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New match and opening segment announced for WWE Raw

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WWE Raw General Manager Adam Pearce has announced the lineup for Monday’s show.

In a video posted to social media on Sunday, Pearce revealed a new match and the opening segment.

Oba Femi will kick off the broadcast. Also announced, Sol Ruca will defend her WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Lyra Valkyria.

Previously announced for the show were four-way matches in both the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments, as well as Penta defending the Intercontinental Championship against Rey Mysterio.

WWE Raw this week is set for the Accor Arena in Paris, France.

The updated lineup is below:

WWE Raw lineup for Monday, June 8, 2026:

  • WWE Intercontinental Championship: Penta (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
  • WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Sol Ruca (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria
  • King of the Ring first-round match: Seth Rollins vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Talla Tonga vs. Ricky Saints
  • Queen of the Ring first-round match: Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Chelsea Green
  • Oba Femi kicks off the broadcast

Sol Ruca names ‘next challenge’ following WWE Clash in Italy

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Sol Ruca already has her sights set on her next dream opponent in WWE. 

In an interview with Elz (the Witch) following Clash in Italy, Ruca revealed while she’s competed in her dream match against IYO SKY, she hopes to face Charlotte Flair in a singles bout. 

“Now I’ve had my dream match with IYO SKY – I would love to have more with her – now I want to go against Charlotte Flair one-on-one.”

“I know we’re on different brands as of right now. I’ve seen her in the ring a few times, in tag matches, in other multi-person matches, but we’ve never had that one-on-one moment. I think that is my next challenge I want to do.” 

Barely a month into her Raw debut, Ruca has squared off against Liv Morgan and SKY. Last year, when she and Zaria were still a tag team they competed on SmackDown for the Women’s Tag Team Title tournament where they collided with Alexa Bliss and Flair. 

Additionally, at Clash in Italy, Ruca defeated Becky Lynch to win the Intercontinental Championship.

Sol Ruca opens up about increased scrutiny and online hate on WWE main roster

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Sol Ruca understands the intensity of the visibility on the WWE main roster especially when it comes to online critics. 

Speaking with Sam Roberts and Megan Morant on WWE Now, Ruca addressed how she deals with online hate and negative reactions. She admitted that moving to the main roster brought greater exposure as well as increased scrutiny from fans on social media. 

“Yeah 100%. I mean even in NXT, we get people that are watching every move and we get people that are  leaving hate comments and all this negativity, and essentially being up on the main roster, you have more eyes, which means more hate, but also means more love. So it is something that I’ve had to kind of navigate because I wasn’t really, it wasn’t something that I thought of when I got signed that it was going to be like ‘oh, this means that there’s going to be more eyes or more people trying to nitpick everything’. But at the end of the day, especially with people on social media. That’s such a small percentage of our fan base, and as long as the crowd in person is happy and everyone backstage is happy with what I do, then that’s fine with me.”

Despite the added pressure that comes with performing on the big stage in WWE, Ruca seems to be taking the attention in stride. Last month, an awkward botch while she attempted her signature move, the sol snatcher, garnered widespread criticism. WWE edited the footage to make it look like a clean cut. Later, Ruca revealed Triple H reached out to her with advice on dealing with online negativity. 

Ruca officially transitioned to the Raw roster in April and a little more than a month later won her first title. She participated in her first main roster Premium Live Event, Clash in Italy, where she defeated Becky Lynch to end her third reign as Intercontinental Champion. 

Becky Lynch breaks unfortunate record at WWE Clash in Italy 2026

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Becky Lynch broke an unfortunate WWE record at the Clash in Italy 2026 PLE.

In the fourth match of the night at Clash in Italy in Turin, fans saw Sol Ruca defeat Becky Lynch to become the brand new WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion.

However, while doing so, Lynch broke quite an unfortunate championship record. In addition to holding the record for the longest-reigning WWE Women’s Intercontinental title at 163-days, Lynch is now also the shortest-ever Women’s Intercontinental Champion.

The finish of the match saw Lynch go for the manhandle slam near the corner, which Ruca countered. She then followed it up with the Sol Snatcher and secured the pinfall victory.

Lynch’s third title reign came to an end at just 43-days at Clash in Italy. She had previously won the title from AJ Lee at WWE WrestleMania 42. The shortest-ever title reign was previously held by both Lee and Maxxine Dupri, each for 49-days. Lynch’s second reign lasted for 54-days, while inaugural champion Lyra Valkyria held the gold for 145-days.

Just weeks after making the main roster jump to WWE RAW, Ruca has now won her first-ever WWE main-roster singles championship.

WWE stars who need a win at Clash in Italy | Opinion 

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Sunday’s WWE Clash in Italy features several rematches against talent with some stars seeking to either gain momentum or shift momentum in their favor. With championship implications and ongoing storylines, the PLE presents a crucial opportunity for stars to re-establish themselves. 

Here’s a few talents who need to win at WWE Clash in Italy.

Sol Ruca

Ruca won their non-title SNME bout via disqualification last weekend as an awkward landing after the Sol Snatcher forced the stoppage. 

Ruca and Lynch had their first encounter on the May 4 edition of Raw. Ruca was in the middle of signing her contract, officially transitioning to the main roster. Lynch intervened to confront Adam Pearce for her impromptu match against IYO SKY the previous week. 

Despite the mixed reactions, Lynch levels up and boosts her opponents. While it seems like the Women’s Intercontinental Title is struggling to brand its own identity, Ruca’s win could help define it with exciting matches and feuds. 

Oba Femi

Femi already showed his physicality and worth against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 42. Another win against him would help cement him as WWE’s next powerhouse attraction. He has developed the momentum, but a second win over someone of Lesnar’s stature would solidify his credibility as a main event force.

It would also avoid predictable squash matches which were taking place as a part of Femi’s open challenges after WrestleMania. Apart from a rivalry with Roman Reigns, which was teased in the Mania post show and Gunther’s interest in a possible feud, the pool of believable opponents is limited. 

Femi needs to gain a victory over Lesnar again at Clash in Italy so he can strut on to better opportunities and most likely the World Heavyweight Championship. 

Jade Cargill

The formulaic attraction of Cargill’s limited title defenses during her initial World title reign made it difficult to sustain her character development. It often came across as WWE protecting her to ensure her dominant position. However, it fell flat. 

Rhea Ripley has strong connections to ongoing storylines. The tension with Charlotte Flair stemming from their history is teasing another singles feud down the line. Jacy Jayne confronting the champion on the April 24 edition of SmackDown demonstrated why WWE may be keen on keeping her in the center of the women’s division. 

Without the championship, Cargill could focus on fresh feuds against top notch opponents before a likely future as a two-time WWE Women’s Champion. 

Gunther

Gunther has already been presented as a physically dominant World Heavyweight Champion. If he defeats Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship Sunday, that would be the final step in establishing himself as the company’s ultimate in-ring force.

Rhodes is in his third reign as champion. Initially, he was backed by fans worldwide to end Roman Reigns’ record-breaking Universal Title reign and take over the reins of the new era in WWE. However, over time, his monotonous tone and persona has become predictable. 

With a heel like Gunther taking the WWE Title from Rhodes, it would give him some time off from the constant spotlight and refresh his character direction. Meanwhile, it would be a change of pace with Gunther’s brutal, methodical style of wrestling in the WWE Championship picture. 

Roman Reigns

The Tribal Combat match is built to feel like it’s Roman Reigns’ domain. Reigns’ presence is still central to WWE. While this reign may feel a lot like his last one, a loss this soon would risk undercutting the aura WWE has rebuilt for him since his return to full-time competition.

Jacob Fatu’s determination is set in the right place — to take everything Reigns has for himself. However, that might get the best of him and detour him from seeing the bigger picture, blinding him with the right motive and method to get the victory over Reigns. He has proven it multiple times that his anger and quest has been the main influence to determine his next move. 

At the same time, it would enable WWE to carefully plot who could take over the leadership reins from him instead of a rushed takeover by Fatu.

Sol Ruca injury update following Becky Lynch post on X 

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Becky Lynch cast further doubt on Sol Ruca’s medical condition days before their feud at WWE Clash in Italy. 

Continuing her series of daily rants on X, Lynch mocked Ruca claiming that she is still not medically cleared to compete. 

“I told Sol Puka (cause she makes me want to puke!!!!!) she wasn’t ready to step in the ring with me and she didn’t listen!!!!! I hope she make it to Italy although she’s not medically cleared! Some people think it’s because she LOST HER MIND!” 

Ruca sustained a leg injury during her SNME match against Lynch last weekend. It happened after an awkward landing while attempting her signature move, the Sol Snatcher. The referee stopped the match which led to Ruca winning via disqualification. The nature and impact of injury is undisclosed, and there is no official announcement by WWE nor Ruca on the matter. 

Ruca moved to the main roster on the Raw after WrestleMania and shortly after clashed with Lynch backstage. The most significant confrontation happened when Lynch interrupted her Raw contract signing and chaos ensued when the champion accidentally struck Adam Pearce in the commotion.

The two are set to face off at Clash in Italy on May 31 for the Intercontinental Championship at the Inalpi Arena in Turin.

Sol Ruca initially thought WWE tryout call was for UFC

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WWE’s new sensation, Sol Ruca, recently opened up about her thoughts on initially receiving her WWE tryout call and believing it to be for UFC.

A former gymnast, Sol Ruca, became a part of WWE when she successfully cleared the tryouts and joined the Performance Center in 2022. Soon after, she became one of the most promising wrestlers on the roster, winning multiple titles. Now, a part of the main roster and in a feud against Becky Lynch, the 26-year-old recently reflected on receiving the call for WWE tryouts.

Speaking to KVAL News, the former champion shared her journey about entering WWE and initially thinking it was like the UFC.

“So I didn’t really know much about wrestling when I got here. I was doing social media full-time, and I was an online personal trainer living in Hawaii when I got a DM from the WWE Recruit page, and they asked if I wanted to do a tryout,” she said.

“Honestly, at first I thought it was the UFC and was like ‘I don’t know how to fight, I’m not gonna do that’. Did my research and was like ‘Okay, this is sick, I think I could do this’, might as well go on a tryout, if I don’t make it, it’s a cool story to tell people, and if I do, hell yeah, let’s do it.”

Sol Ruca recently defeated Becky Lynch at Saturday Night’s Main Event and earned a title opportunity against her at Clash in Italy on May 30, 2026.

Sol Ruca further discusses realizing her passion for wrestling

In the same interview, she further opened up about her tryouts and gradually realized her passion for pro-wrestling.

“So (they) flew me out to Orlando, I had my tryout at the Performance Center, and I absolutely loved it. Walking in, having the music blaring, and it was such a good team, and I had just graduated. I was an athlete my entire life, so I had like a year break from graduation until I got signed, and during that time I was like ‘this is what I’m missing, I miss this kind of teamwork and competitiveness’, and that’s kind of when I knew this is what I wanted to do.”

Women’s Intercontinental title match added to WWE Clash in Italy

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A match for the Women’s Intercontinental title is set for Clash in Italy.

Becky Lynch tried to be smart during her non-title match against Sol Ruca during Saturday Night’s Main Event, throwing referee Jessika Carr into Sol Ruca’s way as the new Raw star laid her out with the Sol snatcher. Once the referee recovered, she called for the bell, disqualifying Lynch. The enraged champion then jumped Ruca, laying her out with multiple manhandle slams.

Backstage, Nick Alids informed Lynch that he had talked to Raw GM Adam Pearce and as a result of her actions, an Intercontinental title match had been added to next Sunday’s Clash in Italy, which will take place in Turin.

Ruca has yet to score a pinfall victory since getting called up to the main roster, losing to the likes of Liv Morgan and IYO SKY. After Lynch dismissed Ruca on this past Monday’s Raw, the former NXT star went to the ring and called out Lynch. The two eventually agreed to a match for SNME, but Lynch objected to putting the Intercontinental title on the line.

WWE Clash in Italy (May 31)

  • WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes defends against Gunther
  • Tribal Combat match for World Heavyweight title: Roman Reigns defends against Jacob Fatu
  • WWE Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley defends against Jade Cargill
  • WWE Women’s Intercontinental title: Becky Lynch defends against Sol Ruca

Wrestling Weekly: AEW Double or Nothing & WWE SNME highlight a big wrestling weekend

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Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa are back on a new Wrestling Weekly to talk about a big weekend for wrestling with Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing and WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.

In addition, we discuss the situation with Ludwig Kaiser, revamping WWE’s tag team division and the speculation regarding AEW’s television future. Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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Sol Ruca reveals conversation with Triple H after botched WWE Raw move 

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Sol Ruca revealed her conversation with Triple H on the botched Sol Snatcher on the May 4 edition of Raw. 

In her interview with Ringer Wrestling, Ruca talked about the crippling impact of social media comments on wrestlers’ performances.

“Social media is tough, especially with the trolls and people hating. I feel like a lot of us just want to know what people think. We want to know if people like our matches. We want to know if they’re invested and whatnot. But I feel like it doesn’t matter how many good comments we see, if we see one of those bad ones that strikes a nerve, we’re just like ‘Oh my God, I’m the worst. I did terribly.’”

“But yeah it’s just something you have to learn to work through, I think it’s going to be an ongoing thing. I don’t think any of us are ever going to completely get over that.”

She specifically revisited the botched Sol Snatcher spot with Becky Lynch when she accidentally tripped on the ropes. Triple H called and spoke with her after the segment with praise for her performance, positive feedback and advised her to drown the noise from social media. 

“I did have Triple H call me after my debut with Becky and the promo and stuff and he was like, ‘I just want you to know you did a great job.’ I was like ‘Yeah, I’m just gonna stay off social media, not 100% happy with how it turned out.’ But he was like ‘We think you did amazing, don’t worry about it, don’t go on social media.’” 

“He really just gave me that ok of like ‘You’re fine, don’t care what people say, we think you did amazing and just keep doing what you’re doing.’”

Later, WWE edited the segment clips on social media. Ruca officially signed the contract for her Raw transition this month. Although she had already faced Liv Morgan in her debut match on the Raw after Mania. This weekend she will face Lynch in a non-title match at SNME. 

Becky Lynch clarifies title match status for WWE SNME 

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Becky Lynch declared the title status of her SNME match against Sol Ruca this weekend. 

Lynch confirmed on X that her bout with Ruca on Saturday is a non-title match. In typical Lynch fashion, she mocked Ruca for not doing anything to earn a title opportunity, and whether she could keep up with the ‘greatest female wrestler’ of all time. 

“There seems to be misinformation regarding my Saturday Nights Main Event match! (The biased wrestling media is pushing the agenda that the title should be on the line!!) NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!! I CLEARLY stated that SUCKER Sol Ruca has done NOTHING to earn a shot at MY VERY PRESTIGIOUS IC TITLE!! We will see if she can hang with the GREATEST female wrestler of all time. A LOT of people don’t think she will, but we will see!! Thank you for your attention on this matter – BTB,” tweeted Lynch. 

Ruca officially signed her Raw contract on the May 4 edition of the show. Lynch interrupted the segment to confront Adam Pearce for enabling IYO SKY to challenge for her title the week before. The newest Raw member called her out for overshadowing her moment. Amid the chaos, Lynch accidentally hit Pearce, and later blamed Ruca for it.  In the weeks that followed, the two collided in backstage segments further intensifying their feud. 

SNME takes place this weekend in Fort Wayne, Indiana at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Penta will defend his Intercontinental Title against Ethan Page, The Street Profits challenge The Vision for the World Tag Team Titles, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley team up against Jade Cargill, B-Fab and Michin in a six-woman tag team bout. The Women’s Tag Team Titles will also be defended with Brie Bella and Paige facing The Irresistible Forces. 

Two new matches set for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

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Two new matches is set for Saturday Night’s Main Event.

On Raw, it was announced that Sol Ruca would face Becky Lynch this Saturday in Fort Wayne, IN in a non-title match. Meanwhile, Brie Bella and Paige will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles against former champions Nia Jax & Lash Legend.

Ruca was being interviewed when Becky Lynch interrupted, pointing out that Ruca hasn’t won since joining the main roster. Ruca left and headed to the ring where she called out Lynch, saying she wasn’t interested in dealing with her and challenged her to a match right then and there.

Lynch arrived and told the new Raw star that if she really wanted a match, they could do it at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Ruca said she’d take the Intercontinental title, but Lynch dismissed the thought of a title match, saying she didn’t agree to that.

Also on Monday, Paige & Bella successfully defended the Women’s Tag Team titles against The Judgement Day’s Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez. After the match, Liv Morgan and the Judgment Day jumped the champions until Lyra Valkyria & Bayley ran out for the save.

WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event (May 23)

  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta defends against Ethan Page
  • World Tag Team Champions The Vision defend against Street Profits
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella & Paige defend against Nia Jax & Lash Legend
  • Non-title: Becky Lynch vs. Sol Ruca
  • Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair, and Alexa Bliss vs. Jade Cargill, B-Fab, and Michin

WWE edits Sol Ruca’s botch on Raw

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WWE edited Sol Ruca’s botch on Raw on social media and other promotional material for the show. 

Ruca officially signed the contract to become a member of the roster on Raw. Becky Lynch interrupted the segment to confront Adam Pearce for setting up her match with IYO SKY the previous week. Ruca called her out for crashing an important moment in her WWE career, and Lynch’s attempt at a sneak attack resulted in her accidentally hitting Pearce. Ruca rushed to the corner for a Sol Snatcher, she tripped but maneuvered her way to complete the move.

Ruca made her Raw debut on the first edition of the show after WrestleMania. She cut off Liv Morgan’s Women’s World Title celebration with The Judgment Day. This led to a singles match between the two. Zaria interfered mid-match, costing her the bout. The same week, Ruca had her final NXT match against Zaria in a Last Woman Standing match.Following which she needed to get eight staples on her head after crashing through two tables.  

Following the Raw segment with Lynch, Ruca seemingly has her sight set on the Women’s Intercontinental Championship. 

WWE Raw notes: Jacob Fatu & Roman Reigns, Sol Ruca, Oba Femi’s open challenge

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Notes from Monday’s Raw.

The Oba Femi open challenge began on Monday, with Akira Tozawa seemingly coming out to challenge The Ruler. However, it quickly became apparent that it was in fact Otis challenging Femi. Despite the bigger challenge, Femi quickly dispatched Otis, finishing off the former Tag Team Champion with the fall from grace in minutes, winning his first open challenge match.

There were also two contract signings on Raw. First was Sol Ruca, who came out and was about to sign her contract when she was interrupted by Becky Lynch, who ignored Ruca and complained to Adam Pearce. Ruca cut her off and the two exchanged words. Lynch eventually went for a cheap shot but smacked Pearce instead. As Pearce left, Ruca laid out a distracted Lynch with a sol snatcher, setting up a future program between the two.

Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu met in the main event. The two exchanged words before Reigns made it simple for Fatu: this was all his, this was his ring. They are the same blood, but Fatu is beneath him. That got Fatu upset, who immediately went on the attack with the Tongan death grip. Reigns fought him off and went for the Superman punch but Fatu latched it on again, eventually sending Reigns through the table in the ring.

Raw ended with officials checking on Reigns as Fatu left the ring.

Backlash online to alleged use of AI during WWE NXT this week

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TKO president Mark Shapiro recently revealed that WWE has been using AI as part of the creative process, with Shapiro noting that “Nick Khan and Triple H are using AI for storylines with the WWE.” Whilst that has already caused issues for a number of fans worried about the introduction of storyline slop onto their television screens, we’re now seemingly starting to see even more AI being used for actual vignettes and video production.

There was some fairly clear signs of AI use in a El Grande Americano promo last year, but that could be somewhat chalked off as being part of the storyline, because the character’s backstory is fake and they were trying to make out like he was some sort of Lucha legend.

WWE NXT AI use

The latest example of WWE being accused of using AI took place on NXT this week, with a promo video for Sol Ruca and Zaria being arguably the most egregious use case yet. You can see the video via the X post below, and there are a number of fairly obvious tells when it comes to assuming this was an AI generated piece of content. The uncanny valley nature of the close-ups of both Sol Ruca and Zaria is the biggest one though, with the AI generation clearly trying to replicate their likeness but not quite getting it 100%. In fact with Sol she looks nothing like her real-life counterpart.

There will be a point in the future were we probably won’t be able to tell the difference between reality and an AI generated video, but right now WWE are getting a ton of backlash online from fans who feel like they’re already trying to “shove AI” in their faces.