RAW – JANUARY 23, 2011 – Phoenix, AZ
The announcing team talked up the Diva Rumble battle royal at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view coming up that Sunday, then recapped the events from the previous edition of Smackdown, with Lita whipping and humiliating the Sisters of Salvation, Beth Phoenix and Natalya. After what happened, they demanded a match against Lita for tonight, setting up tonight's women's tag team match: Beth Phoenix and Natalya vs. Lita and Sara Del Ray.
Beth and Natalya came out first, with their 'little sister', AJ Lee. Apparently having learned from what happened on Smackdown, AJ came to the ring dressed in jeans and a T-shirt with 'Sisters Of Salvation' written on it. Then it was time for their opponents to come out. Jessie Kresa came out with Lita and Sara to keep an eye on AJ. Once they were in the ring, it was time to start the match.
Beth and Sara started the match for their teams. The two female powerhouses locked up and Beth got a headlock on Sara. Sara shoved her off into the ropes and Beth came back with a shoulderblock, Sara barely registering any effect. The two locked up again. This time Sara got a headlock on Beth. Beth backed into the ropes and tried to shove her off, but Sara held onto the hold. Beth tried again to shove her off and succeeded. Sara went into the ropes and when she came back, Beth went for a back bodydrop. Sara just barely managed to land on her feet, but Beth didn't know it, her back to her opponent. Beth preened before the audience and sang her own praises until she turned around and Sara took her head off with a clothesline. Beth got up and Sara took her down again with another clothesline. Beth got to the corner and begged off on Sara, then tagged Natalya into the match.
Sara and Nattie locked up in the middle of the ring. Sara got a headlock on the blond Canadian. Nattie tried to shove her off, but Sara held on and pulled her over to her corner so she could tag Lita. Sara held Nattie open and Lita kicked her in the gut. Lita went after Nattie with forearm shots. The redhead went to whip Nattie across the ring, but she was able to reverse it. Lita went into the ropes and came back with a dropkick to Nattie, causing her to fall back into the ropes. Lita scooped the third-generation superstar up and bodyslammed her down to the mat. Lita went to follow up with a kneedrop, but Nattie rolled out of the way. Lita hit the mat knee-first and as she reeled from the miss, Nattie grabbed her by the leg and slammed it down on the mat.
Nattie dragged the Queen of Extreme over to the ropes and placed Lita's injured leg on the bottom rope. Once it was in position, Nattie hopped up and dropped all of her weight on Lita's injured leg. As Lita howled in pain, Nattie dropped a second time onto her leg. The ref told Nattie to back off because Lita was touching the ropes and Nattie graciously stepped back. While the ref's back was turned, AJ grabbed Lita's leg and slammed it down against the side of the ring. After AJ's cheap shot, Nattie grabbed Lita's legs and went to lock in the Sharpshooter, but the redhead was able to turn it into a pinning combination. Lita got a count of two and Nattie just barely escaped before the count of three. Natalya quickly got back to her feet, grabbed Lita's leg, kicked her in the back of the thigh, then dragged her over to the corner to tag Beth in.
Beth and Nattie each took a leg and 'made a wish' before both pulled back, splitting Lita's legs apart. Beth went for a single-leg Boston Crab, but they were too close to the ropes and Lita was able to reach them and force a break. Lita struggled to get back to her feet and once she was standing again, Beth went to whip her across the ring. Lita reversed it and Beth went into the ropes instead. 'The Glamazon' tried for a running clothesline but the redhead ducked underneath. When Beth bounced off the ropes again and came back, Lita caught her with a hurricanrana and both women went down to the mat.
Both needed to make a tag and struggled to get to their corners. Jessie got the fans clapping to spur Lita on. Beth tagged Nattie, but before the Canadian could stop her, Lita dove to her corner and tagged Sara. Once Sara was in the ring, Nattie tried to beg off but the brunette slugged her in the face anyway. Nattie tried to come back with a punch of her own, but Sara blocked it and gave her a second punch. When Beth tried to get involved, Sara punched her in the face as well. With both Sisters of Salvation dazed, Sara grabbed both by the hair and crashed their heads together. Beth and Nattie staggered around the ring in a daze until Sara went after Beth and Lita went after Nattie. Once Sara had Beth where she wanted her, she bounced off the ropes for a clothesline, but AJ pulled the top rope down, causing her to fall out of the ring.
Meanwhile, Nattie was getting the better of Lita and picked her up in a bear hug. Smelling victory at hand, Beth bounced off the ropes to deliver the Hart Attack, but Jessie tripped her, causing 'the Glamazon' to fall flat on her face. Once she got back up, Beth started arguing with Jessie, the redneck challenging her to come out of the ring and fight her.
Back in the middle of the ring, Lita managed to fight her way out of Nattie's bear hug and dropkicked her out of the ring. Seeing Beth preoccupied with Jessie, the redhead shoved her into the ropes and caught her in a backward rollover. Lita bridged back for extra leverage and got the three-count on 'the Glamazon'.
As Justin Roberts announced the decision, Beth was absolutely LIVID! Before Lita could join her partners outside of the ring, Beth grabbed her and rammed her shoulder-first into the turnbuckle. Beth then took Lita's arm, bent it behind her back and picked her up in a Flying Hammerlock. Lita screamed from the pain she was in and kept kicking her legs to get out of it, but Beth held on and kept her held up.
Eventually, Sara was able to fight off Nattie and climbed back into the ring. She hit Beth with a flying shoulderblock, causing 'the Glamazon' to release the hold. Beth rolled out of the ring as Jessie stepped in to help Sara check on Lita.
As Sara and Jessie helped Lita up, the Sisters of Salvation backed up the aisle towards the stage. Beth yelled back to them, "You got lucky tonight! This Sunday, I'm winning the Diva Rumble and I'm walking out the champion!", and motioned her hands in front of her waist, signaling the Divas Championship belt would soon be around her waist. After saying her peace, Beth couldn't believe the reaction Lita gave from the ring.
As she held her shoulder, Lita was smiling! She nodded at Beth and said, "Now THAT's more like it!"