Last Sunday’s episode of Total Divas shot back up in the ratings, drawing 1.405 million viewers according to TV By the Numbers. In the 18-49 demo, the episode – titled “Model Behavior” – drew a 0.7 rating, matching the season high. This virtually duplicates the numbers earned by the mid-season premiere, which itself was the … Read more
The rumors are true: Alundra Blayze will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. The announcement was made on Raw, the WWE airing a video package highlighting her illustrious career. Blayze, who is best known as Madusa, has held numerous titles over the course of her career, including three reigns with the Women’s Championship … Read more
AJ Lee has returned to the WWE. On tonight’s Raw, AJ made her first appearance since December’s TLC Pay-Per-View, running to the defense of Paige, who was being attacked by both Brie and Nikki Bella. Moments prior, Paige seemed to have the Divas Title within her grasp, close to making Nikki Bella tap out to … Read more
According to a report from Wrestling News Source, AJ Lee is backstage at Raw in Newark, New Jersey. Lee has not appeared on WWE television since TLC back in December and has been recovering from injuries. Lee’s involvement in tonight’s show is unknown at this time. Rumors are circulating that Lee is backstage to enter … Read more
With the conclusion of Total Divas comes After Total Divas, the official after show in which Renee Young and Summer Rae break down the events of each episode. This week, joined by Cameron, they talk about “Model Behavior”, which featured Paige‘s tattoo rebellion, Natalya‘s worries about Tyson Kidd‘s career choices and Cameron’s family insecurities. Watch … Read more
Tomorrow night’s Raw will see the announcement of the next female WWE Hall of Famer. WWE.com has confirmed this, posting about “rumors spreading around WWE Headquarters” that “hint that it may be a Diva taking her place in sports-entertainment history.” The post goes on to cast a wide net, speculating that the woman could be … Read more
Friday will see SHINE Wrestling return to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for SHINE 25, with three championship matches announced for the show. Originally intended to be a three-way dance, an ankle injury to Ivelisse has made the SHINE Championship match a one-on-one contest between current champion Mia Yim and Nevaeh, who many will … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: What do you want to see happen as a result of #GiveDivasAChance? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here … Read more
Rolling Stone has joined the host of mainstream media outlets covering the #GiveDivasAChance fan movement, highlighting the differences in treatment of the NXT Divas and the main roster Divas. The article focuses on last night’s NXT match between Bayley and Becky Lynch, holding it up in stark contrast to Monday’s 30 second Divas match. On … Read more
Could Torrie Wilson and Tara be heading to Lucha Underground? In his latest blog, former WWE Executive VP of Talent Relations Jim Ross shares that he’s heard discussions are being held between the women and Lucha Underground as part of the organization’s effort to add WWE alums to their roster. Ross cautions that the info … Read more
On Saturday, March 7th, Valkyrie returns for Valkyrie V: Valhalla. Headlining the show will be a Queen of Valkyrie Title defense: champ Kacee Carlisle puts the title on the line against “Bonesaw” Jessie Brooks. View the card below: Queen of Valkyrie Title match: Kacee Carlisle vs. Jessie Brooks 2 out of 3 Falls match: La … Read more
On this Sunday’s episode of Total Divas, Natalya and Tyson Kidd move closer to repairing their relationship. While meeting for dinner, Natalya talks to Tyson about her recent struggles and thanks him for his help, expressing her hope that they have a future as a couple. Watch the clip below: Total Divas airs Sundays at … Read more
A new report is shedding light on what went on behind the scenes when AJ Lee made her explosive criticisms of Stephanie McMahon and the WWE on Twitter yesterday. According to the Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain), a source close to the situation says AJ did it “completely on her own” and that the … Read more
WWE has garnered the attention of TIME, who has posted a recap of the now infamous AJ Lee and Stephanie McMahon Twitter altercation. As we reported yesterday, AJ tweeted her thoughts on the unequal treatment towards women in WWE directly to Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie and her father, Vince McMahon, have both responded to #GiveDivasAChance movement. … Read more
On this Sunday’s episode of Total Divas, Paige tries to fulfill a longtime wish by getting an elaborate chest tattoo. Fearing that this tattoo could land her in hot water with WWE management, Alicia Fox and Rosa Mendes hunt down Paige at a tattoo parlor and try to convince her not to get the ink. … Read more
Former Divas Champion AJ Lee has boldly called out WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon for the poor treatment of the WWE’s female wrestlers. AJ retweeted Stephanie’s endorsement of Patricia Arquette‘s Oscars acceptance speech, in which the actress called for equal pay for women: RT @StephMcMahon: Thank You @PattyArquette for having the courage to fight … Read more
Former Divas Champion Paige recently spoke to the Turnbuckle Weekly show, addressing a few hot topics in wrestling: the next season of Total Divas, AJ Lee‘s status and the lack of opportunities given to main roster Divas. Paige confirmed her involvement with Total Divas season four, which begins filming soon. She says Brie Bella, Natalya … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy event along the way, from NXT to Impact Wrestling to Raw. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: #GiveDivasAChance trends worldwide on Twitter during Raw. NXT … Read more
This past Sunday, Japanese women’s wrestling promotion Stardom held an event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In the night’s main event, World of Stardom Champion Yoshiko defended her title against Act Yasukawa. What followed has sparked outrage in joshi circles. According to eyewitness Sonny Gutierrez of Pro Wrestling is Art, the match was barely … Read more
Despite stiff competition from the Oscars and WWE Fastlane, Total Divas ratings managed to climb, drawing 1.068 million viewers according to TV By the Numbers. This is up from last week’s 914,000 viewers and reverses the downward trend the show’s been on since its return in January. The episode also maintained the 0.5 rating in … Read more
Last night during Raw, Divas fans’ frustration manifested into social media action. Frustration at repetitive booking and short matches – more or less a constant state of mind amongst Divas fans – boiled over after a 30 second Divas tag match on Raw. Shortly after that match, #GiveDivasAChance began trending on Twitter, at one point … Read more
The DVD artwork for The Marine 4 has been revealed, and a dangerous-looking Summer Rae is front and center. Summer tweeted a photo of the cover, which sees her alongside co-star The Miz: Soon pic.twitter.com/fbqtuNDK37 — Summer Rae (@RealSummerWWE) February 23, 2015 Summer’s involvement in The Marine 4 was announced last February. The movie’s synopsis … Read more
Diva Dirt wants to hear your voice! Diva Dirt Countdown is ranking the Most Intimidating! We’ve narrowed down the finalists, and now it’s up to you to determine the top five. Voting will be open until Thursday, March 5th. The results will be revealed the following Sunday.
A new name has been added to the list of expected 2015 WWE Hall of Fame inductees. According to F4WOnline (via Lords of Pain), former WWE Women’s Champion Alundra Blayze is expected to be announced for the 2015 class soon. Blayze competed in the WWE as Alundra Blayze before moving to WCW, where she controversially … Read more
With the conclusion of Total Divas comes After Total Divas, the official after show in which Renee Young and Summer Rae break down the events of each episode. This week, joined by Brie Bella, they talk about “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Purses”, which featured Eva Marie‘s family trip; Natalya working to help her family alongside estranged … Read more
Total Divas stars Cameron and Eva Marie represented the WWE at today’s E! Oscars celebration, attending the E! Red Carpet Countdown. The Divas tweeted photos from the event, which was broadcast on E! prior to the Academy Awards red carpet show: .@WWECameron having a great time at the #ERedCarpet #Oscars pic.twitter.com/tsIJEcKqAN — E! Red Carpet … Read more