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Pro-Wrestling: EVE Announces UK Training Camp – February 19-20th

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE has announced a training camp for female wrestlers in the UK on February 19th and 20th. The camp will be lead by Ricky and Saraya Knight.

Full details below:

Europe’s only dedicated all female professional wrestling promotion
Pro-Wrestling:EVE presents a FEMALE ONLY professional wrestling training
camp to take place on the weekend of February 19/20 in Norwich, England.

The camp will be taken by legendary professional wrestling promotion WAW
lead by 26 year veteran “Rowdy” Ricky Knight and his wife & 19 year
Professional Saraya Knight.

“Rowdy” Ricky Knight has wrestled all over the world both with and against
some of the biggest & best stars to ever grace a wrestling ring from
Dynamite Kid & Jushin “Thunder” Liger to Giant Haystacks & Finlay and
everyone in between – The Rowdy Man has nothing left to prove to anyone
and is a fountain of knowledge that every aspiring wrestler be they male
or female should desire to train with.

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TNA Impact Feedback: February 10th, 2011

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Get your weekly dose of Knockouts action on tonight’s Impact. To watch, tune into Spike TV from 9pm ET.

Discuss the show in the comments!

Unwrapped: Kaitlyn’s No Photoshoot Rookie

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View Kaitlyn’s photoshoot by clicking here.

Our Unwrapped feature is making its return! Every Thursday, coinciding with WWE.com’s weekly photoshoot updates, we’ll take a look at the newest Diva photoshoot and give you the opportunity to voice your opinions on it. Let’s unwrap this week’s eye candy..

NXT Season 3 winner Kaitlyn is finally emerging in the “big time” SmackDown, so it’s fitting that this week she’s premiered her first official photoshoot as a Diva. It may look familiar to you (actually it should look familiar), since photos from the studio portion of the shoot were released at the beginning of her NXT run. However, there’s still enough new stuff to unwrap..

The Look: Okay, so this outfit is nothing new–it dates back to the NXT rookies’ first photoshoots, so your reaction’s down to whether you liked it or not way back then. In terms of wrestling gear, I like it–it’s tough, with its black leather top and boots, but it’s cut the right way to fulfill the sexiness quota it seems like every Diva’s gear has to reach. Not to mention, it highlights her two most flattering features: her sculpted arms and legs. This gives Kaitlyn her own signature look, with the top and shorts being the base of it. I like this shoot’s version a lot more than some of her other variations of the look–I wasn’t a fan of the denim and cheetah print one. The black and dark camouflage print looks a lot sleeker, and I have to say the camo shorts are a lot more flattering than those skin-tight, ovary-crushing denim shorts.

The Poses: Kaitlyn exudes a calm, confident manner throughout the entire shoot, her poses relaxed. I like it, as it feels real and not as put-on as the more smiley, happy poses other Divas may utilize. Her poses next to the steel beam are particularly interesting. While these poses aren’t all that different from the ones from her other shoots, you have to consider that they were all probably taken around the same time, when she wasn’t exactly in the flow of WWE photoshoots yet. Even so, I really like the feel of this photoshoot.

In Pictures: Alicia and Eve Take Miami at WrestleMania 28 Press Conference

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Move over Kourtney and Khloe! Alicia Fox and Divas Champ, Eve Torres stormed Miami yesterday for the WWE WrestleMania 28 press conference.

As reported yesterday, next year’s event will be held in Miami and the Divas were on hand for the official announcement along with Vince McMahon, John Cena and others.

Both Divas looked drop dead gorgeous, as Alicia donned a show-stopping cream-colored bandage dress. Meanwhile, the champion complemented her belt with a sexy, deep purple number. A+ to both!

Mr. Glamazon’s Hitting the Ropes (Issue #23) – I Can Handle the Truth

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If you listen to Diva Dirt LIVE, you know that I get fired almost every week.  I really do try my best but inevitably I screw something up – either by calling someone the wrong name, or messing up the switchboard, or making some lame joke that not even my co-hosts will sell.  Whatever the reason I always find myself on shaky ground, which stinks because I really do love hosting the show.  Interacting with the callers and special guests is a lot of fun and if I can learn something about the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” along the way, all the better!  Fortunately for me Melanie usually has a change of heart during the week and lets me keep my job, so basically I’m working on a series of 1-week contracts (although what Melanie doesn’t know is that I’m kind of like a stray cat…feed me once and I’m hard to get rid of.)  So I never know how long this gig will last, but Diva Dirt LIVE has been on the air since June 2010 and I’m extremely proud of that.

Now, if there ever WAS a reason for Melanie to fire me it was during this past Royal Rumble in Boston (and no, I’m not talking about the plaid shirt I wore.)  I admit, I dropped the ball…big time.  See the WWE sold t-shirts at the event that advertised the Divas Championship as a fatal 4-way match, which is fine except no one was supposed to know that before the “anonymous general manager” changed the match at the last minute.  As Natalya was all set to defend her Divas title vs. Lay-Cool in a handicap match, Michael Cole received an email essentially adding a fourth competitor.

Of course I would have already known that had I just read the back of my son’s t-shirt.  UGH!

Manami Toyota Returning to CHIKARA in April

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The legendary Manami Toyota will return to CHIKARA in April, it has been revealed.

Toyota, who made her US debut for CHIKARA last year, will be part of the annual King of Trios tournament in Philadelphia from April 15-17th.

More information and tickets can be found here.

Thoughts: Toyota’s debut last year in New York drew a huge crowd, enough so that CHIKARA actually had to turn people away at the door. Definitely proof that women can draw. Great move by the company to bring her back.

Taylor Wilde Retirement Match Now on ClickWrestle (Plus Video Preview)

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Saturday’s Diva Dirt & ChickFight match is now available on ClickWrestle!

The match took place at Pro Wrestling Revolution in San Francisco and served as Taylor Wilde‘s retirement match when she faced Alissa Flash. Diva Dirt’s David served as special guest ring announcer.

For free footage of Taylor’s retirement speech click here. For her post-match interview click here.

You can download the match on ClickWrestle at the link below. For a 10% discount enter the coupon code ‘divadirt’.

DOWNLOAD THE MATCH

Preview clip:

Diva Dirt LIVE: February 9th, 2011

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Tune in for another edition of Diva Dirt LIVE tonight at 10pm ET! We’ll have all the gossip from this past weekend’s ChickFight match, plus we’ll also discuss last week’s SmackDown including Kelly Kelly‘s big win & firing, next Monday’s Divas Title match, Maria’s passion for wrestling, the debut of Rosita to TNA and more.

Replay below:

Fan Report & Pictures from TNA House Show in Pensacola, FL (February 5th)

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Diva Dirt reader Billy James sent in his live report and pictures from TNA’s house show in Pensacola, FL this past Saturday. The event saw a rare house show appearance from Sarita facing Angelina Love.

Before the show started, I was to get both Angelina and Sarita’s autographs. Both ladies were very nice especially Sarita as I had the chance to briefly talk to my second favorite Knockout. I told her that loved her matches with Mickie James as they have great chemistry together and I hope that she feuds with Mickie over the Knockouts Title. Sarita that she hopes so too as she wants a run with the belt. I also had the chance to tell her about the nickname that I and some of my wrestling friends have for her, “The Salsa Mama” which she liked. Angelina got the win over Sarita with Botox Injection. I had an eraser board with me on which I wrote: “Sarita: The Salsa Mama” when Sarita came out for the match. Let me say that Sarita is just as good live as she is on TV. I found out after the show that it’s rare for Sarita to do TNA house shows due to her obligations with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico.

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WrestleMania 28 Coming to Miami

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Next year’s WrestleMania, the 28th edition, will air live from Miami, FL on April 1st, 2012.

Divas Champion, Eve Torres was on hand for a press conference today in Miami.

The news is notable because it had previously been reported that Toronto was being considered as a possible location, leading to rumor that Trish Stratus may be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next year as it’s her hometown. Obviously, today’s announcement would quash that. It could happen, but seems unlikely.

In Video: AJ and Naomi Return to NXT

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Former NXT Divas, AJ and Naomi made a surprise return to the show last night helping out Matt Striker in a challenge for the current season four rookies.

Watch their return to NXT below:


Skip to 06:25

While we reported that AJ was on the road with the Raw brand this past week, we have since learned that Naomi is also traveling with that crew and was backstage at Raw on Monday night.

Maria Kanellis Comments on Criticism That She Isn’t Passionate About Wrestling

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Former WWE Diva, Maria Kanellis has responded to criticism that she isn’t passionate about professional wrestling.

Writing on her Facebook page, Kanellis wrote:

I want to make a comment about the wrestling world because a lot of people are saying that I’m not passionate about wrestling because I am not still trying to wrestle. I was completely in love with wrestling and would have done it for the rest of my life if it had a retirement/family plan and fulfilled me creatively.

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SmackDown Spoilers: February 11th, 2011

Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown below:

Spoiler
*WWE Divas Champion Eve vs. Layla w/Michelle McCool. Eve wins and I’m told dissension is teased with LayCool. (Source: WrestlingNewsWorld.com)

Raw Redux (February 7th, 2010): Settle Your Kettle, Michael Cole, Because Natalya’s Whistle is About to Blow!

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On this week’s edition of Raw, WWE gave us yet another tag team match, this time featuring Tamina, Gail Kim and Divas Champion Eve against Melina and The Bella Twins. As an added treat, we got the #1 Contender, Natalya as a special guest commentary. Can Eve pick up her first as the newly crowned champ? Check out the match below and find out:

First out is the babyface team and I can’t take my eyes off Tamina’s gear… but I wish I could. Melina and The Bella Twins are out next, and strangely enough they get separate entrances. I guess WWE were gracious enough to spare a couple of extra seconds for the Divas tonight. We are not worthy.

TNA Xplosion Watch: Sarita vs Winter

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Muy Caliente aka Sarita is coming for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships and what better way to get started than by facing one half of the champions, Winter?

Check out their match on Xplosion below:

Allison Danger, Ariel and Nikki Roxx Added to SHIMMER

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Three more originals announced for SHIMMER:

SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce the addition of three more of the SHIMMER originals to next month’s tapings! Nikki Roxx, Ariel, and Allison Danger will be a part of the SHIMMER Volumes 37-40 tapings, which will take place on Saturday & Sunday, March 26th & 27th, 2011 at the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL, just outside Chicago! Visit http://www.shimmerwrestling.com/ to order your tickets if you haven’t already.

In 2005, eighteen women gathered in Berwyn, IL to, in their own small way, try to make a positive change in the how women’s professional wrestling is viewed in North America. With the addition of Nikki, Ariel, and Allison to the March events, we are happy to have eight of those original SHIMMER eighteen participating in Volumes 37-40, five and a half years later.

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‘Timeline: History of WWE – 2001’ Starring Ivory Now Available on DVD

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Our friends at Kayfabe Commentaries have released their new DVD, starring former WWE Women’s Champion Ivory (Lisa Moretti) today.

‘Timeline: History of WWE’ looks at a year in WWE with each DVD release as told by one of the wrestlers. Ivory looks at 2001 in WWE in this shoot-esque DVD.

More info below:

Divas Championship Match Next Week on Raw

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Former Divas Champion, Natalya will invoke her rematch clause for the belt next Monday night on Raw against Eve Torres.

Raw Response: February 7th, 2011

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Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network.

Be sure to tune in to the Post-Raw Show LIVE at 11pm ET following Raw!

Discuss the show in the comments!

WWE Superstars Spoilers: February 10th, 2011

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Spoilers for Superstars on Thursday:

Spoiler
*Natalya defeated Alicia Fox with the Sharpshooter. (Source: PWInsider)

Video Exclusive: Trish Stratus Gives Legacy Award Acceptance Speech

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Who’s up for a little Stratusfaction? Legendary former WWE Diva, Trish Stratus has filmed an acceptance speech for Diva Dirt and all of our readers after we chose to honor her last year with the first ever Diva Dirt Legacy Award.

Watch it below:

A big thanks to Trish and her team (Brian & Sarah especially!) for working with us to make this happen. We are pretty Stratusfied too!

Congratulations Trish!

More Legacy Award:
Beth Phoenix, Mickie James and Natalya congratulate Trish

ChickFight Video Exclusive: Taylor Wilde’s Retirement Farewell Speech

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Following her final match with Alissa Flash this past Saturday in San Francisco, former TNA Knockouts Champion, Shantelle ‘Taylor Wilde‘ Taylor’s took to the mic to bid farewell to the fans and to wrestling one last time.

Check out our exclusive footage of Shantelle’s farewell below!

On behalf of Diva Dirt, ChickFight and Pro Wrestling Revolution we’d like to thank Shantelle for taking part in her final match for us. Good luck for the future!

The full-length match will be available on ClickWrestle within the next 24 hours.

House Show Results: Kaitlyn Teams with Layla (Twice!)

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NXT three winner, Kaitlyn summoned her inner bad girl over the weekend by teaming up with one half of Lay-Cool, Layla against the team of Beth Phoenix and Natalya.

Results from the two shows:

Saturday: 2. “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix and Natalya Neidhart defeated Layla El and Kaitlyn. Although not glaringly awful, this match went too long. The crowd was big into the faces, though, and Beth’s face-in-peril act for most of the match really got the crowd going. Finish saw a double pin with Beth hitting a Glam Slam on Kaitlyn and Nattie (legal woman) hitting a Michinokou Driver on Layla for the win. (Source)

Sunday: 2. Natalya and Beth Phoenix beat Layla and Kaitlyn. They won via body slam and Glam Slam for a double pin. The faces got a good reaction and the match was long. (Source)

Thoughts: As we always say with these types of things, house show results don’t necessarily mean a heel turn. Still, I’d be curious to see how Kaitlyn works as a heel. YouTube footage, anyone?

ChickFight Video Exclusive: Post-Match Interview with Taylor Wilde

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Here is the first of our video exclusives from Saturday night’s ChickFight match between Alissa Flash and Shantelle ‘Taylor Wilde‘ Taylor.

Diva Dirt’s David caught up with Shantelle following her retirement:

Three-Way Dance Set for Pro Wrestling SUN on March 20th

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Diva Dirt has the exclusive scoop on the next match to be announced for Pro Wrestling SUN’s debut show on March 20th in Jackson, New Jersey.

It will be a three-way dance featuring ‘Queen of Wrestling’ Sara Del Rey (representing Ring of Honor), ‘The Rate Tank’ Kellie Skater (representing PWWA in Australia) and WSU World Champion, Mercedes Martinez (representing WSU).

Tickets are available right now here.

The rest of the card:

Exclusive ChickFight Photo Gallery: Alissa Flash vs Taylor Wilde

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Here is the first set of pictures from last night’s Diva Dirt Presents ChickFight match at Pro Wrestling Revolution in San Francisco.

We will also have professional posed and ringside photos within the next week or so.

But for now, here’s the first look at last night’s match!