SHINE Wrestling — which celebrates its one year anniversary this month — is known for its strong contingent of female stars, but there is one male who has an integral part of the promotion since its inception. Here, SHINE’s commentator Lenny Leonard reflects on the one year anniversary of women’s wrestling’s fastest rising promotion. It … Read more
Diva Dirt’s SHINE Week continues with our latest SHINE-related feature, and it’s a big one! Coinciding with SHINE’s one year anniversary, we’ve had the privilege to speak with the promotion’s founder, women’s wrestling mainstay Lexie Fyfe, about everything SHINE, from its inception to its future. In this exclusive interview, Lexie talks about the process of … Read more
By now you know there will be plenty of romance in the air when E!’s new WWE-themed reality show, Total Divas, hit screens on July 28. To recap, among the love connections we’ll see on the show include: Natalya‘s wedding to long time beau Tyson Kidd; Nikki Bella opening up about her relationship with John … Read more
According to a report from PWMania, there is once again talk of turning Layla heel. Prior to Wrestlemania 29, a heel turn for Layla was in the works. The idea was to have her work a program with Divas Champion Kaitlyn at the big show, but those plans were nixed. A few segments leading up … Read more
Competing in the main event doesn’t happen every day for the WWE’s Divas, so they’ve got to cherish it when it does! AJ Lee has done just that, marking the one year anniversary of her Raw main event match with Eve Torres in a special tweet. The Divas Champion tweeted yesterday: Only a small, badass … Read more
As SHINE Wrestling celebrates its one year anniversary this week, Diva Dirt celebrates one year of SHINE with a series of features all week long, culminating with coverage of SHINE 11 on Friday, July 12. In the fickle, judgmental world we live in today, it takes a great deal of courage, and perhaps a modicum … Read more
E! has given us a peek of what we can expect on the upcoming Total Divas. The show, which features Divas Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Natalya, Eva Marie, Jo-Jo Offerman, Naomi and Cameron, is set to premiere on July 28th. We’ve gotten bits and pieces of things we may see, from Nikki’s relationship with John … Read more
Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler is back on the market. After spending two years together, the leggy blonde has ended her relationship with A-lister George Clooney, according to People. The couple haven’t been seen together in recent months and it’s alleged that Stacy is the one who triggered the breakup, because her beau doesn’t want … Read more
Last week, new WWE Diva Jo-Jo made her television debut, this week she makes her iTunes debut! The version of Brodus Clay‘s theme song that Jo-Jo performed on WWE Main Event last week alongside Naomi and Cameron is now available on iTunes. The logo for E!’s new reality show, ‘Total Divas’ logo, is on the … Read more
With one week to go until SHINE 11 and the inaugural SHINE Championship Tournament, SHINE Wrestling today revealed the first pictures of the title belt that the winner will be presented with. The belt, pictured above, features the SHINE logo on white leather with outlines of the Americas and Europe on either side to represent … Read more
As we reported earlier today, Madison Rayne‘s TNA contract has expired and will not be renewed at the current time. Rayne’s former tag team partner Gail Kim took to Twitter after hearing the news. Madison and Gail held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship together last year. Gail tweeted: I am disappointed yes about @MRayneTNA I … Read more
Hot on the heels of Madison Rayne‘s departure, PWInsider reports that TNA have released another Knockout, Gut Check winner Taeler Hendrix. Taeler was the first female to win a spot on the Impact Wrestling roster via Gut Check back in June of last year. Since then, Taeler reported to TNA’s developmental camp, Ohio Valley Wresting, … Read more
Former TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne has confirmed she has parted ways with TNA after her contract expired recently. Madison hasn’t been seen on Impact Wrestling in several months as she is currently pregnant with her first child. She tweeted: My contract w/ TNA has ended. I want to thank you all for the constant … Read more
Could there be trouble in paradise for WWE’s once-golden couple? It certainly looks that way, as not only is Dolph Ziggler unhappy about losing his World Heavyweight Title, he also isn’t pleased with his girlfriend, WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee. In a WWE App segment filmed during Raw last night, Dolph made it clear to … Read more
WWE has announced that AJ Lee and Kaitlyn will face off in a match for the Divas Championship at Money in the Bank. The news was quietly revealed on WWE.com and as of now, the match is a standard singles bout. The match will serve as Kaitlyn’s automatic rematch after she lost the belt to … Read more
A candid photo of Nikki Bella and boyfriend John Cena has got tongues wagging, but not for the reason you’d think. The photo in question, taken by a fan and distributed around social networks, shows Nikki out shopping with Cena while in a wheelchair. A pair of crutches can be seen in the seat next … Read more
Wedding bells are ringing across the wrestling world, it seems! TNA Knockouts executive Brooke Hogan — daughter of wrestling legend Hulk Hogan — has gotten engaged to boyfriend Phil Costa, who plays for the Dallas Cowboys football team. Brooke’s brother Nick Hogan broke the news on Instagram, posting a picture of the happy couple in … Read more
Wedding fever is in the air among WWE and E!’s Total Divas! With Natalya tying the knot to her long time beau Tyson Kidd this week, and Brie Bella hinting that she and Daniel Bryan may follow suit, it looks like there may be a race up the aisle as Funkadactyl Naomi has revealed she’s … Read more
As reported earlier this week, WWE’s long-time sweethearts Natalya and Tyson Kidd tied the knot in a ceremony filmed for upcoming E! reality show, Total Divas, and the blushing bride is spilling the secrets on her big day! The WWE Diva tells E! Online that the intimate wedding took place at a private home and … Read more
GLOW star Lynn Braxton, who wrestled as Big Bad Mama, had died of cancer at age 61. Braxton appeared on seasons three and four of GLOW, wrestling as an intimidating powerhouse with a painted face. She appeared in the GLOW documentary, which aired recently on LOGO. She also made an appearance on an episode of … Read more
Are the Knockouts Tag Team Championships no more? It would appear so as TNA Wrestling have removed the listing of the tag team belts from the roster page of their official website. In the past, when a championship has been vacated, it will say so on the roster page. However the image of the Knockouts … Read more
Natalya is now a married woman! As we speculated yesterday, Natalya has tied the knot with longtime beau Tyson Kidd. Yesterday, stars of the upcoming series Total Divas seemed to be converging for a wedding, judging by their Instagram photos, and now footage of the reception has leaked, showing Natalya in her wedding dress. In … Read more
According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it looks like Brie and Nikki Bella may play big roles in a major feud this summer. The WWE is currently working towards a feud between John Cena and Daniel Bryan for a match to headline SummerSlam alongside Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk. With Total Divas … Read more
It sounds like it might be someone’s big day! The Total Divas cast has been posting Instagram photos of themselves in dresses, mentioning celebrations and a certain wedding. Might they be referring to Natalya‘s wedding to Tyson Kidd? We reported on Natalya’s engagement earlier this month and since then rumors have swirled that the wedding … Read more
As was teased on Monday, the newest members of the Total Divas cast were backstage at Raw, and one of them made her television debut on tonight’s edition of WWE Main Event. The episode, which was taped Monday prior to Raw, featured Tons of Funk, and the Funkadactyls introduced them with a song and dance … Read more
New WWE signee Brittany Fetkin appears to have started her wrestling training. The former freelance reporter, who was recently signed alongside two other women, tweeted an image of herself training in Los Angeles: Where all the magic happens! #wwe #wwediva #NXT #latraining pic.twitter.com/evzM5w4S4X — brit brit (@brit11brit11) June 26, 2013 It can be assumed that … Read more