Who Advanced to the WWE Queen of the Ring 2026 Semifinals on WWE SmackDown?

The WWE Queen of the Ring 2026 tournament heated up on this week’s June 5, 2026, edition of WWE SmackDown in the Unipol Arena in Italy. Monday night on WWE Raw, we saw IYO SKY overcome the likes of Roxanne Perez, Giulia, and Lash Legend to secure her spot in the semifinal round. SKY sits pretty alone in the semis, up until another big star nabbed a huge win in the Queen of the Ring tournament, in front of the Italian WWE Universe in the Unipol Arena

WWE Queen of the Ring 2026 Amps Up on WWE SmackDown in Italy

WWE SmackDown in Italy was full of action, as the WWE tour of Europe continued. One of the highlights of the night was the first round matchup in the WWE Queen of the Ring tournament featuring the stars from WWE Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown slugging it out for a spot in the semifinals, when Jacy Jayne, Kiana James, Raquel Rodriguez and former multiple-time WWE Women’s Champion Bayley went at it for a potential spot in the semis.

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Rodriguez got the brunt of the offense, as the other three women would try to chop down the biggest competitor in the match, trying to remove her from the equation early on. Bayley went for the early kill as she hit Kiana James with a Bayley-to-Belly, but it didn’t secure her the win. All three women would jockey for position, trying to nab the win with multiple pin attempts, that is, until Raquel Rodriguez bulldozed through all of them with a monster Cross Body.

After that reset, it was every woman for herself. All four were trying to finish the match in a big way, with highlights including Jayne hitting Bayley with an impressive Frankensteiner. Unfortunately for her, Rodriguez would catch both her and Bayley with a Double Chokeslam, but fortunately for them, Kiana James would launch herself onto Raquel to break up the pin.

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Back from break, we see Bayley hit the Top Rope Elbow Drop, only for Jacy Jayne to break up the pin attempt. Kiana James would go nuclear, hitting the Dealbreaker, followed up by a Thrust Kick and Standing Moonsault. Bayley would get out of it. Kiana James would try to roll up Bayley, with her feet on the ropes, but Jayne would take it off the second rope.

James saw Giulia and thought it was her, and this distraction would allow Jayne to hit the Rolling Encore on James. Raquel would spot the melee and hit a Tejana Bomb to advance to the semis to face IYO SKY.

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