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Will Raw鈥檚 titleholders still be standing tall for the Champion vs. Champion Match at Survivor Series?
Last week, both Miz and Alexa Bliss were forced to defend their titles, even though they are scheduled to face SmackDown鈥檚 champions at Survivor Series. In addition, the WWE Universe found out on Thursday that WWE Champion Jinder Mahal will put his title on the line against AJ Styles this Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE.
Translation: No titleholder鈥檚 championship reign is secure between now and Sunday, Nov. 19. But who, if anyone, will fall from their place of glory?
Don鈥檛 miss Raw, Monday night at 8/7 C on USA Network.
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Raw Women鈥檚 Champion Alexa Bliss def. Mickie James
    
Alexa still holds that distinction despite the all-world efforts of James, who (in a stroke of irony) was originally brought back into the fold as Alexa’s ally during Little Miss Bliss鈥 days as SmackDown Women鈥檚 Champion. That gave the challenger some familiarity with the champion鈥檚 move set, and her veteran abilities quickly showed that Alexa might have bitten off more than she could chew when she tried to frame James鈥 veteran status as an old lady trying to relive her glory days. James鈥 three consecutive kip-ups each time Alexa slammed her onto the mat were certainly a far cry from geriatric, to say nothing of the savage elbows and pinpoint kicks that James thought would carry her to Title No. 7.
What Mickie perhaps didn鈥檛 count on was that Alexa would resort to dirty tactics, but the champ did just that, nearly yanking James鈥 arm out of its socket before focusing exclusively on a torturous array of shoulder submissions. Despite being clearly hampered by the injury, James transitioned seamlessly to using both her educated feet and her good arm, pausing only occasionally for a high-risk maneuver like a top-rope dropkick.
The bout got so intense that the WWE Universe thought for a moment that tables were going to get involved. But inches from the brink, it took only one quick sequence by Bliss 鈥 yanking Mickie face-first into the turnbuckle and striking with a DDT 鈥 to put the match away. And even though an emotional James could barely hold back her tears in a post-match interview, she promised the WWE Universe this wouldn鈥檛 be the last time she contended for a Women鈥檚 Title. It鈥檚 tough not to believe her; As the chant goes, she鈥檚 still got it.
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The WWE Universe will witness history at WWE Survivor Series when, for the first time ever, the Raw Women鈥檚 Champion and SmackDown Women鈥檚 Champion collide, as Team Red鈥檚 Alexa Bliss squares off against Team Blue鈥檚 Natalya in a battle for brand supremacy. To quote Stephanie McMahon鈥檚 theme song, 鈥淲elcome to the Queendom.鈥
In lieu of WWE Survivor Series being the night brand supremacy is decided, Bliss and Natalya will face off in a contest to see which brand鈥檚 Women鈥檚 division is best. The 鈥済oddess鈥 of WWE and Queen of Black Harts squared off during Little Miss Bliss鈥 time on SmackDown LIVE, but Bliss has ascended to a completely new level of confidence and skill since being drafted to Raw earlier this year.
Will Alexa鈥檚 monumental 2017 continue with a victory in this historic contest? Or, will Natalya鈥檚 experience prove to be vital in establishing her as the top titleholder in this Champion vs. Champion showdown on the 30th anniversary of WWE Survivor Series? Find out at WWE Survivor Series, streaming live on WWE Network on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 7 ET/4 PT.
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Mickie James confronted Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss
Does Alexa Bliss deserve more respect than she gets? By any measure, the self-dubbed 鈥淕oddess鈥 of WWE has been a successful Raw Women鈥檚 Champion. Dominant, even. And with SmackDown Women鈥檚 Champion Natalya lying in wait at WWE Survivor Series, Alexa has the opportunity to claim cross-brand supremacy.
But Bliss found herself uncharacteristically riled up by the audience鈥檚 refusal to tell her 鈥淵ou deserve it,鈥 as the WWE Universe instead poured out their adulation for Mickie James after her heartfelt effort against Bliss in their WWE TLC title bout. When the audience still refrained from giving Bliss her props, the six-time Women鈥檚 Champion James arrived to plant Bliss with a pitch-perfect DDT 鈥 the only thing, Mickie said, Alexa truly deserved.
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Mickie James & Bayley def. Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss & Emma
This Sunday, Alexa Bliss will defend her Raw Women鈥檚 Title against Mickie James, while Emma holds the prestigious if unenviable task of facing Asuka in her Team Red debut. If what happened on Raw is any indication, both women have a long week of soul-searching ahead of them, as they fell to the team of Bayley & James in a fast-paced tag team contest.
Not only did Mickie look every bit ready to claim her seventh Women鈥檚 Championship, Bayley didn鈥檛 look far away from title contention herself, holding off Emma and Bliss singlehandedly before tagging James into the fray. A devastating Mick Kick to Alexa minutes later both spelled the end of the contest and sent the champ and her teammate back to the drawing board with only six days to figure it out.
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Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss presented a Mickie James retrospective
Alexa Bliss vs. Mickie James has become one of the most personal rivalries on Raw, thanks in no small part to Little Miss Bliss attempting to cast the veteran James as an over-the-hill Superstar. And when the six-time Women鈥檚 Champion took Bliss to task for refusing to talk trash in person, Bliss responded by making her way onto the stage presenting Mickie with a career retrospective 鈥 in the form of an old-timey newsreel called 鈥淪uperstars of Yesteryear.鈥
Mickie took the insults in stride and again challenged Alexa to fight then and there. Little Miss Bliss, who had ventured down to ringside, made it seem like she would take Mickie up on that challenge before turning back up the ramp, but Mickie pulled her by the hair into the ring and fired off a Mick Kick that just missed its mark and sent Alexa scurrying. That highlight reel might need a bit of an addition.
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