{"id":159915,"date":"2026-04-27T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=159915"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:06:19","slug":"top-stars-that-could-ruin-liv-morgans-road-to-summerslam-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/27\/top-stars-that-could-ruin-liv-morgans-road-to-summerslam-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Stars that Could Ruin Liv Morgan\u2019s Road to SummerSlam 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liv Morgan dethroned Stephanie Vaquer at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/24\/full-list-of-wwe-releases-including-bo-dallas-nikki-cross-and-more-in-post-wrestlemania-cuts\/\" target=\"_self\">WrestleMania 42<\/a> to become the new World Champion, and she did all of that in seven minutes. Many people in this day and age can make toast or even a coffee in seven minutes. That is how long the women&#8217;s world title match was at &#8216;Mania, where WWE promised six women&#8217;s matches and only delivered four.<\/p>\n<p>hen, WWE decided to unceremoniously let go of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/there-was-heavy-frustration-with-kairi-sane-being-cut-before-any-real-payoff-to-her-storyline-with-asuka-iyo-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kairi Sane<\/a> when she was part of a major storyline with IYO SKY and Asuka that could have resulted in a marquee match on WrestleMania Sunday, which only had six matches compared to WrestleMania Saturday&#8217;s seven matches. This is deplorable.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those unexcusable setbacks in women&#8217;s wrestling as a whole, Morgan deserved and earned her &#8216;Mania Moment this year after having a 0-6 &#8216;Mania record in her career without a singles title match.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Naomi <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was originally scheduled to walk into &#8216;Mania 42 as the champ and defend against Morgan, but her pregnancy announcement last summer threw a wrench in those plans. Naomi could return anytime this summer to reclaim what she never lost. However, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now that Morgan is the champ, she has a big target on her back with other rising stars on the Raw brand. Here are the three biggest threats to her World Title on the road to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/23\/wwe-summerslam-2026-predictions-full-match-card-after-wrestlemania-42\/5\/\" target=\"_self\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SummerSlam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raw Predictions - Mark Justice\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL4Cbox4S9rfMy6pbVUu-qhcj_iq22yseo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>AJ Lee<\/h2>\n<p>AJ Lee would be an absolute dream match for Liv Morgan, as she herself said that she wants to team with Dominik Mysterio and battle <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/20\/cm-punk-says-no-vacation-promises-to-be-ready-for-opportunity-as-cody-rhodes-crashes-raw\/\" target=\"_self\">CM Punk<\/a> and AJ Lee in a mixed tag team match. That match could be a bridge to a marquee title match between AJ and Liv that would sell tickets.<\/p>\n<p>AJ does not need to go back to the IC Title, as she has already graduated from the mid-card a long time ago. Also, her feud with Becky Lynch does not need to be continued after 4-match series that ended at &#8216;Mania. AJ is needed in the main event scene whenever she returns, and Morgan would be a great first target. It can all start with Morgan slapping Punk in the face.<\/p>\n<h2>IYO SKY<\/h2>\n<p>Liv Morgan had a stare-down with the WWE Champion, Rhea Ripley, on Raw this week. They have a lot of history, as their rivalry spanned from 2022 to 2025. Someone could get a law school degree in that time. Since Rhea is on SmackDown, she can&#8217;t run it back with Liv at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>However, this could be an opening for her tag partner, IYO SKY, to challenge for the title. SKY was robbed of a spot on the Mania card this year, so challenging Morgan for the title would not only be a good segue from the Ripley-Morgan saga but also be a great opportunity to reclaim her rightful spot in the main event scene. Handling Judgment Day on her own will be a task, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 610px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBKgMSZvnr\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3228px; aspect-ratio: 3228\/4842;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Roxanne Perez<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking of Judgment Day, Roxanne Perez has teased dissension with Liv Morgan from time to time. Things especially took a turn when Judgment Day ousted Finn Balor from the group. Balor was the individual who introduced Perez to the Judgment Day, so that expulsion won&#8217;t sit too well with Perez in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>It would not be smart for Perez to merely betray Morgan right now, as she would just be jumped by Morgan and Raquel like Balor was by Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh. However, when she wins the Money In The Bank Contract this year, she can use that briefcase to sneakily and cunningly take that world title away from Morgan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 610px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBfIon0ZOY\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 2400px; aspect-ratio: 2400\/3600;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h2>Honorable Mention: Sol Ruca<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone would be remiss to neglect the most recent NXT call-up who stepped up to Liv Morgan on the Raw after WrestleMania, Sol Ruca<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This was reminiscent of the time that Paige made her debut on the main roster against AJ Lee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike Paige, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/nxt\/kendal-grey-describes-backstage-reaction-to-sol-ruca-table-spot-on-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sol Ruca<\/a> did not win the world title on her first night, but the fact that such a seed was planted is promising for the upstart. She recently lost a nasty Last Women&#8217;s Standing Match to Zaria on NXT to put an end to that feud, and her future on the main roster is bright after scoring a big victory over Bayley back at the Saturday Night Main Event in December. Morgan&#8217;s soul could be snatched by Ruca, just like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If you\u2019re not down with just that and would like even more WWE PLE Coverage from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MarkTBKJustice1327\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Justice<\/a><span>, check out more of his articles right here on LWOS and subscribe to his popular YouTube channel by clicking\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MarkTBKJustice1327\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liv Morgan dethroned Stephanie Vaquer at WrestleMania 42 to become the new World Champion, and she did all of that in seven minutes. Many people in this day and age can make toast or even a coffee in seven minutes. That is how long the women&#8217;s world title match was at &#8216;Mania, where WWE promised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5747,"featured_media":152683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,25,4,3,320],"tags":[217,9723],"class_list":["post-159915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-liv-morgan","tag-summerslam-2026"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159915"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160341,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159915\/revisions\/160341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}