IYO SKY crowned number one contender to WWE Raw Women’s title

IYO SKY is the new number one contender to the WWE Raw Women’s Championship. 

SKY defeated Piper Niven and Michin in a triple threat match on Monday’s Raw to earn the number one contendership and a future title shot at Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair. 

SKY pinned Michin after hitting her signature moonsault on Raw in Seattle to win the triple threat contest. The match was set up earlier in the program in a backstage segment where Damage CTRL leader Bayley said she went to on-screen authority figure Adam Pearce to secure SKY a spot in the number one contender’s bout. 

Damage CTRL’s Bayley and Dakota Kai celebrated with SKY in the ring after the match, but Bayley’s body language hinted at dissension within the trio. 

No date was announced for the Belair vs. SKY title bout, but WWE Backlash on Saturday, May 6 seems a logical destination for the match. 

SKY is a former NXT Women’s Champion, and NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion. She has twice held titles on the main roster, capturing the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles with Kai.

Belair has held the Raw Women’s Championship for 374 days since defeating Becky Lynch for the title on night one of WrestleMania 38 on April 2, 2022. Belair’s most recent title defense came at WrestleMania 39, where she defeated Asuka to retain on night two of the event.

Elsewhere on Raw, Cody Rhodes issued a challenge to Brock Lesnar to face him at Backlash. Lesnar will appear on next week’s Raw to answer the challenge.