Melanie Former WWE Diva, Maria Kanellis is the latest celebrity to lend her support for the ongoing NOH8 Campaign, which protests against California Proposition 8. Kanellis joins the likes of Glee star, Jane Lynch, Kim Kardashian and fellow former Diva, Lilian Garcia, in posing for the campaign. Check out Maria’s picture, taken by Adam Bouska, below. … Read more
Decade Diva, Lilian Garcia spoke to Monday Night Mayhem earlier this week, looking back on her WWE career. One interesting question was regarding the Divas. Lilian says: I always wished the Divas had more time on the show, because a lot of times, they get one match on the show. I see them working so … Read more
Join Diva Dirt every week as we go live all over the world for our first ever interactive Internet radio show, Diva Dirt LIVE. Tune into Diva Dirt LIVE exclusively here at Diva Dirt and BlogTalkRadio from 10pm ET every Wednesday night! Plus, you can call in and talk to the team — David, Jennifer … Read more
Independent wrestler, Becky Bayless, who had a tryout with TNA last week has been signed to a contract reports Mike Johnson of PWInsider. In the tryout, Becky, appearing as ‘Cookie’, managed Robby G (Rob Eckos) to the ring. The pair did a spoof gimmick of the hit MTV show, Jersey Shore, with Becky as Snooki. … Read more
Diva Dirt’s sister promotion, ChickFight: Female Fighting, will return to action on September 19th at the Santa Cruz County Fair with a big title match featuring Alissa Flash. In a ChickFight sanctioned match for the Pro Wrestling Revolution Women’s Championship, Flash will face the reigning champion, Princess Sugey. This will be the first time Flash … Read more
Diva Dirt is extremely excited to welcome independent wrestler, Mia Yim on board as the newest team member of Diva Dirt LIVE, our weekly flagship Internet radio show. Mia was a big hit with listeners when she was a guest on the show last month, so we are excited to have her join the show … Read more
TNA Knockout, Taylor Wilde made a little faux pas on her Twitter page earlier today, spoiling who is behind the helmet of Mystery Biker Chick. For spoiler purposes, you can read the rest in the spoiler tags below. Warning: Don’t click if you don’t want to know.
Diva Dirt LIVE is back tonight at 10pm ET (9pm CT/7pm PDT/3am UK)! Here’s what’s coming up tonight and how you an get involved…
Tonight: David and Jennifer are joined by Steven as guest co-host on Diva Dirt LIVE. Plus, we’ll have several exciting announcements!
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Spoilers for this Friday’s episode of SmackDown below:
WWE has released its line up for the company’s return to Madison Square Garden next month and there seems to be a silver lining in Tiffany’s recent legal woes for one Diva. Rosa Mendes, in an apparent babyface turn, is coming off the bench and will team up with Kelly Kelly to take on Lay-Cool … Read more
The first two Divas to be confirmed for the upcoming SmackDown vs Raw 2011 video game are Eve Torres and Michelle McCool. The former Divas Champions can be seen in the game-play picture above, which was posted at IGN.com today. Click here for the full sized picture.
New RCW Champion, Alissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) will make her first title defense on September 4th against the Latina Sensation, Mercedes Martinez it was announced today. Check out the announcement video below: Alissa made history a couple of weeks ago by becoming the first woman to win the company’s top title, usually reserved for men, … Read more
Diva Dirt reader, Armando attended last night’s double Raw taping at the Staples Center and recorded footage of the segment that will air next week on Raw. As a reminder, WWE taped two weeks of Raw last night due to the company embarking on a tour of Japan this week. This footage will air next … Read more
WSU Uncensored episode six is now online and features a free full length match between Alicia and Brittney Savage in an ‘Empty Arena Match’ for the WSU Spirit Championship. Watch below:
WWE taped next week’s episode of Raw tonight at the Staples Center in LA due to a Japanese tour taking place later this week. Hit the ‘show’ link to find out what’s happening next Monday night:
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As we posted last week, independent star Becky Bayless made an appearance for TNA last week managing new signee, Rob Eckos during a dark match. The pair worked a Jersey Shore-esque gimmick with Bayless appearing as ‘Cookie’, a take-off of Snooki from the hit MTV reality show. Earlier today, Becky posted a couple of pictures … Read more
SummerSlam may be over but the goodies keep coming! Diva Dirt reader, Rob sent in these pictures from Fan Axxess weekend. Among those snapped include now former Divas Champion, Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix, Jamie Keyes, Maryse and Michelle McCool. All the Divas look great. Maryse looks especially adorable! [nggallery id=402]
Last night’s SummerSlam pay per view is in the history books and while Steven will be reviewing the Divas match at length later, I wanted to broach the subject of Lay-Cool vs Melina, which was teased to us at the end of the Divas Championship match. Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but last night’s attack on Melina at the hands of SmackDown’s mean girls opened up a world of opportunity and to me, was the Diva equivalent of the then-NXT season one rookies hitting the ring on Raw back in June, in that now infamous ‘Tiegate’ segment.
“Why was Lay-Cool there?” “Why did they attack Melina?” Those were just some of the questions that people were asking last night. Did it all make sense? No. But then again, did that NXT invasion all make sense that Monday night in June? Answers, I expect, will come tonight and in the coming weeks on Raw and SmackDown.
For what it was, however, last night’s angle was an explosive and exciting way to begin what seems like a new cross-promotional feud between the self-professed co-Women’s Champions and the new Divas Champion. WWE quite literally kicked things off with a bang, with Michelle McCool hitting that devastating running knee into a defenceless Melina, who was propped up against the announcers’ table. Kudos to all involved, because that had me — and I suspect many of you — anticipating what would happen next.
WWE Superstar, Drew McIntyre (real name Drew Galloway) has spoken for the first time since reports came out last Friday that his wife, WWE Diva Tiffany (real name Taryn Terrell) was arrested following an altercation between the two at a hotel in Los Angeles.
McIntyre, speaking to the Sunday Mail, a newspaper in his homeland of Scotland yesterday, said that the situation was a ‘complete misunderstanding’. “I can’t say anything else until it’s cleared up, which will be very soon,” he told the paper.
Meanwhile, McIntyre’s mother, Angela Galloway, is also quoted in the article saying that Drew and Taryn are still together, suggesting things are not as bad as they seem. “I knew they were going to a party on Saturday but I didn’t know anything about Taryn getting arrested. I spoke to Drew and he said not to worry, that everything had been blown out of proportion. He says he is OK and he and Taryn are still together.”
Glad to see that Drew and Taryn are okay and hopefully this situation resolves itself soon.
Full article from the Sunday Mail is after the cut:
Diva Dirt reader Yuri attended yesterday’s SummerSlam Fan Axxess and sent this along: Okay so I officially went to axxess today. I didn’t get to meet all the divas there, but I met a crucial group, I feel. The first Diva I met was Kelly Kelly… this girl is beyond gorgeous. Beautiful doesn’t even begin … Read more
Join Diva Dirt LIVE for this exclusive post-SummerSlam edition! We will be on the air right after the PPV, to discuss all the Diva action and for the first time ever for a pay per view — give you the opportunity to call in and discuss your thoughts too! Tune in at 11pm ET. Interact … Read more
A-List Diva, Melina became Divas Champion just moments ago at SummerSlam, defeating Alicia Fox in her hometown of Los Angeles, California. However, Melina’s celebration was cut short by SmackDown Divas, Lay-Cool who attacked the new Divas Champ, leaving her unconscious after Michelle hit her with a sick running knee into the announce table. EDIT: As … Read more
Will Melina complete her comeback trail by winning the Divas Championship before her hometown in Los Angeles? She faces Alicia Fox tonight at SummerSlam. Our predictions below…
Cryssi: It seems surreal to me that this match is actually taking place this Sunday. Melina has been back on television for two weeks now and she’s already earned a championship match. Unreal. To me, this just goes to show how little thought and effort goes into the Diva’s division these days. I understand that my girl never officially lost the title. And maybe that has something to do with why she is getting a chance to face Alicia tonight. What needs to happen is Alicia retains in some ridiculous fashion and then a feud for Night of Champions should start heating up. Let these two girls have a proper rivalry and give us all a chance to watch them grow together and become comfortable in the ring with one another. I’ve NEVER gone against Melina, even in matches I knew she would lose, but tonight I’m going with Alicia Fox to retain. I doubt it happens, and my heart tells me it won’t. But stranger things have happened in World Wrestling Entertainment. They did give Jack Swagger a World Championship reign after all.
David: Years from now when I look back at SummerSlam 2010 I will remember this match differently. I will remember it as a quality Divas Title match and forget that it was booked too quickly and that it moved some deserving talent to the sidelines. Melina’s return should have been handled much differently, to show her chasing Alicia and to build great anticipation for an eventual showdown. (I would have booked it for Survivor Series in the fall.) The WWE, however, pushed Melina right over Eve, Maryse, and Natalya and gave her this high profile title match only a few weeks after her return. To that end, I think Melina is a safe bet to defeat Alicia Sunday and will leave her hometown as the new Divas Champion.
Erin: It’s wayyyy too soon for Melina to win the gold, especially given how she already defeated Alicia on Raw. Despite the WWE’s tendency to screw over Alicia mid-push, I really feel that they’re going to stretch her title reign a bit longer, if only to make for a more interesting build up to Melina’s eventual win. It would seriously shortchange this feud if they were to switch the title too soon, because I think babyface Melina is best suited at the moment to chase the title, not hold it. Alicia Fox wins and retain the title.
No need to adjust your eyes… it’s not Wednesday! Diva Dirt LIVE, however, returns tonight for our first ever post-PPV special in honour of SummerSlam. join David, Jennifer and guest co-host Cryssi tonight live at 11pm ET right after SummerSlam!
In true Diva Dirt LIVE fashion, you get to call in and have your say on the show, but we’ll also be analysing the event in our usual ‘Post Show’ fashion.
Make sure you tune into this very special edition of DD LIVE!
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The following sent in by Robert: Unfortunately I only caught part of the autograph session Maryse did. What I noticed was that she was very popular… she had a one of the longest lines I saw of anyone and it stayed that way. I got there an hour late and the line was still long. … Read more