New WWE champion set to be crowned following Bad Blood
WWE Bad Blood will air live from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, this Saturday. The premium live event will feature matches with both singles Women's Championships on the line. Additionally, the wrestling promotion is set to crown a new women's champion following Bad Blood.
WWE Head of Creative Triple H announced a new championship for the women's division in August. In a social media update, The Game announced a tournament to determine the inaugural Speed Women's Champion. The tournament, which started on September 4, is nearing its end.
Earlier today, IYO SKY locked horns with Naomi in the first semi-final of the tournament. The two former WWE Women's Champions put forth a fast-paced back-and-forth encounter, which saw the Damage CTRL member score the win after nailing her opponent with a moonsault. The Genius of the SKY will face either Kairi Sane or Candice LeRae in the title.
Check out the entire match below:
Wrestling veteran shares his take on IYO SKY's recent WWE match
IYO SKY faced one-half of the Women's Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair in a singles match on the September 16 edition of Monday Night RAW. The Damage CTRL member defeated The EST of WWE by countering a KOD attempt with a double-leg pinfall to secure the win.
On Sportskeeda Wrestling's Legion of RAW, former WWE Head Writer Vince Russo criticized how the match finished. The 63-year-old stated that Belair sustaining a kayfabe injury while the two were fighting outside the squared circle to lose the contest would have made more sense and protected the champion.
"The way they got IYO SKY over, Belair had her in her finish. That doesn’t protect Bianca Belair at all. They were doing all that dangerous stuff on the outside when she had her up and carried her in the ring. Have her [Bianca] blow out her knees right there; that’s the finish. Not when she hits her [IYO] with the move and then gets beat," Russo said.
Check out Vince Russo's comments in the video below:
After defeating Bianca Belair on RAW, IYO SKY teamed up with her stablemate Kairi Sane to secure a win over former Women's Tag Team Champions. The Unholy Union, the following week. The Genius of The SKY demanded a shot at the Tag Team Titles in a promo on the most recent edition of the red brand.