Monday Night RAW just became Monday Night “I’m Not Getting Involved BUT…”
Bianca Belair has been handed the striped shirt, the whistle, and the burden of keeping two women who absolutely want to punch each other in the throat from doing so unfairly.
On next week’s RAW, Rhea Ripley finally gets her rematch against reigning Women’s World Champion IYO SKY, but with a twist straight out of Vince Russo’s rejected notes: Bianca Belair as the special guest referee. You know, because nothing ever goes wrong when you put an active competitor in a zebra shirt.
It all started when GM Adam Pearce, who’s been trying to hold this division together with duct tape and passive-aggressive clipboard energy, made it clear: just because Ripley signed a contract doesn’t mean WrestleMania becomes WrestleThreesome. Instead, she has to earn her way into the main event the old-fashioned way—by fighting in a match she likely intends to burn down mid-promo.
SKY entered the fray first, saying she didn’t care who she faced—classic overconfident champion energy. Then Belair entered, stating the obvious: she won the Elimination Chamber, so her spot at Mania was earned, not scribbled in with a Sharpie like Ripley’s. Naturally, Ripley responded by doing what she does best: threatening violence in platform boots.
Cue a classic RAW brawl to close the segment. But Pearce wasn’t done! Backstage, in a move that absolutely won’t lead to controversy (narrator: it would), he told Belair she’d be officiating next week’s match. Why? Because she’d “call it right down the middle,” like a human Switzerland with abs.
Bottom line: If you like your wrestling with emotional tension, questionable impartiality, and one referee who might hit a KOD mid-count, next week’s RAW is must-see TV.