Now in 2011, she’s set to kick off her wrestling year with a bang this Saturday, facing Angel Orsini in a ‘Winner Take All’ ladder match on iPPV for the WSU World and All Guts, No Glory Championships.
We catch up with Mercedes to look back at her noteworthy 2010 and her plans for 2011. Mercedes also clarifies a report here on Diva Dirt last year about her heading to AAA in Mexico, and whether she’s at all interested in WWE Tough Enough.
Joining us for her first post-WWE interview, former WWE Divas Champion speaks to Diva Dirt about her release and much more. We spoke to Jillian about her release, the story behind her requesting her release, working as a trainer in FCW and much more. We discuss Jillian’s career from the independents to OVW, to SmackDown … Read more
Look who we caught up with! Three-time TNA Knockouts Champion, ODB spoke to Diva Dirt’s roving reporter, Ayzali following her fatal four-way match at GLCW’s Blizzard Brawl 6. ODB commented on her match with Traci Brooks, Serena and Melanie Cruise plus what she’s up to next. Note: While some sites have rumored that ODB announced … Read more
We seem to keep bumping into this lady. First at SHIMMER back in September and once again last night at Blizzard Brawl 6. We caught up with the wonderful Serena (she of WWE Straight Edge Diva fame) following her big victory last night where she became the new GLCW Ladies Champ defeating ODB, Traci Brooks … Read more
Roving reporter, Ayzali caught up with SHIMMER star Melanie Cruise last night at Great Lakes Championship Wrestling’s Blizzard Brawl 6 in an exclusive post-match interview for Diva Dirt.
Cruise comments on the match and puts SHIMMER fans on notice for next March’s tapings. You better watch out for M-Cruise!
Following her release from WWE last week, former WWE Diva Tiffany — real name Taryn Terrell — speaks to Diva Dirt for over one hour in this exclusive interview. We spoke to Taryn about her release, the incident that happened in a hotel room in LA that led her indefinite suspension from WWE as well … Read more
Last night on Diva Dirt LIVE, we were joined by not one, but two women’s wrestling veterans — Alicia and Angel Orsini from Women Superstars Uncensored in an extended two-hour show to discuss this Saturday’s WSU iPPV. The duo will meet at the show battling for the All Guts No Glory Championship, but before that, … Read more
Last night on Diva Dirt LIVE, we were joined by not one, but two women’s wrestling veterans — Alicia and Angel Orsini from Women Superstars Uncensored in an extended two-hour show to discuss this Saturday’s WSU iPPV. The duo will meet at the show battling for the All Guts No Glory Championship, but before that, … Read more
Diva Dirt had the pleasure of being joined by the legendary 7-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus for an exclusive interview as she gears up for ‘The Stratusphere Tour’, which begins next Friday. Trish will be signing autographs and meeting fans for three days in New York and Connecticut from October 1st through October 3rd. … Read more
Welcome to The Five to Watch 2010! Diva Dirt is always on the look-out for bright, young talent breaking into the scene in women’s wrestling. Always with a finger on the pulse of up and coming talent, over the next week, we will bring to you the five talents we that we feel could be breakout stars in the future. Meet the Class of 2010…
JAMILIA CRAFTWho is she?
Jamilia Craft just turned 19 last month, has been wrestling for 8 months, and is already on everyone’s radar as a rookie who is well on her way to doing great things. She began her training at the SHIMMER Wrestling Academy with seasoned veteran, Daizee Haze. In her short career she’s already wrestled in SHIMMER, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Respect and World Xtreme Wrestling. Not only does Jamilia’s potential stand out to the fans, but her look does as well. She is one of, if not, the only female wrestlers in America, wrestling with a mask — not to mention the several tassels hanging off of her ring gear. Her unique look is a tribute to Joshi legend, Kyoko Inoue.
Her story so far…
Once you watch Jamilia Craft, it is hard to fathom the fact that she’s only been wrestling for 8 months. One of her best matches to date was against Mercedes Martinez on SHIMMER Volume 29, which was her debut for the company. During that match she was able to surprise Mercedes and hold her own against her in a physical match. She has also been in the ring with Kellie Skater, Cat Power, Daizee Haze, Tomoka Nakagawa, Malia Hosaka, Misaki Ohata, MsChif, and Sumie Sakai. Jamilia hasn’t won any titles yet, but it certainly isn’t doubtful that she will sometime during her career. Not only is she part of the SHIMMER roster, but she is also a regular for Pro Wrestling Respect, a wrestling company designed specifically for Ring of Honor and SHIMMER Graduates where they have the opportunity to wrestle other students as well as the veterans.
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We’re back with another video exclusive from last weekend’s SHIMMER festivities, this time we have a video interview with our very own Diva Dirt LIVE co-host, Mia Yim! Mia competed on the SHIMMER pre-show, SPARKLE, both Saturday and Sunday.
In this interview, Mia, who’s boyfriend is deaf, even signed what she was saying for all her hearing-impaired fans!
Mia returns to Diva Dirt LIVE as co-host in October.
Keep checking back for more video exclusives from SHIMMER.
After making a surprise return at SHIMMER this past weekend, now former WWE Diva, Serena Deeb, spoke exclusively to Diva Dirt in a video interview on Sunday night. The former Straight Edge Diva returned to the ring for the first time in Berwyn, Illinois following her release from WWE last month, and we were lucky … Read more
One of the most talked about women of the moment, Aloisia, who was pegged to appear on NXT season three only to be cut from the show just three days later, was our guest on Diva Dirt LIVE last night. Going into the show, Aloisia had teased a big announcement and she certainly delivered — … Read more
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for Australian SHIMMER star, Tenille, as last week she was surprisingly voted the 9th sexiest woman in wrestling by you in our third annual 50 Sexiest Divas competition. We say surprisingly, not because she isn’t beautiful — just one glance at her picture above will tell you otherwise … Read more
Former WWE Diva, Katie Lea was a last minute addition to last night’s episode of Diva Dirt LIVE, our weekly flagship show. Katie, real name Kat Waters, spoke to us in her first interview since being released by WWE in April, and answered questions from our callers too. We talked to Kat about her TNA … Read more
Diva Dirt has had the chance to sit down with some of the most popular and most talented females in the wrestling industry over the past couple of years. Producing high quality, lengthy audio interviews with your favourite women of wrestling has been our forte and we’ve delivered some pretty darn great ones!
As both Allison Danger and Kristin Astara are taking a well deserved break this week from their audio shows, we thought we’d take a look back at some of our best audio interviews! Perhaps you haven’t heard them before or are just new to Diva Dirt? Even if you have heard them, it’s always fun to listen again.
Here’s Volume 1 of our best interviews…
Conducted in April 2010, we had the opportunity to chat with Kong in one of her first post-TNA interviews. This interview took place just a week before the former Knockouts Champion made her return to Ring of Honor in May against Sara Del Rey. As feared as a competitor she may be, we can attest that Kong is one of the most genuinely friendly and polite people in the industry, as you’ll be able to tell from our chat!
In fact, we had such a good time with Kong that we invited her back a few weeks later for the Women of Wrestling Podcast too.
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The original TNA Knockout, Traci Brooks sat down with Diva Dirt earlier this week in her first interview since being released from her TNA contract back in March. Traci spoke to David and Cryssi in this 50 minute interview, and had plenty of stories and great humor to boot! Traci discusses how she got into … Read more
The original TNA Knockout, Traci Brooks will be sitting down to talk to us next week and we want to hear your questions! Is there anything you’re burning to know? Leave your suggestions in the comments!
Allow us to officially introduce you to wrestling’s newest siren: Reby Sky. This 23-year-old bombshell is best known for her work as a model — credits include Playboy — but she’s also a huge sports fan, particularly pro wrestling. Reby has already dabbled in the industry, co-hosting Sirius XM’s Busted Open every Wednesday, but tomorrow night she begins a new journey as backstage interviewer and commentator for MTV2’s Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors.
With the premiere of the new series just 24 hours away, we caught up with Reby — who, quite wisely, is a fan of Diva Dirt *cough* — to get all the scoop on her exciting new role! Read all about it below…
How did you get involved in Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors?
I was covering an indy wrestling convention in New York and got the chance to interview Marco Corleone (Mark Jindrak of WCW, WWE). In the interview he told me about his experience wrestling in Mexico and gave me the scoop on his newest project: a lucha libre show for MTV2. A few weeks later, I got an email from a producer over at MTV asking me to fly in for an on-camera tryout, saying Marco had recommended me for the show. Needless to say, I was shocked! I actually cancelled an already booked trip to Paris for the tryout and thank goodness I did, because I’m so excited to be on board for this show!
What is your role on the show?
I’m a backstage interviewer and color commentator for the matches.
In your own words, as a fellow wrestling fan, what can we look forward to with this show?
Definitely a different pace of action. It’s nice to see more than just a little tease of the high-flying lucha libre style for a change. The guys genuinely have a passion for the business and that comes through in their matches. I follow a lot of wrestling and have never seen some of the things these guys can do. With rudos, technicos, chicastars, minis and everything in between (exoticos!), there’s something for everyone to enjoy and plenty of surprises to keep you glued to your TV.
Reigning Knockouts Champion, Madison Rayne joined our friends on Busted Open Radio this past Wednesday to discuss her title defense at Slammiversary this weekend as well as a host of other topics including Eric Bischoff’s comments on the Knockouts division. The Busted Open team have kindly sent us audio from the interview to share with … Read more
On this week’s episode of Wrestlicious TakeDown, the promotion crowned its first champion in Glory aka independent wrestler Christie Ricci. Glory took the crown in a hard-fought bout — perhaps the best match produced yet by Wrestlicious — against fellow indy veteran, Rain, known in the promotion as Felony.
Hot on the heels of the episode airing, we caught up with Glory to discuss how she feels about being the first ever Wrestlicious Champion.
First of all, congratulations on being the first ever Wrestlicious Champion. How does it feel?
Glory: It’s exciting. Wrestlicious, I’ve been so excited to be part of it so it’s really an honor just to be able to represent the company. The match I had with Rain [Felony], I thought it was an excellent match and to be able to beat a competitor like that, it’s always exciting.
Most of the Wrestlicious footage was filmed some time ago and the champion has been kept a secret. Was it hard for you to keep it under wraps?
Glory: [Laughs]. Not really. Goodness, we filmed, I think it was August 2008. Almost two years ago. So once the filming was done, it was one of those things that you hoped would take off because I really enjoyed the product and working for them but at the same time, I’ve done so many of these pilots/shows that are gonna make TV supposedly that you have one filming for and you never hear about again. So it’s nothing new to do a pilot and say, ‘Alright, that was fun… it was a pay check’, you know? And that’s it, you never really think about it again. Whereas, with Wrestlicious it was a little different, we were hoping that it did take off and something was done with it. At the same time, it’s still a product that is so outlandish and really not accepted so easily in today’s wrestling market that you’re just like, ‘Alright, well that was a fun weekend with the girls. We had a blast!’.
The champion doesn’t receive a belt, rather the ‘Wrestlicious crown’. Do you like this break from convention or would you prefer a title?
Glory: I definitely like the break from the conventional. When I grew up watching pro wrestling, it was all big gimmicks, interesting storylines and big larger-than-life characters and it wasn’t so serious. People try – especially the females – I feel like the females put a lot of emphasis on the seriousness of the athleticism and the sports side. That’s not really one of the reasons that I got into wrestling, even though I do appreciate that side, it’s not what I grew up loving and was so intrigued by. So, I like the break from convention. As far as a belt, it’s not really important. A belt, a crown… whatever. It’s kind of interesting, I was actually a beauty queen. I was Miss Teen Tennessee in high school when I was 17 years old. I still have my crown actually, so I probably have more crowns than I have actual belts.
I was asked by my friends here at Diva Dirt to write some kind of review of my Mickie James’ new album Strangers & Angels. I was like, “Can I write that?” I write about wrestling, sports and sometimes TV shows, but country music? I don’t know if that’s under my area of expertise. That … Read more
This Saturday, May 8th, sees the launch of Pro-Wrestling: EVE, Europe’s answer to the likes of SHIMMER. With a roster including Sweet Saraya Knight, Jetta and WWE developmental-signed talent Jemma Palmer, EVE aims to showcase to the world just what European female wrestlers can bring to the table. The show will take place at the … Read more
As one of the most prominent TNA Knockouts of the past several years, Awesome Kong‘s departure from TNA in March was saddening yet controversial. Following a well-documented backstage incident with Bubba the Love Sponge in January, Kong’s TNA future had been in doubt. With her release granted, Kong is looking forward to many new projects … Read more
In one of her first post-TNA interviews, former Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong will be speaking exclusively to Diva Dirt. Have you got a burning question for Kong? Leave it in the comments!
Earlier this month, rising Australian star Madison Eagles shot to the top of independent women’s wrestling by becoming the new SHIMMER Champion two weekends ago. After briefly catching up with her just a couple of hours after her title win in Berwyn, we are now joined by Madison for a full length interview this time … Read more