Friday it was Charlotte Flair, Monday it is Becky Lynch.
Jade Cargill has officially made it to Raw after visiting a premium live event, NXT, and SmackDown. This time she came face-to-face with The Man herself.
Before her encounter with Cargill, in a backstage segment Indi Hartwell with Candice LeRae by her side reminded Lynch once again that she never officially lost the NXT Women’s Title. Lynch agreeing, said she would find General Manager Adam Pearce to make it official. As Lynch walked away she ran into Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley as the two shared a stare down. This would not be the last face to face encounter for Lynch of the night.
Later on, Lynch entered Pearce’s office to make the match with Hartwell official. He agreed to it and said he would just have to clear it with Shawn Michaels. Lynch will be facing Hartwel next Monday and then Lyra Valkyria next Tuesday. One woman that Lynch may have overlooked is Xia Li who asked for a match last week.
Li appeared in Pearce’s office asking what about Xia? She said you had Tegan, and now Indi? Lynch said she was game for Li as well but Li said she will face her on her own time. After Li makes her exit, Cargill shows up.
Cargill points to the NXT Women’s Title belt and says “neat title.” Lynch quickly responds “get in line,” before exiting. Cargill seems baffled but Pearce says she can act like that when she is The Man. Pearce welcomes Cargill to Raw and suggests she gets red in her wardrobe over blue.
Now for some in-ring action. The first women’s match of the night had Piper Niven taking on Natalya. In a backstage segment prior to the match, we had Chelsea Green egging on the fight between Niven and Natalya. Also part of the segment were Kayden Carter, Katana Chance, and Nikki Cross who could be seen in the background. Tegan Nox was also part of it who has formed this new friendship with Natalya.
The match had Niven pick up the win as she and Green would continue to beat down the veteran. Nox made the post match save.
The second match was ruled a disqualification between Shayna Baszler and Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley in a non-title bout. More on that can be read here.
Maxxine Dupri was in a backstage segment with Alpha Academy and Akira Tozawa training.
For the second week in a row, WWE uses its full active Raw women’s roster. What did you think of this week’s show?
