Welcome to another edition of ‘Before They Were Divas’, the Diva Dirt exclusive where we look back at our favorite Divas and Knockouts before the glitz and glamour of the “big leagues”.
Today we’re taking a look back at TNA Knockout and sidekick extraordinaire, Velvet Sky. This week on Impact, we saw Velvet take on TNA newcomer, Tara (ugh), in singles action. Believe it or not, this was history repeating itself. Back in 2005, Velvet made a one shot appearance on WWE Heat as ‘Talia’ to take on the Diva better known as Victoria with the same result.
This week on TNA Impact marked a very momentous evening for the Knockouts.
Victoria is set to first take on Velvet Sky. Backstage we find the Beautiful People making their way to the Impact Zone. Velvet seems very upset at the events that took place last week. Velvet holds nothing back in pronouncing just how fed up she is with Angelina Love‘s selfishness ; she puts Angelina in her place as Madison Rayne timidly looks on.
When the Beautiful People make their way to the ring in their typical manner, something very non-typical occurs. The camera man reaches out to fondle poor Vel-Vel, but Velvet is having none of it. I’m not exactly sure why this little random little incident takes place, but I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone tried to cop a feel. Creepy, but funny.
Next, Victoria confidently approaches ring. Her signature tarantula, ‘Poison’ is in tow to level the playing field. Victoria delivers a very steady set of punches to the chest of Velvet Sky, followed by some lunges into the turnbuckle. An irish whip into corner, but Victoria eats the sole of Velvet’s boot. Velvet then perseveres with a clothesline and resorts to her cat fighting expertise again with a choke to Tara.
Velvet insists on more prissy offense before she goes for a pin. When Victoria is hung up against the ropes, Angelina sees this as an opportunity to get the better of her. However, the referee catches her before she can assault Victoria with the Knockouts belt. Unperturbed, Victoria takes down Velvet with a few clotheslines and scoop slam. Velvet puts up a fight but cannot quite wiggle herself out of an amazingly powerful Widow’s Peak. Victoria picks up the win.
Well just moments ago on Impact, Victoria became the 5th Knockouts Champion in TNA history [in the title’s sixth reign], defeating Angelina Love to take the title. Watch Victoria’s winning moment below: What did you think of her title win? Sound off in the comments! Check back tomorrow for Tiffany’s guide to Impact also…
This past Thursday, TNA lead us into a featured Knockouts competition with a quick promo to hype the debut of Sarita – definitely something to look forward to in upcoming weeks.
Next is the contest of The Beautiful People, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky vs. the team of Awesome Kong and Victoria. I’ve never quite understood the appeal of wrestling in mini skirts, but nonetheless The Beautiful People make their way to the ring looking as tawdry as ever with a prop-donning Madison Rayne as their escort. Awesome Kong then enters, still accompanied by Raisha Saeed. As Victoria’s presence is felt, we see the notorious black box attached to her hip, which is only a haunting sign of things to come.
Last night on TNA Impact! Taylor Wilde took on Daffney in a highly anticipated 10,000 thumbtacks match. Upon the initial annoucement of this match, some have questioned just what would possess a Knockout such as Taylor to pursue a match of this nature…twice? Regardless, TNA leaves us scratching our heads as the fast-paced action starts … Read more
First of all, check out the spoilers from last night’s tapings below:
The Beautiful People come out, Angelina Love is dressed in a Bee Keepers outfit, Velvet
has spider killer spray. Love says she has filed a complant with PETER whoever he is,
against a certain new Knockouts champion who tried to endanger her with a big spider. She
says the Beautiful People do not recognize Tara winning last week, the match was never
official, she says she is still the Knockouts champion. But she says she will make it
official at Victory Road. Tara comes out to the ramp, she said this title makes it
official, but she’ll confirm it on Sunday. She says not to worry about Poison, he likes
dark warm places, she said she snuck into her locker room earlier and found a nice place
for him to sleep, her bee keepers outfit. Love starts freaking out, ripping part of the
outfit off, Tara comes down and delivers a Widow’s peak to her and stands over he with
the Knockouts title.
Sarita (Sarah Stock) defeated “The Future Legend” Melissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) Post
Match, Flash executed a powerbomb like maneuver to Sarita and left her laying.
Awesome Kong defeated SoJo Bolt
Follow the cut to check when I expect these various segments to air [including that major spoiler from Wednesday’s taping]:
Major spoiler for an upcoming episode of Impact is below. I think this airs next week. EDIT: More detailed spoilers below… *Tara defeated Velvet Sky w/Angelina Love & Madison Rayne with the Widow’s Peak. Postmatch, Tara went to place the taranchula on Sky, Angelina screamed at ringside not to do it, Tara said only if … Read more
Below are spoilers for tomorrow night’s episode of Impact that features the already advertised 10,000 Tacks Match between Taylor Wilde & Daffney:
– Taylor Wilde def. Daffney in the 10,000 Tacks Match.
– Awesome Kong & Victoria def. The Beautiful People in a tag team match. Kong pinned Velvet Sky after the Implant Buster. Victoria brought a black box down to ringside with her and after the match, she revealed a tarantula and put it on Sky’s stomach.
Following last night’s death-defying Monster’s Ball Match at Slammiversary that saw Taylor Wilde leap from an amplifier and Daffney slammed into a pool of thumbtacks, TNA seem to be milking the spot for all it’s worth — the company have announced the first ever Knockouts 10,000 Tacks Match for Impact this Thursday night between the … Read more
Tonight on Impact, Awesome Kong & Taylor Wilde vs Angelina Love & Daffney. It’s the final stop before Slammiversary, what role will Victoria play? Discuss the show in the comments. We will add videos & our thoughts as soon as possible.
Former Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong returns to Impact tonight, her first appearance on the show since before the Sacrifice pay per view. Interestingly, it looks like TNA is booking Kong as a full-fledged babyface, as she teams with her former rival, Taylor Wilde against Angelina Love and Daffney. What do you think? Are you buying … Read more
Former pornstar-turned-wrestler, Trina Michaels has hinted on her MySpace page that she could be joining TNA. Michaels retired from porn last year and sent out a press release in which she said, she was “giving up gangbangs to enter battle royals.” She writes: “You can’t spell Trina without using the letters TNA… Find out THIS … Read more
It’s week two for new Knockout, Tara aka Victoria. She’s the Knockout that’s got us watching & discussing! As with last week, share your thoughts on this week’s Impact right here. We’ll be tweeting through tonight’s show, as soon as the Knockouts action begins. You can catch our updates at twitter.com/divadirt or in the widget … Read more
Last week we polled you on your Impact viewing habits given Victoria/Lisa Marie‘s TNA debut. More than 200 of you voted that you were only watching the show because of Lisa. In a followup poll, we want to know if you’ll continue to watch Impact this week and going forward. Have your say below & … Read more
The time is around 9.15pm ET (or 2am if you’re me) and Impact is ongoing. As we all know, Victoria makes her TNA debut tonight on the show. Feel free to use this post to leave your comments, feedback, thoughts, flames… whatever. We’ll be tweeting through tonight’s show, as soon as the Knockouts action begins. … Read more
Day three of TNA’s three day taping, read results below: – Tara (the former Victoria) defeated Madison Rayne (w/Angelina Love & Velvet Sky) with a Widow’s Peak. – Raisha Saeed defeated SoJo Bolt following a Boston Crab into a sit-down type move. – Daffney & TNA Knockout Champion, Angelina Love (w/Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky) … Read more
Below are spoilers for upcoming shows, dates not confirmed. If I had to guess they will be padded out over the next few weeks’ worth of shows. None of this airs this week, however:
Awesome Kong vs. “the Future Legend” Cheerleader Melissa. Kong wins following an Awesome Bomb. Crowd was redhot and 100% behind Melissa, the ovation she got was amazing. Conspicuous by her absence at ringside was Raisha Saied.
Daffney defeated Taylor Wilde. During the match, Dr Stevie & Raven come down to ringside with a kendo stick. Post match, the trio hover over Wilde & Lauren came down to help her back. Raven takes the mic and says that for 10 years people have been wanting the reunion of himself and Stevie. He says that Abyss didn’t obey doctor’s orders. – PWInsider.com
As we all know, the Vicious Vixen, Victoria makes her TNA debut this Thursday night on Impact. Find out how she does it by highlighting the text below:
Angelina Love d. Sojo Bolt in a Knockout Championship match. Cute Kip, Madison Rayne, and Velvet Sky also made their return here. After the match, Angelina got on the mic and asked Kip why he was still hanging out with them. She fired him a long time ago and only brought him back to take out Kong, which he couldn’t do. She has security force him to leave the ring. Angelina then talks about how she’s beaten Kong and how she needs someone new to face, which leads to Victoria’s entrance. She gets in the ring and takes out Madison and Velvet before hitting a crazy Widow’s Peak on Angelina. Madison and Velvet drag Angelina out of the ring and take her up the ramp while Victoria (who looked fantastic, BTW) gets on the mic. She’s accepting Angelina’s challenge.
Did you forget to watch Impact on Thursday night? If so, here is that much awaited Knockouts ladder match to determine the #1 Contender for Angelina Love‘s Knockout Championship! Watch as Sojo Bolt and Taylor Wilde duke it out… If you’re a fan of TNA’s recent ‘stipulation’ booking of the Knockouts, I hear they’ve got … Read more
Earlier today, Melanie expressed hope that Sarah Stock or Ayako Hamada would debut at tonight’s Impact tapings. Highlight below to read spoilers for next week’s Impact and see if they do: – Awesome Kong defeated Madison Rayne in a Stretcher Match. Matches taped for Xplosion: – Sarah Stock defeated Taylor Wilde – ODB defeated Velvet … Read more
As we teased on Monday, this week’s Impact will see a ladder match to determine the #1 Contender for the Knockout Championship. Check out the spoilers below. That show airs tomorrow night at 9pm ET on Spike. – Sojo Bolt def. Taylor Wilde to become the new #1 Contender for the Knockout Championship in a … Read more
What are you doing this Thursday at 9? Grey’s Anatomy? Maybe some Supernatural? Well, far be it from me to ask anyone to watch the Knockouts over the Winchester boys or McSteamy, but just an FYI… There will be a Knockouts ladder match this week on Impact. Watch it how you can; when it airs, … Read more
Impact Watch Welcome to the Impact Redux! This Week’s Impact pitted the newest beautiful person, Madison Rayne against the talented yet boring Taylor Wilde. To add fuel to the fire The Beautiful People and Cute Kip were at ringside as well as Roxxi and The Governor and Traci Brooks as guest ref: Taylor Wilde vs. … Read more
So, TNA, you don’t want to be like WWE. Here’s a list of things not to do: don’t bash their “Divas” for not being hardcore enough and then compete in bra and panties matches, don’t have most of your roster originate from WWE’s developmental territories, and don’t hire Playboy covergirls. Well, congratulations TNA, you have … Read more
More TNA News! YAY! Also coming out of this week’s Impact Tapings, Madison Rayne seems to have made a heel turn. In a tag match against The Beautiful People, Madison slapped her partner Taylor Wilde and left her at the mercy of Angelina and Velvet. Does this mean the rumors are true and Madison will … Read more
