WWE has revealed how Becky Lynch’s challenger for WrestleMania 36 will be determined.
It was announced via The Wrap this afternoon that Shayna Baszler, Asuka, Ruby Riott, Natalya, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan will be the six participants in next month’s women’s Elimination Chamber match. The winner will challenge Lynch for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36.
Baszler is expected to be Lynch’s challenger for WrestleMania. She appeared on Raw last week and took part in an angle where she bit Lynch after Lynch retained her title against Asuka. Lynch refused to get in an ambulance, drove off in it herself, and then returned later in the show. She cut a promo where she told Baszler that she better find Lynch before Lynch finds her.
This year’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view is taking place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 8. The Wells Fargo Center is also advertising that there will be an Elimination Chamber match to decide who will challenge for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 36.
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida is hosting WrestleMania on April 5.
Ruby Riott returned to WWE television tonight on Raw.
Liv Morgan had just defeated Lana when Riott made her return. At first, it appeared she was there to congratulate her fellow Riott Squad member. However, Riott attacked Morgan and put the boots to her. Once Riott left, Lana took advantage and laid out Morgan with an x-factor.
Riott had been for an extended period of time after undergoing double shoulder surgery. Her last in-ring appearance was back on May 15, when she lost a fatal four way match for the Raw Women’s title.
Since Riott’s injury, the rest of the Riott Squad broke up. Morgan was initially traded to SmackDown, but after months of not appearing on television debuted as a member of the Raw roster late last year, confronting Lana over her marriage to Bobby Lashley.
Sarah Logan, the third member of the Riott Squad, remained on the Raw roster but has mostly been working matches on Main Event.
Ruby Riott has undergone her second shoulder surgery of the year.
After having surgery, Riott posted a picture on her social media accounts on Tuesday and captioned it with: “Round 2… Fight!”
Riott had surgery on her right shoulder in May to repair a bilateral injury. WWE announced at the time that she would have to undergo surgery on her left shoulder at a later date for the same injury.
Riott’s last match before having surgery was a fatal four-way against Becky Lynch, Tamina, and Lacey Evans at WWE’s house show in Cardiff, Wales on May 17.
The Riott Squad (Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) were split up when Morgan moved to SmackDown in April’s Superstar Shake-up. Morgan made an appearance on the July 16 episode of SmackDown and lost to Charlotte Flair. After the match, Morgan teased a character change where she’s going to be “real” when she appears next.
Logan has recently been feuding with Dana Brooke on Main Event.
Ruby Riott is out of action following what will be the first of two shoulder surgeries.
WWE.com reported this afternoon that Riott underwent successful surgery on 5/21 to repair a bilateral injury to her right shoulder. They also said that she will undergo similar surgery in her left shoulder at a later date. There is no current timetable for her return.
Riott hasn’t appeared on television since the 4/22 episode of Main Event, losing to Dana Brooke. But she has been wrestling on house shows, with her most recent match being on 5/17 when she competed in a fatal four way match for the Raw Women’s title that involved champion Becky Lynch, Lacey Evans and Tamina.
The Riott Squad hasn’t been seen on television since the Superstar Shake-Up went into effect. Riott and Sarah Logan were kept on Raw, but Liv Morgan was traded to SmackDown. Morgan also hasn’t appeared on television since the split, but was teaming with her Riott Squad teammates during the recent European tour.
Two matches have been announced for Raw’s go-home show for WrestleMania 35.
Ahead of WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair will team up on next week’s Raw. They’re facing The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a six-woman tag match.
WWE has announced a stipulation where Rousey, Lynch, or Charlotte will forfeit their place at WrestleMania if they betray their team against The Riott Squad.
Rousey will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Lynch and Charlotte in a triple threat match in the main event of WrestleMania.
Next week’s Raw is taking place at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. Kurt Angle’s farewell tour will continue, with him facing Rey Mysterio on the episode. Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is also set to appear.
Angle has defeated Apollo Crews, Chad Gable, and Samoa Joe on his farewell tour thus far and has a match against AJ Styles on this week’s SmackDown.
Baron Corbin has been announced as the opponent for Angle’s farewell match at WrestleMania. Mysterio will challenge for Samoa Joe’s United States title at the event.
– WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks & Bayley defeated Nia Jax & Tamina in 9:15 to retain their titles
Banks & Bayley retained after Bayley hit a flying elbow on Tamina. Fun opener — the crowd was into it.
– Luke Harper defeated Mojo Rawley in 7:00
Harper returned to the ring and got a huge pop from the crowd in his hometown. It was a welcome surprise.
Rawley ambushed Harper before the bell, then the match got underway. Harper won with his discus lariat.
– Tyler Breeze’s music hit. As he was walking down the ramp, Drew McIntyre attacked him from behind. McIntyre hit the Claymore Kick in the ring, got on the mic, and said he should be headlining WrestleMania instead of Seth Rollins.
McIntyre issued a challenge to anyone in the back — and Dean Ambrose’s music hit.
– Drew McIntyre defeated Dean Ambrose in 7:55
McIntyre won with the Claymore Kick. It was a back-and-forth match before the finish.
– Alexa Bliss teased a big celebrity interview for Moment of Bliss, but she said Bradley Cooper or Lady Gaga wouldn’t be caught dead in Rochester. That received big heat from the crowd.
Bliss said she instead found someone more on Rochester’s level — Natalya. Bliss insulted her and the Hart family. Natalya faked a peace offering and then attacked Bliss, leading into the next match.
– Natalya defeated Alexa Bliss by DQ
Shortly after the start of the match, Lacey Evans’ theme music hit and she made her walk out. Natalya put on the Sharpshooter, but Evans interfered to cause the disqualification. They double-teamed Natalya until Dana Brooke came out to make the save. The match was restarted as a tag match.
– Natalya & Dana Brooke defeated Alexa Bliss & Lacey Evans in 6:55
I had never seen this many people chanting Dana Brooke’s name. Natalya submitted Bliss with the Sharpshooter.
– Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor defeated Bobby Lashley in 10:40 to retain his title
Balor retained with the Coup de Grace.
– Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival defeated Bobby Roode & Chad Gable in a two-out-of-three falls match in 28:30 to retain their titles
Great match — it got “this is awesome” chants. The Revival won the first fall, then Roode & Gable got the second fall. The Revival won the third fall with a roll-up pin while using the ropes for leverage.
– Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defeated Ruby Riott in 1:05 to retain her title
Rousey was in full-blown heel mode. She stormed to the ring and did D-X crotch chops. This was a squash match, with Rousey submitting Riott with an armbar.
Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan attempted to attack Rousey after the match, but Rousey fended them off and did more heel antics.
– Braun Strowman defeated Baron Corbin in a Rochester Street Fight in 13:15
Corbin was in control for most of the match with a kendo stick. Strowman eventually put him through a table and pinned him for the victory.
– WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks & Bayley defeated Nia Jax & Tamina to retain their titles
Banks got the win with the Banks Statement.
– Mojo Rawley defeated Tyler Breeze
Rawley jumped Breeze before the bell. Fans weren’t impressed with the outcome.
– Drew McIntyre defeated Dean Ambrose
Good match that had a lot of back-and-forth. McIntyre hit the Claymore Kick to win.
– Natalya appeared on A Moment of Bliss, with Bliss insulting Canada to make Natalya angry.
– Natalya defeated Alexa Bliss by DQ
They had a brief match that got interrupted by Lacey Evans. She made her usual walk and was attacked by Natalya. Natalya went back to the ring and Evans followed, with her attacking Natalya for the DQ.
Fighting ensued, which brought out Dana Brooke to defend Natalya. This became a tag match.
– Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor defeated Bobby Lashley to retain his title
Balor retained with the Coup de Grace.
– Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival defeated Bobby Roode & Chad Gable in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain their titles
They had a long match where The Revival retained by winning two falls. Roode & Gable won one.
– Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defeated Ruby Riott to retain her title
Rousey was greeted by a mix of cheers and boos. She was still playing up turning against the fans from Monday night.
This was a squash match that lasted two minutes, with Rousey retaining via armbar. Liv Morgan tried to jump Rousey, but Morgan was beaten down and escaped under the ropes.
The fans were extremely unhappy with the quick finish.
– Braun Strowman defeated Baron Corbin in a no DQ match
Strowman got the win after putting Corbin through a table.
– The show opened with a 10-bell salute for Pedro Morales.
– Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley defeated Apollo Crews and Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match to retain his title
Lashley attempted to leave, but Scott Armstrong came out and made the match official. Ambrose hit the Dirty Deeds on Crews, then Lashley came in, threw Ambrose out, and pinned Crews for the win.
– The Singh Brothers entered to introduce Jinder Mahal, who cut a promo until the Lucha House Party interrupted him.
– The Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado) defeated Jinder Mahal & The Singh Brothers
The Lucha House Party won and were over as hell.
– A promo from Ruby Riott aired on the big screen.
– Elias set up in the ring while the promo was shown. He played some guitar and cut a promo before introducing No Way Jose.
Jose was attacked by Drew McIntyre on the ramp, with McIntyre then cutting a heel promo.
– Drew McIntyre defeated Elias
McIntyre hit the Claymore Kick to win.
– Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defeated Ruby Riott to retain her title
Rousey got by far the biggest pop of the night. She submitted Riott with the armbar to retain.
– Mojo Rawley defeated Tyler Breeze
A sit-out Alabama slam got Rawley the win. The Revival came out and hit their finisher on Breeze, which brought out Bobby Roode and Chad Gable.
– Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival defeated Bobby Roode & Chad Gable to retain their titles
There was a slow build up to the match, but it was great and went about 30 minutes. Gable and Roode made hot tags, and there were near falls and big moves from both teams. Dawson used the ropes for a roll-up on Gable to win.
The crowd cheered loudly for Roode and Gable at the end.
– Braun Strowman defeated Baron Corbin in a street fight
They used kendo sticks, steel steps, and chairs. Corbin put Strowman through a table that was set up in the corner. Strowman powerslammed Corbin through another table that was set up right in the middle of the ring for the win.
Sasha Banks, Bayley, Finn Balor, and Seth Rollins were advertised but didn’t appear.
Ronda Rousey’s next title defense will officially be against Ruby Riott.
WWE has announced that Rousey will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Riott at this month’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. The event is taking place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on February 17.
Rousey vs. Riott was set up for Elimination Chamber on this week’s episode of Raw. Rousey defeated Riott Squad members Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan in back-to-back singles matches. Riott got on the apron after the second match, but she backed off and went backstage with Morgan and Logan.
Riott then did an interview saying she didn’t run away from Rousey — Morgan and Logan needed her. Riott said that when she defeats Rousey, the Raw Women’s title will be on the line.
Morgan & Logan will be one of the six teams in the Women’s Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber match at the PPV.
Here’s the updated Elimination Chamber card:
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Mustafa Ali, and Samoa Joe in an Elimination Chamber match
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Ruby Riott
Nia Jax & Tamina vs. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan vs. Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville vs. Peyton Royce & Billie Kay vs. Naomi & Carmella in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Shane McMahon & The Miz defending against The Usos
Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Akira Tozawa
A tables match has been added to the card for this month’s TLC pay-per-view.
WWE announced today that Natalya will face Ruby Riott in a tables match at TLC in San Jose, California on December 16. The stipulation match was set up when Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan put Natalya through a table on this Monday’s episode of Raw.
Natalya and Riott’s feud picked up with a storyline on the November 5 edition of Raw where Riott broke sunglasses that belonged to Jim Neidhart. The attack angle on this week’s show took Natalya out of a match where she was supposed to team with Ronda Rousey against Nia Jax & Tamina. Rousey & Ember Moon instead defeated Jax & Tamina in the main event of the episode.
Here’s the updated lineup for TLC:
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan defending against AJ Styles
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins defending against Dean Ambrose
If Braun Strowman is able to wrestle at the PPV: Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a tables, ladders, and chairs match (Strowman will challenge for Brock Lesnar’s Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble if he defeats Corbin. If Corbin wins, he’ll become the permanent general manager of Raw. Corbin will lose all of his GM power if Strowman wins)
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Nia Jax
SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a triple threat tables, ladders, and chairs match
Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre
Elias vs. Bobby Lashley
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus defending against The Usos and The New Day in a triple threat match
All of Raw’s Survivor Series teams have now been confirmed.
On tonight’s Raw, WWE had Alexa Bliss announce Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Natalya (who had been laid out by The Riott Squad earlier in the night) & Ruby Riott as their women’s division team for Survivor Series. Bliss, who is still out of action, is the captain for the team but isn’t in the match.
Charlotte Flair, Asuka, Naomi, Sonya Deville & Carmella will be SmackDown’s women’s team.
There was an angle on tonight’s Raw where Bliss made Sasha Banks vs. Bayley for the last spot on her team, but James, Jax, and Tamina attacked them and Bliss announced Riott as the final member. It was shown that Lynch had Ronda Rousey in an armbar backstage, Lynch came to the ring, and the SmackDown women’s division invaded and stood tall. Lynch got busted open at one point during the segment.
The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California is hosting Survivor Series on Sunday. Here’s the updated card:
Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Raw Tag Team Champions AOP vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus
Men’s Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor & Bobby Lashley) vs. Team SmackDown (The Miz, Daniel Bryan, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio & Samoa Joe)
Women’s Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Mickie James, Nia Jax, Tamina, Natalya & Ruby Riott) vs. Team SmackDown (Charlotte Flair, Asuka, Naomi, Sonya Deville & Carmella)
Tag Team Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Bobby Roode & Chad Gable, The B-Team, The Revival, The Lucha House Party & The Ascension) vs. Team SmackDown (The Usos, The New Day, TBA, TBA & TBA)
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defending against Mustafa Ali
Two matches have been announced for today’s Raw tapings in Manchester, England.
Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya will face The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a rematch from Evolution. Banks, Bayley & Natalya won the matchup when it took place at the all-women’s pay-per-view.
On last week’s Raw, Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Trish Stratus & Lita defeated The Riott Squad, Mickie James & Alicia Fox.
Finn Balor vs. Bobby Lashley is also set for the tapings. Balor defeated Lashley by disqualification on Raw last week, with Lashley attacking Balor after the match and being added to the World Cup tournament at Crown Jewel as the storyline explanation for John Cena not wrestling in Saudi Arabia.
Balor also defeated Lashley on the October 22 episode of Raw.
WWE is advertising that Ronda Rousey will respond to Becky Lynch tonight ahead of their non-title champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series later this month. On last week’s SmackDown, Lynch cut a promo saying she was going to rip Rousey’s arm off at Survivor Series.
It’s been confirmed that Triple H and Shawn Michaels will be appearing on tonight’s show to further the build to their tag match against The Undertaker & Kane at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 2. A pre-recorded video with Undertaker and Kane aired on Raw last week, and Undertaker then appeared on SmackDown 1000 to send a message to Triple H & Michaels.
This week’s Raw is the go-home show for Evolution, and the show will include a contract signing segment for Ronda Rousey and Nikki Bella’s Raw Women’s Championship match at the pay-per-view. Sasha Banks will also face Ruby Riott tonight. That comes in advance of Banks, Bayley & Natalya taking on The Riott Squad (Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a six-woman tag at Evolution.
A Tag Team Championship match is set for tonight, with Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre defending their titles against Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose. Last week’s Raw continued to tease the storyline of dissension between Ambrose and The Shield, but the episode ended with The Shield defeating Braun Strowman, Ziggler & McIntyre. Strowman laid out Ziggler after the match, then McIntyre hit the Claymore Kick on Strowman.
UPDATE: Finn Balor vs. Bobby Lashley is also official for tonight.
Ahead of tonight’s go-home edition of Raw, WWE has confirmed what a few more wrestlers will be doing at Evolution.
It was announced this afternoon that Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya will face The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a six-woman tag match at the October 28 pay-per-view in Long Island, New York.
After being pulled from Mixed Match Challenge due to injury, Banks was back on Raw last week and returned to the ring at this weekend’s house shows. Natalya faced Riott on Raw last Monday, with The Riott Squad causing a disqualification when Natalya had Riott in the Sharpshooter and the faces fighting them off after the match.
Here’s the updated card for Evolution:
Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Nikki Bella
SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Charlotte Flair in a last woman standing match
Alexa Bliss & Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus & Lita
NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane defending against Shayna Baszler
Battle royal for a future title shot (Ember Moon, Nia Jax, Tamina, Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Asuka, Carmella, Naomi, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Lana, Torrie Wilson, Alundra Blayze, Ivory, Molly Holly, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, and Maria Kanellis announced thus far)
Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan)
Two rematches from Super Show-Down are scheduled for tonight’s Raw.
The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) vs. Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre and Ronda Rousey & The Bellas vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) have been announced for tonight’s show. When the six-person tags took place in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, The Shield and Rousey & The Bellas won their respective matches.
Ambrose pinned Ziggler at Super Show-Down, with The Shield staying united after the storyline where dissension between Ambrose and Reigns & Rollins was teased.
Reigns will defend his Universal Championship against Strowman and Brock Lesnar in a triple threat match at Crown Jewel on November 2.
Rousey submitted Morgan and Logan with a double armbar at Super Show-Down. There was a moment where Rousey and Nikki Bella both wanted to start for their teams, seemingly teasing Rousey vs. Nikki for this month’s Evolution pay-per-view.
Tonight’s Raw is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Trish Stratus are all advertised for the show.
