WWE has announced the release of SmackDown Diva, Maria Kanellis. The shock announcement comes just hours after Maria competed on WWE Superstars last night. Kanellis has been with the company since 2004 and won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year last December. Maria has already filmed a skit for NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice … Read more
WWE has made Katie Lea an orphan! The company has announced that it has axed former ECW wrestler Paul Burchill. The Burchills made their debut together in February 2008 before moving to ECW last year. After a feud with Hurricane Helms — who coincidentally, has also been released — the Burchills were forced to leave … Read more
As seen last night on WWE Superstars, Rosa Mendes is now once again part of the Raw roster along with Zack Ryder. I mentioned in the Diva Draft: Extreme Edition that it wouldn’t really matter which brand they were on because they’d end up staples of Superstars and look what we have here. I’d have … Read more
Diva Dirt is excited to be the first to reveal that former TNA Knockout, Sojo Bolt aka Josie has signed with Wrestlicious. Josie, who has been working for OVW in recent months since her TNA departure, will make her Wrestlicious debut in a future episode of TakeDown. Read the press release below: LOS ANGELES, February … Read more
Cryme Tyme star Shad Gaspard had an abundance of compliments for our Divas, specifically Eve Torres and Lilian Garcia in a new interview with SLAM! Sports. He says: “The hottest Diva right now in my opinion is Eve Torres. I also think Beth Phoenix is a gorgeous women, an Amazon — she is the perfect … Read more
Bubba the Love Sponge, the man at the center of a lawsuit filed by former TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong has released a statement via his official website refuting that he made any threatening phone calls to Kong. Read the statement below: This morning I was made aware of allegations made in a petition for … Read more
TNA Knockout, Awesome Kong has filed a lawsuit against Bubba the Love Sponge and cell carrier AT&T after receiving a threatening phone call from an unidentified number. Courthouse News Service reports: Stevens claims Clem called her at her Tampa home from a blocked number at 5 a.m. on Feb. 10. She says the caller said, … Read more
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that former Women’s Champion, Melina is due back in WWE in ‘late spring’ after tearing her ACL last December. Melina, then-Divas Champion, was hurt at a house show just days after Christmas. A successor to her title run was only crowned this week.
It was announced tonight on Raw that the newest member of the WWE Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010 is none other than 2-time Women’s Champion and women’s wrestling legend Wendi Richter. From her famous alliance with Cyndi Lauper to her rivalry with the Fabulous Moolah, Wendi has certainly cemented her place in the wrestling … Read more
The scheduled Divas Championship match between Gail Kim and Maryse tonight was ‘postponed’ by SmackDown consultant, Vickie Guerrero. Guerrero changed the match to an interpromotional tag team match with the two rivals facing Michelle McCool and Layla as a result of Maryse’s ‘disparaging comments’ against the SmackDown Divas in recent weeks. Maryse showed her true … Read more
New developmental signee, Sarona Snuka — daughter of ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka — will make her debut in FCW on March 19th. Sarona has previously worked for WXW and was trained under Afa the Wild Samoan.
TNA’s Madison Rayne has revealed that one of her role models is the 7-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus. Speaking in an interview with TNAwrestling.com, she says: I loved her for so many reasons. She was beautiful, strong, and athletic and she was always a great role model for aspiring women wrestlers. She had a … Read more
Six Divas locked up in the elimination chamber? Pigs would fly sooner, right? But that hasn’t stop SmackDown Diva Layla from expressing her desire to see the Divas lock up in the lethal cage match. Layla told NZPWI: * Yes, I definitely think we should see the Divas in an elimination [chamber] match and I … Read more
With ECW singing it’s final swansong last night [unless it’s resurrected and bastardised again], the three Divas of the show are now set to be moved around. We have learned that the current plan is for Savannah to be part of the SmackDown roster. As reported earlier in the month, Savannah played a role at … Read more
Congratulations are in order for former WWE Diva/TNA Knockout, Sharmell and husband Booker T as she is expected the couple’s first children. Yes, children! Sharmell is pregnant with twins reports Mike Aldren of the Wrestling Globe Newsletter. Sharmell and Booker left TNA last year. Our best wishes to the couple!
With just a day to go until her music is unleashed on the world, Women’s Champion Mickie James has spoken at length about her new album, Strangers & Angels, in particular commenting on her debut single ‘Are You With Me?’ which will be added to country radio tomorrow: We are less than 18 hours away … Read more
SmackDown Diva and aspiring singer, Maria has bestowed her praise upon legendary Diva, Trish Stratus calling the 7-time Women’s Champ ‘fearless’. Speaking to the Daily Record in the UK, she says: “She was fearless,” said Maria. “She really changed the face and perception of women’s wrestling. “Seeing her inspired me to enter a competition for … Read more
Despite WWE ending it’s ties with Playboy, one current WWE Diva has posed for the magazine. Outgoing ECW GM, Tiffany is featured in a special lingere issue under her real name of Taryn Terrell. In the ‘Playboy Book of Lingerie’, Tiffany even discusses her WWE career which indicates that the shoot was approved by WWE. … Read more
Reports originated from ProWrestling.net suggest that TNA Knockout, Awesome Kong is currently serving a suspension following her altercation with Bubba the Love Sponge at the Impact tapings last month. Jason Powell reports that Kong was suspended after she refused to compete on the company’s UK tour, which was part of the fallout of the Bubba … Read more
It looks like WWE has released FCW Diva, Penny Cash from her contract. Cash’s profile and picture has been removed from the FCW roster page, leading many to believe she has been future endeavored. Cash, real name Jenny Quinn, had been working as a backstage interviewer while recovering from an injury. She had recently made her return … Read more
TNA Knockout, Awesome Kong proves once again just why you should be following her on Twitter. Kong has announced another ‘Kongtest’ for her Twitter followers in time for Valentine’s Day in which she is giving away an iPod Nano and an iPod Shuffle and all you have to do is send a tweet! For all … Read more
Since debuting some weeks ago, Serena has been an incredibly strong edition to the main roster as part of CM Punk’s Straight Edge Society, but why her? This is perhaps of little shock to us, but it’s been reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the new Diva got her spot as she was the … Read more
Diva Dirt is proud to reveal that we are a small part of a brand new iPhone/iPod Touch application for budding wrestlers called ‘Slam U!’. The app, created by our sponsors at Fordela, provides indepth instructional videos about how moves are constructed. Read the description below: Step inside the ring with Slam U!, the professional … Read more
As an aspiring singer, SmackDown Diva Maria Kanellis no doubt looked up to Grammy-award winning singer, Cyndi Lauper — that is until she met her. Kanellis, who will co-star with Lauper on The Celebrity Apprentice, told an Arizona radio station that Lauper was ‘mean’ according to the Wrestling Globe Newsletter: “It was more like, girls … Read more
Former Queen of FCW and ECW ring announcer, Savannah inserted her into a title match at a house show in Waco, Texas this weekend. Check out the results below: Mickie James defeated Michelle McCool with a Mick Kick to keep her womens title, Beth as a special ref attacked Mickie, Savannah the announcer pulled Beth … Read more
A report in the Wrestling Observer newsletter last week suggested that a prime difference between the WWE Divas and TNA Knockouts was their match agenting. According to Dave Meltzer, the Knockouts’ matches are structured move-for-move by TNA agents while the Divas put together their own matches. Speaking on The Krissy Vaine Project this past weekend, … Read more