Challenge Laid Down For WWE Raw Women's Championship At Extreme Rules

Bianca Belair looks like she'll be defending her title against this rival.

by Scott Carlson
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Bayley has thrown down the gauntlet to face Bianca Belair at Extreme Rules next month, setting the stage for a Raw Women's Championship match that could change the course of the red brand's women's division.

Since returning at SummerSlam, Bayley's Damage CTRL stable has been the focal point of the division, so much so that Belair has only defended her title once since then, instead joining forces with Asuka and Alexa Bliss to combat the group.

At Clash at the Castle, Bayley pinned Bianca in their six-woman tag match, marking the first time Belair had been pinned in more than 300 days. This has become a talking point for the Role Model, who has insisted that she will choose the time and place to challenge for the Raw women's title.

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That time came on Monday night, when Damage CTRL laid out all three rivals after Bayley defeated Bliss in singles action. Bayley issued the challenge after knocking the champ out with a Rose Plant.

This could certainly prove to be an interesting match, as Bayley still has a chip on her shoulder from last year when she couldn't wrest the SmackDown Women's Championship from Belair before going down with an injury.

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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.