Headlines Archives - Page 13 of 233

Dakota Kai vs. Raquel Gonzalez set for a Street Fight on next week’s NXT 2.0

December 15, 2021 by Nick

Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez aren’t finished with each other just yet. Next week they will battle in a Street Fight. Cora Jade defeated Dakota Kai Kai suffered defeat on this week’s NXT 2.0 as she did battle with Cora Jade. Jade continues her winning ways after she pinned Kai who was set to use … Read more

Miranda Gordy to face Rok-C in her MLW debut

December 14, 2021 by Nick

Miranda Gordy is set to make her debut for MLW at Blood & Thunder which takes place on Jan. 21. Her opponent will be the ROH Women’s World Champion Rok-C who is also making her MLW debut at the same event. If Gordy’s surname sounds familiar, it should. She is the daughter of WWE Hall … Read more

Scarlett Bordeaux declares she will not go back to IMPACT!

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 by John Duffy

At a recent signing, former NXT Superstar Scarlett Bordeaux shut down any speculation surrounding a return to IMPACT! Wrestling. The Smoke Show was among several names shockingly let go from WWE earlier this year. Bordeaux played a vital role in the success of Karrion Kross in NXT and looked to be in consideration for a … Read more

Naomi on what winning the SmackDown Women’s Title meant to her as a history maker

December 13, 2021 by Nick

Naomi was a recent guest on The Wendy Williams Show which was being hosted by Michael Rapaport. The episode was originally scheduled to be hosted by Sherri Shepherd who had to have emergency surgery. Early in the interview, Rapaport credits Naomi’s history-making moment when she became the first Black woman to become the SmackDown Women’s … Read more

Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan set for Day 1; Belair and Doudrop rivalry continues on RAW

December 13, 2021 by Nick

Liv Morgan has herself a rematch as she will take on the RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at the upcoming Day 1 pay-per-view event on Jan. 1. Morgan faced Lynch last week in the main event of RAW where Lynch retained after grabbing hold of the ring ropes. Lynch took to the ring to deliver … Read more

Mickie James & Kiera Hogan to battle The Hex for tag team gold on NWA Powerrr

December 13, 2021 by Nick

Mickie James and Kiera Hogan are going from opponents to teammates as they will come together on this week’s NWA Powerrr in the search for gold. They will be challenging the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) in a championship match. James and Hogan stood across the ring … Read more

Sonya Deville talks nearly returning at the Royal Rumble

December 13, 2021 by John Duffy

In a recent interview, Sonya Deville revealed she was almost a part of this year’s Royal Rumble. Since returning to WWE on January 1, Deville has taken an on-screen authority role rather than returning to the ring. Deville last competed against Mandy Rose at last year’s SummerSlam in a Loser Leaves WWE match. Losing the … Read more

Dakota Kai and Cora Jade to square off in a rematch; Sarray returns to the United States

December 13, 2021 by Nick

Cora Jade will be back in action this Tuesday for the first time since leading her team to victory at WarGames. She will be facing Dakota Kai who was on the losing team at that event and who Jade had lost to in a singles match in early November. Now with the WarGames win under … Read more

Bayley provides an update on her injury, her return is “only a matter of time”

December 12, 2021 by Nick

Bayley has provided an update on the injury that she sustained back in July. Her injury occurred when the longest-reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion was at the WWE Performance Center training prior to an ‘I Quit’ match against Bianca Belair for the Money in the Bank event. She suffered an ACL injury that required surgery and … Read more

Rok-C retains ROH Women’s Title at Final Battle, Deonna Purrazzo challenges to a Winner Take All Match

December 11, 2021 by Nick

ROH hosted its Final Battle event this Saturday from Baltimore, MD. This was the last pay-per-view for the promotion and the last big event heading into 2022 where ROH will be on hiatus. Rok-C defended her ROH Women’s World Championship against Willow. The champ remains undefeated heading into the title bout and extends it by … Read more

Kairi Sane reportedly no longer under contract to WWE

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 by John Duffy

It appears that Kairi Sane and WWE have parted ways. Sane recently removed WWE from her social media channels and refers to herself as a former WWE Superstar in her bio. Now a report from Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter states WWE wanted to renew her contract and have her come back to America … Read more

STARDOM to be part of NJPW WrestleKingdom 16

December 11, 2021 by John Duffy

NJPW and STARDOM team up for WrestleKingdom 16 next year

NJPW announced STARDOM will once again be part of their wrestling super show WrestleKingdom 16. This is the third year the Joshi promotion joins NJPW at the Tokyo Dome and the fifth time performing at their events. On their official website NJPW wrote: Wrestle Kingdom 16 night two on January 5 2022 will see the … Read more

A WrestleMania clash between Beth Phoenix vs Awesome Kong almost happened

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 by John Duffy

WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix and the legendary Awesome Kong were set to clash at WrestleMania according to Freddie Prinze Jr. On the latest episode of his new podcast Wrestling with Freddie, the actor and former WWE creative team member revealed plans for an angle between the two legends. Prinze Jr disclosed he was tasked … Read more

Xia Li makes her SmackDown debut to help Naomi; Storm defeats Flair via DQ

December 11, 2021 by Nick

Xia Li finally made her SmackDown debut after weeks of vignettes depicting her as “The Protector” with her mission to thwart any vultures and wrongdoers. Li was called up to the blue brand in October when she was part of the WWE Draft. She utilized her debut to save Naomi from another numbers game against … Read more

Lash Legend impresses in debut win on 205 Live

December 10, 2021 by Nick

Lash Legend has had many segments with her talk show, ‘Lashing Out with Lash Legend’ but she has now entered the squared circle to have her highly anticipated debut match. On this week’s 205 Live, Legend faced Amari Miller. After rebounding from her loss against a debuting Tiffany Stratton in November, Miller defeated Erica Yan … Read more

WWE files to trademark the name Piper Niven

December 10, 2021 by Nick

Could the name Doudrop be dropped? According to a report put out by PWInsider, WWE has reapplied to trademark the name Piper Niven. When Piper Niven made her way over to RAW from NXT UK in June she came into the brand being “unknown” according to commentary despite being with the company since 2019 and … Read more

WWE Performance Center recruit given the ring name Sofia Cromwell

December 10, 2021 by Nick

Recently signed WWE Performance Center trainee Sydney Zmrzel has now been given the name Sofia Cromwell. Fightful first reported the name was trademarked on Nov. 25 but at that time it was unknown who the in-ring name was going to. Zmrzel was part of the Las Vegas tryouts that took place in August and she … Read more

Lady Frost becomes an official Knockout; Knockouts Ultimate X participants confirmed

December 9, 2021 by Nick

IMPACT! has previously announced a first for the company as the Knockouts will be participating in an Ultimate X match this January at Hard to Kill. Now, we know who the six women are who will be involved. After making her official debut as a signed Knockout on this week’s BTI, Lady Frost was congratulated … Read more

The 2021 Year End Awards – Pick Your Nominations

December 8, 2021 by Nick

It’s that time of the year again for the Year End Awards. Another year of wrestling is coming to an end and 2021 had a lot of new faces and a lot of historic moments from familiar faces. As always, the Year End Awards will be a team effort between Diva Dirt and Ring the … Read more

WWE unveils 15 new ‘Next in Line – NIL’ recruits

December 8, 2021 by John Duffy

WWE has just announced the recruits of 15 new collegiate athletes from 13 Universities. In the group are six women are included – five from the United States and one from Canada. WWE.com states: WWE has unveiled 15 college athletes who will be among the first to participate in the company’s newly formed NIL (Name, … Read more

Lash Legend to make her in-ring debut on this week’s 205 Live

December 8, 2021 by Nick

At the most recent 205 Live tapings, it has been confirmed that Lash Legend will be making her in-ring debut on this week’s 205 Live. Her opponent is Amari Miller.

Legend made her official on-screen debut in September in a segment with Franky Monet and the Robert Stone Brand. She announced her ‘Lashing out with Lash Legend’ talk show which has had several episodes since.

Legend, whose real name is Anriel Howard, was part of the December 2020 recruits. She was the only woman in her class. Her background was listed as follows:

“Georgia native Anriel Howard played college basketball at Mississippi State and Texas A&M. She was selected in the 2019 WNBA Draft, and played professionally for the Seattle Storm.”

@lashlegendwwe on #205live???? !!#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/wms7RrejQ1
— Danielle (@DtfMania) December 8, 2021

205 Live will air on Friday, Dec. 10 at 10 PM ET after SmackDown on Peacock.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for further news on the women of NXT and 205 Live.

Liv Morgan salutes “Angry Becky Lynch Girl” left fuming after RAW result

December 7, 2021 by John Duffy

Liv Morgan took to Twitter to salute a young fan’s reaction to her unsuccessful title challenge against Becky Lynch on Monday Night RAW. On Dec 6 edition of RAW, Liv Morgan challenged Becky Lynch for the RAW Women’s Championship in the main event. Morgan became the number one contender for Lynch’s title when she won … Read more

Second women’s match added to ROH’s Final Battle event

December 7, 2021 by Nick

A second women’s match has been added to ROH’s upcoming Final Battle event which is set to take place this Saturday, Dec. 11. In a six-woman tag team match, Chelsea Green will join The Hex (Marti Belle & Allysin Kay) as they take on the team of The Allure (Angelina Love & Mandy Leon) and … Read more

Cora Jade commemorates incredible win at WarGames with touching post

December 7, 2021 by John Duffy

At NXT 2.0 WarGames Cora Jade scored the biggest win in her young wrestling career. She was a member of Team Shirai against Team Toxic Attraction at first special under the NXT 2.0 generation. Jade was instrumental in the match, which saw her take a show-stealing dive from on top of the cage onto Jayce … Read more

Five women who could make their return at the 2022 Royal Rumble

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 by Nick

Believe it or not, the year 2022 is just a few weeks away and that means the Royal Rumble is in sight. Starting in 2018, the women of WWE have had their own Rumble match and in 2022 the fifth one will take place. Earlier this year at the 2021 Royal Rumble event in January, … Read more

Natalia Markova set to wrestle more frequently in NWA

December 7, 2021 by Nick

“The Russian Crush” Natalia Markova made her debut with NWA this past weekend during a pre-show match for Hard Times 2. The match turned into a Fatal Four-way for the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championships. Her partner was originally slated to be Lady Frost, but a replacement was made with Missa Kate. They battled … Read more

DIVA DIRT

Navigation

popular topics