Women’s Wrestling Wrap-Up: New WWE Evolve Champ, Hayter vs. Thekla Set For WrestleDream, Kelani Jordan Retains KO Title

WWE crowns a new Womenâ€s Evolve Champion. AEW heads to St. Louis for WrestleDream. Kelani Jordan retains her Knockouts Championship, and more!

Kendal Grey Wins WWE Womenâ€s Evolve Title

While she came up short in pursuit of an NXT Womenâ€s Championship match on Tuesday, Kendal Grey bounced back with a major win on Wednesday.

On this weekâ€s WWE Evolve Succession special, Grey challenged Kali Armstrong for the Evolve Womenâ€s Championship. Grey previously defeated Chantel Monroe in a number one contenderâ€s match to earn the opportunity. Upon match time, she then made the most of it.

In the final moments, Armstrong ran the ropes with the intention of nailing Grey with a spear. Grey, however, countered it with a match-winning powerslam to solidify herself as the new Evolve Womenâ€s Champion.

Grey, a former amateur wrestler, first signed with WWE in 2023. The following year, she made her pro debut in a tag match at an NXT live event. Since then, Grey has appeared on both NXT and WWE Evolve television. In May 2025, Grey competed in a fatal-four-way elimination match to determine the inaugural Evolve Womenâ€s Champion; Kali Armstrong outlasted the other three to claim the title.

Last weekend, WWE released several other developmental talents, including Jin Tala, Summer Sorrell, Haze Jameson, and Evolve General Manager Stevie Turner.

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Kelani Jordan Retains Knockouts Title

Following the news of Ash By Elegance vacating the TNA Knockouts Championship, WWE NXT star Kelani Jordan survived a battle royal and a singles match with Lei Ying Lee to become the new champion. Her first test as Knockouts Champion then pitted her against the number one contender, Indi Hartwell, at TNA Bound For Glory on October 12.

Hartwell fought hard with the Hurts Donut and a top rope elbow drop. In the end, it was Jordan who captured victory when she landed her split-legged moonsault and pinned Hartwell to retain the Knockouts Championship.

Elsewhere at Bound For Glory, Tessa Blanchard defeated Gia Miller. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay) also retained their Knockouts Tag Team Championships by beating Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance.

Fellow Knockouts Mara Sade, Lei Ying Lee, Rosemary and Dani Luna later competed in the 2025 Call Your Shot gauntlet as well. Frankie Kazarian took Jody Threatâ€s spot in the match after attacking her on the entrance ramp.

Before all of the in-ring action, The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) and Mickie James took their places in the TNA Hall of Fame.

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Hayter vs. Thekla Set For WrestleDream

This Saturday, All Elite Wrestling returns to St. Louis, Missouri, for its 2025 WrestleDream pay-per-view event.

The card features an AEW Womenâ€s Championship rematch pitting reigning champion Kris Statlander against the former one, Toni Storm. Statlander claimed the respective title by pinning Storm in a four-way bout at AEW All Out, after which Storm said she felt “nothing.†Now, the two will meet for their first-ever singles match, with the AEW Womenâ€s Championship on the line.

Elsewhere at WrestleDream, Former AEW Womenâ€s Champion Jamie Hayter and Thekla will continue their feud in a non-title match. Upon her AEW debut, Thekla attacked Hayter, rendering her unable to compete for multiple months. Since then, Hayter has been out for revenge, with an equally angry Queen Aminata in her corner. Following WrestleDream, Hayter looks ahead to AEW Dynamite on November 12, where she has challenged Thekla, Julia Hart, and Skye Blue to a battle inside Blood and Guts.

On the WrestleDream pre-show, Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford will face Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron in tag team action. This comes after Cameron saved Nightingale from an attack at the hands of Bayne and Ford on AEW Collision.

RELATED: Jamie Hayter Reveals the Inspiration Behind Her New Look

INTERVIEWS

Former WWE Womenâ€s World Champion IYO SKY sat down with Chris Van Vliet to discuss her match of the year with Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 41, winning Money in the Bank and cashing in to become Womenâ€s Champion, the trash can dive at Survivor Series, how her pointing taunt began, future dream matches, and more.

Former WWE Womenâ€s United States Champion Chelsea Green chatted with Womanâ€s World about how her fabulous style reflects her energy in the ring and out, using social media to float new storylines for her character, what happens when wrestlers like Piper Niven get injured, how WWE legend John Cena is helping Green map out a career outside the ring, and more.

TNA Hall of Famer Velvet Sky joined Velvet Ropes with SoCal Val to talk about her induction into the TNA Hall of Fame alongside Angelina Love as The Beautiful People, how Tommy Dreamer surprised them with the news, the history of The Beautiful People, how a TNA official initially told them the pairing would be “career suicide,†the origin of their iconic “Let the Pigeons Loose†entrance, her love for the Attitude Era, and more.

WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson appeared on Casual Conversations with The Classic to discuss her breaking into pro wrestling, memories made in WCW, the New World Order, joining the WWE, the WrestleMania XX evening gown matches, her experience in reality television, advice sheâ€d give to her younger self, and more.

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