Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte for the RAW Women’s Championship will be the main event of this month’s WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. The match was already on course to make history as the first women’s match to be held inside the demonic structure. It now has the distinct honor of being the first women’s match to headline a WWE pay-per-view.
WWE RAW General Manager Mick Foley made the announcement on Tuesday morning. “I am so happy for Sasha, for Charlotte, for all the women who paved the way, and all those who aspire to follow in their footsteps,” he said.
WWE Hall in a Cell takes place on Sunday, October 30th from Boston, MA.
It was confirmed on RAW that Sasha Banks will defend the RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte in the first ever women’s Hell in a Cell match later this month. RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. Sheamus and Cesaro was also confirmed.
Below is the updated HIAC card:
– Hell In A Cell: WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
– Hell In A Cell: United States Champion Roman Reigns vs. Rusev
– Hell In A Cell: RAW Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte
– RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. Cesaro and Sheamus
WWE Hell in a Cell takes place Sunday, October 30th from the TD Garden in Boston, MA.
WWE RAW superstar Charlotte recently revealed in an interview with SI.com that she plans to headline a pay-per-view with three specific people. The former Women’s Champion says her next career goal is to face Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Bayley in the main event of a PPV.
“I want to headline a pay per view, and I want it to be the fatal four-way with the Four Horsewomen,” Charlotte said of her plans for the future. “The last time I cried was watching the Women’s Revolution on WWE Network a couple of weeks ago when they asked Bayley if she felt left out of WrestleMania [32], and she said, ‘No, I felt a part of it, because even though it was the three of them [Banks, Lynch, and Charlotte] there, it took the four of us to get to where we are.'”
Charlotte feels that her greatest opponent thus far has been Becky Lynch, and compared their rivalry to Ric Flair and Sting’s.
“Becky is my Sting,” said Charlotte. “She is a white meat, pure babyface. There is no gray area. She’s my size, she’s hard-hitting, and we’re best friends.”
Charlotte is scheduled to appear at Monday night’s RAW at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA.
On Monday’s RAW, Roman Reigns accepted Rusev’s challenge to a United States Championship rematch at Hell in a Cell on 10/30. Reigns declared the title bout will take place within the confines of the demonic structure.
According to f4wonline.com, WWE is planning for Sasha Banks to defend the RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte inside the cell. This would be the first-ever Women’s Hell in a Cell match.
WWE Hell in a Cell takes place on Sunday, 10/30 from Boston, MA.
Sasha Banks became a two-time RAW Women’s Champion by defeating Charlotte in the main event of tonight’s RAW in Los Angeles. Charlotte won the title back at SummerSlam, just 6 days after Sasha won the title on RAW in Pittsburgh.
After her big win, Sasha Banks cut a backstage promo talking about losing the championship at SummerSlam and her road to reclaiming the gold. Nothing will stop her from achieving her dream of being the top Superstar in WWE. Her latest victory over Charlotte proves she was born to do this and be the best, and why she’s the boss of the division.
– Bill Goldberg will be Jonathan Coachman’s guest this Wednesday for the weekly ESPN SportsCenter “Off The Top Rope” segment.
– Prior to Monday’s WWE RAW from Los Angeles, Darren Young defeated Jinder Mahal and Neville beat Curtis Axel in matches taped for this week’s Superstars.
After RAW went off the air, Big Cass, Enzo Amore and WWE US Champion Roman Reigns defeated Chris Jericho, Rusev and WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens in the dark match main event.
– Retired WWE Superstar Tyson Kidd posted the following on Twitter, showing off how far he’s come since undergoing surgery last year for a life-threatening broken neck.
– As reported, this week’s WWE RAW, featuring the final hype for this Sunday’s Clash of Champions, drew just 2.68M viewers, slightly down from last week’s 2.69. This is a 20-year low for a non-holiday broadcast, and the second lowest including holidays. RAW’s final rating was 1.97, up from last week’s 1.88, although this is the first time WWE RAW has come in below 2 for back-to-back weeks since the 1990s.
– This week’s episode of WWE RAW came in behind the Voice at number two in terms of social media ratings for the night. RAW drew more than 25,000 unique authors posting over 131,000 tweets. This is up from last week’s show, which drew 22,000 unique authors posts 115,000 tweets.
This week’s broadcast also drew 129,000 unique authors on Facebook with more than 190,000 interactions. This number is actually down from last week’s 213,000 Facebook interactions with 143,000 unique authors.
– WWE posted the following look at Stephanie McMahon, Charlotte, Sasha Banks, and the New Day visiting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital earlier this month:
RAW GM Mick Foley announced on tonight’s RAW that Sunday’s Women’s Championship Match at Clash of Champions will now be a Triple Threat with Bayley added to the match due a double pin in last week’s #1 contenders match.
Below is the updated card for The Clash:
WWE Universal Championship Match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. Seth Rollins
RAW Women’s Championship Triple Threat: Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley
RAW Tag Team Championship Match: The New Day (c) vs. Gallows & Anderson
WWE US Championship Match: Rusev (c) vs. Roman Reigns
– WWE posted the following video featuring WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and RAW Superstar Sasha Banks working out at the Performance Center with “Holy Foley” star Noelle Foley:
– As reported earlier, WWE is scheduled to release “The True Story of the Royal Rumble” on DVD and Blu-Ray this December. Courtesy of WrestlingDVDNetwork.com, below is a preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT22IUDdJUM
– It’s been reported by SquaredCircleSirens that 23 year old Texas massage therapist, fitness and endurance athlete Ella Anne Kociuba is scheduled for the open tryouts later this month at the WWE Performance Center.
– WWE released this promo of Universal Champion Kevin Owens talking about successfully defending his title overseas during the recent tour of London, Manila, and China. Owens says he deserves to be at the top and that’s where he’s going to stay:
– It looks like the Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Women’s Championship match might not be taking place at Clash of Champions after all. WWE’s website staff was recently told to remove all references to the SummerSlam rematch, according to f4wonline.com. Charlotte is still featured on some of the PPV artwork, but the match has been pulled from the Clash of Champions event page.
Last week on RAW during Sasha’s “bad news” promo, she told Dana Brooke, “Let [Charlotte] know that at Clash of Champions, that title is coming back to me.” Charlotte responded:
That's not bad news… I look forward to beating you again, but this time, I'll put you out for good ? @SashaBanksWWE #BowDown#Raw
The WWE website’s RAW results from last week now states Charlotte “might have to contend with a fully-healthy Boss at Clash of Champions.” We should know more on the status of the bout after tonight’s RAW. It’s worth noting that Sasha did wrestle against Charlotte during last week’s overseas tour, losing each match to the champion.
– Now that Alberto Del Rio is officially gone from WWE and taking bookings elsewhere, a few people behind the scenes in WWE have pointed out that Paige is currently in the same situation that AJ Lee was facing when CM Punk left the company. It appeared at one point last week that Paige was on her way out. She has retained legal representation, but she is still under contract. It’s a developing story that we will stay on top of – but the big difference between Paige and AJ Lee’s situations is that Del Rio left on good terms while Punk certainly did not.
Sasha Banks’ promo from Monday’s RAW where she teased “bad news” about her in ring future did not sit well with a lot of the talent backstage, according to the Wrestling Observer. It sounds like most of the heat is on the company for scripting the promo, not Sasha Banks herself.
In light of the career-ending injuries sustained by guys like Daniel Bryan, Edge and Tyson Kidd, Sasha Banks teasing that her back injury was very serious came off as tasteless. All three are very well liked, with Bryan and Edge’s retirement speeches playing off real-life emotions and their lifelong dreams coming to an end.
There were some comparisons to made to Mark Henry’s fake retirement angle, but that was not based on a life-threatening injury.
Sasha Banks returns to action at WWE Clash of Champions when she challenges Charlotte for the Women’s Championship. During RAW, Charlotte responded to Sasha’s “bad news” promo:
That's not bad news… I look forward to beating you again, but this time, I'll put you out for good ? @SashaBanksWWE #BowDown#Raw
Sasha Banks delivered some “bad news” on Monday’s RAW, but thankfully it was not bad news about the injured back that’s kept her out of action over the past several weeks.
Sasha returned to RAW to make a big announcement, which she teased as “bad news.” She looked nervous coming to the ring and delivered an emotional speech about how far the women of WWE had come. No more bra and panties matches, no more stupid butterfly belt. “We did it.” She met with her doctors earlier in the day and got an update on her medical condition. Just as she was about to reveal the big news, she was interrupted by Dana Brooke. Dana came to the ring and attacked Sasha, who got the upper hand and delivered her Banks Statement finisher. She then took the microphone and announced that she’ll be returning to the ring at Clash of Champions in a rematch against WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte.
WWE Clash of Champions takes place on Sunday, September 25th from Indianapolis, IN. As announced earlier in the evening, WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens will defend against Seth Rollins in the main event.
Meanwhile, Charlotte did not waste any time responding to the news. The reigning queen of the RAW Women’s division told Sasha that she’s ready for their rematch and plans to put Sasha out of her misery once and for all.
That's not bad news… I look forward to beating you again, but this time, I'll put you out for good ? @SashaBanksWWE #BowDown#Raw
Sasha Banks will be making her return to WWE RAW on tonight’s show from Kansas City.
On Monday afternoon, Banks confirmed her return in a tweet to hype the show. Unfortunately, she’s got some bad news to share with the WWE Universe.
Sasha Banks appeared on last week’s RAW pre-show to discuss her back injury and dropping the WWE Women’s Title to Charlotte but did not appear on the live broadcast. The latest news we had on the injury is that she’d miss approximately one month of in-ring action.
You shouldn't settle for what's expected. The Boss is gonna be on #Raw tonight and I got some bad news. #LegitBoss always ???
Sasha Banks recently spoke with SI.com’s Justin Barrasso and revealed big dreams for her WWE future, including the cover of the WWE 2K18 video game. She said:
“I’ve accomplished so many of my dreams already, but main-eventing WrestleMania is a dream. Also, I want to be on the cover of the 2K game next year–bye bye, Brock. The sky is the limit, and there is no limit to my dreams.”
Sasha Banks also believes her story with current Women’s Champion Charlotte is far from over. She commented on the number one thing she’s learned in WWE:
“Patience is key. You can’t get selfish, and that’s the number one thing I’ve learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just knew–given the right opportunity and the right moment–that the world would know I was good, but now the world knows that I’m great.”
The Fairfield, California native says everything came together for her once she moved to Boston. “I joined a wrestling school, and it was the same wrestling school I remember emailing when I was twelve and they told me I was too young. Then, there I was at 18, walking through the doors to this fantasy camp and I was the only girl. I walked in and thought, ‘I got this,’ and I got it. They gave me three months of free training, and they helped a little Mercedes KV turn into ‘The Boss’ Sasha Banks. That’s why I love Boston so much, it’s home. I got the phone call for my tryout in Boston. Boston is home, I love it.”
You can check out the complete interview with Sasha Banks at SI.com.
It appears Sasha Banks could be back on WWE television a lot sooner than expected.The Boss has been doing a bunch of media appearances in Houston this morning to promote tonight’s RAW from the Toyota Center. Since dropping the WWE Women’s Title at SummerSlam, Sasha has been out of action due to a lower back injury that will not require surgery.
Im working w the lawyers, agents and managers but we're pretty close to locking down @SashaBanksWWE for tonight's #rawpreshow@WWENetwork
The WWE Universe got a double dose of bad news after SummerSlam when two of the company’s top young performers sustaining injuries. WWE has confirmed Finn Balor will be out 4-6 months after undergoing shoulder surgery this week. The attention then shifted to Sasha Banks, who dropping the Women’s championship to Charlotte at SummerSlam. Word quickly got out that she was dealing with a lower back injury, but she thankfully will not require surgery.
WWE reports that Sasha Banks injured her back at SummerSlam, but she has actually been working with back pain for the past several weeks. According to sources, her opponents have been told to be careful with her in the ring. The decision was made last week for her to drop the title and take time off.
Shortly after her loss to Charlotte, fans on social media were quick to point out that WWE is no longer advertising Sasha Banks for upcoming live events. The next WWE live event that Sasha Banks is advertised to appear at is September 23rd from Moline, IL. Obviously, surgery would have kept her out of action much longer than a month.
Monday’s RAW saw the full-time main roster debut of Bayley, a close friend of Sasha Banks. Bayley squared off against Dana Brooke will now begin working a program with Women’s Champion Charlotte.
Sasha Banks is expected to return to the title picture when she returns to action in late September.
WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor spoke to TMZ Sports on Monday Morning in New York City and said that he celebrated his historic win at SummerSlam with his parents over a meal of chicken curry.
WWE also released this video of Finn Balor’s custom side plates being installed on the Universal Championship belt.
As noted earlier, Nikki Bella will be joining John Cena on the SmackDown brand. After making her surprise return to the ring at SummerSlam, Nikki publicly thankedDr. Uribe and NXT star Aliyah for helping her get back in action.
I'm bacckkk!! What a journey my past 10 months have been! Words can't even describe how I feel being back in that ring! FEARLESS FOREVER! N
One of the more surprising moments at WWE SummerSlam came when Charlotte defeated Sasha Banks to reclaim the Women’s Championship. The impact of Sasha’s 27-day title reign ending was compounded when news broke that The Boss has been pulled from upcoming WWE live events.
While there was a lot of speculation on social media regarding Sasha’s situation, we can confirm Sasha Banks has been dealing with a lower back injury. The call was made last week that she’d drop the title at SummerSlam and take time off to recover.
WWE has acknowledged the injury, but they’re incorporating it into the storyline by stating it occured at SummerSlam. The WWE.com preview for tonight’s RAW includes:
“Sustaining a lower back injury during last night’s match, The Boss refused to give up despite excruciating pain, and Sasha will undoubtedly display that same tenacity in her quest to reclaim the crown jewel of Raw’s Women’s division. How will she retaliate against Charlotte tonight?”
WWE also posted this video on Twitter of “the moment that changed everything” for Sasha Banks:
The next WWE live event that Sasha Banks is advertised for is the September 23rd live event from Moline, IL. The one-month timeframe of her time off is what fueled the initial buzz on social media that she might have been dealing with similar ‘issues’ as Paige, Del Rio and Eva Marie.
On Monday, Sasha Banks tweeted the following inspirational message:
– Triple H announced on Twitter that NXT Takeover: Brooklyn last night was the most watched, most attended and highest grossing Takeover event in NXT history. He tweeted:
– Below is another entry into Finn Balor’s SummerSlam “Diary” as he puts in the final preparations for tonight’s Universal Championship Match against Seth Rollins:
– This WWE 24 bonus clip features Sasha Banks reacting to the announcement of the new WWE Women’s Championship:
Speaking of that match, WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks speaks to WWE reporters in the video below and predicts that Bayley will defeat Asuka tonight. Sasha says Bayley is the best but she hopes she joins her on RAW soon.
No Way Jose talks about his match with Austin Aries in this new video and says Aries can no longer run after tonight:
WWE posted this video of Gargano and Ciampa arriving for Takeover. They call tonight’s match against NXT Tag Team Champions Dash & Dawson the biggest night of their lives. Bobby Roode makes an appearance as well.
– We noted before that Renee Young revealed that she suffered some sort of ankle injury at Tuesday’s SmackDown in Austin, TX. In an update, she went in for x-rays today and noted on Twitter that it looks like she just suffered a sprain.
– WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks made a visit to the House of Glory wrestling school in NYC this weekend. Below are photos:
