Last night’s AIW Girls Night Out 5 was a raucous event by all accounts highlighted by the fact that WSU’s Allysin Kay suffered a pretty gnarly broken nose (see the gory graphic proof to your left). The event which took place in Cleveland, Ohio, was headlined by Sara Del Rey challenging Mickie Knuckles for the … Read more
Talk about a shocker! Kharma returned to WWE television as a surprise entrant during the Royal Rumble match making her only the third female in history to compete in the Rumble. Kharma, who has been away since late May 2011 due to pregnancy, eliminated Michael Cole and Hunico before being eliminated by Dolph Ziggler. However, … Read more
For the second month in a row, the Divas got an impromptu pay per view match. This time Beth Phoenix lead the team of the Bella Twins and Natalya against Kelly Kelly, Eve, Alicia Fox and Tamina. The Divas Champ scored a big victory for her team by pinning Kelly Kelly for the second month … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: * You can vote for both Kelly Kelly and Stacy Keibler to be a part of Maxim’s Hot 100 list for 2012. Keibler has actually appeared on the list every year since 2006 … Read more
Some quick news bullets: In a special “birthday edition” video blog posted on her official website, Michelle McCool has stated that while she has no current plans to return to the wrestling ring: “I don’t plan on coming back any time soon,” she said. However, she hasn’t ruled out a LayCool reunion outside of it. … Read more
She was crowned the #1 female wrestler in the world on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Female 50 for 2011. but now Madison Eagles faces a serious injury that could end her top-ranking career. In late December 2011, the former SHIMMER Champion announced on Twitter that she was suffering from what could be a career-ending knee … Read more
WSU has released the following featuring results from its show over the weekend in conjunction with the NWS promotion in New Jersey. Unfortunately, due to weather issues, former WWE Divas Molly Holly and Jillian Hall were unable to appear. Check out the results and more news below: [notice]STATE OF WSU For 1/23 – 1/21 “Blitzkreig” … Read more
Ready for a dose of nostalgia? Cornell Creations, the company behind a new documentary about ’80s phenomenom GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, has released the first look at the upcoming documentary. GLOW ran in syndication from 1986-1992 and gave a start to wrestlers including Lisa Moretti, who would go on to become a three-time WWE … Read more
Hiya everybody (insert “Hi, Dr. Nick” reply from you all) and welcome to another one of those rare FCW related segments that does not take place on television. This weekend I attended another thrilling, chilling live event from the developmental territory, which featured some pretty stellar matches and a meet and greet with former WWE … Read more
The Cauliflower Alley Club has announced that this year WWE Hall of Famer Wendi Richter will receive their 2012 Lou Thesz Lifetime Achievement Award. This announcement makes her only the second woman to receive this award – the first was the first ever recipient of the award in 1997, Penny Banner. A two-time former WWF … Read more
Here’s a book to watch out for: Former WWE and WCW star Madusa (Alundra Blayze) has revealed that she is releasing an autobiography. The former WWE Women’s Champion made the announcement on Twitter this morning. Madusa competed in WCW from 1991-1993, before heading to WWE in 1993 through 1995 as Alundra Blayze. During that time, … Read more
Former WWE Diva and Slammy Award winner, Maria Kanellis, was backstage at last night’s Raw taping in Anaheim, California. Maria noted on Twitter that she was visiting friends. She wrote: “Backstage seeing some old friends at Monday Night Raw!!” Kanellis recently returned to wrestling after a two-year absence following her release from WWE in February … Read more
Stacy Keibler turned heads at last night’s 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The former WWE Diva was there in support of A-list boyfriend George Clooney, who ended up winning two Golden Globe awards: one for Best Performance in a Motion Picture (Drama) for his role … Read more
“I have the best date in the whole world,” Stacy Keibler proclaimed Tuesday night to People Magazine at the 2011 National Board of Review Awards Gala. Looking stunning in a long black dress, it appears Stacy’s not only won over Clooney, but his co-stars too. The Secret Life of the American Teenager star Shailene Woodley, … Read more
On January 7, Emi Sakura wrestled her final match for the joshi promotion Ice Ribbon. Citing ‘personal reasons’ as her choice for leaving, Sakura went out with a bang by wrestling Tsukushi – her most recent tag partner – in a fifteen minute match in Sendai, Japan. Tsukushi picked up the victory. Classed as the … Read more
As reported last year, legendary Japanese wrestler Bull Nakano announced that she would be retiring from wrestling in the early part of 2012. The former WWF Women’s Champion held her retirement show earlier today (January 8th) to mark her 44th birthday. Nakano unofficially retired in 1996 due to injuries, but has never had an official … Read more
Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson has gone public with her new beau Alex Rodriguez aka A-Rod. After being linked to one another in recent weeks, Torrie and A-Rod pair made their first appearance together at a public event last night at a Lakers game. Spotted with the new couple were supermodel Cindy Crawford and her … Read more
Former WWE Divas Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson welcomed in the New Year whilst vacationing in Cabo, San Lucas, Mexico with a bevvy of celebrities. Other guests included Keibler’s Oscar winner boyfriend George Clooney, Wilson’s rumored beau Alex Rodriguez, model Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber. We, of course, can’t forget to mention Wilson’s … Read more
The people have spoken! In the 2011 Year-End Awards as voted by you, the Diva Dirt masses, Sara Del Rey, Mickie James and Beth Phoenix walked away with the biggest prizes as Independent Wrestler, Knockout and Diva of the Year respectively. Of the trio, Del Rey was also selected as Diva Dirt’s Wrestler of the … Read more
On December 17th, 2011 in New York, Family Wrestling Entertainment presented a cleverly named show – “Haastility” – featuring appearances from former WWE superstars Charlie and Jackie Haas. Charlie defended his FWE Heavyweight Championship in the main event against TNA’s Eric Young, while Jackie wrestled another TNA talent in what I believe falls into the … Read more
When it comes to the squared circle, there is perhaps no greater ring general in North American women’s wrestling than Sara Del Rey, so it’s only fitting that earlier this week we crowned her the Wrestler of the Year in our inaugural Writers’ Choice Awards. This year, just when fans thought she had done all … Read more
In 2011, the leggy former Duchess of Dudleyville, as we knew her, Stacy Keibler rose to Hollywood fame after being linked with the iconic George Clooney, and now it looks as though another former WWE Diva may have bagged herself an A-lister too. Radar Online has linked Stacy’s wrestling BFF Torrie Wilson with baseball player … Read more
Former WWE Divas Champion Maryse has followed in the footsteps of fellow Divas Lilian Garcia and Maria Kanellis by becoming the latest wrestling personality to pose for the NOH8 campaign. Maryse posted her picture taken by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska on her Twitter page. The campaign, which opposes California Proposition 8, has attracted hundreds of … Read more
Diva Dirt revealed the winners of its 2011 Writers’ Choice Awards over the past few days, and many of the women who picked up a blue ribbon have shared their excitement. Full list of Writers’ Choice Award winners Diva of the Year Kelly Kelly tweeted her thanks to our Twitter page, as did Knockout of … Read more
Talk about an eleventh hour addition! In an unadvertised Divas Championship bout, Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly once again did battle, rehashing their long rivalry over the summer and early fall, as 2011 comes to a close. The match stemmed from this past Monday’s Slammy Awards where Kelly and Beth had an altercation after Kelly … Read more
You know we get all teary-eyed when we see beloved former Divas reunite (example), so it should be no surprise that we’ve got our nostalgia hat on and are YouTubing old Divas matches as we speak type. Four former WrestleMania-headlining Divas were reunited today at an autograph signing event in California. Playboy covergirls Candice Michelle, … Read more