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SmackDown Women's Championship Match Set for Extreme Rules 2021
The latest edition of SmackDown saw, among other things, the very first match officially announced for the 13th annual Extreme Rules event. It is a rematch from SummerSlam, as Becky Lynch will defend the SmackDown Women's Championship against former champion Bianca Belair. So what led to this?
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing An Amazing Weekend for Women's Wrestling in NWA
Since the announcement of NWA EmPowerrr, I had been eagerly and anxiously looking forward to this amazing event; the National Wrestling Alliance's very first all-women's event. I love women's wrestling with a passion; I have a vast and growing DVD collection from women's wrestling promotions from all over the globe to prove it. As the number of days before EmPowerrr became smaller and smaller, my anticipation became larger and larger, and when the day came--Saturday, August 28--I was beaming with excitement. I had a gut feeling that I was about to watch something immensely epic, and I was definitely on the money.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Huge Knockouts Championship Match Set for NWA EmPowerrr
The August 5, 2021 edition of Impact Wrestling was the first one coming off their Homecoming event, which featured a mixed tag team tournament that ended with the debuting Matthew Rehwoldt (the former Aiden English in WWE) and Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo winning and being crowned King and Queen. For Deonna, it's yet another accolade added to her impressive Impact Wrestling résumé, which is barely over a year long! So on Impact, Matt and Deonna celebrated their success, when out came Mickie James, a familiar sight as of late.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
The Divas of Doom: 10 Years Later
Hard to believe that the angle that gave us the Divas of Doom started a full decade ago. I remember it like it was yesterday, and even to this very day, I still have fond memories of how it started and everything that took place in the months that followed. Before going into the whole story of the Divas of Doom, let's take a look at the players involved and where they were entering the beginning of this angle.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing Sasha Banks' Return to SmackDown
On April 9, 2021, the first night of WrestleMania 37 took place, and that night's main event was historic, as Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair ended that evening competing for the SmackDown Women's Championship. It marked the first time that a one-on-one match involving Black women main evented a night of WrestleMania, and the title bout saw Bianca (who won this year's Women's Royal Rumble) capture the title from Sasha; capping off a huge elevation for Bianca. Sasha had only been seen on WWE TV once since losing the title, while Bianca had successful defenses against former champions Bayley and Carmella during her 100+ day reign. Their historic main event won an ESPY at this year's event, under the category of "Best WWE Moment."
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing The End of Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez's Alliance
We all saw this coming ever since Raquel Gonzalez became NXT Women's Champion. We all figured that it was only a matter of time before Raquel and Dakota's year-plus long alliance would end because of that title. None of us were surprised with what went down on the latest edition of NXT. The only one who was surprised: none other than Raquel Gonzalez herself.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing Nikki A.S.H.'s Big Championship Win
I watched Nikki A.S.H.'s big moment twice; once when it happened, and once again on YouTube. The second time, I cried. The reason: as I stated in a previous story, Nikki A.S.H. will always be Nikki Storm to me, and in her indy matches, she always gave these uproarious and boastful promos that would always get her over and get cheers (despite being a heel at the time). Part of Nikki's promos had her referring to herself as the "greatest in the galaxy." Those four words entered my mind when I relived her capturing the Raw Women's Championship.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Women's Money In The Bank 2021: Who Deserves It the Most?
For the fifth straight year, WWE's Money in the Bank PPV will feature a women's match under that same title, but it will be the sixth such match overall. The Money in the Bank Ladder Match first came to be back in 2005, with Edge winning the first ever match at WrestleMania 21. The prize, as we know, is a briefcase containing a contract for a World Championship match at any time within the next year, and per tradition, the briefcase is actually "cashed in" when said winner hands in the briefcase and usually does so against a prone and beaten champion. The two times it wasn't: 2006 (the contract was actually taken out and signed; Rob Van Dam was the holder) and 2012 (the holder--John Cena--announced his plan to cash in a week later).
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing Mandy Rose's Return to NXT
A week removed from a memorable Great American Bash special, NXT featured three women's matches; one of them being Sarray facing off against Gigi Dolin. Sarray was originally supposed to face Toni Storm, but the announcement of Toni's promotion to SmackDown threw a proverbial monkey wrench into things. Gigi Dolin decided to step on and challenge Sarray, leading to the match taking place, but during their bout, everyone was surprised by sudden appearance of Mandy Rose, who was making her first appearance on NXT since late 2016.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing a Night of Big Changes to SmackDown's Women's Division
The latest edition of SmackDown was a big one: it was their final one inside the ThunderDome. Among many things, the COVID-19 pandemic affected World Wrestling Entertainment's programming, as beginning in March 2020, all shows and PPVs originally took place inside their Performance Center with no fans in attendance. It was in the late summer of 2020 that the ThunderDome debuted; a bubble that allows fans to attend virtually, with SummerSlam being the first event to take place inside the ThunderDome. The bubble was the site for Raw, SmackDown, and PPVs, though this year's WrestleMania did take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, in front of fans.
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
Reviewing Melina's Recent Heel Turn in NWA
I've been watching NWA Powerrr, the National Wrestling Alliance's regular series, since its debut, and the main reason, of course, is Melina. Best known for her six years in WWE, Melina debuted as a villainess on a November 2019 episode of NWA Powerrr, emerging as the heel manager for Thunder Rosa and Marti Belle, with the former going on to capture the NWA Women's World Championship in January 2020. Tensions began to be teased between Melina and Rosa due to the latter's budding face turn, but we wouldn't see any developments due to the incoming and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting NWA (among many other wrestling promotions).
By Clyde E. Dawkins12 months ago in Unbalanced
