Big E Comments on “I Truly Think The Women Are Setting The Bar Right Now”
A recent episode of the WWE RAW Recap podcast featured Big E as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Big E’s thoughts about this past Sunday’s WWE Evolution 2 event and his praise of WWE’s women’s roster for them setting the bar right now in the company.
“I’m still fired up off of Sunday. That PLE was incredible. I truly think the women are setting the bar right now. They’re the ones that I’m most interested in. I think they’re bringing a creativity to the ring that honestly, like the men need, like we might have, let’s huddle up in the locker room and say like, ‘how do we set that bar?’ How do we keep up? Because I think it’s very easy, especially when you get to a point where you’re really over with the crowd and they love you, where you kind of just play the hits, where you know what works, you kind of keep doing the same thing. I feel like you’re not seeing that on the women’s side. Even from people who have been on the main roster for- we saw Becky just celebrate, she’s been on the main roster now for ten years, just hit her anniversary. She is still adding new elements. That backslide to win on Sunday, that was one of the coolest pinning combinations I have ever seen. She’s still adding at this deep into her career, she’s still adding wrinkles to her game. Same thing with Bayley, she’s still finding new layers. That’s what excites me about the women’s division is I don’t see complacency. I see a fire lit under them. I think they’re excited to continue to grow. And it’s just such an exciting time to see where the women’s division is at. Because it’s not just one crop of women or one generation of women that we’re relying on. And we’re also seeing Nikki come back and have great performances. We’re seeing Trish. Some people have said, hey, is this the best that Trish has ever wrestled? I think they have some merit. So that’s what I love is we have so many tears. So many generations of these women, and they’re all bringing something new, something unique to the game. That’s really exciting. So men, I’m telling you, let’s huddle up and let’s step up because the women are really leading this thing right now.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
Nikki Bella Comments on Her Wrestled in Her First Singles Match in WWE in Seven Years
This past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Birmingham, Alabama featured Nikki Bella defeating Chelsea Green in a singles match. This match was notable for being Bella’s first singles match in WWE since 2018.
A recent episode of the WWE RAW Recap podcast featured Bella as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Bella’s thoughts about her match against Green and competing in her first singles match in seven years.
“I’m feeling a lot of emotions right now, a lot. Overall, it truly felt amazing. The crowd was incredible. I mean, my Bella Army is truly one of the greatest fandoms in history, in the world. And our fans — our WWE Universe — are what make matches so great. So the energy in that arena was absolutely amazing.
Where I’m at now is, I knew I wasn’t going to go in tonight and be perfect. I knew I wasn’t going to be an IYO SKY. I wasn’t going to be a Rhea Ripley. I wasn’t going to be a Bayley. I wasn’t even going to be a Chelsea Green. But what I did know going in there was — give it your best. It’s been seven years. You’ve had a baby. You haven’t been in that ring. And people don’t understand how hard it is to be in there. I mean, one, wrestling conditioning is different than anything. Even if you’re going to train for the Olympics, there is something different in what we do. So I was very blown up, but I gave it my all.”
Bella also gave her thoughts about Stephanie Vaquer coming out after the match to help save her from Green and The Secret Hervice.
“If it’s not Brie, there’s no one else that I would want than another fellow Latina, Stephanie.”
Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com
WWE News & Notes
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that rapper Cardi B’s status for this August’s SummerSlam 2025 event currently remains in question. It was reported that the basis for Cardi B’s uncertain status is due to her not being referenced on WWE programming in the past several weeks. It was also reported that while Cardi B’s song is still being featured in video packages promoting the event, these videos were made months ago.
Fightful Select also reported that their sources stated that Bron Breakker received significant internal praise within WWE for his performance in carrying the gauntlet match at this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Birmingham, Alabama.
As noted before, there have recently been conflicting reports over Seth Rollins’ knee injury at this past Saturday’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show being legit or a storyline injury and rumors of it being a cover for a different legit injury. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that there is still uncertainty within WWE regarding the extent or nature of the injury issue.
WWE announced that they have recently signed a new partnership deal with Fanatics Betting & Gaming to produce and distribute WWE-themed online casino games in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
2K Games announced that El Grande Americano will be part of the upcoming New Wave Pack for their WWE 2K25 video game. It was announced that El Grande Americano will be replacing the previously announced celebrity guest playable character for the DLC pack.
This past Monday’s MLB Home Run Derby 2025 event in Atlanta, Georgia featured Cody Rhodes making a guest appearance. Rhodes presented Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh with a custom WWE Championship as a gift for him winning this year’s contest.
WWE recently released one new video for their on-going Top 25 SummerSlam matches of all-time countdown. The #16 spot was the Custody of Dominik Mysterio Ladder match of Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero from SummerSlam 2005.
WWE also recently released one new video to their WCW Vault channel. This new video was a “Hulk Hogan reveals why he began the nWo” from the July 15, 1996 episode of WCW Nitro.
WWE also recently released two new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “Kurt Angle & Rey Mysterio watch their SummerSlam classic” WWE Playback. The second new video was a WWE Championship Triple Threat match of Mankind vs. Triple H vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) from SummerSlam 1999.
WWE referee Charles Robinson recently announced on Instagram that he had suffered a rib injury at this past Saturday’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show in Atlanta, Georgia. Robinson stated “Still friends with @goldberg95 after having the honor of officiating the match against @gunther_wwe for @wwe #SaturdayNightMainEvent in #Atlanta! Ribs are still sore but so what…I got SPEARED! #wrestling #wwe #lastmatch #goldberg.” In a follow-up post, Robinson posted an x-ray of his injured rib and stated that it not serious enough to keep him out of action and he will be back in time for this Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in San Antonio, Texas. Robinson stated “Thanks @goldberg95! Never fear…I am ALL MAN and I can’t be kept down! I will return for @wwe #smackdown next week in #SanAntonio! #wrestling #nofear.“
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