title in March first successfully defeated Nyla Rosa to retain her gold and then turned her attention to the number one ranked woman and the Professor of Professional Wrestling.
In a match that is getting a good amount of praise from fans, Rosa won the bout after hitting the Fire Thunder Driver. Right before that, Deeb attempted to cause the champion to tap in a Texas Cloverleaf but Rosa made it to the ropes to break. The finisher came after a superplex laid out Deeb from the top rope.
Julia Hart has officially joined the House of Black.
After months after Hart has been slowly hinting at joining the faction, she helped the House of Black (Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews, and Brody King) defeat Death Triangle (PAC, Ray Fenix, and Penta). Months ago, Hart had black mist spit in her face and since then she has worn an eye patch. She has been seen withdrawn from the Varsity Blonds as she would sit on the steel steps with her back against the ring ignoring the matches.
During this men’s trio match, the lights went out during the end when PAC was perched up on the top turnbuckle. The lights would turn on and Hart would appear and spit black mist into his eyes. Black then hit Black Mass on PAC to get the win.
Also at this event, a mixed-trios match took place which saw the in-ring debut of Paige VanZant. VanZant teamed up with Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page to face Tay Conti, Sammy Guevara, and Frankie Kazarian. The match resulted in Kazarian turning his back on Conti and Guevara inadvertently kicking Conti in the face. Sky hit Guevara with a TKO to get the win for his team.
Britt Baker wins the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament in the finals that took place on Sunday at the promotion’s Double or Nothing event. The finals saw Baker take on Ruby Soho after the two went through several opponents to get the opportunity to win the inaugural Owen Hart Cup.
Following a curb stomp from Baker for a near fall, she went for the Lockjaw but Soho avoided it. Soho followed up with the No Future Kick and locked in a Sharpshooter tight on her opponent. Baker would eventually make it to the ropes to break the hold. Soho went for a victory roll but Baker rolled into a pinning combination of her own to get the three count.
Adam Cole won the men’s Owen Hart Cup and after Baker won the couple celebrated on stage. They were given title belts for their win presented by Dr. Martha Hart.
The former NXT Women’s Champion Athena (Ember Moon) made her official debut for the AEW promotion during the Double or Nothing event on Sunday. She appeared after the TBS Championship match that had Jade Cargill defend her title and undefeated streak for the second time against Anna Jay.
First, Cargill retained her title and kept her winning streak intact against Anna as the match quickly became a numbers game in favor of the champion. Cargill had her Baddies with her as Kiera Hogan and Red Velvet made sure to interfere in the match.
The back half of the match witnessed Anna delivering a Blockbuster on the champion. The challenger continued to have the upper hand as she slammed the champ into the ring post before hitting a double DDT to Velvet and Hogan. After trading moves, Cargill’s manager, Mark Sterling, went to the ring to distract the referee. Anna took advantage and hit Cargill with a crutch and a Russian Leg Sweep which gave her a near fall. John Silver, who was out to help Anna, hit a brainbuster on Mark Sterling, but the action inside the ring saw Cargill hit Eye of The Storm on Jay to get her own near fall.
Anna continued to fight back and reversed the Jaded to a Queen Slayer Rear naked choke. Cargill reversed it, slamming Anna into the corner. As the two women brawled in the corner, they which were distracted by the debuting Stokely Hathaway (formerly known in WWE as Malcolm Bivens). Cargill hits an Avalanche Jaded to get the win.
As mentioned before, after the match Athena’s music hit and she makes her way down to the ring. At this time Kris Statlander had already joined her friend Anna Jay in the ring to start evening the numbers. Hathaway instructed the Baddies to leave the ring, which they did, backing away from the confrontation.
Simone Johnson has received her new ring name according to her social media.
According to her new Twitter handle and name on social media, Johnson has updated her name to Ava Raine. This name was recently trademarked by WWE. Updating her name hopefully means that Johnson will be making her debut sooner rather than later.
The daughter of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson first joined WWE in February 2020. She is considered the first-fourth generation Superstar. WWE uploaded a video of her beginning her training and she even sat down with Cathy Kelley to discuss her dreams of becoming a WWE Superstar. Both videos can be seen below.
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Former three-time WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee (Mendez) will be on an upcoming episode of Renee Paquette’s The Session podcast.
Credit: WWE
Paquette posted on her social media yesterday that she was heading to do an interview and asked in a post if anyone had any guesses. A few hours later, she posted a photo of her and Mendez doing the interview.
As a response to this news, Bayley posted a YouTube video of herself from 2013 where she had a promo with Mendez in regards to a Divas Championship match. Paquette was the backstage interviewer during this segment.
Bayley received a Divas Championship match that aired in August 2013 on NXT programming.
Mendez is currently involved as producer and commentator for the reboot of the Women’s of Wrestling (WOW) promotion. New episodes are set to air in the fall of 2022.
Paquette has recently interviewed Toni Storm and Nyla Rose for upcoming episodes according to her Twitter account. There has been no dates announced for these episodes but Diva Dirt will provide an article for each when they air.
???? can’t wait for you guys to hear. (I love in person interviews!) https://t.co/bPpEbEJeF4
Charlotte Flair and Andrade El Idolo have officially said, “I do.”
On May 27, the happy couple tied the knot. The couple became engaged in January 2020 and were said to start their relationship at the start of 2019. They got married in Mexico.
Attendees were said to be Finn Balor, Apollo Crews, Rey Mysterio, Nia Jax, and more. You can see some photos and a video below.
— “EL IDOLO” ANDRADE (@AndradeElIdolo) May 27, 2022
Flair is currently out of action indefinitely after a storyline injury. WWE stated that she has a fractured radius after her match with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash. Flair dropped the SmackDown Women’s Title at that event in an “I Quit” match.
There is no confirmed timeline of when Flair will return.
Diva Dirt sends huge congratulations to the happy couple on their special day and future together.
On this week’s Flashback Match Friday is a tag team bout that took place on Raw between Ashley & Trish Stratus vs. Victoria & Candice Michelle w/Torrie Wilson. With yesterday being the birthday of Ashley Massaro, it was fitting to showcase her in this week’s flashback.
During this time, with Stratus by her side, Ashley was in a rivalry with Mickie James. This tag team match served as a boost for Ashley heading into her 2006 Royal Rumble match against James.
The tag match resulted in Stratus planting Victoria before tossing Candice to the outside. After tagging in Ashley, Stratus took out Candice on the outside as Ashley heading up to the top turnbuckle. Ashley delivers a crossbody on Victoria as the referee counts to three giving Ashley the victory for her team.
Immediately after the bell rang, Stratus and Ashley embraced before James attacked Ashley. Stratus and the referee tried to break up the fight before James got in a kick to knock her upcoming opponent back down to the match.
At the Royal Rumble the following Sunday, James would defeat Ashley with Stratus as special guest referee. In a rematch on the following Raw, Ashley would get her revenge on James with Stratus once again as the special guest referee.
What are your favorite memories from this moment in women’s wrestling history? Join the discussion below!
In the main event of this week’s Rampage, Soho took on her friend Kris Statlander. Both women looked great in the match with the crowd firmly behind Statlander over that of the babyface Ruby.
As the match approached its ending, Soho applies an arm lock but Statlander forces the break after making it to the ropes. Statlander lands Soho with a German Suplex before hitting the Big Bang Theory. She goes for the cover but Soho gets her shoulder up at the very last moment. The crowd went crazy over this wanting Statlander to pick up the victory. The match then ends with Soho rolling her up for a three-count.
Post-match, the crowd was not happy that Soho won.
Soho will be facing Dr. Britt Baker this Sunday in the finals since Baker defeated Toni Storm on Dynamite. Baker made her way out to the stage and went to speak but Soho wouldn’t let her speak and told her she has been talking for too long. The crowd continues to boo Soho. Soho tells Britt that she saw what she did to her friend Statlander so imagine what she will do to someone she hates.
Also added to Double or Nothing is a Mixed-Trios Match. Tay Conti, Sammy Guevara, and Frankie Kazarian will be taking on Paige VanZant, Ethan Page, and Scorpio Sky. This will be VanZant’s first match in AEW. The full card can be seen below.
The two fought a couple of weeks ago when Rodriguez answered the champ’s open challenge. She wasn’t able to take down Rousey in their first go-around. At this time there are no women (or men) from SmackDown currently scheduled for the upcoming Hell in a Cell event on June 4.
Hopefully, we will see some of the other women on the show tonight.
As always, feel free to discuss tonight’s show in the comment section below.
Masha Slamovich continues to prove why she is a rising star in the IMPACT Knockouts Division.
Thus far, Slamovich has defeated nine opponents before taking on any members of the Knockouts locker room. She made her tenth victim Havok in a shockingly quick victory over the former Knockouts World Tag Team Champion.
Heading into the match, Slamovich was undefeated while Havok was on a bit of a losing streak. The Influence got into the head of Havok last week telling her that if she and Rosemary wanted a shot at the tag team gold she had to prove she could win a match. Havok stepped up to Slamovich and the ending wasn’t in her favor.
Slamovich picked up the win after delivering the Snowplow. After the match, the male members of Decay joined Havok and Rosemary in the ring showing their disbelief. Masha walked up the ramp and to the backstage area with a smile on her face.
Also on this week’s show, Jordynne Grace took on Chelsea Green. The two had a relatively lengthy match with the storyline revolving around both of them being participants in the upcoming first-ever Queen of the Mountain match. At Slammiversary, Grace and Green will join Mia Yim, Deonna Purrazzo, and the Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz with the title on the line.
The final moments of the match had Green planting Grace face-first into the corner turnbuckle. Grace starts gaining steam on the offense as she delivers a spine buster. Green counters with a muscle buster and a flatliner to get a near fall. Grace finally connects with a Grace Driver to get the victory.
In a backstage segment, Deonna Purrazzo was being interviewed. Even without any gold on her shoulders, a sight rarely seen for The Virtuosa, she is still the face of the division. Much like many who enter into IMPACT, they go after her first and Mia Yim has been no different.
The Knockouts World Champion Tasha Steelz along with Savannah Evans interrupted. Evans will be taking on Yim next week and Steelz has invited Purrazzo to sit ringside with her.
The two met on the May 13 episode when Rodriguez was the one to answer Rousey’s open challenge for the championship. The match set for tonight states that it is a Championship Contenders match so the title will not be on the line, however, if Rodriguez can defeat Rousey she would earn a title opportunity.
Rodriguez’s answer to Rousey’s challenge two weeks ago sparked a few interests from the likes of Shotzi, Aliyah, and others in the locker room. Shotzi confronted Rodriguez last week and the two had a match but Shotzi ended up on the losing end.
Currently, there is no women’s match set for Hell in a Cell on June 4 from the SmackDown brand. Could Rodriguez pull out a win against Rousey to get a title shot for the event?
Check back in with Diva Dirt for the SmackDown discussion post during the broadcast.
There has been one woman notably missing from Monday Night Raw and that has been Queen Zelina.
It is being reported by PWInsider that Queen Zelina is out of action due to an in-ring injury. She was last seen in action on the April 11 episode of Raw where she faced Bianca Belair one-on-one.
Later on, in the month of April, she was seemingly put back with Carmella and seen backstage in a segment with Sonya Deville. Over the past couple of weeks, Carmella has been seen starting a rivalry with Dana Brooke without Zelina by her side.
The report states as follows:
“For those who have asked about WWE’s Queen Zelina Vega disappearing off television, we’ve confirmed Vega has been out of the ring following an in-ring injury that required surgery.
The belief among those we’ve spoken to is that she’ll likely be out of action another 6-8 weeks, which means she’d be available to return around Summerslam. There has been talk about her receiving a push upon her return as sources have noted her willingness to do what was requested of her and her hard work has been noticed behind the scenes.”
Zelina nor WWE have confirmed her injury at this time.
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Taking it back to Hell in a Cell in 2013, the Divas Championship was on the line as the champion Aj Lee battled Brie Bella.
Both women didn’t come alone to the ring as Brie had her sister Nikki Bella and Lee had Tamina in her corner. Both would have involvement at the end of the match which led to the result.
Brie had a series of championship matches during this feud with Lee just as the reality show Total Divas kicked off its first season. This was also right after the Bellas returned after leaving WWE from their first run. First, Brie would participate in a Fatal 4-way at Night of Champions which Lee retained that also included Natalya and Naomi. She faced off against Lee once again at Battleground weeks before this match at Hell in a Cell. Lee continued to retain.
The final moments of this match had Brie come near victory after avoiding the Black Widow submission attempt from Lee and locking her into a half crab. Tamina would jump up on the apron to cause a distraction but Nikki pulled her down. While this was occurring, Lee was pulling herself to the rope to try and break the submission hold. Lee made it to the rope to force the break.
Brie went for a running knee but knocked into Nikki on the apron instead. Lee locks in the Black Widow and eventually Brie would tap out causing the champion to retain.
This was during the first reign of Lee as Divas Champion. She would hold the title for 296-days before losing to Paige in the latter’s memorable first night on Raw after WrestleMania in April 2014.
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The invasion of NXT 2.0 into NXT UK continued on this week’s episode of NXT UK.
Lash Legend and Ivy Nile have emerged in NXT UK over the past couple of weeks. Nile defeated Nina Samuels in her debut match for the brand two weeks ago and this week Lash Legend had her victory.
Legend took on Emilia McKenzie, the protege of the NXT UK Women’s Champion Meiko Satomura. The size advantage continued to benefit Legend but McKenzie would get her fair shots in including a series of uppercuts and a swinging neck breaker late into the match. In the end, McKenzie was unable to get the victory after a massive pump kick was delivered out of nowhere from Legend to get the pin.
Following this match, it was confirmed that Nile will be getting her championship match in two weeks time. She is currently undefeated in singles action heading into this bout. Satomura is nearing a full year as champion. She currently sits at 350 days and counting. When her match with Nile airs on June 9, she will be just one day shy from 365-days.
During her reign, Satomura has defeated six different women and was challenged twice by Blair Davenport and Isla Dawn.
