Melanie Despite being cleared of all charges last month, SmackDown Diva Tiffany is not expected to rejoin the WWE roster any time soon, according to the Wrestling Observer website. Dave Meltzer reports that there have been no discussions about bringing back the former ECW General Manager amongst WWE Creative. Thoughts: Sooner or later, WWE will need … Read more
TNA may be billing tonight’s Impact as Mickie James‘ in-ring debut for the company this stint around, but her in-ring debut actually aired last night internationally. Further confusing to fans, the match is against exactly the same opponent as her Impact debut match will feature.
As a prelude to tonight’s match against Sarita on Impact, check out their first encounter against each other on Xplosion:
More after the cut:
It’s not everyday that top quality women’s wrestling is readily available on YouTube, but today’s our lucky day! Check out this match between British wrestling prodigy Britani Knight, who was featured in our Five to Watch, taking on Blue Nikita in Germany recently. This match is a rematch from their main event bout on the … Read more
We haven’t seen TNA Knockout, Miss Tessmacher wrestle on TNA television yet but that is all set to change following Eric Bischoff’s firing off the former WWECW Diva last week as his personal assistant. If you recall, on last week’s Impact, Bischoff told Tessmacher that if she wanted to stay in TNA, she would have … Read more
Former WWE Diva and new TNA Knockout, Katie Lea may go by the name ‘Winter’ in TNA, reports Mike Johnson at PWInsider. Winter is one of the names being bandied around for the former goth Diva, it’s said. Katie was signed after having a good tryout match with Knockouts Champion, Madison Rayne in August. Thoughts: … Read more
Boxing great Oscar De La Hoya is featured in the latest episode of WSU Uncensored giving tips to Tina San Antonio for her match at the WSU iPPV on November 6th. WSU writes: (NEW YORK) — Women’s Superstars Uncensored (WSU) is pleased to announce that WSU Uncensored #9 is now available for free viewing on … Read more
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Several months back, we reported that former SHIMMER Champion MsChif would be featured on PBS web series, ‘Secret Life of Scientists’, well that episode is now online. Meet Rachel Collins, microbiologist by day and MsChif, pro wrestler, by night! (Well, weekend!) The website writes: In fact, Rachel Collins is about the sweetest person in the … Read more
NXT Rookie Diva, Maxine took to her Twitter page earlier today commenting on her match with Kaitlyn last night on NXT. Maxine wrote: “Yea [sic] the match was tough it’s hard to lead someone with 2 months experience almost impossible.” Thoughts: Last night’s match was really, really bad. Hands-over-face-peek-through-your-fingers bad. I feel sorry for the … Read more
TMZ has been all over TNA’s JWoww/Cookie publicity stunt like a rash, and they ain’t stopping yet! This time, JWoww’s ‘people’ have responded to Cookie’s challenge for a rematch with the Jersey Shore star, saying she’d be ‘down’ for a rematch. The site writes: But sources close to Jwoww tell us … “Cookie didn’t even … Read more
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Tonight: We discuss dissension amongst the Bella Twins and preview this Sunday’s PPV match between Lay-Cool and Natalya.
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Raw Diva, Jillian is set to give Mariah Carey a run for her money this Christmas by releasing her own ‘unique’ version of ‘Santa Baby’. You may remember that back in 2007, Jillian released her own Christmas EP, ‘A Jingle with Jillian’, via iTunes. This, her not-so-much awaited follow-up is now also available for download … Read more
WSU World Champion, Mercedes Martinez made her 31st title defense over the weekend, beating WSU Tag Team Champions Jana and Cindy Rogers in a triple threat match. Get all the news below:
Mercedes Martinez Defends WSU World Championship For the 31st Time
What more can we here at Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) say about Mercedes Martinez? Mercedes Martinez, the greatest womens wrestler today, defended the WSU World Championship for a record 31st time this past Saturday night. Mercedes Martinez has made more defenses of her WSU World Title than any other woman champion today. Martinez is the longest reigning champion in womens wrestling right now and without a shadow of a doubt has made the WSU World Title the most prestigious championship in all of womens wrestling today.
At ACE Pro Wrestling, on 10/16, Martinez defended her world title against the WSU Tag Team Champions, Jana & Cindy Rogers, in a triple threat match. The match started off as one would expect, as Jana & Rogers took turns beating down the fighting champion. However, Martinez would fight back and eventually neutralize her opponent’s advantage.
Despite working together as a unit, Jana & Rogers seemed to make several mistakes. Martinez was able to capitalize. While Rogers had Martinez up for a fireman’s carry, Rogers went to spin with Martinez to get more power, but accidentally bumped into Jana. Jana went flying. The small mistake was costly for Rogers, as Martinez took advantage of Rogers confusion and rolled her up for the 1-2-3.
For Rogers & Jana, frustration set in. Both women have had shots at the WSU World Championship in the past, but neither have been able to win that prestigious championship. Again, Martinez proved why she is the best in the world.
After the match, Rogers & Jana, the WSU Tag Team Champions, representing the Cosmo Club, viciously attacked Martinez from the back. The attack would be short-lived, as the #1 contenders to the WSU Tag Team Championships, Tina San Antonio & Marti Belle, collectively known as The Belle Saints, ran in to help Martinez.
The Saints chased the WSU Tag Team Champions out of the ring, the very tag team champions the Saints will be facing on 11/6 when WSU debuts on iPPV.
Mercedes Martinez thanked the Saints for their help and gave the Saints her endorsement, calling the current WSU Tag Team Champions, “Paper Champs”.
You can check out the post-match video below:
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WWE is set to release what looks like a steamy new swimsuit calendar for 2011! The all new, original calendar will feature bikini shots of our favorite Divas, a far cry from the usual patch-work calendars using pictures that we can just see on WWE.com. The cover of the calendar sees Michelle McCool take top … Read more
TNA gained some more publicity from TMZ earlier today when they released a video of Cookie (Becky Bayless) and Robbie E leaving a wrestling convention over the weekend. In the clip, Cookie challenged Jersey Shore star JWoww to a rematch to their catfight last Thursday night on Impact, which was won by JWoww. Cookie claims … Read more
TNA is advertising Mickie James making her in-ring debut for the company this Thursday night on Impact. The match will mark the first time fans can see her wrestle on national television since April, when she teamed with Beth Phoenix against Lay-Cool on SmackDown. James will face off against Sarita, who makes her long-awaited return … Read more
WWE’s original reality series, Tough Enough will return to screens on USA Network according to Deadline.com. According to the report, the network is looking to expand into the reality genre and is close to signing a deal to bring back the show due to its ties with WWE. “On USA, it also is expected to … Read more
Our friends at Highspots.com have launched their own promotion (yay!) and will be debuting Pro Wrestling Superstars this Saturday night in Jacksonville, North Carolina. On the bill for the first show will be new TNA Knockouts, Mickie James and Cookie (Becky Bayless) as well as Amber O’Neal. O’Neal will be James’ opponent for the night. … Read more
TNA has finally confirmed that its Superstars and Knockouts will appear on Family Feud during the week of November 1st. The company released the following preview:
TNA Knockout, Cookie aka Becky Bayless, who was on the receiving end of a vicious head-bashing at the hands of Jersey Shore’s JWoww on Impact this past Thursday, told TMZ that the guest star was ‘out of control’. Speaking, I’m assuming, in character, Cookie said: “I really think that girl needs to look into some … Read more
Pro-Wrestling: EVE returns tonight in Sudbury, Suffolk, UK with another DVD taping. Diva Dirt’s Women of Wrestling Podcast co-host Stew Allen is on hand and will be sending us live results.
Stew Allen reporting…
We’re in and ringside. Set up has been upgraded. Lighting rig, entrance way, double screens, custom ring skirt & turnbuckle pads. Looks good.
1. Britani Knight def. Shanna with a variation on Sara Del Rey’s Royal Butterfly for the pin. Tremendous opening match.
2. Jenny Sjodin & April Davids vs Amazon & Destiny went to a wild double DQ in about a minute. Just a brawl. Referee Chris Roberts threw it out and they needed over half a dozen guys to pull everybody apart.
3. Alpha Female def. Janey B (subbing for the absent Melanie Price). Fellow Glamour Gym members Carmel Jacob & Sara-Marie Taylor beat up the fallen Janey post match.
4. The Glamour Gym (Sara-Marie Taylor & Carmel Jacob) def. Team Storm (Becky James & Rhia O’Reilly) when Sara used a leg-hook DDT on Becky. Good tag match with Rhia taking a prolonged beating at the hands of the newly serious Glamour Gym.
Dann Read has made a reference to “three pull-outs,” which I can exclusively reveal are Jemma Palmer, Lisa Fury & Erin Angel, all for various reasons.
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen former Diva and Knockout, Shelly Martinez in a match, but the wait is over! Shelly made her television debut for NWA Hollywood recently, taking on Lucky O’Shay. Check out the match below:
SmackDown Diva, Rosa Mendes worked Thursday’s FCW television taping. Mendes wrestled NXT Rookie Diva, Aksana. Thoughts: Rosa has been used sparingly on WWE television lately, so it’s good to see her being put to use in FCW. With WWE said to be restructuring the Divas division, there’s been speculation that WWE may cut some of … Read more
WWE.com’s Alumni page has now added former SmackDown Diva, Cherry to its cast of former Superstars and Divas. Cherry, quite the atypical Diva, was on the main roster from January 2007 through August 2008 when she was released despite showing signs of improvement in the ring and garnering some popularity with the fans as an … Read more
Despite much mainstream hype, JWoww’s in-ring segment on TNA Impact bombed in the ratings, according to data from PWTorch.
The segment scored the lowest quarter hour ratings of the entire show at just 1.23. The episode averaged a 1.4.
Elsewhere, the Knockouts Championship match and Mickie James’ second Impact appearance fared much better scoring a 1.42 in the quarter hour ratings, improving from the backstage segment involving Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter beforehand which scored a 1.41.
Thoughts: It’s incredibly disconcerting that the JWoww segment was the least watched portion of the show but I think there are several factors to consider here. Impact on a whole eroded viewers throughout the second hour, so it’s no surprise that the last quarter averaged the lowest ratings as they were already on a decline in the entire 10pm hour.
Additionally, much of the mainstream press that TNA had gotten from JWoww’s appearance mentioned that the show started at 9pm. The opening segment did an unusually high (well, for TNA anyway) 1.53 quarter hour rating, which is possibly due to non-wrestling fans tuning in to see JWoww because of the aforementioned mainstream press mentioning the 9pm start time.
Thirdly, TNA stupidly positioned the JWoww segment in the second hour opposite her own freakin’ show, Jersey Shore on MTV. I’m pretty sure fans of that show and JWoww would be more inclined to watch Jersey Shore than watch her for 5 minutes on a wrestling show. TNA has itself to blame for that, really. Even more stupidly, they specifically positioned this segment to go up against Jersey Shore as they had Robbie E mention in his promo that they were on at the same time. WTF?!
It should be noted that a 1.23 is better than what TNA usually averages. Still, this is not a good look for TNA especially as they shelled out $15,000 to bring JWoww in — but in a way, she did improve ratings, just not for her segment which in my opinion is TNA’s own fault. They mishandled the segment putting it up against Jersey Shore and it’s to their own detriment.
