WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is a part-timer because he is apparently smarter than all of the full-time wrestlers in WWE who can’t figure out how to negotiate such a favorable deal. ![]() ![]() If Ripley is somehow drafted to SmackDown, the only reasonable way out of this conundrum is to have her drop the SmackDown women’s belt to Zelina Vega at Backlash. This is extremely unlikely to happen, of course, as Belair’s draft pick telegraphs that Ripley will be selected by Raw. One problem with doing a title swap, at least in kayfabe, is that SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley is part of tonight’s draft pool and she can theoretically be selected by SmackDown as well, putting both champs on the blue brand. Either way, tonight is Belair’s final episode of Raw as its champion, and it looks like the Raw title won’t be on a Raw wrestler without a title swap. However, IYO SKY is her challenger at Backlash, and SKY has also been drafted to SmackDown. The new rosters go into effect after Backlash, so there’s still a chance that Bianca can lose the title in a match before then. But WWE doesn’t mind screwing up the record books with these dumb title swaps, as this is at least the third consecutive draft where WWE has opted to go down this route. Does that mean WWE plans to do a phantom title swap off air rather than booking another disastrous “WWE Women’s Title Exchange” segment on TV like they did in 2021 between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair?īelair has been the Raw women’s champion for over one year, and this is pretty much the stupidest way to bring such a lengthy title reign to an end. Belair reacted to the news by saying she will walk into the blue brand as the SmackDown Women’s Champion on day one. That’s the position we’re in now that Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair has been drafted over to SmackDown. WWE Creative even decided to repeat the really dumb decision to force a championship swap in the women’s division. Triple H promised that this year’s draft will change the game, but the format has largely been unchanged from the last time WWE conducted a draft.
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