WWE’s first show of the year, Raw Day 1, is in the books and a lot took place for the women. The first match of 2024 would be the women, and five years in the making brought us to Nia Jax vs. Becky Lynch.
The match between Jax and Lynch was very competitive and everything you’d expect from this build of their history. It received plenty of time and one of Jax’s best showings in a long time. In the end, Jax would make sure to knock out Lynch with a punch to the face and then land on her with the anni(a)hilator to get the win.
After the match, on social media, Lynch was caught backstage and stated, “can only be uphill from here.”
We then saw the former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green and Piper Niven attempt to crash the party of the new champs – Katana Chance and Kayden Carter. Green says if they don’t get their rematch from Adam Pearce then they will just have to go to Nick Aldis. Chance and Carter are going to be fighting champions so they easily accept having a rematch. Both Carter and Chance then tossed their drinks in Green’s face. The rematch is set for next Monday.
Next, we had Ivy Nile challenge Rhea Ripley for the Women’s World Championship. It is important to note that this is Nile’s official first singles match on Raw since her call up. She previously was in a battle royal and a tag team match. The match was given plenty of time to show what Nile can do, and even though Ripley had her dominating moments, Nile was right there with her.
The final moments had Nile finally caught by a head butt from Ripley after jumping off the ropes. This kept Nile down in order for Ripley to hit the Riptide for the win. Very good showing for Nile.
Lastly, we had a tag team match between Tegan Nox and Natalya taking on Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark. The final moments of the match had Baszler hit a german suplex on Nox which set her up for Stark’s Z360. Stark pinned Nox for the win. Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae looked on from the back.
On Raw Talk, Baszler pointed out that she is a three time champion and has held the tag belts more than any other woman. She says she is tired of the division going to trash when she isn’t in it, so she found herself another bad ass in that of Zoey.
