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Renee Young and Dean Ambrose get married

Renee Young is a married woman. The WWE broadcaster and Total Divas star took to Twitter to confirm reports that she has tied the knot to fellow WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose: https://twitter.com/ReneeYoungWWE/status/852103416407097344 The pair are currently featured in season six of Total Divas but have kept their relationship private in the past few years with … Read more

Laurel Van Ness discusses her Impact Wrestling persona with VICE

Former Tough Enough competitor turned Impact Wrestling Knockout Laurel Van Ness recently spoke with VICE to discuss what it’s like being a female wrestler, how she got started in the wrestling business, coming  up with her Impact Wrestling character, the rise in women’s wrestling and more. Highlights of the interview below. On how she got into … Read more

Week ending April 9th, 2017

Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Beth Phoenix launches her new line of Pro Wrestling Tees. (Pro Wrestling Tees) * GLOW and Awesome Kong share a new mini … Read more

Impact Write-Up (April 6th, 2017): A Gauntlet Battle Royal ends with a BAM!

Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! After being hunted down by a train of women last week, Knockouts Champion Rosemary will be keeping a close eye to the winner of this week’s number one contender Gauntlet Battle Royal to see who will be the next challenger to her title. Kicking off … Read more

Total Divas’ ratings for ‘The Draft’

Total Divas returned to E! Network for their second half of season six and premiered with a total of 669,000 viewers, this according to ShowBuzz Daily. This is down 27,000 viewers from the series’ mid-season finale episode, “The Big Day”, which drew a rating of 696,000 viewers. The episode, titled “The Draft”, was the 14th … Read more

WWE Superstar Shake-Up

Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: What would you like to see happen during next week’s WWE Superstar Shake-Up? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to … Read more

Brooke Adams announces engagement

Brooke Adams is engaged to be married! The three-time Knockouts Champion announced the news of her engagement to boyfriend Weston Wayne on her official Instagram writing the following and sharing a picture of happy moment: “Wow! I am in total shock. I am marrying my best friend!!!!! I can’t believe he pulled this off in front of … Read more

Women’s Title Match announced for SmackDown Live

The WWE has announced that SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi will defend her title against Alexa Bliss for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live!. BREAKING: @AlexaBliss_WWE has evoked her rematch clause & will challenge #SDLive #WomensChampion @NaomiWWE TONIGHT! https://t.co/fIEYWZ16Qb pic.twitter.com/1liAYSJyCq — WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2017 Naomi won the SmackDown Women’s Title at Sunday’s WrestleMania 33 event … Read more

WrestleMania 33 Results: Naomi wins the SmackDown Women’s Title

Tonight at WrestleMania 33, a new SmackDown Women’s Champion in Naomi when she defeated Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Mickie James and Natalya in a Six Pack challenge. The match started off in an all out brawl between the women with most of the competitors spilling to the outside, leaving Mickie and Becky to battle one-on-one inside … Read more

WrestleMania 33 Results: Bayley retains the Raw Women’s Title

Tonight at WrestleMania 33, Bayley successfully retained the Raw Women’s Title in a Fatal 4 Way Elimination match between Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks. THERE GOES @NiaJaxWWE! She's been eliminated after @MsCharlotteWWE @SashaBanksWWE & @itsBayleyWWE go to work! #WrestleMania #WomensTitle pic.twitter.com/CUTxNAfEgx — WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) April 3, 2017 The start of the match … Read more

WrestleMania 33 Predictions: Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match for the Raw Women’s Title

Tonight at WrestleMania 33, Bayley defends her Women’s Title in a Fatal 4 Way Elimination match against Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks. Which Superstar will be the last one standing and leave WrestleMania as champion? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: This match is an Elimination one for a reason. And that’s … Read more

WrestleMania 33 Predictions: SmackDown Women’s Title match

Tonight at WrestleMania 33, every available woman on the SmackDown roster has a chance at Alexa Bliss‘ Women’s Title. Will a new champion be crowned? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: The women here all have a connection to each other. Nattie has history with Becky, whom has history with Mickie, whom has history … Read more

Week ending April 2nd, 2017

Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Emma teases her in-ring return, talks training at the Performance Center and reveals she’ll be watching the WrestleMania 33 competition from backstage. … Read more

Xplosion Write-Up: True blue

Hola Knockout fans and welcome to another edition of Xplosion. Jade may no longer be with Impact Wrestling but through this postponed episode, she momentarily lives on! The former Knockouts Champion will take on Laurel Van Ness and if you recall, these two previously faced off on Xplosion back when Laurel under her Chelsea Green … Read more

TakeOver: Orlando Predictions: Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women’s Title

Tonight at, NXT TakeOver: Orlando, Asuka takes on Ember Moon as she defends her NXT Women’s Title. Can Ember Moon be the one to dethrone the undefeated Asuka? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: As the build up for this match is so low key – what with a single backstage contract signing and pretty much … Read more

NXT to unveil newly designed title belts at TakeOver: Orlando

Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defends her title against Ember Moon. Both women will be competing for a newly designed NXT Women’s Championship belt as it was announced earlier today by NXT General Manager William Regal that the winners of tonight’s NXT TakeOver: Orlando championship matches will be awarded newly designed belts … Read more

Impact Write-Up (March 30th, 2017): All eyes on the Champ

Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. Before diving into this week’s episode, I do want to start off by apologizing for not having a Write-Up to last week’s show. Things were just busy for me last week (and even busier during the weekend) to the point that I didn’t even watch … Read more

Beth Phoenix inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame

Tonight, Beth Phoenix was officially inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame, joining its class of 2017. The former three-time WWE Women’s and one-time Divas Champion was inducted by her Divas of Doom partner and best friend Natalya, who called this Hall of Fame ceremony “destiny”. Natalya would go on to share the story of … Read more

SmackDown Women’s Title match to be part of WrestleMania Main Show

Just days after it was initially announced that the SmackDown Women’s Title was to be defended at this year’s WrestleMania Kickoff show, WWE have seemingly reversed their decision. WWE.com has updated the line-up to this year’s WrestleMania card and have removed the “Kickoff Match” tag from the SmackDown Women’s Title match. The update also lists … Read more