Former TNA Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong appeared on Monday Night Mayhem this week commenting further on her current plans and whether she is interested in working for WWE. On the subject she said: As for myself, their product is a bit different, and I don’t fit the ‘diva model’ persay. I do believe that if … Read more
We are extremely excited to announce that former WWE Diva Katie Lea, real name Kat Waters, has joined Diva Dirt to bring her ‘Short & Snappy Tales of Greatness’ column to our readers. Kat, who was released from her WWE contract along with Mickie James on April 22nd, used to post her blogs on the … Read more
The Conneticut Post is reporting that a man was arrested and arraigned after making threatening phone calls to WWE’s offices in Stamford, CT following Mickie James‘ release from the company. The man threatened to blow up the WWE headquarters, go down there with a machete and a machine gun, and threatened to kill a WWE … Read more
Following a tirade against former TNA Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong on Wednesday during a radio appearance, TNA has terminated the services of Bubba the Love Sponge, real name Todd Clem. The announcement was made via the company’s Twitter page just moments ago. They wrote: “Effective immediately, TNA Wrestling has elected to terminate the services of … Read more
Both the Knockouts Championship and the Knockouts Tag Team Championships will be defended on next Monday’s live episode of Impact it has been announced. The Beautiful People will defend all the gold against Tara, Sarita and Taylor Wilde on the show. The match marks Saritaylor’s long awaited return to Impact meanwhile, it will also be … Read more
Ex-Diva Torrie Wilson has responded to Hulk Hogan’s claims earlier today that she is looking for work with the company, via her Twitter page: * Loving my life outside of wrestling guys!!! * that last response was related to Hogan tellin Stern im calling tna for work..im not! Well, there you have it. Torrie is … Read more
Former TNA Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong was ambushed yesterday during a radio appearance by Bubba the Love Sponge. Kong was doing an interview with The Cowhead Show when Bubba appeared out of nowhere, beginning a scathing attack on Kong. It became apparent that Bubba and the show’s host, Mike Calta, were in on the ruse … Read more
Former Knockouts Champion, Taylor Wilde took to her Twitter page last night to dismiss reports that her contract won’t be renewed. Wilde wrote: * Thank you all for your concern! The current rumours about me leaving TNA or being released are 100% NOT true. You’d hear it from me 1st! * For the record I … Read more
Former TNA Knockout, Alissa Flash aka Cheerleader Melissa has spoken about the recently formed Female Fight League in an interview with SLAM! Sports. She says: “The new project I’ve been working on is the Female Fight League, which the announcement was just made during the Cauliflower Alley convention, the Baloney Blowout,” she said. “Basically, it’s … Read more
Former WWE Diva, Torrie Wilson is reportedly looking to join TNA says company official, Hulk Hogan. The iconic wrestler revealed the information on Howad Stern’s radio show earlier this morning. Wilson retired from WWE in 2008 following a career-threatening back injury, for which she had surgery later that year. She then returned for a one-off … Read more
Former WWE Intercontinental & Women’s Champion, Chyna has been acucsed of ‘viciously attacking’ another women according to TMZ. The website writes: The accuser, Gabriela Targos, tells TMZ Chyna called her up to hang out at the motel Saturday — but when Gabriela arrived, she claims Chyna immediately snapped and began attacking her for no reason. … Read more
Speaking for the first time on a variety of subjects, Mickie James spoke with the Canadian “Fight Show with Mauro Ranallo” in her first interview since being released by the WWE. Mickie maintains a professional, optimistic stance on the subjects in question, ranging from her release to the controversial “Piggie James” storyline. In the interview, … Read more
WWE.com has now added Katie Lea, who was released along with Mickie James last week, to the Alumni section. Click here to check that out. I am pretty certain that the profile was not up at the time of the earlier post about Maria & Mickie as I took a moment to scan the whole … Read more
Five time Women’s Champion, Mickie James and Celebrity Apprentice star Maria Kanellis have been added to WWE.com’s ever growing Alumni section in record time. James was released just last week while Kanellis was let go in February, meanwhile the last former Diva to make the page, Candice Michelle, was only added in March after a … Read more
Celebrity scandal meets wrestling! The woman whose affair with Sandra Bullock’s husband, Jesse James, led to the end of their marriage — Michelle ‘Bombshell’ McGee — is getting into wrestling. The tattooed model will be part of a ‘celebrity’ [and I use that term loosely] wrestling bout on May 7th in New Jersey for Dangerous … Read more
Former TNA Knockouts Champion, Tara has CONFIRMED that is leaving TNA next month on her MySpace page. The blog comes after a report in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealing that Tara — real name Lisa Marie Varon — may be leaving at the end of her contract, which expires on May 21st. The Observer went … Read more
Two former TNA Knockouts Champions’ futures look uncertain going into next month. Three time Knockouts Champion, Tara tweeted that her contract with the company is set to expire next month amidst rumours that she may be leaving the company. The Wrestling Observer newsletter says: “Her contract expires at the end of next month and she … Read more
WWE Hall of Famer, Jim Ross posted the following on his website about the state of women’s wrestling (I’m assuming) in the major promotions i.e. WWE and TNA. He writes: We get lots of emails from fans of women’s wrestling. I hate to break the news to you die hards of this specific genre but … Read more
A ‘We Want Mickie’ chant broke out during a Divas tag team match on tonight’s live three hour Draft episode of Raw. The episode hails from Richmond, Virginia, James’ hometown. The former five-time Women’s Champion was released last Thursday after being the top babyface Diva for the company for the past several years. Perhaps it’s … Read more
In advance of tonight’s Post Raw & Impact Show, here are some news and notes from Extreme Rules last night: * The 1st Mariner Arena is tiny! Only about 12,000 people were there and the place was full. * The crowd was really, really fired up at the beginning of the night. The dark match … Read more
WWE Magazine has named the Beth Phoenix vs Melina ‘I Quit’ Match at One Night Stand 2008 as an ‘Extremely Underrated’ match in the May 2010 issue. The feature looks at some of the stipulation matches that have perhaps been overlooked by WWE fans. An unnamed Diva Dirt reader emailed the following: In the May … Read more
The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix has won her third Women’s Championship, defeating Michelle McCool at Extreme Rules moments ago. Beth pinned McCool after hitting the Glam Slam. The switch came in an awesome Extreme Makeover Match, the first of its kind, which saw the two Divas battle using several props. Congratulations to Beth!
We’ve all been wondering what an Extreme Makeover Match is, well look no further. The following was posted by WWE Universe leader, Corey Clayton in the ongoing live chat on WWE.com: I’ve received word that “Extreme Makeover Match” rules are the same as a hardcore or “Extreme Rules” match. Anything goes. Sounds promising considering it … Read more
WWE Hall of Famers, Jim Ross and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin have tweeted their desire to see Awesome Kong in WWE. Kong met both the legends last week at the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion in Las Vegas. JR writes: “Met Awesome Kong @ CAC. What an opponent for Beth Phoenix or Nattie Neidhart, among other … Read more
Katie Lea posted the following on her Twitter earlier today in regards to her release: omg you guys! v touched by all the love and support… actually a little bit overwhelmed… thank you !! :) As we mentioned on last night’s podcast, Katie is someone who never truly got a break in WWE and has … Read more
‘Sevin Sins’, the debut EP from Maria Kanellis, is now available internationally on iTunes. The record was released in the US last Tuesday with the rest of the world slowly following suit. As of now, the EP is available in the UK for £3.16 as well as in Australia and other countries. Click here to … Read more