{"id":72443,"date":"2020-07-14T04:47:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T08:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=72443"},"modified":"2020-07-14T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:02:45","slug":"bianca-belair-shayna-baszler-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/14\/bianca-belair-shayna-baszler-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Bianca Belair And Shayna Baszler Return On Raw With Big Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been months since Raw&#8217;s newest women appeared on the show, but both returned on the same night. <strong>Bianca Belair<\/strong> and <strong>Shayna Baszler<\/strong> were set up to be the future of Raw around <strong><em>WrestleMania<\/em><\/strong> and have instead both been put on the back burner and recent months. On Monday night, both reappeared in separate dominating fashions to once again establish themselves as main threats and top women on the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/04\/07\/the-est-of-wwe-get-to-know-bianca-belair-raws-newest-superstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First up in the night of returns was Bianca Belair<\/a>, who aided <strong>Ruby Riott<\/strong> in her efforts against <strong>The IIconics<\/strong>. &#8220;The EST of WWE&#8221; showed the world why she was the toughest, fastest, smartest, and greatest all over again with her dominance when tagged into the match. She captured the win for her team with the K.O.D. finish and getting the pin. This marked Riott&#8217;s first win since returning to television. Belair&#8217;s dominance was a bright light in her future after many had doubted what was going on with her following the sudden appearance. &#8220;The EST&#8221; seems to be building to something.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like @RubyRiottWWE found the greatEST tag team partner in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BiancaBelairWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BiancaBelairWWE<\/a> to battle The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IIconics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#IIconics<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IyZ4xesJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4IyZ4xesJR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1282838762519777280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">W: @RubyRiottWWE &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BiancaBelairWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BiancaBelairWWE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>L: @BillieKayWWE &amp; @PeytonRoyceWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUFdRKdfAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tUFdRKdfAJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1282838919789371393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shayna Baszler&#8217;s return may have been even more shocking considering her complete disappearance from WWE programming. &#8220;The Queen of Spades&#8221; walked down to the ring as <strong>R-Truth<\/strong> attempted to defend the 24\/7 Championship against <strong>Akira Tozawa<\/strong>. Baszler choked out all of Tozawa&#8217;s ninjas leading to both the challenger and champion to retreat. Baszler then grabbed the microphone and was visibly angry. Angry that the women in her division, the champions that they had, were acting as though she didn&#8217;t exist. She made it quite clear that she would be the reality check that the entire division needed now that she was back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660\u2660<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QoSBaszler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@QoSBaszler<\/a> is HERE. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tl3AOT97Lv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tl3AOT97Lv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1282840459824582659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a start, as the return of both will freshen up the Raw women&#8217;s division for the better.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>More From LWOPW<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been months since Raw&#8217;s newest women appeared on the show, but both returned on the same night. Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler were set up to be the future of Raw around WrestleMania and have instead both been put on the back burner and recent months. 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