After weeks of speculation, WWE finally announced that Bayley will defend the SmackDown Women’s Champion at WrestleMania 36 in a Six-Pack Challenge. That’s right. WWE revealed that Bayley will have an opponent at “The Show of Shows” after all. In fact, she will have five as she defends her title against Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke,…
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Sasha Banks back on the road with WWE
Mike Johnson from PWInsider, reported that Sasha Banks is back on the road. She will be in Glendale, Arizona with the rest of the SmackDown roster. It is unknown whether or not Banks will appear on TV but it’s a good sign that she may be close to a return. Banks has been out of…
The most influential black women in pro wrestling
Professional wrestling is a male-dominant industry. Although the popularity of women’s wrestling is at an all-time high, the majority of the fanbase, talent pool, journalists, staff and executives are men. As such, women have to work twice as hard for opportunities, especially women of color. In truth, wrestling can be even less inclusive to black…
Sasha Banks reportedly not cleared for Royal Rumble
Update (1/27/20 3:50pm EST): According to James Stewart of the Wrestling Inside The Ropes podcast, Sasha Banks is sidelined with a hip injury. Banks re-aggravated the same hip she injured at Hell in a Cell this past October. It’s reported the new injury occurred when Dana Brooke hit Banks with a Senton during a tag…
WWE 2020 Royal Rumble staff predictions
Tonight, The Minute Maid Park in Houston hosts the thirty-third Royal Rumble. WWE has officially set the card with both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line. This year, WWE will host the third women’s Royal Rumble match in the history of the promotion. As the two years prior, the 30 participants will…
Ranking the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions from worst to best
Last year on Christmas day, Vince McMahon revealed that WWE would introduce women’s tag titles in 2019. Earlier this year, Sasha Banks and Bayley became the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions at Elimination Chamber. Since, it has been an inconsistent year for the new titles with four different teams taking on the mantle. Still,…