{"id":163242,"date":"2026-06-19T23:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=163242"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:19:59","slug":"liv-morgan-advances-to-queen-of-the-ring-2026-tournament-finals-on-6-19-wwe-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/19\/liv-morgan-advances-to-queen-of-the-ring-2026-tournament-finals-on-6-19-wwe-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Liv Morgan Advances to Queen of the Ring 2026 Tournament Finals on 6\/19 WWE SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/19\/jey-uso-advances-to-wwe-king-of-the-ring-2026-finals-at-night-of-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE Queen of the Ring 2026<\/a> tournament has been a sight to behold, with all of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/19\/trick-williams-challenger-official-for-night-of-champions-on-6-19-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE\u2019s heaviest hitters<\/a> in the women\u2019s division convening to fight it out in a gauntlet that will determine a number one contender for either the WWE Women\u2019s or Women\u2019s World Championship at SummerSlam 2026. Out of a field of 16, only four were left, with Charlotte Flair and Liv Morgan fighting out in the semis on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/19\/wwe-smackdown-results-post-show-review-6-19-26-live-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">this week\u2019s WWE SmackDown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><b>WWE Queen of the Ring 2026 Finals Official for WWE Night of Champions<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163009\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163009\" style=\"width: 958px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/22-7.webp\" alt=\"WWE SmackDown preview graphic for June 19, 2026.\" width=\"958\" height=\"539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/22-7.webp 958w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/22-7-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A WWE SmackDown graphic featuring the Queen of the Ring semis between Charlotte Flair and Liv Morgan. (Photo Credit: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both Morgan and Flair went through hell and back to advance to the semifinals of the Queen of the Ring tournament, and Friday night, their competitive spirit really did come out. Liv vowed that she would become Queen of the Ring and become a double champion, effectively setting up a Champion vs. Champion match for the WWE Women\u2019s Title at SummerSlam 2026.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162563\" style=\"width: 976px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/11-5.webp\" alt=\"King of the Ring graphic on WWE SmackDown.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/11-5.webp 976w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/11-5-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A WWE King and Queen of the Ring 2026 graphic. (Photo Credit: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charlotte Flair, on the other hand, hasn\u2019t been champion since 2022. Fortunately for Flair, teaming up with Alexa Bliss and becoming WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions brought her career new life, as the \u201cQueen\u201d seems like she\u2019s on the roll of her life, as she finds herself one step away from being in the finals at Night of Champions 2026 against IYO SKY.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162860\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/11-14.webp\" alt=\"WWE Raw Queen of the Ring graphic of IYO SKY and Raquel Rodriguez.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/11-14.webp 1600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/11-14-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A WWE Raw graphic of IYO SKY and Raquel Rodriguez in the Queen of the Ring tournament. (Photo Credit: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you can imagine, these two future Hall-of-Famers would go at it in a match that rocked the <span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t-mobilecenter.com\/events\/detail\/smackdown2026\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T-Mobile Center<\/a><\/span> in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Flair was more than ready for this match, only to get attacked prior to the match by Jade Cargill and her crew, leaving her leg injured. On multiple occasions, before and during the SmackDown, GM Nick Aldis and her best friend Alexa Bliss pleaded with her not to go through with it, but Flair was defiant and put on a gutsy performance, almost winning the match with a Figure-Four Leg Lock.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan would ride the pain through and reverse the pressure, locking in a Single Leg Boston Crab on the injured limb. Still, Charlotte would find it in herself to get to the ropes and slide out of the ring. One final time, Bliss and Aldis said she put up a good fight and told her it&#8217;s not worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Flair told them to get out of her face, remarking that &#8220;it&#8217;s worth it to her.&#8221; In an amazing display, Flair would get in the ring only to eat an ObLIVion. Morgan would pin her, and Flair would kick out. But this comeback was not meant to last, as Morgan synched in the Single Leg Boston Crab, making Charlotte finally submit.<\/p>\n<p>Liv Morgan is a couple of steps away from becoming a double champion, as she faces off against IYO SKY in the finals of the Queen of the Ring 2026 tournament at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/06\/19\/wwe-night-of-champions-2026-2-more-title-matches-added\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Night of Champions 2026<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WWE Queen of the Ring 2026 tournament has been a sight to behold, with all of WWE\u2019s heaviest hitters in the women\u2019s division convening to fight it out in a gauntlet that will determine a number one contender for either the WWE Women\u2019s or Women\u2019s World Championship at SummerSlam 2026. Out of a field [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":163243,"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":[26,2,12,2192,4,3],"tags":[403,8442,217,9745],"class_list":["post-163242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smackdown","category-featured","category-news","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-charlotte-flair","tag-iyo-sky","tag-liv-morgan","tag-wwe-queen-of-the-ring"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163242","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\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163242"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163354,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163242\/revisions\/163354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}