WWE Queen Of The Ring 2026 Winner Predicted

A new Queen of the Ring is set to be crowned this Saturday at WWE Night of Champions.

IYO SKY qualified for the semi-finals of the Queen of the Ring tournament after beating Roxanne Perez, Guilia,, and Lash Legend in the first round. The Genius of the Sky then defeated The Judgment Day’s Raquel Rodriguez to reserve her place in the final.

Meanwhile, Liv Morgan surprisingly announced her entry into the tournament despite being the reigning Women’s World Champion. She explained that her decision was driven by a lack of challengers. The Judgment Day member has held the title since WrestleMania 42, but never defended it on TV.

WWE Analyst Sam Roberts Predicts The Queen Of The Ring Winner

On the latest episode of his Notsam Wrestling podcast, WWE analyst Sam Roberts gave his predictions on the winner between IYO SKY and Liv Morgan.

The 42-year-old picked The Genius of the Sky to emerge victorious as the new Queen of the Ring, claiming it could open the door for her to challenge her former tag team partner, the WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley, at SummerSlam.

The Queen of hte Ring finals, Liv Morgan vs. IYO SKY. For me, as we sit here right now, IYO SKY is my queen. And I would have said that tournament or not. But IYO SKY for Queen of the Ring. I think that if you make IYO queen, then there’s two big matches that you have at SummerSlam.

I think you turn Raquel Rodriguez babyface. I think The Judgment Day turns on her. I don’t think it’s Roxanne that’s leaving The Judgment Day. I think that’s a red herring. I think Roxanne turns on Raquel and then the rest of The Judgment Day turns on Raquel as well. And then Liv Morgan vs. Raquel is your story going into [SummerSlam]. And on the other end, we get our Rhea Ripley vs. IYO SKY match at SummerSlam. This is the match that you could do at WrestleMania. Depending on the story told, it could main event SummerSlam.

The WWE analyst added that based on the result of the SummerSlam match, the two best friends could clash again at WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia.

It could also main event at WrestleMania. But realistically, I think this is the match that goes like, okay, it’s an aura match for Rhea as Champion. This is the match that will either solidify Rhea as champion or be IYO’s true crowning moment. And what do you want to do here? Is now the time to go on another epic Rhea Ripley Champinoship run or is now the time to lay it on even thicker?

Like, there is a world where IYO takes that Women’s Championship from Rhea Ripley and then we wait until WrestleMania and we can actually run this back. If Rhea and IYO is your SummerSlam match, it’s a massive stadium match. You can’t convince me otherwise. But if IYO beats her the way IYO has always beaten Rhea Ripley, Rhea’s never beaten IYO. If IYO beats her again, then you can do a rematch at WrestleMania and it’s still a stadium match. [59:20 onwards]

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