Melanie WWE Superstars sees Beth Phoenix vs Kelly Kelly tonight at 8pm ET. Meanwhile, Impact boasts a ‘Beautiful’ breakdown as well as a fatal four way match featuring Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, Sarita and Traci Brooks. Discuss the shows in this post!
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: 50 Sexiest Divas 2009 is here! All summer long, you have been voting for your favourite Divas in a hopes of getting them featured on the list and now the results are here. Over the course of five days, we will be revealing the list as … Read more
This week on the Roundtable: The Roundtable returns after a snafu last week. This week we’re discussing Mickie James’ spot in the WWE — has she become a complacent member of the roster? Plus was it too little too late to put the strap on ODB? Plus the Roundtable Quiz, Diva Dirt Mailbag and more. … Read more
WWE CEO, Donna Goldman tells the New York Post that WWE is posting higher viewing figures amongst women since the switch to PG. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson writes: The article claimed that college-aged female viewers were up 34%, 25-34 year old viewers were up 13.7% and they are up 23% with women over 50 years old. … Read more
We’ve already mentioned that the Divas were supposed to be on the SummerSlam card for this Sunday. Now we know which matches were going to be booked. There was, if you’ll believe it, actually meant to be two Divas matches on the card and both were scrapped. SmackDown’s Melina vs Michelle McCool was originally booked … Read more
In a four page interview over at MiamiHerald.com, TNA Knockout Taylor Wilde discusses a host of topics including her studies, fashion and her fellow Knockouts. Hidden among the masses of text was this interesting nugget of information, which lends itself to the theory of TNA launching a Knockouts Tag Team Championship. Minor spoiler for those … Read more
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: 50 Sexiest Divas 2009 is here! All summer long, you have been voting for your favourite Divas in a hopes of getting them featured on the list and now the results are here. Over the course of five days, we will be revealing the list as … Read more
Fans know better than anyone what they want to see. And while it seems WWE and even TNA thinks it can dictate to the fans what they think we want to see, most of the time they’re wrong. Take for example, we fans at Diva Dirt, we may be just that – fans – but … Read more
We are extremely pleased to announce that Diva Dirt has acquired the distribution of a fabulous new women’s wrestling audio show, the Women of Wrestling Podcast. Hosted by the wonderful Stew Allen and Lee Burton, the show features a special guest from the world of women’s wrestling in each episode with lengthy discussion into their … Read more
Spoilers for next week’s show are now out, including the debut of Hamada. Show airs 8/27 on Spike. Click the ‘+’ to read:
Thoughts after the cut:
Rumours around the ‘net are coming in thick and fast, with one suggesting that Mickie James was chewed out last night at Raw for reacting unprofessionally following her match last night — an obvious reference to the sour look on the Divas Champ’s face. But that’s not all, apparently the higher-ups were not too happy … Read more
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: 50 Sexiest Divas 2009 is here! All summer long, you have been voting for your favourite Divas in a hopes of getting them featured on the list and now the results are here. Over the course of five days, we will be revealing the list as … Read more
A much anticipated match ended with a death stare. Caused riot on the Internet. And possibly had the worst botched finish for any match featuring women of this caliber. Rivalling the horrible finish to the Mickie James-Trish Stratus match at WrestleMania 22, they can’t just edit this one off the DVD and act like it never happened, because there won’t be a DVD. And try as they already have to eliminate the evidence [click here], we all know what went down last night and there is no way to spin it — the ending was horrible. Watch what will soon become ‘the infamous’ Gail Kim vs Mickie James match below:
Honestly, as some may expect me to do, I don’t want to blame anyone for what happened. Yes, the finish was awful but I actually enjoyed the match until that point. In fact, I told Erin right after it happened: “Just watch, after that finish no one will remember the match or talk about the match, it’ll be all about the finish.” And lo-and-behold, I do believe I was right. The whole match, I feel, is getting painted with the same brush stroke as the finish. Whether you enjoyed the match is down to your own personal opinion but I was liking where it was going.
I don’t want to scrutinize either Diva or suggest it was either of their fault. The finish was horrible but it was a freak accident & shouldn’t be a reflection on either of their in-ring ability. It definitely looked as though Gail hit her head and was out of it following the crossbody and as one can expect, was in no fit state to continue the match. She was out of it. For that, I applaud her for finishing the match and I applaud Mickie for attempting to improvise the finish.
This week on an all new Roundtable, the Diva Dirt team will be discussing WWE, TNA and a lot more! Join us as usual, on Thursday. But in the meantime, have your say on your topics: Please try to keep them short and sweet — just one sentence, so we can read out as many … Read more
So because I like to indulge myself in time-wasting, I thought I would do another round of random observations from last night’s Raw: – Did we transport to WrestleMania 22? – And if we did, they can’t edit that out on the DVD because there won’t be one! – But they did try and edit … Read more
Another Monday night, another Raw discussion post! Discuss tonight’s Divas action right after it happens! This your unfiltered free-for-all for all things Raw! Announced for tonight, Mickie James defends her Divas Championship [against Gail Kim, assumes Melanie].
You know the score, highlight to read the spoilers. Show airs Thursday at 9pm on Spike: * Madison Rayne was attacked by Angelina Love when she was on her way to the ring for a match. Love beat Rayne down, put her in the ring and pinned her. Velvet Sky came down to put a … Read more
Even more Divas action on Superstars this Thursday night! Show airs at 8pm ET on WGN. Highlight to read: Beth Pheonix def. Kelly Kelly
TNA is doing a great job of creating buzz around it’s newly signed Knockout, Ayako Hamada, who it seems will be going by just her last name. They’ve put up a nice piece on their site including quotes from one Awesome Kong [even though she can’t string a sentence together on TV].
With TNA’s biggest, baddest heel putting Hamada over, it would be absolutely ridiculous not to strap the rocket on her from the get-go. Her debut could instantly gain more traction than Tara, Sarita or Alissa’s. Read below:
She’s 28 with 10 years of in-ring experience, and a lifetime of pro wrestling knowledge truly at her front door.
The newest TNA Knockout, Hamada, was recently signed to a contract and arrives from Japan, best known as the daughter of wrestling sensation Gran Hamada, 59, himself a wrestler of 35 years.
Expect great things from this Orient import.
“I would compare Hamada with AJ Styles, because she’s simply phenomenal,” TNA’s Awesome Kong said in a rare interview (Kong has also dominated the Japanese wrestling scene). “She’s a triple threat. She’s mastered the Japanese style of wrestling, along with the Mexican lucha libre, and I can see it in her eyes that she wants to be a great American wrestler.”
More after the cut:
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: 50 Sexiest Divas 2009 is here! All summer long, you have been voting for your favourite Divas in a hopes of getting them featured on the list and now the results are here. Over the course of five days, we will be revealing the list as … Read more
This week’s Impact will see yet another fatal four-way match, this time featuring Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, Sarita and Traci Brooks. An eclectic mix of Knockouts there. Also, Angelina Love will speak out on losing the Knockouts Championship as well as address the in-fighting among the Beautiful People. We should have spoilers tonight.
For a company with a female president, TNA sure proved that wrestling is still a man’s sport. Despite boasting the most progressive women’s division on national television, TNA’s Knockouts division was not, this time, exempt from TNA’s recurrent reckless booking. Having already shot themselves in the foot several times with stale and lousy booking for … Read more
Moments ago at Hard Justice, ODB and Cody Deaner defeated Angelina Love and Velvet Sky to take the Knockouts Championship. Deaner rolled up Velvet after a botched attempt to spray him in the eyes by Madison Rayne on the outside, she instead accidentally sprayed Velvet allowing Deaner to win. Afterwards, ODB was announced as the … Read more
TNA delivers some Hard Justice tonight on pay per view, as Angelina Love defends the Knockouts Championship against ODB. Though it seems the exact details of the match are ambiguous; TNA has teased that Angelina will team with Velvet Sky and ODB with Cody Deaner while the latest lineup on TNAwrestling.com suggests a singles bout. … Read more
Divas Champion, Mickie James has given a fantastic interview with NZPWI, talking indepth about the current Divas roster as well as her classic feud with Trish and much more. Highlights below:
When asked about the current focus on actual wrestling matches amongst the Divas, it seems as though Mickie shares much of the same opinion as we fans as well as other women in the industry today:
I think that it’s like… huh… the thing is, the worst thing in the world is to watch bad wrestling. You know? So they can be the most beautiful women in the world, but if they can’t wrestle then it means nothing. They go out there, and it’s just like… ugh. Like, it’ll turn the biggest wrestling fan away, it’ll make them change the channel. So it’s important, I think… that’s why we’ve really worked hard with the girls to be the best that they can be. You don’t have to be the best in the world, just be the best that you can be. And everybody’s stepped up their game, and everybody’s working hard and everybody’s continuously trying to get better and better. Until, you know… and that’s important, because if you truly love what you do, you would want to be the best that you can be. And I think that’s important, and I think that’s what we’re really looking for now, it’s not just the pretty face. Like, those are a dime a dozen. We can have a million pretty faces but if you don’t have a genuine love and a genuine passion for what you do, then it shows, it shines through, and the people see it, it shines through on camera, it shines through in your work and everything, so I think that that’s what’s changing. People that have come in, now, like you always know the people that truly love what they do, and people that are just there… because. I think that even the casual fan can see that on TV. And that’s what we’re trying to really get rid of, because everybody goes out there and they work and they pour their heart and soul, and there’s nothing worse than someone that doesn’t care.
I thought this was a really interesting quote from arguably the top Diva in WWE right now. Considering that in just the last week we’ve heard the same thing from JR & off the record, one of the ex-Divas we speak to regularly, echoed both of their sentiments. Steven also argued similar points in yesterday’s Saturday Supplement. I think it goes to show that the feeling is unanimous amongst the girls themselves, people in the industry like JR and the fans. It’s time that WWE looked beyond pretty faces and put more effort into highlighting their talents. To be utterly fair to them, right now we have Gail Kim and Melina making good progress on their respective shows. Let’s keep it up!
You can read the whole interview or even listen to the audio of it, by clicking here.
After the cut, some quotes on Trish and more:
In the second week of the Fantasy League, there were more opportunities to wins points than last week — with more Divas and Knockouts featured! Check out the table below to see where you ranked.
A breakdown of points awarded are after the cut too.
EDIT: Table has been recalculated after an error with those who chose Natalya.
|
#
|
NAME
|
RAW
DIVA (POINTS) |
SD/ECW
DIVA (PTS) |
TNA
KNOCKOUT (PTS) |
TOTAL
|
GRAND
TOTAL |
| 1 |
Eric
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
13
|
| 2 |
mariosthemaster
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
12
|
| 3 |
Mike
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
12
|
| 4 |
William
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
12
|
| 5 |
WWEFanGurl
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
12
|
| 6 |
Divafanjill
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
| 7 |
gfuk07
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
11
|
| 8 |
Kevin
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
11
|
| 9 |
KiKi
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
| 10 |
Knockout12
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
| 11 |
Miss Bella
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
11
|
| 12 |
pukimonster
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
11
|
| 13 |
Redsoul
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
| 14 |
Tanzie
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
| 15 |
Tom
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
11
|
| 16 |
xcc77
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
11
|
| 17 |
Al
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
10
|
| 18 |
Chris
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
10
|
| 19 |
Dom
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
7
|
10
|
| 20 |
Kris Style
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
10
|
| 21 |
Alexandre
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
| 22 |
Antonio Luckett
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
9
|
| 23 |
Brandon
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
9
|
| 24 |
Laurmarz
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
| 25 |
Russell
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
6
|
9
|
| 26 |
Stratusboi
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
9
|
| 27 |
Thannya
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
9
|
| 28 |
Thrillseeker
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
9
|
| 29 |
Carly
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
8
|
| 30 |
Daniel
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
| 31 |
ddrok
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
| 32 |
Kathy
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
| 33 |
Lee
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
| 34 |
Lita-Sault-666
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
| 35 |
Nala310
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
| 36 |
Rico
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
8
|
| 37 |
Roger
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
| 38 |
Steven_D
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
| 39 |
StevoParadiso
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
| 40 |
xodaniellexo
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
8
|
| 41 |
Carlos
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
| 42 |
Extreme
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
| 43 |
Jenny
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
| 44 |
Paul
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
| 45 |
Pedro Pedroso
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
7
|
| 46 |
Sophie
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
| 47 |
TheWWEUberfan
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
7
|
| 48 |
Weirddork
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
| 49 |
Ksmith
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
| 50 |
Spiffy
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
Breakdown of points & the staff league table after the cut: