Lucha Underground is returning for a second season. The promotion, which wrapped up its first season last month, announced the news in a tweet: Believers, are you ready? #LuchaUnderground season 2 is coming in 2016! pic.twitter.com/a7233Rft4c — Lucha Underground (@LuchaElRey) September 21, 2015 Lucha Underground’s fate had been up in the air for some time, … Read more
WWE.com followed new Divas Champion Charlotte in the hours leading up to her big win at Night of Champions, capturing the emotion and excitement of her journey to the title. The five minute video features cameos from Bayley, Becky Lynch, Natalya and Charlotte’s father, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, and ends with a post-match … Read more
Cameron has offically launched her anti-bullying campaign, Wrong #, with a new song, lyric video and fundraising merchandise. The lyric video, which features singer Lovely, includes images sent in by fans on social media: On her official website, Cameron explains the motivation and message behind the campaign: I want to invite you to join me … Read more
Tonight at Night of Champions, a new Divas Champion was crowned: Charlotte. The second generation Diva put an end to Nikki Bella‘s record-setting Divas Title reign, overcoming a bad knee and excruciating pain to lock Nikki into the Figure Eight submission and force her to tap out. For much of the match, Nikki was in … Read more
This weekend, the WWE held tryouts at the Performance Center, drawing female talent from the indy scene and the sports world at large. Squared Circle Sirens has named numerous women as participants in the tryouts, Wrestling Inc compiling them into the following list: * Allysin Kay, top indy wrestler and two-time AIW Women’s Champion. * … Read more
AJ Lee is set to star in her very first movie. The movie, titled Hellstorm, is described in a press release as an action/horror movie, its plot reading: After the collapse of the world’s financial system and a devastating world war, a group of mismatched survivors are forced to band together and battle a variety … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2014, when Paige defended the Divas Title against AJ Lee and Nikki Bella in a Triple Threat match. AJ would win the Divas Title for the third time in … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions tomorrow night, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2013, when AJ Lee defended the Divas Title in a Fatal Four-Way match against Brie Bella, Naomi and Natalya. AJ managed to beat the odds, attacking Natalya when … Read more
Bad news for those hoping to bring the Diva Revolution to WWE 2K16: Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks won’t be playable in the game. The announcement was made by 2K Sports on the game’s official website. In an official statement, they stressed their enthusiasm for the Divas and promised that future titles will … Read more
Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: Happy Anniversary! WWE ring announced Eden Stiles and hubby Stardust … Read more
Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * WSU World Champion Cherry Bomb broke her … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions this Sunday, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2012, when Layla defended the Divas Title against Eve Torres. Eve was subbing for Kaitlyn, who had been injured by a mystery attacker and couldn’t compete. Eve would … Read more
TNA has announced a big Knockouts match for Bound For Glory: Gail Kim will defend her newly-won Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong. The announcement was made on TNA’s official website, making it the third bout to be confirmed for the Pay-Per-View. Gail won the Knockouts Title on last night’s Impact, defeating Awesome Kong, Brooke and … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Gail Kim became a five-time Knockouts Champion. She won the title in a Fatal Four-Way match, defeating champion Brooke, Awesome Kong and Lei’D Tapa in an incredibly hard-hitting match, each Knockout taking punishment in and out of the ring. In the end, Gail pinned Brooke to win the belt, blocking a … Read more
Last night’s episode of Total Divas took a huge dip in the ratings, drawing only 804,000 viewers according to TV by the Numbers. This is a season four low, a distinction previously held by the 920,000 drawn by “It’s a Beautiful Life?”. It’s almost a series low as well, second only to season two’s “Red … Read more
On this week’s episode of Raw, Nikki Bella became the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history. While this marks a huge moment in the history of the Divas division and the title itself, social media seems to be giving someone else credit for Nikki’s reign…and it isn’t the Divas Champion.
Those curious about the diet Emma employs to maintain her fit figure need wonder no longer. Emma recently posted a new YouTube video, revealing she is launching a channel called Taste of Tenille, which will feature a show of the same name. In the series, she’ll be going on a “food adventure”, cooking and tasting … Read more
The latest clip released from WWE 2K16 gives fans a glimpse at a match between Natalya and Eva Marie: In the video, Natalya performs a series of submissions and attacks on Eva Marie before picking up the win. Yesterday, IGN completed its roster reveal, but DLC packs haven’t yet been announced. WWE 2K16 hits stores … Read more
In a matter of hours, Nikki Bella will become the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history – but she might not hold the title for much longer than that. Nikki managed to escape from Raw with the belt, her Divas Title match with Charlotte ending in a DQ decision. An unsuccessful attempt at “twin magic” saw … Read more
On tomorrow night’s Total Divas, Paige will be faced with a major decision. When she shares news that her boyfriend Kevin Skaff took her ring shopping, everyone is on alert for a marriage proposal. Emma takes it upon herself to find the hidden engagement ring, searching Paige’s apartment high and low. They appear to find … Read more
WWE Diva Cameron has released a teaser for her new anti-bullying campaign, Wrong #: Come along with me on this journey to bring awareness and help to stop bullying! #tag5ppl #wrongnumber coming soon! pic.twitter.com/EnyxUiBcpr — Ariane Andrew (@WWECameron) September 14, 2015 The campaign, aimed at reducing cyberbullying and increasing positivity, will be accompanied by a … Read more
IGN’s final weekly WWE 2K16 roster reveal confirmed one more woman for the game: Stephanie McMahon. While Stephanie was already announced for the roster, this one will be a retro version, presenting her as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. She joins Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Cameron, Emma, Eva Marie, Layla, Naomi, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Paige, Summer Rae and … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Naomi helps Jimmy Uso pursue a new dream: stand-up comedy. With the help of Dolph Ziggler, Naomi gets Jimmy a spot at the legendary comedy club, The Laugh Factory. Though he first shows some trepidation at the idea, Jimmy decides to go for it. Watch the clip below: Total Divas … Read more
This weekend, Paige addressed the incident that saw her and Alicia Fox get kicked out of a Baltimore restaurant last Sunday. While on a Q&A panel at Wizard World Pittsburgh, Paige said that the incident – which wasn’t filmed for Total Divas – has been blown out of proportion. She explained that it was sparked … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Brie Bella is forced to confront her worries about her husband Daniel Bryan. While on a picnic with Nikki, Brie confesses that she’s worried about Daniel’s future as a wrestler and a husband, given his extensive health problems. Nikki advises Brie to be careful when she tells Daniel how she’s … Read more
Today, WSU presented its latest event, Excellence, on iPPV, headlined by a WSU Title match between champ Cherry Bomb and Candice LeRae. The show also saw appearances by Athena, Tessa Blanchard and Leva Bates, as well as a WSU Tag Team Title match pitting champions Annie Social and Kimber Lee against Jade and Marti Bell … Read more