IYO SKY could be subsequent in line for a shot on the WWE Girls’s Intercontinental Championship. She pinned Raquel Rodriguez on the October 19, 2026 episode of WWE RAW, and that victory could have earned her a a lot greater alternative. Now Dave Meltzer believes WWE is establishing a title match between the 2, and it might occur inside the subsequent few weeks.
Talking on the October 19 episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer mentioned SKY teaming with Chelsea Inexperienced towards Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez on RAW. The match ended with SKY catching Rodriguez in a cradle for the pinfall, giving her a victory over the reigning Girls’s Intercontinental Champion. Meltzer believes WWE didn’t e-book that end for no motive. He expects the outcome to steer instantly right into a championship match between SKY and Rodriguez.
“Units up intercontinental championship match comparatively quickly. Most likely inside the subsequent few weeks.”
That will be a reasonably fast turnaround, however WWE has already been constructing rigidity between the 2. As Ringside Information coated in the course of the October 12 episode of RAW, Rodriguez confronted SKY backstage whereas Roxanne Perez was arguing with Adam Pearce. Rodriguez accused WWE of forgetting about SKY, which led to an argument between the 2 girls.
Now SKY has pinned Rodriguez in the course of the ring, giving WWE an apparent motive to place them collectively once more with the championship on the road. Meltzer additionally had loads of reward for SKY’s efficiency on RAW, notably her exchanges with Perez. He felt the match was one of many stronger elements of the present and made it clear that SKY stood out.
“Roxanne, you realize, was higher than standard and EO’s improbable. And I truly thought this was a very, actually good match.”
SKY and Rodriguez have already got loads of historical past. The 2 confronted one another in a Queen of the Ring semifinal match again in June, and SKY has continued coping with The Judgment Day all year long. A Girls’s Intercontinental Championship match would give their rivalry one thing greater to combat over.
WWE hasn’t formally introduced SKY as the following challenger, and there’s no date set for a title match. However Meltzer clearly believes that’s the place issues are going, particularly after WWE had SKY pin the champion quite than Roxanne Perez.
For now, Rodriguez nonetheless has the gold, however SKY has already overwhelmed her. If WWE follows up on Monday’s end, Rodriguez might discover herself defending the Girls’s Intercontinental Championship towards somebody who simply proved she will be able to put her shoulders on the mat.
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