Jade Cargill is AEW’s latest signing and she certainly turned heads with her big debut last Wednesday on AEW Dynamite. Cargill sat down with Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone on the AEW Unrestricted podcast. In the interview, Cargill spoke about how Chyna empowered her and gave her more confidence. “Growing up I’ve always been muscular … Read more
Liv Morgan announced on Twitter that she is to feature in a WWE Chronicle on Nov, 29. The tweet mentions that cameras have been following her for sixteen months and will show us what life is like as a WWE Superstar. Morgan has had a rollercoaster year this year experiencing many twists and turns. At … Read more
There haven’t been many words from Nidia since her retirement from the wrestling industry in 2005. Nidia Guenard, who co-won the first season of WWE’s Tough Enough, was released by WWE in 2004 and only spent another year on the indie scene afterward. Fightful Select has an upcoming big feature on the former WWE talent … Read more
AEW Dynamite gave us an amazing match and several interesting developments within their women’s division on this week’s show. Serena Deeb successfully defended the NWA Women’s World Championship against Thunder Rosa. Britt Baker would make her presence felt and newcomer Jade Cargill gave Brandi Rhodes a receipt for the verbal assault last week. The Dark … Read more
What an explosive night for the women of NXT! Heading into this week’s show we knew we were going to have two great matches. What we ended up having was three. Plus it was announced that NXT WarGames is back and it showcased the women in its promo. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell defeated Kacy … Read more
In a promo from AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, he has announced that his wife, Renee Paquette (Good) is pregnant. This will be the couple’s first child. Paquette, formerly known as Renee Young, recently left WWE in August with SummerSlam being the last event she would appear at. She wore many hats with the company … Read more
NXT TakeOver: WarGames has been announced and will be taking place on Dec. 6. The promo shown hyping up the event focuses around the women and has Shotzi Blackheart wanting revenge against Candice LeRae. Blackheart warns LeRae that she better get herself an army. Last year’s WarGames was a launching pad for storylines that preceded … Read more
It is being reported by Fightful Select that Chelsea Green almost had a new ring name. Or at least an update to it. Green made her long-awaited debut on SmackDown last week in a Fatal 4-way against Natalya, Liv Morgan, and Tamina. Unfortunately for her, she encountered an injury in that match which took her … Read more
The Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament kicked off on IMPACT this week and we have the first team to advance.
Havok and Nevaeh took on the makeshift team of Tenille Dashwood and Alisha. Dashwood became a team with Alisha after both of them had failed attempts to make a partnership work with Jordynne Grace.
Havok and Nevaeh were able to use some teamwork in putting away Alisha as Havok pins her for the three count. According to the brackets, they will face the winning team from Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace and her partner.
Speaking of Grace, it still hasn’t been revealed who her partner will be. In a promo video, Grace is seen talking on the phone with her mystery partner. She is thankful that her partner was able to give the tournament a shot and team up with her. It is mentioned that whoever this woman will be, she is retiring.
AEW Dark presented a nice group of matches for its show this week. There were five women’s matches that were showcased that were a mixture of signed and unsigned talent. Within those matches was a big match for Thunder Rosa. Rosa recently lost her NWA World Women’s Title and has every intention of winning it … Read more
As of tonight’s RAW, Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose are no longer on Team RAW for Survivor Series. They were pulled from the match as a result of sustaining “injuries” from an attack they received early on in the show. Rose’s injury happened during the six-woman tag team match. It was Rose, Brooke, and Asuka … Read more
Last week the shocking news broke that WWE had released Zelina Vega from her WWE contract with immediate effect. Since then fans and outlets alike assumed that the release was due to her refusal to close her Twitch account. In September, WWE told all talent with outside revenue streams such as Twitch and Cameo must close them … Read more
Survivor Series is now less than a week away and like most things this year, it feels a bit different. Due to the most obvious reasons, there hasn’t been any type of “invasion” type of build-up this year. Instead, the teams are focused on their own brands. Both RAW and SmackDown have down two different ways to showcase their talent heading up to the event.
One thing both rosters have in common is they are focused around one woman on each brand. RAW’s focus is on Lana as she is the only woman who had to qualify for a spot on the team. The team itself implodes every week with the members fighting amongst each other and ending up with Lana going through the announce table by the hands of Nia Jax. SmackDown’s focus is a little different from who they are focusing on, Natalya, who hasn’t earned her spot yet.
Natalya has been involved in three different matches to try and qualify for a spot on Team SmackDown. The storyline is panning out in the aspect that she keeps getting cheated out of the win and keeps having to try and qualify for a spot every week. Her being self-proclaimed as the “Best of All Time” is infuriating her that she can’t earn her spot. The main difference between how the brands are handling the build for their teams is that the blue brand is actually putting on weekly qualifiers.
Ironically the fact that Natalya is being put in this position leads to looking into the history of women in traditional Survivor Series matches. She is the only woman out of the 33 year-long history of the event that has been last standing in a Survivor Series outing more than one time. She sits at surviving two.
The first win occurred in 2013 where she survived with Nikki Bella in the Total Divas vs. True Diva match. The second was in 2014 where she survived with her whole team in a total sweep alongside Alicia Fox, Emma, and Naomi.
Survivor Series has not been kind to the women as a whole when it comes to the historical reference of the event. For the 33 year history, there has only been a total of 10 all-women traditional matches (11 – after this year). Below is a list of the years and the survivors of each match:
There was a match in 2000 which involved Chyna. She joined Billy Gunn, K-Kwik, and Road Dogg in a losing effort against The Radicalz.
Natalya also holds the most times in a Survivor Series match at six. She is followed by both Naomi and Alicia Fox with five appearances each.
This year’s match is current shaping up as follows:
Team RAW – Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, and Lana vs. Team SmackDown -Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and two more names to be announced.
Do you think that Natalya will end up making it on Team SmackDown? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
Check back in with Diva Dirt for all news, rumors, and results from this year’s Survivor Series event.
As reported yesterday, Zelina Vega (real name Thea Trinidad) is no longer with WWE as she was released from her contract. Several reports are coming out about the reason why which of course aren’t from WWE directly. The timely announcement from WWE on her release coincided with a Twitter post she made about supporting unionization. … Read more
AEW announced that Serena Deeb will defend the NWA Women’s World Championship against Thunder Rosa on this week’s Dynamite. This will be Deeb’s third title defence since she defeated Rosa for the championship on the Oct, 27 edition of UWN Prime Time Live. Since the dethroning Rosa, Deeb has successfully defended the title in two … Read more
Chelsea Green made her long-awaited debut on SmackDown this week. The debut has been rumored since June. She made a surprise appearance backstage which led to her being added to the Survivor Series qualifying match. She joined Natalya, Liv Morgan, and Tamina in a Fatal 4-way. The match quickly became more of a one-on-one match … Read more
After months of inactivity, Chelsea Green has officially made her debut on SmackDown. She was last seen quitting the Robert Stone Brand on NXT in May after a successful victory with Charlotte Flair against Io Shirai and Rhea Ripley. In a backstage segment, Natalya was yet again providing her frustrations to WWE authority, Adam Pearce … Read more
WWE has made an official statement that Zelina Vega has been released from the company. Vega had spent most of her WWE career alongside Andrade as his manager. She had made sporadic appearances as an in-ring talent. She has prior in-ring experience from TNA (under the name Rosita) and various independent promotions. Most recently she … Read more
Mercedes Martinez is hitting a huge milestone in her career. Nov. 12 marks 20 years since the Latina Sensation started in the wrestling business. She celebrates this accomplishment by taking a trip down memory lane on her Twitter. She will also be celebrating her 40th birthday on Nov. 17. She celebrates her 20 years by … Read more
Lana announced that she is the subject of a new WWE Chronicle documentary, airing next week on the WWE Network. Lana took to Twitter to make the announcement. In the post, she expressed her honour and gratitude to part of the candid documentary series. It will feature her journey to Survivor Series. Lana has been … Read more
After her debut appearance on AEW Dynamite last night, it has been announced that Jade Cargill is now All Elite. The company has confirmed her signing just a few moments ago. Cargill has been seen prior to her debut last night in the audience at AEW shows. She appeared in a segment with Cody as … Read more
On this day two years ago Becky Lynch changed the game and became “The Man”. The epic moment came in the lead up to Survivors Series 2018. Team RAW was pitted against Team SmackDown while Lynch and Ronda Rousey were involved in a bitter feud. Lynch was on an incredible roll and was taking the … Read more
A number of WWE Superstars have paid tribute to The Undertaker by dressing as their favourite incarnation as the “Deadman”. The SmackDown Women’s Champion, Sasha Banks, Zelina Vega, Liv Morgan, Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss and Ruby Riott all took part in the commemorative photoshoot and displayed some impressive cosplay skills. “The Boss” Sasha Banks took … Read more
Toni vs. Candice, Ghostface, and Boa. Oh my! Heading into tonight’s show there were two matches scheduled. One was Xia Li vs. Raquel Gonzalez, which Li requested to happen after receiving yet another letter from her family last week. Xia Li vs. Raquel Gonzalez – Match never took place Gonzalez made her way to the … Read more
Rhea Ripley sets her sights on becoming a two-time NXT Women’s Champion and her goal may very well come next week. It was announced on tonight’s NXT that Ripley will challenge the NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai next week with the title on the line. These two women certainly have a history with each other … Read more
According to a report by Fightful Select, it is being said that Santana Garrett was called up to the main roster over the summer. The last we saw Garrett on our television screens was at the Great American Bash in July where she was defeated by Mercedes Martinez. Fightful Select says that there were several … Read more
