Jaida Parker has quickly become one of the fastest rising stars in NXT. A bright future is ahead of her at this rate and she has been showcased against main roster veteran Michin a feud that she held her own in.
While speaking with WWE Die Woche, Parker was asked about recent comparisons she has been receiving to the now highly decorated Bianca Belair. Parker responded glowing about the comparison.
“That’s a blessing. I’m just like thank you,” Parker answered. “I would never be mad at that, I can’t feel no type of way but- okay, you see my potential in that, and her potential in ‘NXT’ brought her to where she is right now on the main roster. So, if you’re comparing me to that, God bless you. Thank you.” (Wrestling Inc.)
“If she got there, and the impact that she’s had on this company, I can only imagine the impact that I’m going to have on this company when I decide- or whenever they decide to bring me up there,” Parker remarked. “If I get to where she is then we gonna have to see it face-to-face one day, hopefully.”
Parker will attempt to be added to the 2024 Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge when she faces Stephanie Vaquer this Tuesday on NXT.
One-half of the current Goddess of Stardom Champions, Thekla, confirms that she is still listed as a feelancer.
While speaking with Grapsody, Thekla was asked about her current contract status to which she confirmed that she is “free to do whatever.”
“I think yes, I am currently still a freelancer and I’m free to do whatever. I’ve got a lot of freedom to move around. So, yes, my contract is not still up, but coming up again because I think the time when I was talking to [Lyric], that was in January. So we’ve got November now, so time of the year is coming. I think you’re most likely gonna see some more of me and maybe outside of Japan. No more, no more, no more. Yeah, I think you get it. So everybody stay tuned. That’s all I can say for now.” (Fightful)
Thekla has been half of the Goddess of Stardom Champions since July with Momo Watanabe. She is also a former Artist of Stardom Champion with Giulia and Mai Sakurai and held the SWA World Title for nearly 100 days.
Her last title defense with Watanabe was on Nov. 11 against Natsupoi & Saori Anou.
Happy Monday, everyone! Today the CMLL celebrated Mexican Revolution Day doing a show from Arena Puebla in the state of Puebla, Mexico.
They did a 10 Amazonians tournament for the Mujeres Revolucionarias Cup; the match works as a 10 women tag team elimination match between Las Rudas (heels) and the tecnicas team (babyfaces). The last woman standing wins the cup.
The participants were the following: The first team was Tessa Blanchard, La Catalina, India Sioux, Skadi, and Kira, against Reyna Isis, Persephone, Olympia, Hera, and the CMLL Women’s Champion Zeuxis.
The event and the match are available for free on their YouTube channel. I will leave the link below so you can watch it. (it starts around the -52;00 Time stamp)
The match has been one of my favorites that I have reviewed so far; all the Amazonians brought their A game and were able to look strong even in defeat. The order of eliminations is as follows:
1. Hera by Kira and Skadi 2. Olympia by La Catalina 3. Kira by Persephone 4. Skadi by Zeuxis 5. Reyna Isis by India Sioux 6. India Sioux by Persephone 7. Zeuxis by Tessa Blanchard 8. La Catalina by Persephone 9 Tessa Blanchard by Persephone
The last 4 were Zeuxis, Tessa Blanchard, La Catalina, and Persephone. The last two were Persephone and the Undeniable Diamond, Tessa Blanchard. In the final moments of the match, Persephone tried to steal the win again using the ropes, but the referee was able to stop her; however, after a German suplex, she was able to eliminate Tessa and win the Cup.
Congratulations to Persephone; she has become the one to watch and has tons of potential to go mainstream. What do you think of the match? Let us know in the comments below!
On Monday’s Show, there was an announcement for their upcoming crossover show. It will be a crossover show, featuring AEW and CMLL talent.
The number one wrestler in the world, Timeless Toni Storm, will be teaming up with the ROH World Women’s Television Champion Red Velvet versus La Catalina and one half of the CMLL World Women’s Tag Team Champions Tessa Blanchard.
The event will be on December 13th of the present year from the iconic Arena Mexico in Mexico City.
This is the only women’s match announced so far. Are there any other women that you would like to see feature in this crossover event? Let us know in the comments below!
Fatal Influence have something to say and will be given the mic on this week’s episode of NXT.
The NXT Women’s North American Champion Fallon Henley retained her title last week in a main event match against former champion Kelani Jordan. Perhaps we will hear who is going to step up to face Jordan next. And what does Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx have to add?
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After @FallonHenleyWWE successfully defended her Women's North American Title last week, we will hear from Fatal Influence TOMORROW on #WWENXT!
Hiroko Suzuki had a brief stint with WWE in 2004 to 2005. She was more of a valet to her real life husband Kenzo Suzuki over participating in the ring.
A feud did happen for Hiroko though which had her work two matches (one was a six person intergender match) with now-WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson. However, she was also supposed to be in the ring with former WWE Women’s and Divas Champion Michelle McCool.
In an interview with Ring the Belle, Hiroko stated that she “kind of” wanted to do more in the ring. This is where she stated she was supposed to wrestle McCool.
“Yes. Michelle is a very kind girl. We are very close and we talk a lot. Michelle is also close to Torrie. That’s why we talked together.”
Hiroko also mentioned she would be open to appear in a Royal Rumble match. She states –
“I want to do that. Yeah, I want to do that. It’s a lot of fun. I forget that emotion. Jimmy (Wang Yang) (referring to her return to the ring in August at SHW RumbleJack) called me and asked, ‘Hiroko (can you) do this?’ I said, ‘I can’t do that. I’m old and forget everything.’ Once I showed up and entered the ring, it was so wonderful. I love it.”
Hiroko ended the interview saying that one day she will want to wrestle again in America.
Becky Lynch made an appearance over the weekend at Vulture Festival. She was there to discuss her New York Times best selling memoir — The Man: Not Your Average Average Girl.
Lynch teased a few weeks ago that she would perhaps give a glimpse into her future of wrestling. When she left in May after her rematch for the Women’s World Title against Liv Morgan in a Steel Cage, she left allegedly without signing a new WWE contract.
“If you think I’m gonna go out with Dominik Mysterio slamming a door in my face that’s not gonna happen” -Becky pic.twitter.com/jM5H0jVVpL
At the Vulture Festival, according to DaveDontMiss on X, Lynch stated the following about her future – – “If you think I’m gonna go out with Dominik Mysterio slamming a door (of the cage) in my face that’s not gonna happen.”
It was previously reported on Nov. 15 by PWInsider that Lynch is expected to return prior/on Raw’s debut for Netflix – Jan. 6.
On her recent flight, an announcement was made for all passengers that they are in the presence of greatness. Chelsea Green was on board!
The future WWE Women’s United States Champion was rightfully acknowledged. She does have to start that path to become the inaugural champion which takes place this Friday. In a first round match, she will be facing Blair Davenport and one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair.
The winner will be facing Bayley in the semi-finals.
The IWGP Women’s Championship will be on the line once again at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 19. The event takes place on Jan. 4 at the Tokyo Dome as current champion Mayu Iwatani defends against the challenger, AZM.
Iwatani has recently retained the title at Historic X-Over against Momo Watanabe. AZM appeared post match to make the challenge and now NJPW has made it official.
A huge main event has been made for Sareee-ISM Chapter VI. Sareee will take on her pro wrestling debut opponent once again – Meiko Satomura. Satomura has previously stated this is her final run in wrestling as she will be retiring in April.
— Joseph Montecillo wrote a book ?? (@josephweirdness) November 17, 2024
Also at this Sendai Girls event, a new champion was crowned as DASH Chisako became champion. This is DASH’s first time as top champion in her 18 year career (she has been a tag team champion for the promotion seven times). She defeated Mika Iwata.
DASH Chisako after winning the Sendai Girls World Championship:
"For about two or three years after I debuted with Sendai Girls, there was no such thing as a belt. Shortly after my debut, the tag and single belts were created, but I didn't wrestle with the goal of winning a… pic.twitter.com/wCMus1xUMp
Former WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn (Celeste Bonin) would be up for a Royal Rumble appearance.
We are approaching that time of the wrestling year where we start naming past WWE talent we would like to see return in a Rumble match. The last we saw Kaitlyn was in 2019 at WWE Raw Reunion and she last was in the ring during the 2018 Mae Young Classic. She left WWE in 2014 and was mostly known for her NXT Season 3 win and her high profile friendship turned rivalary with AJ Lee.
While speaking with A2theK Wrestling Show, Bonin answered the following on returning for a Rumble:
“It depends. I’m always down to do something cool. If it’s cool and fun and makes sense, I’m always down for that. I had gone to a Royal Rumble a couple years ago where there was a possibility that I was gonna be in it, and it ended up not unfolding. But I have a whole different life now, but WWE is such a big part of who I am. So I’m always down for stuff that makes sense. I’m always down for stuff that’s really cool. It just hasn’t really unfolded that way yet. But yeah, I’m always open to [an] opportunity for something to cross over or to make sense again. Always open for that,” Bonin said. (Fightful)
The 2025 Royal Rumble event takes place on Feb. 1.
Hello everyone, happy Sunday! AAA had their Guerra de Titanes event, which included an intergender tag team match that featured the exotico icon Pimpinela Escarlata teaming up with Mascarita Sagrada, Sakura, and Payaso Balin versus Zafiro, Eddy Maceyra, Mini Abismo Negro, and Monaguillo.
Damos inicio a la acción con una lucha de Relevos Atómicos. ?
They also had a mixed tag team match for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championships, Decay, conformed by Havok and Crazzy Steve defeated the team-up Reina Dorada with Brazo de Oro Jr.
¡Lucha por los Campeonatos en Parejas Mixtas AAA! ?
Hartwell was shockingly released by WWE on Nov. 1. She is a former NXT Women’s Champion and a former NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion with Candice LeRae. She has opened up post release stating she didn’t see it coming.
Hartwell will have a 90 day no compete clause which means she will be able to perform in another promotion starting Feb. 1.
NXT has confirmed that Stephanie Vaquer and Jaida Parker will meet each other in the ring this Tuesday. They will fight for a spot in the Iron Survivor Challenge match at Deadline. Sol Ruca qualified first last week after defeating Cora Jade.
On the Nov. 16 episode of AEW Collision, two women’s matches were presented.
The first women’s match opened the show as Mina Shirakawa returned and faced Harely Cameron. The two went “tit for tit” as Shirakawa won the match with the Glamour Driver. Shirakawa now has a 6-1 record for her time with AEW. Her only loss was against Toni Storm when she challenged for the AEW Women’s World Title.
In the middle of the show, Kris Statlander spoke on her opponent Mercedes Moné next week at Full Gear for the TBS Title. Hikaru Shida interrupted and said it is about time someone beats Moné boney ass, however, she wants first shot at the title once Statlander wins it back. Statlander did one step further and agreed to face Shida this Wednesday on Dynamite.
In the main even, a No DQ Match took place where Anna Jay faced Mariah May for the AEW Women’s World Title. Jay added the stipulation where if she didn’t win then she couldn’t challenge for the belt again as long as May is champion.
The match pulled out all the weapons for the two women including an incredible spot on top of a bike rack. This garnered chants from the audience such as “holy shit” and “this is awesome.”
The match reached its end when May spray something in Jay’s face and hit the Storm Zero on top of a chair. Shirakawa came out to celebrate with May and the two will have a champagne celebration at Full Gear.
The Vendetta (Taya Valkyrie and Deonna Purrazzo) looked on from backstage as Valkyrie did offer some guidance to Jay before the bout.
Bayley is moving on in the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Tournament but one of her opponents B-Fab is not. What B-Fab has done is prove that she can hang with two veterans (Bayley and Candice LeRae) in the ring.
Despite her loss, B-Fab took to social media saying that she is going to be here for a while and is positive she will be holding gold one day.
In reply, Bayley talked about her first round loss in the inaugural NXT Women’s Title Tournament. To that, she boosts up B-Fab with – “It wasn’t your night, but don’t mean it’s not meant for you. Only up!”
After B-Fab’s lost she was heckled backstage by Chelsea Green and Piper Niven before Michin came to her side.
When we were introducing the first ever @WWENXT Womens championship, I lost in the first round of the tournament. But fast forward all these years and now people align that title with our match in Brooklyn.
It wasn’t your night, but don’t mean it’s not meant for you. Only up ?? https://t.co/ZowA802B4q
Blair Davenport has reemerged and will be vying to become the first-ever Women’s United States Champion. She faces both Bianca Belair and Chelsea Green in a first round Triple Threat next week on SmackDown. The winner of this match will take on Bayley in the semi-finals.
On SmackDown LowDown, Davenport speaks on her challengers. She calls them “burnt out” and “overworked” while she has been “resting. recovering, and working on herself.”
Davenport has not had a televised match since August, but she did appear in the Speed Tournament losing to Naomi in September.
Davenport seems focus and poised to win it all.
Also on SmackDown LowDown, Byron Saxton interviews Nia Jax on her win. He questions how much help she received between both Tiffany Stratton and Candice LeRae. This caused a bit of an argument between Stratton and LeRae before Jax stopped it and blamed Saxton for trying to stir things up.
Hello Everyone, This week we have three matches that occurred last Tuesday and Friday of this week. The first show was taped from La Arena Coliseo del Occidente, from Guadalajara, Jalisco. It had two tag team matches. While Friday’s show featured a six Amazonians tag match from the Iconic Arena México.
The first tag match was between the local talent from Gaudalajara, featuring the team-ups Adira and Nexy against Valkyria and Hatanna.
The team-up of Hatanna and Valkyria was able to score the first fall via submission but lost the tag match against the Bayface team of Adira and Nexy.
The second match was contested between the team-up of La Catalina and one half of the CMLL World Women’s Tag Team Champions, Lluvia. against the reigning champions, the CMLL World Women’s Champion Zeuxis and the Mexican National Women’s Champion, Sanely.
In a more fast-paced match, the Champions were able to score the first fall via submission but were unable to complete the job and lost the match to La Catalina and Lluvia, first with a camel clutch, and the second fall was made through a roll-up on both competitors.
Tuesday’s show felt more like an exhibition show or a house show and was taped and showcased for free on YouTube.
Moving on to Friday’s show, we had a six Amazonians, two out of three tag team match, between La Catalina and the CMLL World Women’s Tag Champions Lluvia and Tessa Blanchard versus the CMLL World Women’s Champion Zeuxis, Reyna Isis, and Persephone.
Persephone was able to score the big win for her team with some assistance from the ropes, pining one half of the tag champions, Tessa Blanchard.
La Campeona Universal, Persephone, saca el colmillo ante Tessa Blanchard y se lleva la lucha en dos caídas al hilo.
Overall, it was an okay showing for all the ladies; obviously, we know what they are capable of doing. I just wish we could get some kind of storyline progression and more contenders for the championship.
CMLL announced that next Monday they will have a holiday-themed tournament to celebrate Mexican Revolution Day, and they also announced a furute crossover show for December featuring AEW talent.
With that said, who would you like to win the tournament? Is there any AEW talent that you would like to see in CMLL? Let us know in the comments below!
Friday Night SmackDown emanated from Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Fiserv Forum for this week’s action between the Superstars on the blue brand.
Prior to the show going on the air, WWE’s Chief Content Officer Triple H made the announcement of a tournament consisting of triple threat matches, with the end goal of crowing the first-ever Women’s United States Champion when Saturday Night’s Main Event returns next month as a televised program for the first time since 2008. As you can see below, all participants are women from the SmackDown roster.
The bracket is set. Who will step up, make history and become the first ever WWE Women’s United States Champion? pic.twitter.com/PyHyB0HZpg
Now as for tonight’s show, the in-ring action started when Bayley made her way out for the first match in this tournament. Her opponents would be Candice LeRae, who she’s had many differences with throughout the past month, and B-Fab, valet of The Street Profits and the unproven “dark horse” who has yet to show her in-ring skills against the rest of the division.
The match began with B-Fab making a statement right out of the gate, pummeling both The Role Model and The Poison Pixie and holding her own against them. The action remained vicious as it went on, with multiple failed pin attempts and all three women exchanging beatings with one another. LeRae would miss a moonsault and be sent into the second turnbuckle by Bayley, with B-Fab falling victim to a quick roll-up for the former Women’s Champion to win the match. Bayley now advances to the next round, with her opponent still to be determined.
B-Fab was seen backstage after the match with The Street Profits, who praised her performance and told her not to worry about her loss. As they left, Chelsea Green and Piper Niven would arrive, with Green calling her “B-Flop” and Niven telling her that not everyone can be championship material, but they can, with Chelsea alluding to wanting her and Niven to be champions together. B-Fab retorts and asks her what will happen when they end up in the finals against one another. Michin enters the shot and asks B-Fab if there’s a problem. Having been at odds with Team Blue’s resident meanies, all she has to do is stare down Green, startling her and choosing to walk out with Niven to “strategize”.
Before Naomi would challenge Nia Jax for the Women’s Championship, she was shown getting ready backstage when Bayley walked up to her to wish her good luck in the main event. Bayley quickly shifted the conversation to mentioning Naomi’s appearance on Raw earlier this week where she allied with Damage CTRL and Bianca Belair, trying to remind her to be wary of IYO SKY and the past that they share. Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill happen to walk in on this. Belair shadily alludes to her difficult relationship with Bayley that continues to linger even after their history with one another, but says that tonight is about Naomi, with Jade and Bianca telling her that they have her back.
Both Naomi and Nia make their entrances for what is tonight’s main event title match. Jax made use of her strength and power early on to bring down Naomi but wasn’t able to keep her down. Both the team of Belair and Cargill as well as Tiffany Stratton were seen watching the match from different areas backstage. Jax and Naomi’s battle continued, with Jax notably headbutting her and Naomi hitting a suicide dive onto Jax outside the ring. Other surprising spots included Naomi reversing a powerbomb attempt into what appeared to be a sunset flip. The crowd was on Naomi’s side, cheering her on as the match became more intense.
The show then cut to backstage, where Jade Cargill was laid out on the floor. The camera quickly revealed this to be a set-up from Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, who also threw Bianca Belair into a box.
With Jax and Naomi unaware of what was going on, Tiffany Stratton attacked Naomi without the referee’s knowledge, seemingly setting her up for a loss but then getting her just desserts from Bayley. A split-legged moonsault by Naomi almost got her the victory but Candice LeRae would launch Bayley into the ring post, resulting in an Annihilator being executed on Naomi for Jax to retain her Women’s Championship. The action would end with Stratton, Jax, and LeRae standing tall.
Here’s what set to take place next week on Friday Night SmackDown, which will air from Salt Lake City, Utah:
First round triple threat match in the Women’s United States Championship Tournament: Bianca Belair vs. Chelsea Green vs. Blair Davenport
Ahead of the Nov. 15 episode of SmackDown, the brackets were revealed with the 12 women who will participate to become the inaugural WWE Women’s United States Champion.
The first round will be four triple threat matches. The first match took place on the Nov. 15 episode as Bayley defeated Candice LeRae and a very impressive B-Fab to advance. She will take on the winner of Bianca Belair vs. Chelsea Green vs. Blair Davenport.
The other side of the brackets reveals the other two first round matches: Jade Cargill vs. Michin vs. Piper Niven and also Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Elektra Lopez.
Who do you think is going to win it all and become the inaugural champion on Dec. 14 at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
WWE has confirmed the newest class of recruites at the Performance Center who will hopefully be seen on NXT. With one name who has already debuted which is Zaria.
Karyn Best – Track and Field athlete who was part of the 2024 WWE SummerSlam tryouts.
Bayley Humphrey – Gymnast who was part of the 2024 WWE SummerSlam tryouts.
Darci Khan -Track and Field athete who was part of the 2024 WWE SummerSlam tryouts.
Tatyanna Dumas – Comet on Australian Gladiators. 2 time Youngest Australian Ninja Warrior.
Sirena Linton – a former WWE NIL signing, who was an NCAA All-American Gymnast for Arkansas & Arizona.
Hayley Montoya – Played Women’s Volleyball for the University of Buffalo.
A triple threat has been reportedly added to tonight’s SmackDown.
According to WrestleVotes, a tournament for the Women’s United States Championship will begin tonight. It will be Bayley vs. Candice LeRae vs. B-Fab.
The unveiling of the new Women’s United States Title happened last week. It was confirmed that it will be a title for both SmackDown and Raw.
Sources indicate a Women’s United States Championship Tournament kicks off tonight on #SmackDown with a first-round Triple Threat Match: Candice LeRae vs. B-Fab vs. Bayley
On Nov. 13, Diva Dirt put up a poll for the readers to vote on their favorite WWE Women’s Tag Team title match of the year. There have been 20 matches, so there were many to choose from.
Below you will see the results, as the one from Nov. 2 at Crown Jewel that had champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. IYO SKY & Kairi Sane. This match received 158 votes out of the 756 that were received.
20. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Zoey Stark & Shayna Baszler – Raw June 3
19. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre – Raw Sept. 9
18. The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Zoey Stark & Shayna Baszler – Raw March 11 AND Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell – King & Queen of the Ring May 25
16. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre (c) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill – SmackDown Aug. 2
15. The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell – Elimination Chamber Feb. 24
14. The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter – Raw Feb. 5
13. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c) vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven – Raw Jan. 8
12. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre (c) vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson – NXT July 30 The Great American Bash
11. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson – SmackDown Oct. 11
10. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez – Raw Nov. 11
9. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c) vs. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre – SmackDown Jan. 19
8. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. IYO SKY & Kairi Sane – Raw Oct. 7
7. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre (c) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill – Bash in Berlin Aug. 31 Title Change
6. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre (c) vs. IYO SKY & Kairi Sane vs. Zoey Stark & Shayna Baszler – Raw Aug. 19
5. The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria & Tatum Paxley – NXT March 5
4. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c) vs. The Kabuki Warriors – SmackDown Jan. 26 Title Change
3. The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill – Backlash May 4 Title Change
2. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre vs. Zoey Stark & Shayna Baszler – Clash at the Castle June 15 Title Change
1. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill (c) vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. IYO SKY & Kairi Sane – Crown Jewel Nov. 2
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay. This week on ROH we have two women’s matches, a single match featuring The Living Dead Girl, Abadon, and the international superstar Viva Van, and a street fight for the ROH World women’s television championship between the reigning champ La Red Velvet against her current arch nemesis, Diamante.
First we have the single match with Abadon defeating Viva Van in a short five-minute match. The match started hot with Viva Van declining to shake the living dead girl’s dead hand by slapping her right in the face, which only made Abadon laugh. Abadon hits a scorpio kick followed by another kick.
After a while, Viva Van proved to not be intimidated by Abadon by yelling and taking control after hitting a kick of her own. Both competitors made the best of what they were given, and after a cutter, Abadon was able to hit the Black Dahlia (a leg wrap DDT) for the win. Post match, she shakes Vivan Van hand energizingly while Van lays on the mat.
I really do not know why they haven’t signed Viva Van yet, but at least they made the match seem more fair or even than a normal squash match. I think the comedic layer to the Abadon character could help her in the long run, and it gives her more dimension; it reminded me of bettlejuice.
Next we have another Emergency Minion Empowering Meeting with Lexy Nair and Billie Starkz now that Billie is ready to apologize to the Minion Overlord and Forever ROH Women’s Chapion, Athena. When Billie was about to apologize, Athena appeared, and after looking her up and down, she questioned Billie’s “Grandma nursing home project” flower top, only for the ROH baddie Leila Grey to interrupt, saying that there is nobody better than Top Flight. They laugh at her, and Athena sets up a proving ground match next week between the two.
After that, we see a from the vault segment with a proving ground match from 2023 between Hyan and Athena.
Now onto the main event street fight. We first see the moments that made the match possible, when Diamante attacked Red Velvet last month and when Red Velvet returned last week to confront her.
With the confidence of an experienced street fighter, Diamante tried to attack Red as she was making her way to the ring; she missed, and they brawled at ringside.
Diamante takes control after a painful German suplex; they go back and forth. Diamante was able to put velvet inside the trash can, followed by a drop kicked, only to get a two-count.
Feeding herself from the boos of the crowd, she chokes Red Velvet with a chain. The champion recovers and hits a running bulldog onto a chair, then throwing Diamante onto the trash can. After bringing a ladder to the ring, Red Velvet attempted a senton from the second rope. Diamante moves and hits Velvet with a frog splash.
The final moments of the match came after a superplex through a table. As both wrestlers were down, Red Velvet was able to hit her finisher onto the title for the win.
Watching this episode made me think about how much things have changed for women in wrestling. We used to maybe get ONE gimmick match per year if any back in the day, while now it seems that we get them any given day across all the promotions. I am happy Velvet retained and that they at least got the main event spot to showcase themselves. But like they say, there’s always room for improvement, and it seems that it will always be a work in progress.
I also loved how good Athena is as a heel, and in these backstage segments, she has been able to showcase her personality way more than when she was in the WWE, and I can’t wait to see the storyline progression with Billie.
What did you think about the street fight and the show? Let us know in the comments below.
