Mickie James will make the biggest gamble of her TNA career next month by putting her hair on the line in a bid for the Knockouts Championship. James will once again challenge Madison Rayne for the belt inside a steel cage at Lockdown, but if she loses, she’ll have her hair cut off. The stakes … Read more
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!
New match between Angelina and Rosita. Obviously this was taped prior to Sunday’s pay per view match:
Former LPWA promoter, John Thurston Berg — more commonly known as Tor Berg — has passed away at age 72, reports the Wrestling Observer. LPWA, which stands for Ladies Professional Wrestling Alliance, was founded in 1989 and was seen as successor to GLOW, but with a focus on serious wrestling. According to the Observer, Berg … Read more
Several former WWE Divas and TNA Knockouts filmed a new show titled ‘First Ladies of Wrestling’ at Booker T’s PWA promotion last weekend. According to the Wrestling Observer, Sharmell, ODB, Alicia Webb (Ryan Shamrock), Stacy Carter (The Kat) and Jackie Haas were the cast members at the taping. It looks like the show is a … Read more
Jersey Shore star JWoww has thrown her hat into yesterday’s TMZ-fodder drama between Angelina Pivarnick and Snooki. JWoww — real name Jenni Farley — who is not a fan of Pivarnick, wrote on her Twitter page: Who went on TNA 1st? I did. so who’s the copy cat then?! why wont she disappear? … Who … Read more
A breakdown of the Raw ratings from this past Monday shows that Jersey Shore star Snooki’s appearance on Raw went much in the same way as her co-stars’ in TNA: the ratings went down. The period featuring Snooki’s in-ring promo and Drew Carey’s Hall of Fame announcement lost 301,000 viewers, according to the Wrestling Observer. … Read more
Spoilers for March 31st episode of Impact below:
Diva Dirt LIVE returns tonight from 10pm ET. We’ll be discussing Snooki in WWE, the WrestleMania match, Angelina Pivarnick vs Snooki, the Tough Enough cast, Daffney’s contract expiring in TNA and more. Call in with your thoughts on 347-989-8156. EDIT: Replay below:
While fans may be outraged that Snooki is getting into a wrestling ring, WWE Hall of Famer, Jim Ross, hit the nail on the head in his latest blog regarding her involvement: look at the press it has garnered. He writes: While Snooki’s in ring expertise may never be confused with many past or present … Read more
There’s only room for one Jersey Shore star in the wrestling scene right now.
Well, that is according to former ‘Shore’ star and recent celebrity TNA Knockout, Angelina Pivarnick.
Pivarnick is not happy that Snooki is getting into the ring with WWE, telling TMZ that the pint-sized guidette has ripped her off.
Lucha Libre USA has announced a match for its tapings this weekend. Rebecca Reyes (Reby Sky) will team up with ODB and Nikki Roxx to take on the team of Tigresa Caliente (Rhaka Khan), Jackie Moore (Jacqueline) and Kristin Astara. More information here.
It’s our birthday!
Three years ago Diva Dirt was but a little dot on the Internet but today, as we celebrate our third birthday, it’s grown beyond all imagination.
This past year in particular has been pretty awe-inspiring even for us! From launching our Legacy Award to our first ChickFight match last month, we’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of exciting things that we could only dream about doing three years ago in our humble beginnings.
Three new promos for WWE Tough Enough have been released.
The first teaser uses current WWE Superstars (though you can’t see their faces). Judging by the ring gear, it’s Eve and Ted DiBiase:
Two more clips after the jump.
Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown:
Spoilers for next week’s Impact:
USA Network has unveiled the entire cast of the upcoming season of Tough Enough.
Of the 14 contestants, there are five female contestants, four of whom have previously been revealed either through leaks or press releases.
The female contestants are: Ariane Andrew, Christina Crawford, Michelle Deighton, Rima Fakih and Ivelisse Velez.
Perhaps of note, three of the five contestants have prior experience in wrestling.
Cast bios for all of the contestants can be found here.
More info on each of the ladies after the jump!
It’s here! The day we’ve been waiting for all… week? Snooki of the Jersey Shore made her long awaited and highly anticipated WWE debut as a guest host last night. Oh yeah, and someone named Trish Stratus — you may have heard of her — had a match against Vickie Guerrero. But that’s not why you’re reading this, right?! You want to hear about all the hard-hitting Snooki action, so let’s get right into it, shall we?
First we have a backstage segment featuring Snooki and Vickie with Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison playing supporting roles. Let’s see how the drama unfolds:
The segment starts off with Snooki and JoMo chatting backstage for some reason. I wasn’t really paying attention to what they were saying, but I’m assuming they were comparing spray tans. Right as Snooki offers Morrison a spot in the Jersey Shore house, Vickie and Dolph make their entrance. Vickie tells the ‘Princess of the Poof’ to keep her hands off of Dolph. Confused, Snooki asks Vickie what her problem is and Vickie tells her that Snooki getting the cover of Rolling Stone is her problem. Vickie goes on to say that she was offered the cover of Playboy, prompting Snooki to make a predictable crack on Vickie’s weight. (Insert pot and kettle joke here).
Offended, Vickie goes to slap Snooki, but Snooki blocks it and lays Vickie out with a slap of her own. Ouch. John Morrison quickly rushes Snooki away, leaving Vickie to stew in her rage and punch poor Dolph in the chest.
Not a terrible segment to be quite honest. I was expecting much, much worse. Also, Snooki’s slap looked like it hurt like hell. Guess she was taking out some of pent up anger from that time she got punched in the face…
Trish is still the dish! The 7-time WWE Women’s Champion has landed the cover of Canada’s Oxygen magazine for the third time and it looks just as incredible — if not more — as her first two covers. Trish shows off her bangin’ yoga body in the magazine which will hit newsstands on March 29th, … Read more
Former America’s Next Top Model contestant, Michelle Deighton, will be part of the upcoming cast of Tough Enough, reports ProWrestling.net.
If that name sounds familiar it is because she has appeared on WWE television before. Back in 2005, UPN (then home of SmackDown and ‘Top Model’) had a crossover between the two shows with Deighton appearing on SmackDown and being berated by Melina.
Deighton is a trained wrestler. She began training before she appeared on the fourth season of ‘Top Model’. According to a past interview, she was recruited by ANTM producers after they saw pictures of her on the web.
Michelle is also the wife of former Survivor contestant Jonny Fairplay, who himself has appeared in TNA and ROH.
Deighton will join a cast also including independent wrestler Juliet the Huntress, Christina Crawford (formerly FCW’s Caylee Turner and sister of Alicia Fox) and Miss USA, Rima Fakih.
Following yesterday’s news that TNA removed her profile from its official website, Daffney has reached out exclusively to Diva Dirt with the following statement: Yesterday my picture was taken down off of the TNA roster page. My contract expires today and TNA did not renew it. I do not know if it has anything to … Read more
If only the road to victory were always paved with gold. This past Thursday on Impact, we saw a six way match between The Beautiful People, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky teaming up with Winter to take on Cookie, Sarita and Angelina Pivarnick of the Jersey Shore. Yeah. That’s what I said..however, thankfully, TBP and Winter survived and now, the real Angelina and Winter must team up to defend their coveted TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championships. Who are their opponents, you ask? Well, only the Loco Latinas, Sarita and Rosita of course! I know you’re ready for this and I can say that I’m ready for this. So let’s do this!
The Knockouts action for the evening begins with a backstage segment with The Beautiful People and Winter, interviewed by Christy Hemme. The resident backstage redhead congratulates Velvet Sky on her win over Sarita and maintaining her spot with the company. She also points out that what seems the most surprising is not that win but the fact that Winter actually defended Velvet this past Thursday on Impact. Winter states that her actions last week proved that all she has ever wanted is for all of them to have friends. She says she doesn’t have an issue with Velvet but Velvet has an issue with her. She is just glad that Angelina has finally seen it all too. She is totally jealous of those leggings you’re rocking, Winter. I mean, who wouldn’t be? Velvet can’t believe it but given how Angelina just walked away, I’m wondering if she’s starting to as well… (Apologies for the lack of video).
WSU has quickly turned around DVD releases for its 4th Anniversary Show and 2011 Hall of Fame which took place on March 5th.
Details on how to order below:
Fresh from her debut on ROH last night, Mia Yim has now been added to SHIMMER next weekend along with new WSU Spirit Champion, Sassy Stephie.
Details below:
SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce the addition of Mia Yim and Sassy Stephie to next weekend’s events. The SHIMMER Volumes 37-40 tapings 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 secure your seats for the events right now.
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WWE has announced a huge six person tag team match for WrestleMania 27 on April 3rd.
Lay-Cool and Dolph Ziggler will team up to take on the team of John Morrison, Diva legend Trish Stratus and Jersey Shore star Snooki!
WWE sent out the following press release regarding Snooki’s appearance:
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!
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