{"id":338034,"date":"2026-05-20T23:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=338034"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:24:35","slug":"wwe-no-longer-promoting-snme-bout-as-title-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/wwe-no-longer-promoting-snme-bout-as-title-match\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE No Longer Promoting SNME Bout As Title Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2177831\/wwe-snme-saturday-nights-main-event-becky-lynch-sol-ruca-advertising-title-match\/\" data-post-title=\"WWE No Longer Advertising SNME Bout As Title Match\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2177831\">\n<picture id=\"p24671aa2913875eb6b7a4178daa0f4e0\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwe-no-longer-advertising-snme-bout-as-title-match\/intro-1779294804.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/wwe-no-longer-advertising-snme-bout-as-title-match\/intro-1779294804.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During Monday night&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Raw,&#8221; a confrontation backstage between Sol Ruca and WWE Intercontinental Women&#8217;s Champion Becky Lynch arrange a match between the 2 this weekend for Saturday Night&#8217;s Predominant Event. The one catch was Lynch refused Ruca&#8217;s challenge to place her championship on the road, making it a non-title match.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Tuesday, nonetheless, WWE appeared to reverse course, promoting Ruca vs. Lynch for the Intercontinental Women&#8217;s Title on social media. Now on Wednesday, it appears WWE is changing their mind once more. In a post on X, Fightful noted that WWE isn&#8217;t any longer promoting Ruca vs. Lynch as a championship match, officially making the match a non-title affair as of this writing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE isn&#8217;t any longer promoting Sol Ruca vs Becky Lynch for the WWE Women&#8217;s IC Championship at SNME like they did yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9IlmtAbmOn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9IlmtAbmOn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fightful\/status\/2057113411524112875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Except for the change in promoting, WWE has made no mention on their broadcasts regarding the changes to Ruca and Lynch&#8217;s match. It just isn&#8217;t the primary time, nonetheless, that WWE has appeared indecisive a couple of potential Saturday Night&#8217;s Predominant Event title bout. Back in December, WWE originally announced a match between WWE World Tag Team Champions AJ Style and Dragon Lee against Leon Slater and Je&#8217;Von Evans as a non-title match. The match was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/jevon-evans-leon-slater-vs-aj-styles-dragon-lee-at-saturday-nights-main-event-being-advertised-as-wwe-world-tag-title-match\/\" target=\"_blank\">later advertised as a title match<\/a>, just for WWE to reverse course again, with Lee and Styles ultimately not putting the titles on the road.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Regardless, the match will function arguably the most important test of Ruca&#8217;s profession up to now, and a probability to realize momentum. The previous NXT Women&#8217;s North American Champion was called as much as &#8220;Raw&#8221; shortly after WrestleMania 42, but has since struggled to search out her footing, losing two consecutive matches to Women&#8217;s World Champion Liv Morgan and former Women&#8217;s Champion IYO SKY.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images During Monday night&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Raw,&#8221; a confrontation backstage between Sol Ruca and WWE Intercontinental Women&#8217;s Champion Becky Lynch arrange a match between the 2 this weekend for Saturday Night&#8217;s Predominant Event. The one catch was Lynch refused Ruca&#8217;s challenge to place her championship on the road, making it a non-title match. 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