California-based WILD Wrestling crowned a new champion last weekend in ‘The Bloodthirsty Vixen’ Amanda. The title change has received a lot of buzz because Amanda is in fact transgender.
Read the press release below:
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SHIMMER Volume 41-44 Tapings Announced
SHIMMER will return to the Eagles Club in Berwyn, IL on October 1st and 2nd to tape volumes 41-44 in its DVD series. Front row tickets will go on sale in a few weeks according to the SHIMMER office. More information here.
Big Update for Extreme Rules?
SmackDown just aired in Australia and a couple of readers sent in word of an update to the previously revealed Extreme Rules match this Sunday. For spoiler purposes, it is in spoiler tags: Thanks to Matthew & Nick for the tip.
WWE Draft 2011: Kelly, Alicia, Natalya, Tamina & Beth Find New Homes
WWE shook up the Divas roster in the annual WWE Draft today with five Divas finding new homes.
SmackDown gained three new Divas in Alicia Fox, Natalya and Tamina, while Raw gained the duo of Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly.
Thoughts: While it had been widely expected for Beth to move over to Raw, seeing her and Kelly move is a shocker. That now means SmackDown will have to build its division around a new top babyface, likely Natalya or whichever member of LayCool turns face. I hope to see a Tamina heel turn, however, because I think she has a lot of potential in a Khali/Big Show-like role.
The new WWE Divas rosters after the jump!
WSU Matches on May 27th: Tag Team Championship, #1 Contender’s Match, Plus New DVDs on Sale
WSU will be holding two matches on May 27th that could have implications for its 6/25 iPPV.
Details below:
Tough Enough’s Christina Says Sister Alicia Fox Inspired Her to Become WWE Diva
Tough Enough contestant Christina Crawford spoke to Florida college UCF’s newspaper this past weekend talking about her current run on the reality show and her dream to follow in the footsteps of sister and current Diva, Alicia Fox. She says: “I would love love love to win that title one day,” Crawford, a senior interpersonal … Read more
Report on TNA’s Treatment of Daffney That Led to Her Taking Legal Action Against Them
The website Cageseat Seats has published an article looking at Daffney’s recent filing of a worker’s comp cliam against her former employer, TNA Wrestling.
The article highlights some of the conditions Daffney worked under while in the company, including being ‘pressured’ into doing hardcore spots that led to injuries.
Read some highlights below:
Melanie Cruise Receives TNA Tryout
SHIMMER star Melanie Cruise received a tryout with TNA last night prior to the Impact tapings. Cruise lost to Sarita via roll-up. Chicago-based Cruise is 6ft, much taller than most of her SHIMMER peers and probably taller than most of the Knockouts also. Like Isis the Amazon, she could fill a ‘giant’ type role which … Read more
Britani Knight Releases Statement Denying WWE Signing,
Responding to reports that she has signed with WWE, including a report here at Diva Dirt, Britani Knight released a statement on her Facebook page denying that she’d been signed (yet).
Britani writes:
Britani Knight Signed by WWE
Diva Dirt has learned that 18-year-old British wrestling prodigy, Britani Knight signed with WWE last night following a successful second tryout.
Knight, who was just crowned the first ever Pro-Wrestling: EVE Champion a couple of weeks ago, first had a tryout with WWE last November.
She comes from a family of wrestlers: Her mother and father, Saraya and Ricky, are staples of the British wrestling scene. Her brothers are wrestlers also.
Results from Serena’s TNA Tryout Match
As mentioned earlier today, Serena received a TNA tryout dark match at tonight’s tapings. The results of the match are below: *Winter b. Serena Deeb with the catatonic backbreaker. (Source: WrestlingNewsWorld)
Serena Receives TNA Tryout
Former WWE Diva, Serena Deeb is at tonight’s Impact taping in Orlando and will be taking part in a match. New Knockouts Champion, Mickie James revealed the news on Twitter, writing: “Bout to watch my siz @SerenaDeeb in a Lil TNA Knockout action! I can’t wait!” It is not yet known if this is a … Read more
Britani Knight to Receive Another WWE Tryout Today
Pro-Wrestling: EVE Champion and SHIMMER star, Britani Knight will receive another WWE tryout today prior to the SmackDown tapings in London. Britani first had a tryout last year. Good luck to her!
Awesome Kong’s WWE Name Revealed
According to PWInsider, Awesome Kong will be known as Kharma in WWE. The company filed to trademark the name last week. Like it? Love it? Or, like us… hate it?
WWE Draft Announced for Next Week
WWE has announced that the annual Draft will take place next Monday on Raw.
Press release below:
Mickie James Wins Knockouts Championship
Tonight at TNA’s Lockdown pay-per-view, Mickie James defeated Madison Rayne with a Mickie-DT to become the new Knockouts Champion in less than a minute. This marks the first time Mickie has held a TNA championship and makes her the first woman to hold the Women’s, Divas and Knockouts championships. Congratulations to Mickie!
IndyGurlz Results: ‘April Rain’ (April 16th, Boonton, NJ)
Results from today’s IndyGurlz show from Diva Dirt’s Eric:
First of all, I was one of ten people there. The show started an hour late due to the ring being broken and needing to be welded. As soon as their matches ended, the girls were leaving. By the time it reached the end of the women’s event (intermission before the guys) all the girls had left. The matches even had to be changed last minute due to a couple of the girls not being able to stay due to the weather or late bell time.
1) The Belle Saints vs. Portia Perez and Sumie Sakai. Portia and Sumie were an oddly paired heel team here. I say oddly because Portia didn’t attempt to be a heel at all. Both brought chairs to the ring. Match was heavily dominated by Portia and Sumie. End of match saw Sumie snatch the refs glasses and while he was “blind,” she hit Tina with a chair. Winners: Portia Perez and Sumie Sakai.
Jillian Hall Debuting for WSU on June 25th
Big news: Former WWE Divas Champion, Jillian Hall is heading to WSU! Jillian will debut on WSU’s Uncensored Rumble Internet pay per view on June 25th. According to WSU, Jillian has a ‘major announcement’.
Mickie James Speaks on Status of Separated Shoulder, Says She’s Having a Blast in TNA
Number one contender for the Knockouts Championship, Mickie James spoke to Busted Open this week about her match with Madison Rayne this Sunday, the status of her separated shoulder and much more. We have a few highlights:
Speaking on the match this Sunday and her shoulder injury, Mickie says:
“I’m really excited about it. I’m going in there with a separated shoulder and hopefully be able to tough through the match.
I’m feeling better every day honestly and trying to get more range of motion back and I definitely hope physically to be 100%. I don’t think my shoulder will be 100% but luckily it’s my left shoulder and I’m a righty, so that kind of helps.”
Gail Kim Says She’s Not Retiring Anytime Soon
Raw Diva, Gail Kim wrote a comment on Twitter denying that she’d be retiring anytime soon. I haven’t seen any reports about it online, but apparently she’s been getting questions via Twitter about online rumors speculating her retirement.
She wrote: “retiring?haha why would I do that?I can still go with the best and still look good :))))hehe can’t get rid of me that easily!Haters u wish!”
IndyGurlz This Saturday in New Jersey with Sara Del Rey, Madison Eagles & Mercedes Martinez
IndyGurlz returns to Boonton, NJ this weekend with lots of names on tap including Mercedes Martinez, Sara Del Rey, Madison Eagles, Marti Belle, Cindy Rogers and more.
Details below:
Who the Rumored Kong Promo in FCW Was Really For…
There was some confusion yesterday that Awesome Kong would be heading to FCW after a ‘coming soon’ promo supposedly aired for her on Sunday’s episode of FCW which aired in Florida.
Of course, a promo then ended up airing on Raw which seemed to indicate differently.
Well, we can now clarify the situation.
Awesome Kong Promo Airs on Raw
WWE aired a promo for Awesome Kong tonight on Raw before the Divas Championship match.
The promo showed Kong in a dark room, flicking the head off a blonde doll before laughing maniacally. Kong’s distinctive braids were clearly on show.
Earlier today it was reported that Kong would probably be reporting to FCW after a promo for her aired on FCW television. That doesn’t seem to be the case, after all.
Brie Bella Wins the Divas Championship
Brie Bella became the new WWE Divas Champion just moments ago on Raw, after defeating Eve Torres. At the start of the match, Eve had the referee mark Brie’s hand to make sure the twins couldn’t switch during the match. Despite this, Nikki tried to switch places with Brie but was caught. The distraction allowed … Read more
Another Fan Meets Lita at Autograph Signing, More Return Talk
As a follow-up to yesterday’s story, another Diva Dirt reader — Jeff Thornton — sent in a report and picture from meeting Lita (Amy Dumas) on Saturday in Levittown, PA.
According to Jeff, Dumas said that she ‘may have one more good run’ in her.
Check out his report below:
Jillian Returning to the Ring on May 14th, Will Face Fellow Former Diva
Former WWE Diva, Jillian is set to return to the ring on May 14th against a fellow former WWE Diva and current TNA Knockout, Winter (Katie Lea). The match takes in Brooklyn, NY and will be promoted by Family Wrestling Entertainment. More information here.