Jim Ross speaks on Becky Lynch as a heel, the Evolution pay-per-view, and the future of The Elite in the latest edition of The Jim Ross Report.

Ross recorded this week’s episode from aboard the Rock N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea ship, while stationed in The Bahamas. While his internet connection was unreliable during Sunday’s Evolution show, Ross likes what he saw from Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch.

Evolution, Becky Lynch As A Heel

“It was amazing what they did,” Ross said. “They didn’t close the show, but they could have. The issue is, WWE likes to close the show with a happy ending.”

“Becky is allegedly being positioned as a villain,” Ross explained. “Which I don’t agree with. It’s not working in that respect.”

Ross feels that Lynch’s current storyline has done wonders for her career.

“I love the fact that she’s developing as a star. If you want her to be a babyface, she’s a babyface. I think that’s what she is. Your paying customer, your greatest research material, tells me that,” Ross said. “The fans cheer her. They’re buying her merch.”

While he advocated for Flair and Lynch to close Evolution, Ross said he understands why Ronda Rousey and Nikki Bella went on last.

“Rousey’s the top female in the company… She’s the biggest attraction in the company, of any gender, perhaps. You can make an argument of that,” Ross said.

The Future Of The Elite

The Elite and their future after January has been one of the hottest topics in the wrestling world this year. Good Ol’ JR gives his take on what comes next.

“They’re all doing a lot of good work in New Japan. They’re doing well. The company is successful, which is great,” Ross said.

“But all those guys are desirable dudes. And they’re all getting ready to have contracts come up. It’s interesting.”

JR delves deeper into this subject, interviews Diamond Dallas Page, Ricky Steamboat, and Hurricane Helms, all on the Jim Ross Report.

The full episode can be found below.

When referencing this transcript, please credit SEScoops.com. This transcript has been condensed and edited for clarity.

What do you think of JR’s comments? 

The Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair program may have not gone how WWE intended but it is still arguably the most talked about rivalry in the company at the moment. Last night at Evolution, Lynch retained the Smackdown Women’s Championship against Charlotte in a Last Woman Standing match.

Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair Rivalry Statistics

Sunday was the 6th time Flair and Lynch have wrestled each other in single’s competition on WWE programming. Lynch has a 4-1-1 record against her rival. Her only loss was by way of DQ meaning Charlotte has never pinned or made Lynch tap.

Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair 1-on-1 Statistics:

1. Lynch defeated Flair (Smackdown July 18th, 2017)
2. Lynch defeated Flair (Smackdown, June 5th, 2018)
3. Title Change: Lynch defeated Flair (c) (Hell in a Cell 2018)
4. Flair defeated Lynch via DQ (Super Show-Down, October 6th, 2018)
5. Double count-out Lynch vs Flair (Smackdown October 9th, 2018)
6. Lynch (c) defeated Flair (Last Woman Standing, Evolution, October 28th, 2018)

Multi-Person Matches Featuring Both

Lynch and Flair have been in 7 multi-person matches together. Flair has won 2 and Lynch has won 1.

1. 2017 Money in the Bank Match (Winner: Carmella)
2. 2017 Money in the Bank Match Do-Over (Winner: Carmella)
3. 5-Way Battleground 2017 (Winner: Natalya)
4. 4-Way Smackdown September 19th, 2017 (Winner: Charlotte Flair)
5. 5-Way Smackdown October 24th, 2017 (Winner: Becky Lynch)
6. Money in the Bank Match 2018 (Winner: Alexa Bliss)
7. SummerSlam 2018 Triple Threat (Winner: Charlotte Flair)

They have only been on opposing sides of a tag-team match once. That was at the 2016 Survivor Series match when Lynch was on the Smackdown team and Charlotte was on Raw. Flair’s team from Raw won the match.

– In the opening moments of Raw, Roman Reigns announced that he has been living with leukemia for 11 years and the disease’s return would force him to relinquish the Universal Championship and take a leave of absence from WWE. Reigns’ sabbatical from WWE apparently won’t prevent him from making appearances across the United States as ACE Comic Con announced today that he will appear at one of their events next year.

Reigns, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, and Lilian Garcia are among the celebrity guests scheduled to appear at ACE Comic Con Arizona on Friday, January 11, 2019, in Glendale, Arizona at Gila River Arena. Fans will have the opportunity to meet all four as they will be signing autographs and doing photo-ops. Garcia will also moderate Q&A panels with Reigns, Bliss, and Flair.

Announcing the initial guest list for #ACEcomiccon Arizona 2019!!! https://t.co/MoNFkNpuAw Join us @GilaArena January 11-12-13! Pricing & on sale days / times will be posted next week. Stay tuned! #aceuniverse pic.twitter.com/sTPyCiG8Y9

— ACE Comic Con (@ACEcomiccon) October 27, 2018

– You can add Vickie Guerrero to the list names who will be at WWE Evolution tomorrow night. The former WWE star revealed on Twitter that she will be there to work with the women who are performing on the show.

https://twitter.com/VickieGuerrero/status/1056289814545338374

– The Bella Twins are scheduled to appear on The View this Wednesday, according to TV Guide. The daytime talk show airs at 11:00 a.m. ET on ABC.

• Why you don’t see Rob Van Dam in WWE

Tomorrow night (Sun. October 28, 2018) SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will defend her title against Charlotte Flair. The two bitter rivals will go head-to-head in a Last Woman Standing match for the strap. Ahead of their contest, Lynch participated in an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit.

Despite currently being in a feud with Flair, Lynch was asked about a possible program with current RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. Lynch likes the idea of getting the chance to punch “The Rowdy One” in the jaw:

“Ronda’s jaw is always running but my fist is itching to catch up with her. Charlotte first, and then I’ll plan my next move. But I’ve said it before: Ronda reminds me of a slot machine — the harder you kick her, the more money falls out.”

Lynch was then asked about a possible intergender match in WWE. The trend has been very popular in the indy professional wrestling community as of late. While it’s highly unlikely WWE picks up on it, Lynch knows who she’d like to share the ring with if given the opportunity:

“Seth Rollins.”

What do you think about Lynch wanting a feud with Rousey, and a match with Rollins?

This Sunday at WWE Evolution, Becky Lynch puts the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line against Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match. Their feud has been one of the highlights of WWE television over the past several weeks and Lynch is starting to come into her own as a heel character. Fans are beginning to accept Becky as a villain, but she’s been an underdog fan favorite for so long that getting people to boo her has not been an easy task.

During an episode of Busted Open Radio this week, co-host Bully Ray pitched a pretty clever idea about how WWE should book the finish of this match. He suggests that WWE should utilize Ric Flair in a way that would all-but-guarantee a negative reaction for the Irish Superstar.

“So, remember last week how we were talking about how can you possibly get heat on Becky Lynch?” Bully Ray posed. “We were saying you have to do something drastic, and probably the only person you can utilize in this whole situation would be a feeble Ric Flair.”

“Alright, so what if at Evolution, in the ‘Last Woman Standing’ match, something really, really bad happened to Charlotte at the end of the match. Let’s just say … and I know this is not going to happen … let’s just say Charlotte was bleeding. Let’s just say Charlotte was busted open. Let’s just say Charlotte was in a really bad predicament, and [Ric] Flair came out … ‘Naitch came out because he was really concerned about his daughter. He didn’t put his hands on her, he didn’t try to help her up, he didn’t get involved in the match in any way, shape or form.”

Bully Ray continued, “But as he’s walking over to his daughter, he were to trip and fall and take a bump. Then we saw him clutching or hurting or something happened. What if Becky Lynch were to take a chair and stand over Ric Flair, threatening to cave his head in unless Charlotte stayed down for the ten count. How would you feel about that?”

Threatening physical harm against Ric Flair (who is shielding his daughter from harm) would be a despicable move by the champion. Even Becky Lynch fans would question if she’s going too far to score a victory. Sounds like great storytelling to us.

Becky ‘Balboa’ appeared on Busted Open earlier today (Friday). We will have a report up soon.

Catch Busted Open on SiriusXM satellite radio weekday mornings from 9am-12pm EST on channel Rush 93.

Becky Lynch has been on fire the past several months. Following her losing effort for the SmackDown Live Women’s Title at SummerSlam, WWE decided to attempt to turn Lynch heel. She attacked Charlotte Flair after she won their SmackDown Live Women’s Title bout. Despite attacking Flair, the WWE Universe has actually begun cheering Lynch, and booing “The Queen.”

“The Irish Lass Kicker” won the SDL Women’s Title at the Hell In A Cell pay-per-view (PPV), and has continued her feud with Flair on SmackDown Live. It’s currently one of the hottest feuds on WWE TV right now. Not to mention Lynch’s popularity has really risen. It turns out, she received a key piece of advice from WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels. This came after they worked together on the film “The Marine 6: Close Quarters.”

Lynch told TV Insider things weren’t going great for her before she left to film “The Marine.” Michales offered her the following words of advice:

“Things weren’t going as well as they are now before I left to shoot. I remember him giving me advice saying, ‘When you go back, go in as a different person. Hold your head a little bit higher.

“Have that attitude that you’re a top star. Go with it. I think this is what I’ve been trying to do since I came back.”

What do you think about the advice “HBK” gave Lynch?

Charlotte Flair was visiting the WWE Performance Center this week but as it turns out, her rival Becky Lynch also was in Orlando this weekend. WWE has stated through their social media channels that they are investigating an altercation which took place between the two.

The NXT Twitter account posted the following earlier this morning:

There was a physical altercation between @BeckyLynchWWE and @MsCharlotteWWE at the @WWEPerformCtr yesterday morning. @WWE and #SDLive officials are investigating the matter. pic.twitter.com/q275mHpZNC

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 21, 2018

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair Altercation At The WWE Performance Center

Unfortunately, if there is footage of the altercation, WWE has yet to release it. One current NXT wrestler/WWE developmental talent, Donovan Dijak, has called out the person who would be responsible for leaking the footage.

https://twitter.com/DijakovicWWE/status/1054033160298684416

Andrew Karr works in production for WWE.

Becky Lynch recently responded to WWE’s pending investigation.

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1054053137051475968

Mulder and Scully were the detectives on the X-Files, in case you didn’t get the reference.

Charlotte Flair was back on the road for WWE’s house shows in Hartford this weekend and has yet to comment on the matter.

The biggest heel of the 2nd Mae Young Classic, Rhea Ripley, was not too impressed with Charlotte’s trip to the Performance Center. The woman who is now on her way to the semi-finals of the MYC due to Tegan Nox’s injury, posted the following in regards to Flair’s visit to the PC.

🙄 Blah Blah Blah 😴 https://t.co/4p7Mzum4QD

— RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) October 21, 2018

Charlotte Flair recently spoke with comicbook.com to talk about a wide range of topics including WWE fans comparing her WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. These two stars have been pushed as the two talents in their divisions under the WWE banner.

Flair stated that she’s honored to be compared to Reigns as she looks at him as a top guy and has headlined WrestleMania three years in a row.

“He absolutely works his butt off, and always has to be on his A game. That’s a lot, a lot of pressure. To be considered one of the top stars for the company, that’s my main goal. So yeah, that’s extremely flattering. I still feel like I have a long way to go, but if I could be like him, heck yeah.”

Flair is set to challenge WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at the Evolution pay-per-view event later this month in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum that will air on the WWE Network. Flair discussed her feud where she pointed out that their story is looking at two best friends dispute who’s the babyface or heel.

“So, whether people are like, “Well, she’s the bad guy in this.” I feel for me, and this is just me personally. You’ll know when I’m a bad guy, and right now I’m a good guy.”

Riki Paul Johnson has filed a lawsuit for defamation against his former wife, Charlotte Flair. The couple was married between 2010 and 2011. Johnson alleges that comments made by Flair in her book “Second Nature” about him are untrue and have had a negative impact on him and his family.

The lawsuit alleges that Flair’s book states Johnson is sterile, a claim he denies. Johnson also claims the book contains “multiple false allegations physical and/or psychological abuse.”

He is also disputing parts of the book stating he lost 2 jobs due to illicit drug use. The lawsuit is seeking $5 Million in damages. The lawsuit contends that Johnson was made to look bad in order to showcase Flair as a “victim who overcame personal adversity and domestic abuse.”

Neither Ric nor Charlotte Flair has commented on the lawsuit.

Charlotte and Ric Flair’s “Second Nature”

Ric and Charlotte Flair released “Second Nature” together last year.

“Charlotte grew up in the shadow of her famous father, “the dirtiest player in the game,“ but now she is poised to take the Flair name to new heights,” an intro to the book states. “As the inaugural WWE Women’s Champion, Charlotte has had an impressive career, and she’s just getting started. With the (dare we say it) flair of the “Nature Boy“ running through her blood, Charlotte is destined for greatness. Find out how she embraced her heritage and battled her own challenges through her rise to the top of WWE. For these two Champions, sports entertainment is simply SECOND NATURE.”

Charlotte Flair recently did an interview in order to promote her upcoming match against WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at the Evolution pay-per-view event later this month in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum that will air on the WWE Network.

Yahoo Sports did an article on Flair who addressed the reason that she doesn’t’ appear on the E! Network’s reality show, Total Divas, despite being one of the top stars in WWE’s women’s division.

Flair stated that it comes down to her character, which has always come first and foremost and how far she wants to take the women’s division. Thus, she has worked so hard on this character and isn’t sure that lifting the curtain is the right move right now.

“Especially when I first started and was a bad guy, people believed I really fired my dad! I just don’t know how that would have helped with my storyline. I almost think there’s a mystique to not knowing everything about me.”

Flair also talked about potentially tying WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus for most women title reigns in the history of WWE. The former champ stated that she doesn’t put herself anywhere near Trish as a performer or superstar when she hears that.

“There’s no way I can look at it that way because I don’t look at my status as anywhere near hers. I still feel like I have so much more to prove, so much more to learn, to overcome. I would be so mortified [if that were to be mentioned]. It’s a respect thing.”

Charlotte Flair recently spoke to the New York Post. The interview covered a variety of topics including WWE’s Crown Jewel and Evolution events.

When asked about the Crown Jewel event Charlotte stated that “We have Evolution to think about, so I’m not really even thinking about the boys traveling overseas because I’m like, ‘I got the first-ever women’s pay-per-view match coming up.‘” It has been well documented that the female talent are not permitted to perform in Saudi Arabia.

Charlotte was also asked about the concussion injury sustained by Liv Morgan on WWE RAW. This occurred following an accidental run of ‘Yes’ kicks from Brie Bella. Flair reportedly stated that “she hadn’t heard the criticism of Brie Bella. Charlotte also added that she “is glad Morgan is OK and said “accidents happen.‘”

Charlotte also discussed the difficultly of playing a ‘babyface’ role in her feud against Becky Lynch. Flair said “because I think the go-to for me [as a heel] is easy that I always just go, ‘People just assume it’s because of my dad and that’s very easy to play off of.” Flair embellished on this by saying “to me that’s the easy way out, but since I’ve come to SmackDown and being in this new role, it’s having to show so many different layers and working from underneath as the bigger guy has been a great opportunity for me to work on things.”

You can read the full interview with the Post here

– A return to WWE has been rumored for Rey Mysterio since he was a surprise entrant in the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble Match in January and it will finally happen next week.

WWE announced this week that Mysterio will square off with United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in a WWE World Cup Qualifying Match on next Tuesday’s historic 1000th episode of SmackDown LIVE in Washington D.C. Mysterio is advertised to wrestle twice on the show as WWE revealed tonight in an email to those in the D.C. area that he will also compete in a tag team match.

In updated advertising for the event, Mysterio is slated to team with WWE Champion AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan against Randy Orton, The Miz, and Nakamura. A match pitting Styles and Bryan against Samoa Joe and Miz was previously advertised.

WWE also noted in the email that Flair will go one-on-one with SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch (after previously advertising Flair, Asuka, and Naomi vs. Lynch and The IIconics). This is presumably a dark match since they’re scheduled to face off at Evolution in a Last Woman Standing Match.

– After wrestling at WWE Super Show-Down last Saturday in her home country of Australia, Peyton Royce reflected on her long journey from the independents.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxA2xFnkLw/

Royce also revealed that she would spend thousands of dollars on professional photos hoping it would land her a tryout with WWE.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BozyA15HXCT/

Royce and fellow Australian Billie Kay beat Naomi and Asuka in a tag team match, with Royce scoring the pin on Naomi.

• Who is Paige’s boyfriend?

The ongoing feud between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair is unique in the manner that fans have actually been cheering Lynch and booing Flair despite the fact that Becky is actually the heel in this rivalry.

During her latest appearance on the Chasing Glory Podcast of Lilian Garcia, the former Women’s Champion talked about receiving this negative fan reaction among other things.

Charlotte first talked about her rivalry with the current SmackDown Women’s Champion saying that even though they have fought before the dynamic has changed and this feud is exciting for her because the fans are invested in it.

While discussing the negative fan reaction she has been receiving, the Queen said that it would have been a problem if she wasn’t getting a reaction at all.

Continuing on the topic, she claimed that stars are here to make the audience react and she doesn’t look at it as a negative and instead she looks at it as a sign that fans are invested in the story.

Apart from this, Charlotte also talked about fans comparing her rivalry with Becky to the feud between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock and said that she is flattered by this comparison.

As noted before, after their match on SmackDown ended in a double count-out, Charlotte Flair is now scheduled to face Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship in a last woman standing match at the upcoming Evolution PPV.

The 999th episode of Smackdown will take place tonight from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Not only will Becky Lynch look to defend her Smackdown Women’s Championship tonight, 2 World Cup Qualifying matches will take place. The Big Show will also wrestle his first match in over a year.

Smackdown 10/9 Preview

Smackdown Women’s Championship
Becky Lynch (c) vs Charlotte Flair

Arguably the most talked about angle in WWE at the moment continues in a big way tonight. Lynch will take on Flair in a rematch from Super Show-Down. This time, however, if Lynch is DQ’ed, Flair wins both the match and the title.

Tonight’s match will be the 5th time the two have met in single’s action on the WWE roster (not including house shows). Lynch is 3W-1L while Charlotte’s only victory against Lynch came on Saturday by way of DQ.

WWE World Cup Qualifying Match
Jeff Hardy vs Samoa Joe

The WWE World Cup will be an 8-man tournament featuring 4 Superstars from Raw and another 4 from Smackdown. John Cena and Kurt Angle (aka the COnqu have already qualified. Hardy and Joe will have a chance to qualify with a win tonight.

WWE World Cup Qualifying Match
Big Show vs Randy Orton

So far, no non-American has qualified for the tournament. Several were given the opportunity in Baron Corbin’s Battle Royal last night but Spain’s the Conquistador was later revealed to be Kurt Angle.

Show’s match tonight will be his first in over a year.

Miz TV W/ AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan will challenge for AJ Styles’ WWE Championship at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. Tonight, however, he’ll appear alongside the champ on an edition of Miz TV. Bryan defeated the Miz at Super Show-Down to earn the title opportunity.

WWE has added an important new stipulation onto the scheduled Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair match on Tuesday night. Shortly after Lynch was disqualified at Super Show-Down, the promotion announced the rematch would take place this week on Smackdown.

According to the recently announced stipulation, should Becky Lynch get disqualified Tuesday night as she did in Melbourne, Flair will be awarded not only the victory but also the Smackdown Women’s Championship.

Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair Rivalry Statistics

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair have met 4x in single’s matches (not including house shows). Lynch has won 3 of the 4, her only loss coming by way of DQ at Super Show-Down this weekend. They’ve met another 3x on house shows (all recently), where Lynch has successfully defended the championship on each occasion.

They have been in 7 of the same multi-person matches including 2 Money in the Bank matches. Of those 7 matches, Charlotte has won 2, Becky just one, and the rest were won by other competitors. In tag-team matches, they’ve only been on opposing sides once, which was the Raw vs Smackdown match at Survivor Series 2017. Flair’s Raw team won that match. So of the 12x they’ve been opposed each other on WWE programming, with each of them having won 4 matches, with the remainder having been won by other competitors in multi-person matches.

It has been an interesting weekend for Irish trash-talkers. Becky Lynch lost to Charlotte Flair at Super Show-Down in Melbourne yesterday but she is still the Smackdown Women’s Champion. Lynch was disqualified during the match for hitting her opponent with the title belt. Charlotte had her locked in figure-8 at the time.

WWE cameras caught up with Lynch as she was preparing to leave the venue at the event’s conclusion. Despite being the loser of the match, Lynch seemed proud just to be leaving with the belt.

“One of us walked out of Australia as the champ and the other was helped out as not the champ,” Lynch boasted. “WWE is filled with champions and nobody’s and for the champ business is good.”

Becky Lynch (c) vs Charlotte Flair – Smackdown

Shortly after Lynch retained her title through dubious means, the rematch was announced for this Tuesday on Smackdown. Lynch offered up her thoughts on the rematch as well.

“I don’t know how many more times I need to prove that I own Charlotte Flair,” she continued. “And I don’t care if I have to fight Charlotte. if I have to fight this company, if I have to fight anybody. I will make my mark on WWE and prove that I am the face of this company.”

How Long Do You Think Becky Lynch Will Be Smackdown Women’s Champion For? 

Becky Lynch defended her WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair in the second bout of WWE Super Show-Down. The event in Melbourne Cricket Ground is currently ongoing and you can check out our full coverage and results here.

Lynch was heavily cheered by the crowd in Australia. Late in the bout Flair had Lynch in a Boston Crab which Becky had to break by grabbing the ropes. The ‘Lass Kicker’ then grabbed her title and attempted to leave the match, Charlotte grabbed her and took her back to the ring.

Flair then hit Lynch with her second spear of the match. Flair then applied a Figure-four bridging into the Figure Eight. Lynch hit Flair with the Smackdown Women’s Championship to retain via disqualification.

Check out how we fared by checking out the SEScoop staff predictions for Super Show-Down here

Here’s the full card for the event:

• WWE Title Match: No Count Outs, No Disqualifications
  Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles
• SmackDown Women’s Title Match
  Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch
• WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
  Buddy Murphy vs. Cedric Alexander
• SmackDown Tag Team Title Match
  The Bar vs. The New Day
• #1 Contenders Match for a Future WWE Title Shot
  The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
• Triple H with WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker with Kane
• John Cena and Bobby Lashley vs. Elias and Kevin Owens
• The Shield (Dean Ambrose, WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins, WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns) vs. Braun Strowman, RAW Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre
• The Bella Twins and RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan)
• Asuka and Naomi vs. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce

Charlotte Flair continues to make the media rounds to promote WWE’s next pay-per-view event. The daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is slated to challenge Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women’s Title at Saturday’s (October 6, 2018) WWE Super Show-Down at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia on the WWE Network.

The former SmackDown Women’s Champion recently spoke with Talk Sports to talk about various topics including WWE Evolution and the importance of it. Flair stated that it hasn’t hit her yet but thinks that it’s humbling to be on the same show as past legends such as Lita and Trish Stratus and the future with the girls of NXT. She continued by stating that the event as a whole is a game changer and once people tune in to watch the show they will realize there’s no difference between male and female Superstars.

“You’ll see that the women are just as captivating and as good at storytelling as the men are and that’s because WWE is giving us that platform and opportunity to show what we can do. I have the opportunity to show the world there’s only one queen in WWE; I’m pretty excited about it.”

Ronda Rousey’s transition to WWE

Flair stated that Rousey has surpassed her expectations already as she thinks that Rousey legitimizes what they do because of her background. She added that just because you’re an amazing athlete doesn’t mean you’re going to be able to translate that to our audience.

“She has and she’s doing a phenomenal job. That’s credit to her dedication to pick this up, I know she has an acting background but in the ring is different. She just gets better with every outing.”

Charlotte Flair recently did an exclusive interview with Mirror where she talked about the increase of new group of talent in the WWE.

This is for good reason as the company is putting more of a focus on women’s wrestling with the revolution going on right now to the point that they are presenting an all-women’s pay-per-view event, Evolution, that goes down later this month in Long Island, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

With WWE going in this direction and signing more female talent, Flair feels that it has motivated her to raise her own game. She talked about it in this interview.

“What I love about the new crop of women is that I look at them and I go ‘wow, I need to up my game’. We continue to hire women who seem to already be polished and who have already made it outside of WWE, and whose whole goal was to get to WWE.”

Flair continued by stating that it makes her think that she needs to work that much harder because this crop of girls can take her spot and is more excited to see what they have built now and the women who are coming up now build in the future as she doesn’t think it is going to stop at Evolution.

Flair’s next big match is a few days away as she’s slated to challenge SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch with the title being on the line at the WWE  Super Show-Down.

Charlotte Flair has pegged an up-and-coming NXT talent as the future of WWE. Flair believes NXT’s Bianca Belair is the future of the company. She made the comments while speaking with Give Me Sport recently.

“Bianca Belair,” answered Charlotte when asked who she feels is the future of the business. “She is the future. She’s a real stud.”

Flair is not the only one confident in Belair’s abilities.

Bianca Belair – Blue-Chip Prospect In Development

Amy “Lita” Dumas has also chimed in on Belair’s talent after working with her in the WWE PC recently as well.

“Bianca Belair, along with some other the others there, is very talented,” Lita said to SunSports recently. “She’s physically gifted, a great attitude, and when I very first saw her she had that intangible star quality that I just want to see more.”

Belair was a Track and Field star at 3 different high-level Universities. She then competed in power-lifting and Crossfit before getting into wrestling. Belair was scouted on the Crossfit scene by Mark Henry and signed after shortly after. She was assigned to the WWE Performance Center in April of 2016. In that time, she has developed into someone the company is confident in putting on NXT television and someone who is turning the heads of others in her industry.

Belair was married earlier this summer to a member of the Street Profits, Montez Ford. The newlyweds will both make their video game debut in WWE 2K19 which will be released later this month.

Charlotte Flair recently appeared on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia to talk about various topics including her SmackDown Women’s Title match against champion Becky Lynch at the WWE Super Show-Down pay-per-view event that takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia and will air on the WWE Network.

WWE Super Show-Down

Flair compared this show to a second WrestleMania of the year as she noted that it’s so exciting to know that there will be between 60 and 70,000 people in attendance and that “it’s almost like another WrestleMania.”

Becky Lynch

Regarding this feud, she noted that anytime that a wrestler is in a meaningful storyline then you run with it. She thinks that the fans are really sinking their teeth into this one, which pushes them to take it as far as they can and make it exciting because it’s fresh. She noted that although they’ve wrestled each other in the past, this time the dynamic is different, which makes it even more exciting.

Flair continued by stating that she and Lynch came up through NXT together so they know each other very well including their in-ring style and psychology. She thinks that makes for a better overall presentation.

– Who is Triple H’s greatest rival?

According to WWE, “The King of Kings”‘s greatest rival is The Undertaker.

WWE took to Instagram today to rank Triple H’s five greatest rivals and “The Deadman” is ranked at No. 1.

The Undertaker is followed by Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Mick Foley, and The Rock.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoE–95FKsh/

– WWE returns to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, December 26 with a SmackDown live event and a SmackDown Women’s Championship Match has been added to the card.

The official website of MSG is now advertising Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair with the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the line.

Two other matches have already been announced for the show: AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship, and Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz.

– SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is Lilian Garcia’s next guest on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia. The interview will be available starting Monday.

After Garcia reveals Lynch as her next guest in the video below, Lynch silently appears with the SmackDown Women’s Championship wrapped around her shoulder. Garcia says, “No words from Becky,” leading Lynch to remark, “You’re gonna have to wait.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn_hMDVA6cd/

• Photos of Becky Lynch with her new boyfriend

– When Becky Lynch challenges Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship tomorrow night at WWE Hell in a Cell, she will do so in new ring attire.

WWE costume designer/seamstress Julie Youngberg took to Twitter to post a teaser photo of the ring gear she created for Lynch to wear at the pay-per-view event.

https://twitter.com/AnJewelsBrand/status/1040753446494720006

– Ahead of WWE Mixed Match Challenge, Jinder Mahal tries to teach Alicia Fox his breathing and relaxation techniques backstage at tonight’s WWE live event in Corpus Christi, Texas. Fox, however, thinks his teachings mean something else.

https://instagram.com/p/Bnw3jMCnJ_L/

• Is Zelina Vega dating a WWE NXT star?

Charlotte Flair Praises Sonya Deville

As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Lafayette, LA at the Cajundome on the USA Network, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair beat Sonya Deville in a non-title match. After the match, Flair was attacked by Becky Lynch. Flair took to Twitter after their match where she gave some praise to the rising prospect, which Deville responded with her own tweet.

Flair wrote, .@SonyaDevilleWWE didn’t come to #SDLive as a “warm up” act. She came to beat the champ — you have to respect that.  And to the fan whose moment was ruined … we’ll get a selfie another time. I promise.

Deville responded by stating, “I’m confident we will meet again.. thanks for the fight”

.@SonyaDevilleWWE didn’t come to #SDLive as a “warm up” act. She came to beat the champ — you have to respect that.

And to the fan whose moment was ruined … we’ll get a selfie another time. I promise. ??

— Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) September 12, 2018

I’m confident we will meet again.. thanks for the fight https://t.co/Hgm8BGjT4q

— Daria Rae Berenato (@TheDariaRae) September 12, 2018

AJ Styles Has Final Message For Samoa Joe

AJ Styles is slated to defend the WWE Championship against Samoa Joe at Hell In A Cell on Sunday, September 16, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas at the AT&T Center. Following this week’s SmackDown Live, Styles had a clear message for Joe by sending out the following on his official Twitter account:

“Empty or sold out. Silent or deafening with cheers. This is my ring…. This will always be the house that AJ Styles built. #HIAC #SDLive.”

Empty or sold out.
Silent or deafening with cheers.
This is my ring….
This will always be the house that AJ Styles built. #HIAC #SDLive https://t.co/gcoYMuTjAw

— AJ Styles (@AJStylesOrg) September 12, 2018

Tonight’s episodes of Smackdown and 205 Live will take place in the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA.

In total, 7 matches have been scheduled for this week’s shows.

Smackdown 9/11 Preview

https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/1038937103663546368

Brie Bella vs Maryse

In a match Paige made official earlier this week, Brie Bella will face Maryse. This will be Brie Bella’s first single’s match in 2.5 years. Her opponent, however, hasn’t wrestled a single’s match since 2011 and last wrestled at WrestleMania 33.

Daniel Bryan and the Miz will likely be watching this match closely.

Andrade “Cien” Almas vs R-Truth

Paige also made this match official earlier this week. Almas is coming off of 2 straight losses to Daniel Bryan and could really use a win. In total, however, Almas is 6-3 in single’s matches on the main roster. His only losses have come to Bryan and AJ Styles.

As for R-Truth,  he picked up a win in the Smackdown main event last week against the Miz. Another win tonight and Smackdown General Manager Paige might consider R-Truth in contention for a single’s title.

Charlotte Flair vs Sonya Deville

Before Charlotte Flair defends her title against Becky Lynch at Hell in a Cell, she’ll have to get by Sonya Deville tonight. Under WWE’s “pin the champion” rules, however, if Deville is successful tonight she could get added to the Smackdown Women’s Championship match on the pay-per-view. Seems unlikely, however.

Becky Lynch will no doubt be nearby while this match is going on.

Smackdown Tag-Team Championship #1 Contenders Match
The Bar vs Rusev Day

Both the Bar and Rusev Day won triple-threat tag matches recently to advance to the finals of this mini-tournament. The winners will face the New Day for the tag titles at Hell in a Cell.

English and Rusev have been working well together recently but can they keep their hot streak going against the former multi-time champions the Bar.

Jeff Hardy vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Jeff Hardy will face Randy Orton at Hell in a Cell but will have a chance to settle unresolved business with the United States Champion tonight. It seems as though this is a non-title match.

Paige has announced this match will kickoff tonight’s show.

205 Live 9/11 Preview

https://twitter.com/WWEMaverick/status/1038950167494438912

Buddy Murphy vs Gran Metalik

Gran Metalik defeated Tony Nese last week on 205 Live. Tonight he’ll face Nese’s training partner Buddy Murphy.

Murphy will challenge Cedric Alexander for the Cruiserweight Championship in Australia for Super Show-Down on October 6th. Alexander will likely be watching his match with Metalik tonight.

Cedric Alexander & Akira Tozawa vs Drew Gulak & Jack Gallagher

Even though Cedric Alexander is scheduled to defend his title against Buddy Murphy next, Drew Gulak is still trying to position himself for a title rematch. Alexander defeated Gulak at Summerslam.

Gulak has aligned with Jack Gallagher and others in an attempt to rid the division of its current champion. Tonight, Alexander has Akira Tozawa watching his back, however, in an attempt to even the odds.