8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (10 Mar - Results & Review)

2. Iyo Won’t Take A Backseat

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Despite winning the Women’s World Championship last week, Iyo Sky ran the risk of being a third wheel during a promo segment between her, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley on Monday night.

Iyo and Bianca are set to face off at WrestleMania 41 for the women’s title, but Rhea had something to say about that. She paced down to the ring and laid into Belair, blaming her for the loss last week, which touched off a back-and-forth exchange between the two. That’s where things got spicy.

Sky let the two jaw for a while before trying to step in-between them, but Ripley shoved her away, followed by Belair pushing the champ out of the conversation. This set Iyo off, as she shoved both women and slapped each in the face as she ranted and raved in Japanese, stomping her feet to emphasize her point.

Although there was a clear language barrier, the message seemed clear: Iyo was not going to let these two women talk over or take over her segment or pieface her. Sky is the champion, and she was not going to be shunted to the background. She said her piece and walked off, leaving the two to sit in the ring stunned.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.