Melanie TNA continues its three night filming spree today at the Impact Zone. Click the ‘show’ link for spoilers:
TNA may have turned her down but Wrestlicious seems keen to resurrect Ariel. Former Diva and Knockout, Shelly Martinez has tweeted that the company is interested in bringing her in as their new vampire character, a role that Martinez is already familiar with. She writes: ps wrestlisous is interested in me being their new vampire … Read more
The Glamazon sure has left some mighty big shoes to fill. According to the Wrestling Observer website, WWE is ‘desperately’ looking for a steady hand to come in and replace the injured former Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix on the SmackDown brand. Looks like we may be seeing someone new on Friday nights in the coming … Read more
On its first day of release, Mickie James‘ debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ currently sits at #61 on the US iTunes country music chart at press time. In neighboring Canada, it charts at #34. Meanwhile in the UK, the record has zoomed into the top 10, currently sitting at #9. A pretty great start … Read more
The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix underwent surgery at 7am ET this morning and has tweeted, presumably from her hospital bed, that she is doing fine and that the surgery was successful. She writes: “All done!! They said they used extra parts from RoboCop’s knee surgery and spare tissue from a Liger [sic]. I feel great!!” Beth … Read more
The UK Sun’s wrestling section has an article up today on Britain’s own Layla winning the WWE Women’s Championship last week. And wait, did I mention that I wrote it? Layla + Diva Dirt… it’s a winning combination. So what are you waiting for? Check it out right now by clicking here. Now, while you’re … Read more
Former WWE Diva and 5-time Women’s Champion, Mickie James has released her debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ worldwide today.
The album can be purchased via countryshowcase.com or digitally via iTunes for $9.99.
You can get a look at Mickie’s album cover in full by clicking here.
If anyone picks up the album and would like to send in a review, please feel free to email us at [email protected].
Tracklisting after the cut:
The Divas Championship will be on the line at this Sunday’s Over the Limit pay per view when Eve Torres defends against Maryse. Eve defeated Maryse for the belt last month on an episode of Raw emanating from London, England. Join us Sunday at 7.45pm ET for our Over the Limit live blog.
Spoilers for Thursday’s episode of Impact below. Click the ‘show’ link to see:
Melanie’s thoughts ater the cut:
A movie starring Raw Diva, Gail Kim which was filmed in 2005 when she was still with TNA, is finally getting a DVD release in the United States on July 20th. Ninja’s Creed, previously titled Royal Kill, will be available on DVD from July 20th. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com. The movie stars … Read more
Recap of last night’s episode below, courtesy of our friends at Maria Kanellis Online. Please head over there for more including pictures and videos from the show!
This week’s week’s episode started with the 5 remaining contestants in the suite, celebrating. Sadly the celebration didn’t last long because Mr. Trump asked everyone to come back to the boardroom almost immediately. Once everyone was good and seated, Mr. Trump congratulated everyone for making it this far, then followed up by saying that someone was going to be fired right now. The 4 remaining players will then be interviewed by last year’s winner, Joan Rivers and the first ever Apprentice winner Bill Lansing before 2 more people are also fired.
Mr. Trump then began asking each of them why they shouldn’t be fired, Maria butted in during Curtis’ speech where he mentioned going out on his own at 21. Saying that they all started working for their dreams at a young age, then mentioning how she began modeling at 15. When Trump asked her if she should be fired, she quickly told him no because she’s not afraid of working hard and wants to keep fighting til the end. Almost everyone was then asked who they thought the weakest player was, Holly quickly answered that she thought Maria was the weakest. She said that she believed that Maria doesn’t come from the purest of places, that she never hesitates to basically throw everyone under the bus to save herself in the boardroom. Maria seemed to let her comments roll off her back, saying that she never says anything that isn’t supportive and then going on to say that she knows Holly has had a hard life and that she respects her. Sharon also thought Maria was the weaker player.
Canadian wrestler, Cherry Bomb is to get a tryout before WWE’s Monday Night Raw taping tonight. Cherry Bomb, real name Laura Dennis, is 23 years old and has previously wrestled at SHIMMER events on the pre-show, SPARKLE. Tonight’s Raw emanates from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, home of Gail Kim and the legendary Trish … Read more
Former Knockouts Champion, Tara‘s career in TNA came to an end tonight when she lost a Career vs Title Match against the reigning Knockouts Champ, Madison Rayne. This marks the end of Tara’s one year stint in TNA which began on the May 28th episode of Impact last year. She leaves the company as a … Read more
Tonight at TNA’s Sacrifice pay per view, it’s ‘Career vs Title’ as Tara challenges Madison Rayne for the Knockouts Championship. Will Tara’s TNA career come to an end or will she become a four time Knockouts Champ? Tune in on pay per view to find out. We’ll be live-tweeting coverage on our Twitter page, also. … Read more
Will tonight be Tara’s last stand? The veteran Knockout puts her career on the line against Madison Rayne all in a bid to become the Knockouts Champion. The stakes have never been higher for the Knockouts — it’s Title vs Career tonight. Who will win? The Diva Dirt team weigh in… Cryssi: Out of all … Read more
Divas beware, we judge what you wear! Welcome to the Diva Dirt Style Jury. We compile the looks from the week gone by and mark each look on a scale of 1-10. At the end of the scoring, we work out the combined score for each look and the Diva with the highest combined score is our winner and the Diva with the lowest combined score is our loser.
A few rules: We only judge outfits/ring attire that we haven’t judged before or we have already seen several times on TV before. If a Diva is seen in more than one outfit in any given week, we mark them as ‘#1’, ‘#2’ and so forth.
So, let the proverbial runway show begin!
ALICIA FOX
Cryssi: Love how Foxxy can get away with the simplest little outfits. This one is better than last week’s IMO. I love the color, the length, and the way it clings to her body. Alicia’s hair is pretty and since I’m a big fan of headbands, I’m going to give her an extra point for that! 8.5/10
Erin: I like that she’s getting a consistent theme going with her cute rompers. I’ve liked the ones she’s worn before and this one is no exception. The green is gorgeous. I hope she keeps this trend going, because this is the type of look you don’t see Divas wearing too often. Any opportunity for a Diva to separate herself from the pack (in a good way) is something to take advantage of. 9/10
Melanie: Much prefer this to last week’s romper. The colours are really nice and reminds you of spring. Cute. 8/10
Steven: Another week, another romper for Alicia. While I’m slowly beginning to like the romper, I’m hating these patterns that she’s picking. They remind me cheap wallpaper. Don’t these things come in colors?! 5/10
Tiffany: I’ve been digging Alicia’s fashion efforts as of late. Her style is not typical, but I think she pulls it off well. 7/10
EVE TORRES
Cryssi: The Diva’s Champ sure does love her little cropped tops, doesn’t she? I guess if I had her stomach, I’d rock that look too. I like this week’s outfit a lot better than last week. My love affair with the color black probably makes this better than what it is. Eve rocks yet another great pair of jeans and the leather looking top is nice as well. She looks a bit bad ass without looking to over the top. She didn’t really need the necklace, and I think her hair would have looked better straight. But all in all, not bad. 7/10
Erin: I didn’t really like her crop top from last week, and this one isn’t much better, but at least it’s got a bit of an edge to it, it being black leather and all. I think I’d like it better if it was a vest instead of some tank top/vest hybrid. As is, it kind of makes me want to ask her where her Harley’s parked. 5/10
Melanie: Not feeling ‘Biker Babe’ Eve. It just looks like the top is wearing her and not the other way around. 4/10
Steven: I know WWE is into dressing the Divas in skintight clothing, but Eve looks like she’s one deep breath away from busting out of that leather vest. That said, she pulls off the leather top look better than most Divas that have tried it. 8/10
Tiffany: Somehow, I feel like I’ve seen this outfit on Eve like 5 times already. I didn’t like it the first time! I wish she’d learn to dress more for her body type. Sorry but, this style is not flattering. It just does not fit well on her. In other words: does she prefer “fashion victim” or “ensembly-challenged?” 4/10
Read on for more of this week’s outfits and to see who’s been branded our winner and loser.
That Lilian Garcia! Anyone would think she’s out to induce use into a nostalgia-steeped coma. Yesterday, we saw her reunited with former Women’s Champion, Lita at the Motor City Comic Con in Detroit and today, they’ve found another old friend. Today, Lilian posted a picture of the duo with fellow former Women’s Champion, Molly Holly … Read more
Three-time WWE Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix has posted a lengthy blog on her injury, which as reported earlier in the week was much more severe than first thought — Phoenix tore her ACL. She writes: Two weeks ago on Superstars, I had a match against new SmackDown Diva, Rosa Mendes. During the course of the … Read more
Having followed Layla from the beginning of her WWE career all those years ago during the WWE Diva Search, I always saw a certain something in her — I just felt that this girl was something special. Here at Diva Dirt, we’ve championed her for pretty much all of our existence; from her fashion sense, to her ever-improving in-ring skills and the personality that she easily oozes into her matches and skits. Never however, did I think I’d see the day that she’d hold the same belt that has been held by greats such as Trish, Lita and Victoria — especially not this soon.
It’s been a topsy-turvy week for the SmackDown brand; the Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix injured during last week’s taping and this week, the whole landscape of the brand was turned on its head. Watch below:
The segment opens with Rosa Mendes in the ring for a match with the homecoming queen, the Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix appearing before her hometown crowd in Buffalo, New York. The Glamazon gets an amazing response from the crowd… just wow. I don’t think I’ve heard a response like that for a Diva in years! There is some emphasis put on the fact that Beth was hurt during her match with Rosa last week on WWE Superstars, including a close-up on her Tara-like knee brace. Beth is ready to face Rosa but out comes Vickie Guerrero who reveals two things: A) that she is still the Official Consultant of SmackDown despite being the new Raw General Manager and B) that Beth will have to defend her Women’s Championship right now against Michelle McCool who has invoked her rematch clause — but it will also be a handicap match with Layla also in the match. Err, what was the point in having Rosa on the show in the first place? Surely, Vickie could’ve come out first, made her speech and then Beth could have come out? I guess it’s a case of any excuse to get a pretty face on the show…
Out come Team Lay-Cool who mock Beth’s knee injury as the make their way down the ramp. The match begins and we are told that this will be a tornado rules match with both Layla and Michelle in the ring at the same time. Michelle is the first to go after Beth, going right at Beth’s injured knee with a kick and then clubbing her across the back. Michelle applies a side headlock which Beth soon breaks free of and whips Michelle into the ropes and barges her down to the canvas. Meanwhile from behind, Layla is ready for some action but Beth turns around just in time and Layla walks into a clothesline.
Congratulations to Layla who was crowned the new WWE Women’s Champion on tonight’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Layla — full name Layla El — makes history by becoming the first British-born Diva to win championship gold in the WWE. She is also the first Diva Search winner to win the prestigious Women’s Championship. El … Read more
Nostalgia is in the air! Not only did we get a peek at Trish back in her trademark blonde tresses, but two fellow Diva alumni, Lilian Garcia and former WWE Women’s Champion Lita reunited today in Detroit for the Motor City Comic Con where the pair are signing autographs. Great to see two of our … Read more
You may remember a few months ago we posted that the legendary 7-time Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus is due to appear in her first movie role in a Canadian picture called ‘Bail Enforcers’. Well, here she is looking armed, loaded and something fierce in the first official promotional pictures for the movie. Stratus, who dyed … Read more
Women Superstars Uncensored has launched its new television series, ‘WSU Uncensored’ via InasecTV.com. The first episode features the current reigning WSU Champion, Mercedes Martinez. Watch below:
Spoilers for this week’s SmackDown below. Read at your own discretion.
TNA Impact returns to Thursday nights with a big go-home show leading into this Sunday’s Sacrifice PPV. Will this be Tara’s final Impact? Tune in at 9pm ET on Spike TV. Discuss the show in the comments!
The Knockouts Champion, Madison Rayne has been making the media rounds in the last few days it seems. This time, she speaks to gaming website IGN on a host of topics including TNA’s move back to Thursday nights which kicks off tonight:
As long as we’re still getting our spot on national TV I think everyone in the company’s got something to be proud of. But personally I think it’s a good move to go back to Thursdays. I don’t feel like we jumped back to Thursdays because we were “running scared” like a lot people have been saying. Or because we couldn’t keep up with the competitor. I don’t think it was that at all. Dixie Carter and the office at TNA talked to the fans and reached out to the people who were important and helped, over seven years, put us where we are. For the most part, wrestling fans are wrestling fans, so TNA being on Monday night was going to hurt both companies. Whereas if there’s a night for the other product – a separate night where TNA can shine – the wrestling fans are going to be happy because they’re going to get to see wrestling almost every night of the week now. I think it’s a good move.
Rayne also comments on outgoing TNA Knockout, Tara — her opponent this Sunday at the Sacrifice PPV — who she says she looked up to [along with Trish Stratus] when she aspired to be a wrestler: