WWE Crown Jewel is underway in a night that could quite possibly offer not one but two potential candidates for match of the year with both the RAW Women’s Championship and the Women’s Tag Team Championships up for grabs.
For weeks Damage CTRL seemingly had a tight grip on the women’s division holding the Women’s Tag Team Championships with Bayley ever clamming for Bianca Belair’s RAW Women’s Championship. However in a surprising turn of events, this passed Monday on RAW Alexa Bliss & Asuka finally had the last laugh taking tag team titles from Iyo & Dakota sending shockwaves to the rebellious faction.
Will Damage CTRL’s luck continue to dwindle or will gold once again fall in the lap of the disgruntled trio? It’s time for our WWE Crown Jewel PPV Predictions
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships – Alexa Bliss & Asuka Vs Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai & IYO SKY)
Elle: To say I was shocked to see Damage CTRL drop the women’s tag team championships this passed Monday would be a complete understatement and I can’t quite understand why they didn’t drop them tonight if a match was always going to be on the card between the teams? A huge part of me wouldn’t be surprised to see Damage CTRL truly take it to Asuka and Alexa in revenge for the loss and really show why they are as dominant and dangerous as they claim to be. Whilst part of me would hate for the teams to play hot potato the other side of me wouldn’t mind if it meant something greater in the long run. Prediction: Damage CTRL.
Adam (TheInsanityInc): Taking the titles off of Damage CTRL on Raw just to have an exact rematch less than a week away, and with literally no time to hype the match. I thought this was supposed to be a new era without this rushed booking any more? While I hope the match is good, it feels like either team winning will just hurt the other with either the new champs being transitional or Damage CTRL being buried. I’ll lean towards Kai and Sky regaining the titles simply because they need the gold a whole lot more than Bkiss and Asuka do. Prediction: Damage CTRL
Raw Women’s Championship Match – Last Woman Standing Match: Bianca Belair Vs Bayley
Elle: I have to say this could quite easily see this being match of the year contender if not actual match of the year, Bianca and Bayley have great chemistry and I’m definitely expecting big things from two of WWE’s greatest to ever step in the ring. Time after time i’ve predicted Bianca dropping the belt to Bayley and time after time I’ve been completely off the mark. So with that in mind and the fact that this time (for once) I can’t see Bianca dropping the belt I have to imagine Bianca will once again walk out as the RAW Women’s Champion. Prediction: Bianca Belair
Adam: I’m torn on this one, putting aside the rush announcement of the stipulation. Because we’ve already seen Belair beat Bayley at Extreme Rules and then Belair was able to beat the numbers game on her own. So evening up sides with Bliss and Asuka there doesn’t exactly change things to me. On the other hand, the stipulation could give Bayley a chance to take the title off of Belair without an actual pinfall being used, by whatever over-the-top shenanigans the WWE might come up with to make Belair be trapped down for a 10 count. I’m not so convinced this time that the WWE has had enough of pushing Belair as the top woman however so I think she’ll emerge still holding the title after denying the odds one more time. Prediction: Bianca Belair