Premiere wrestling magazine, Pro Wrestling Illustrated have unveiled their decade-end awards with Trish Stratus being crowned the magazine’s Woman of the Decade. Stratus retired as a 7-time Women’s Champion in September 2006. There is still time to vote in our Woman of the Decade poll where Trish is currently battling Lita. Click here to vote.
TNA’s New Year’s Knockout Eve taping last night saw the company bring in four independent talents. The girls brought in were Amber O’Neal, April Hunter, Lizzy Valentine and Lorelei Lee. Hunter & Lee were the opponents for the Knockouts Tag Team Champions, Sarita and Taylor Wilde while O’Neal and Valentine had a singles match. The … Read more
The identity of the blonde golf club wielding assailant in the opening segment of tonight’s Raw is short-lived ECW Diva, Courtney Taylor. Courtney is currently training in FCW, which is located in Tampa, FL., the site of tonight’s Raw, so that should explain it. The skit was obviously a reference to Tiger Woods’ current marital … Read more
At tonight’s New Year’s Knockout Eve taping, the company announced the first scheduled match for the January 4th live episode of Impact on Spike TV. New Knockouts Champion, Tara will defend the title against the winner of the Knockouts tournament that was taped tonight [and will air on New Year’s Eve]. To find out the … Read more
Diva of the Year, Maria has revealed how she believes her 32,000+ Twitter followers helped her to her shocking Slammy win a week ago today. Speaking in a behind the scenes interview with G4’s Attack of the Show, Maria says she was shocked by the win because she had been away ‘working on a charity’ … Read more
TNA will be taping it’s special ‘New Year’s Knockout Eve’ special tonight at the Impact Zone. The four hour show will air on you guessed it, New Year’s Eve. The company has revealed details of the special and unlike what we had earlier reported, it won’t be a tag team tournament, rather a singles tournament … Read more
The Divas of SmackDown [and ECW] have been ‘Santa suiting up’ [bonus points if you get the reference] this weekend on the house show circuit. The team of Mickie James, Maria and Savannah have been taking on Michelle McCool, Layla and Beth Phoenix in ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ matches and Diva Dirt reader Harmony was there … Read more
This weekend’s house shows have seen 6-Diva Santa’s Little Helpers matches for both brands. The move could perhaps be a possible spoiler for the coming week’s television. SmackDown airs on Christmas Day and is taped tonight in Orlando [going head-to-head with TNA’s pay per view]. I would expect that’s what they’ll go for at the … Read more
‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka’s daughter, Sarona will reportedly receive a WWE tryout tomorrow night in Orlando, when the company tapes next week’s ECW and SmackDown, reports Wrestling News World. Sarona Snuka has been working for Afa the Wild Samoan’s WXW, Afa also had a hand in her training.
As fans will have seen this past Thursday night, Roxxi made a surprising return to the company in a match with ODB. The Hardcore Knockout was let go by TNA earlier in the year but brought back for a one-shot appearance in July before her most recent comeback. The word that we have gotten is … Read more
TNA’s backstage interviewer extraordinaire, Lauren Brooke is set to leave the company reports ProWrestling.net. Brooke is due to be married and reportedly wants to move on from the company to enjoy marital bliss. Meanwhile, in a case of good timing, Christy Hemme debuted last week as the latest backstage interviewer after opting to retire from … Read more
WWE Hall of Famer and rumoured returnee, Bret Hart has once again praised Divas Champion, Melina — this time declaring that he’s something of a mark for the A-List Diva. Speaking to Wrestling Observer Radio, he says: “I’m kind of a mark for Melina. I think she’s really creative and I find that she’s got … Read more
WWE.com has posted the second part of their ‘Where Are They Now?’ article with former Women’s Champion, Ivory — complete with recent pictures! Speaking of her time with WWE, she says: On joining WWE: “I talked to Jim Ross,. and he said to get a tape together as they wanted to show it to [WWE … Read more
Four-time Women’s Champion, Mickie James has bitten back at weight jibes made about her saying that ‘the example being set [to young girls] is pathetic’. The comment was made as Mickie responded to a concerned fan who wrote to her on Twitter. The fan writes: I’m really offended right now with the WWE making jokes … Read more
As revealed last week, Christy Hemme has been moved into a broadcasting role due to her neck injury at the beginning of the year. Hemme has now announced her retirement from active competition. The Knockout says that she is healthy and her neck is fine, however she is considering her long-term health. Speaking on her … Read more
As first broken by Diva Dirt, TNA will be taping a Knockouts tag team tournament next Monday (December 21st) from the Impact Zone. The plan is to have it air as a ‘one night only’ special on New Year’s Eve. Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reports that the four-hour show [7-11pm] on New Year’s Eve will … Read more
Yesterday, we had a post about Jazz resurfacing and now today, another former Women’s Champion has resurfaced in Ivory! WWE.com caught up with the three time Women’s Champ for their ‘Where Are They Now?’ feature. In the first part of a two parter, Ivory talks about her origins in the industry working for Gorgeous Ladies … Read more
The brand we usually overlook had a surprise dose of Diva goodness last night, as Savannah debuted as the new ring announcer for the brand. It looks like the move will be a permanent switch after Lauren Mayhew parted ways with the company last month. Savannah had previously worked as a backstage interviewer for all … Read more
Former Divas Champion, Maryse made an odd comparison between herself and Trish Stratus on Sunday night, as she chatted with fans in WWE.com’s TLC live chat. Maryse called herself an iTouch while saying Trish was ‘an old cassette player’. Err… [Comment From Christian Jackson Christian Jackson: ] Maryse you’re of the sexiest woman in the … Read more
As noted a couple of months ago, wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has revealed himself to be a big fan of former Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong. But in a new article, Kong reveals her encounter with Hogan back in October — where Hogan told her that he has big plans for her in TNA. “He said … Read more
Former Divas Champion, Maryse caught up with SLAM! Sports to promote tomorrow night’s TLC pay per view and in the interview, discussed how her Razzie-deserving turn as the Gobbledy Gooker came about: “They sent me pictures over e-mail to help me prepare myself,” she revealed. “When I saw the costume, I was like ‘Oh boy.’ … Read more
Looks like TNA’s lame booking has worked… in a sense. The mud wrestling match from this past Thursday’s episode of Impact has been a huge draw for YouTube, where it is available to view in full, clocking 40,000 views in under 48 hours. In comparison, other videos uploaded at the same time have drawn around … Read more
The Bella Twins are featured in the December issue of WWE Magazine and reveal how they freak out WWE Superstar, Hurricane Helms — seems the ECW superhero, unlike most men, has an aversion to twins. Read below: The Hurricane recently told us that he’s terrified of identical twins, including you two. Were you aware of … Read more
As reported yesterday, TNA is reaching out to several independent workers for a New Year’s Eve tag team tournament to air as part of a 4 hour special entitled “New Year’s Knockout Eve.” A source within the company tells us one of the names being considered is Women Superstars Uncensored star, Brooke Carter. “Why so … Read more
In a sad piece of news, several outlets are reporting that Christy Hemme will soon return to television — but as a backstage interviewer for TNA rather than as an active competitor. The reason for this is because Hemme’s neck is supposedly in bad shape. Christy injured her neck while training in January 2009 and … Read more
With the Divas match for this Sunday’s TLC pay per view now confirmed, we now have a clear picture of this year’s pay per view stats. It looks as though Melina and Michelle McCool are this year’s ‘ole reliables’ in that department, being booked for six events apiece. Five of those six events feature both … Read more