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WWE taped the Nov. 2 Main Event episode prior to the Oct. 30 episode of Raw. Below is the results from the women’s match.
- Kayden Carter def. Blair Davenport
Ivy Nile Makes Raw Appearance With Diamond Mine On Oct. 30
NXT’s Ivy Nile made her first appearance on Monday Night Raw alongside her Diamond Mine compadres The Creed Brothers. The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus) answered an open challenge that was put forward bu the Alpha Academy.
The match was a crowd favorite as both teams showed everything they have. In the end it sould be the Creed Brothers winning in their debut. Nile and Maxxine Dupri would interact durinf the match as they each took turns pulling each other down from the ring apron as they were trying to help their respective teams. It would be Akira Tozawa to get the brunt of Nile’s attack however as he tried to separate the women. Nile hit him with a suplex.
There were rumors heading into Raw that this was Diamond Mine’s call up. However, it was not confirmed on Raw with commentary stating that with their performance a contract should be on the table for them from Raw or SmackDown.
In a WWE Exclusive, Nile says she had to check Dupri a little bit since she wants to think she can go toe-to-toe with the pitbull.
Raw Discussion Post: 10.30.23
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Xia Li vs. Candice LeRae
Natalya vs. Chelsea Green – Trick or Street Fight
Final build to Crown Jewel
Ivy Nile will be on Raw as the Creed Brothers take on Alpha Academy.
New Challenger Emerges For Giulia After Successful Victory Over Hyan
The NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia was successful over the weekend in her title defense. She took on Hyan and came out with the victory. Giulia has been champion since defeating Willow Nightingale, who was the inaugural champion, back in July.
Giulia has had a few successful defense already including a Four way that involved Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw, and Momo Kohgo. But her possible biggest challenger is up next – Trish Adora.
Giulia was saying that she wants the strongest competition but Adora says her phone hasn’t rang. So when and where will these two face off has yet to be determined.
Raw Preview, Oct. 30: Xia vs. Candice, Trick or Street Fight
Two women’s matches have been confirmed already for the Oct. 30 episode of Raw. This will also be the go-home Raw before Crown Jewel takes place this Saturday on Nov. 4.
Xia Li took out Candice LeRae last week whole LeRae was watching Indi Hartwell take on Becky Lynch. From this Li, told LeRae to send the message to Hartwell as well and now tonight we will see Li in action against LeRae.
Next we have the feud between Natalya/Tegan Nox and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green and Piper Niven continuing. Last week it was confirmed that Nox will be out due to injury but she will be back soon. So this leads to Natalya taking on Green in a Trick or Street Fight match.
What will we also see as a final build towards the Fatal five way for the Women’s World Title at Crown Jewel?
Check back in with Diva Dirt to talk about Raw live!
Karmen Petrovic Wins Halloween Battle Royal, Headlines Live Event
Karmen Petrovic may not have advance in her semi-final round of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament, but she had a pretty busy wekeend at live events. She won the 2023 Women’s Halloween Battle Royal this past Friday night.
Petrovic would go on to the Saturday live event to main event for the NXT Women’s Title. She would lose to the new champion Lyra Valkyria and the match also involved Tiffany Stratton. The full results of both nights are below.
Oct. 27 – Davenport, Fla.
Brinley Reece def. Kennedy Cummins
Tiffany Stratton def. Ivy Nile
Karmen Petrovic wins Halloween Battle Royal
Oct. 28 – Dade City, Fla.
Blair Davenport def. Jade Gentile
Thea Hail def. Jaida Parker
Elektra Lopez & Lola Vice def. Kennedy Cummins & Kelani Jordan
Ivy Nile def. Lash Legend
Lyra Valkyria (c) def. Karmen Petrovic and Tiffany Stratton – NXT Women’s Title
Harley Hudson Wins Gutcheck, IMPACT UK Invasion Tour: Oct. 26 – Oct. 29
IMPACT has had its invasion tour of the UK over the past number of days. During this, they taped their Turning Point event which will air on Nov. 3. Spoilers of that can be read here.
In addition, here are the live show results courtesy of cagematch.net:
Oct. 26 – Glasgow Scotland, UK
- Deonna Purrazzo, Brian Myers, and Moose def. Subculture
- Jordynne Grace def. Gisele Shaw
- Trinity (c) def. Emersyn Jayne – IMPACT Knockouts World Title
Oct. 28 – Coventry, West Midlands, England UK
- Emersyn Jayne and Jordynne Grace def. Dani Luna and Deonna Purrazzo
- Trinity def. Gisele Shaw (non-title)
Oct. 29 – Coventry, West Midlands, England UK
- Harley Hudson def. Emersyn Jayne – Gutcheck
- Jordynne Grace def. Deonna Purrazzo and Gisele Shaw
- Trinity, Eric Young, and Rich Swann def. Subculture
Harley Hudson earns an IMPACT/TNA developmental contract by winning Gutcheck. She will train at the Can-Am Dojo in Canada.
Kris Statlander Calls Jade Cargill A Star, Talks What She Brought To The Brand
The AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander knows a think or two about the star Jade Cargill. Cargill, who was formerly an AEW talent and the inaugural AEW TBS Champion was finally defeated by Statlander herself. Since then, Statlander also gave Cargill her last match in AEW before signing with WWE.
Prior to Cargill leaving AEW and having that final match with Statlander, the TBS Champion sat down and spoke with DS Shin of Ring the Belle. In this interview, Statlander spoke on the star power that Cargill presents and how she brought it to not only inside the ring but backstage.
“No one will be able to top her with that, I commend her so much. She always brought such a star power to everything that she did not just her big pay-per-view matches or her big title defenses but even just her backstage promos and stuff. You can’t not acknowledge that she is a star, she is.”
Since joining WWE, we aren’t sure what brand Cargill will be on just yet, but she brings the buzz just by appearing. She has shown up on all brands and even made her first ever appearance shaking the hand of Triple H at the Fastlane premium live event.
For the full interview with Statlander you can view below –
Ronda Rousey Moved To Alumni Section On WWE.com
It appears that Shayna Baszler really did run Ronda Rousey out of the WWE. After Baszler’s victory against Rouset at SummerSlam in August. The Baddest Woman on the Planet Rousey has now been moved to the alumni section of WWE.com ending her second run with the company.
Rousey isn’t wasting any time to get back into the ring as she is already working on the indies. She recently had her first match outside of WWE at a Lucha VaVoom event where she teamed up with Marina Shafir to defeat Taya Valkyrie and Brian Kendrick. Rousey is also set to debut for the Wrestling Revolver promotion on Nov. 16.
After taking time off to start a family, Rousey’s second run with WWE started at the Royal Rumble in 2022 which she won. She would go on to become a two-time SmackDown Women’s Champion and also held the Women’s Tag Team Titles with Baszler before their break up.
Spoilers: IMPACT Turning Point Tapings For Nov. 3
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IMPACT had its Turning Point in the UK on Oct. 27. The tapings from this event will air on Nov 3. The results are below.
- Gisele Shaw def. Alex Windsor
- Jordynne Grace def. Dani Luna
- Impact Knockout’s World Championship – Gail Kim as Special Guest Referee: Trinity (c) def. Deonna Purrazzo
Spoilers: SmackDown Tapings For Nov. 3
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The Nov. 3 SmackDown has already been taped as WWE talent will be in Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel which takes place on Nov. 4. Below are the spoilers courtesy of the Wrestling Observer.
Shotzi & Charlotte Flair def. Piper Niven and Chelsea Green in a non-title match.
Bianca Belair def. Bayley – Bianca slammed Bayley through the announce table after the match.
Backstage segments that were planned according to Fightful Select.
BACKSTAGE SPOILER 1- B-Fab, Street Profits, Logan Paul and Lashley backstage
BACKSTAGE SPOILER 2- Karrion Kross, Shotzi and Scarlett are set for a backstage segment
Abadon Earns AEW Women’s Title Shot Set For Collision
Abadon is back and had their first televised match and victory in two years on Friday’s AEW Rampage.
The match was a four way which also included Skye Blue, Willow Nightingale, and Anna Jay where the winner takes on Hikaru Shida on Collision for the AEW Women’s World Title. Shida is already set to take on Toni Storm with the title on the line at Full Gear.
Storm was watching this four way match from the stage and was happy to see Abadon pull put the victory.
IYO SKY vs. Bianca Belair Set For Crown Jewel
Bianca Belair is back and her time away has lit a fire inside of her. She will be challenging IYO SKY for the WWE Women’s Championship at Crown Jewel on Nov. 4.
Belair was taken out two months by Damage CTRL and she is determined to not only defeat them but get back what is hers, the WWE Women’s Championship. It was SKY who cashed in on Belair’s win at SummerSlam which made her reign last about 90 seconds.
You can watch Belair’s promo declaring the match for Crown Jewel on this week’s SmackDown below. Belair has also confirmed that she will be taking on Bayley next week.
Bianca Belair is back and focused on reclaiming her WWE Women’s Championship from highflying titleholder IYO SKY at WWE Crown Jewel.
Moments after an injured Belair defeated Asuka and Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat Match to capture the WWE Women’s Title at SummerSlam, The Genius of the Sky emerged to cash in her Money in the Bank contract and seize the gold.
After spending nearly two months on the shelf thanks to a vicious attack by Damage CTRL, Belair finally returned with a purpose on the Oct. 20 edition of SmackDown, repelling Sky and Bayley’s post-match attack on The Queen before hitting The Role Model with the K.O.D.
One week later, The EST of WWE came to the squared circle to reveal that she had been granted an opportunity to get retribution on Damage CTRL and reclaim the WWE Women’s Championship with a highly anticipated showdown against the WWE Women’s Champion at WWE Crown Jewel.
Who will leave WWE Crown Jewel with the WWE Women’s Title? Find out at WWE Crown Jewel, streaming LIVE from in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT, exclusively on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else!
Bayley Finally Takes On “Michael Cole” Prior To SmackDown
Bayley finally got her wish to have a match against Michael Cole….well sort of.
Prior to SmackDown this week, Bayley was in the ring “looking for competition” when Michael Cole’s entrance music hits and it was Kayla Braxton dressed up as Michael Cole from when he entered the Royal Rumble many years ago. Cole was at the commentary desk laughing and taking in the moment.
As the bell rings, “Michael Cole” cowers and lays on the mat allowing Bayley to get the three count.
Better luck next time “Michael Cole” you Idiot!
Liv Morgan Celebrates Nine Years With WWE
Liv Morgan took to her social media today to celebrate her nine year anniversary with WWE.
The then-20 year old Gionna Daddio from Elmwood Park, NJ would sign with WWE in October of 2014. She would go on to make her debut as an obsessed fan of Tyler Breeze named Marley. Now at 29 years of age, Liv Morgan is one of WWE’s most popular names. Her first match ended up being against Emma in a losing effort.
After spending about two years in developmental, Morgan joined with Sarah Logan and Ruby Riott to join the Riott Squad. They debuted by attacking Becky Lynch and Naomi backstage establishing themselves as a heel trio. They would go on to attack Charlotte Flair and Natalya who had a match later in the night.
The stable would continue through 2018 and in 2019 would chase the newly developed WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. They were not able to capture tag gold before the stable broke up. After missing for several months, Morgan came back at the end of 2019 to start her singles career as she entered into a storyline with Lana and Bobby Lashley.
After some time and being with Riott as a tag team once more (without Logan), Morgan eventually chased singles gold by starting a match against then-Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at the Day One event in 2022. She wasn’t able to get the gold from Lynch, but this didn’t stop Morgan from having the best year of her career thus far.
Morgan became Ms. Money in the Bank in 2022 and cashed it in on the same night against Ronda Rousey to become the SmackDown Women’s Champion. She held the championship for nearly 100 days before losing it back to Rousey.
In 2023, Morgan became runner up in the Royal Rumble and became a two-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion with Raquel Rodriguez.
Congratulations to Morgan on her nine year anniversary with WWE and here is to many more!
Trick Or Street Fight Set For Oct. 30 Raw
It has been announced that one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green will be taking on Natalya this Monday. It will be a Trick or Street Fight.
Natalya along with Tegan Nox have been having a rivalry against Green and Piper Niven. Last week, it was confirmed by Natalya that Nox will be out of action but back soon. She attempted to recruit Nikki Cross in the meantime but with Cross being in a trance she was of no hope and Natalya was defeated.
Green loses a singles match against Shotzi on the Oct. 27 episode of SmackDown.
What will come out of this upcoming Trick or Street fight on Halloween eve?
Raw – Oct. 30
- Natalya vs. Chelsea Green – Trick or Street Fight
- Xia Li vs. Candice LeRae
- Final build to Crown Jewel
SmackDown Preview, Oct. 27: Bianca Belair Is Back
As a reminder, tonight’s SmackDown will be on FS1.
Last week, IYO SKY retained her championship in a huge main event against Charlotte Flair. Thanks in part to her Damage CTRL members, SKY continues on as the WWE Women’s Champion but she had a surprise post match. The three on one attack on Flair came to an end when the returning Bianca Belair came down to the ring.
Belair has been off WWE TV for two months. What will she have to say tonight?
Will we also finally see the Unholy Union on TV outside of vignettes tonight? They continue to hold true that the tag team gold is cursed because of them. We have had the champions opt for new belts because of this and we will also see Chelsea Green and Piper Niven defend the titles on Oct. 31 episode of Halloween Havoc for NXT.
Check back in with Diva Dirt tonight to talk about SmackDown live.
Ronda Rousey Returned To The Ring At Lucha VaVOOM
Ronda Rousey works her first wrestling match outside of WWE. She teamed up with Marina Shafir to take on Taya Valkyrie and Brian Kendrick at the Lucha VaVoom event in Los Angeles, California.
The match worked went about five minutes with Rousey gettinf the win for her team after Kendrick tapped out to the ankle lock.
The is Rousey’s first match since losing to Shayna Baszler at WWE’s SummerSlam in August. Baszler has gone on to gloat on screen about running Rousey out of WWE.
There is no word on Rousey being featured with WWE in the near future
Gail Kim Added As Guest Referee To Knockouts Title Match At Turning Point
Gail Kim will be the special guest referee for the Knockouts World Title match at Turning Point. The event will be taped today and aired on Nov. 3. The match is between the current champion Trinity and her challenger Deonna Purrazzo.
This encounter between Trinity and Purrazzo is also a last chance match. This means if Purrazzo does not win she can no longer challenge for the Knockouts Title as long as Trinity is champion.
Also set on this card is Jordynne Grace vs. Dani Luna and Gisele Shaw vs. Alex Windsor.
Spoilers: AEW Rampage Tapings For Oct. 27
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AEW taped its recent Rampage episode on aoct. 25 for Oct. 27. Per PWInsider, here is what happened –
Abadon def. Willow Nightingale, Anna Jay and Skye Blue. Toni Storm watched the match from the stage. With the win, Abadon earned a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship on the October 28 episode of AEW Collision.
This was Abadon’s first match on TV in two years.
Toni Storm To Challenge For AEW Women’s Title At Full Gear
Toni Storm is set for a Hollywood Homecoming.
During the October 25 episode of AEW Dynamite, Hikaru Shida defended her AEW Women’s World Championship against Ruby Soho. In the second half of the bout, Shida applied a torture rack briefly. The champ went up top, but Soho threw her off and ripped off a turnbuckle pad to distract the ref.
Soho grabbed a can of spray paint before tossing it to Shida. Soho grabbed the title and Shida accidentally sprayed the belt, allowing Soho to plant Shida for a nearfall. As the back and forth continued, Shida pulled out a Katana, but it wasn’t enough.
Toni Storm made an appearance on the ramp as it was announced that she will challenge for the AEW Women’s World Championship at AEW Full Gear on November 18.
Additionally, this Friday’s Rampage will feature a four-way pitting Abadon, Skye Blue, Willow Nightingale, and Anna Jay against each other. The winner will advance to challenge Shida for the gold on Saturday’s Collision.
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Lyra Valkyria Crowned NEW NXT Women’s Champion At Halloween Havoc
The Man Becky Lynch’s reign as NXT Women’s Champion has come to an end. On Oct. 24’s night one of NXT Halloween Havoc Lyra Valkyria defeated Lynch in the main event with Jade Cargill looking on.
Lynch continuing to give other talent the best matches of their careers so far, Valkyria was no exception. The two Irish talents laid it all on the line in that ring and each countered everything the other had. Just when you thought the match was over, not so fast! Eventually Valkyria did what is unheard of and that is kicking out of a Manhandle Slam followed by countering a second one into a roll up victory. Valkyria has won her first gold in WWE and has won it off of one of the most decorated Superstars in the business today.
Lynch grabbed the title belt, gave a look at Cargill who was standing up in the crowd by her throne and smiling. She then handed the belt to Valkyria and the two embraced.
Also on this night, Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James in a Devil’s Playground match. She lastly used James’ bag to hit Pop Rox. After the match Perez revealed pieces of the broken brick that were in James’ bag that she landed on.
Blair Davenport defeated Gigi Dolin in a Lights Out match. Davenport landed a Falcon Arrow to Dolin through a table that was set up next to commentary.
NXT Breakout Tourney Finals Set; Women’s Tag Team Title Match Set For NXT
On night one of Halloween Havoc this week, two semi-final matches took place for the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament.
First was Kelani Jordan taking on Miss. NXT Arianna Grace. Jordan defeated Izzi Dame in the first round while Grace took out the debuting Brinley Reece. This time, Jordan would continue her rise to stardom as she took down Grace off of a tope rope split legged moonsault.
The second match was between Lola Vice, who defeated Dani Palmer in the first round, facing Karmen Petrovic, who silenced another debut in that of Jaidia Parker. In this semi-finals match, Petrovic was in control after a dive on Vice to the outside. However, back in the ring we had a kick off which Vice would get the last kick in to lay out Petrovic and advance.
Jordan vs. Vice takes place next week at night two of Halloween Havoc where the winner earns a championship opportunity.
Other matches set for next week are Fallon He ly vs. Tiffany Stratton along with the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Piper Niven and Chelsea Green defending against Chase U’s Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne.
NXT Halloween Havoc Discussion Post: 10.24.23
Tonight’s NXT is night one of Halloween Havoc and it is packed with five women’s matches! The show will be hosted by Scarlett and Shotzi.
First we have both semi-final matches for the Breakout Tournament – Kelani Jordan vs. Arianna Grace and Karmen Petrovic vs. Lola Vice.
Next we have two stipulation matches. Blair Davenport vs. Gigi Dolin has culminated to a Lights Out match while Roxanne Perez and Kiana James will take part in a Devil’s Playground match.
Lastly, the NXT Women’s Championship will main event as the champion Becky Lynch defends against Lyra Valkyria.
There’s also a rumor that Jade Cargill is at the PC but unknown if she will be used on the show.
Lynch Retains Against Hartwell; Candice LeRae vs. Xia Li Set For Oct. 30
Becky Lynch is still the NXT Women’s Champion after doing battle with Indi Hartwell on the Oct. 23 episode of Raw.
Prior to the match, Lynch was being interviewed backstage about her bout with Hartwell which was up next. During the interview, Xia Li was lurking in the background. Lyra Valkyria who will face Lynch on Oct. 24 Halloween Havoc, was front row for this match.
Candice LeRaw stayed backstage to watch Hartwell take on Lynch. In a solid match which picked up in the middle, Lynch took away the win. Hartwell tapped out in the DisarmHer.
After the match, Li attacked LeRae backstage and told her it was a message to send to Hartwell as well. Li vs. LeRae us set for next week.
Valkyria is ready for Lynch.
Also ahead of the Fatal Five-way for the Women’s World Championship at Crown Jewel, a contract signing took place. GM Adam Pearce attempted to get Raquel Rodriguez, Zoey Stark, Shayna Baszler, and Nia Jax’s signatures eithout involving the champ. However, that backfired as Ripley who had a busy night trying to get Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre on the Judgment Day’s side, made her way to the ring.
After claiming she will remain at the top of the division, Jax spoke up and explained to the other three competitors that Ripley will use her to do most if the work.
Later in the night, SmackDown GM Nick Aldis was talking to Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, potentially trying to convince then to come to the blue brand.