Former WWE Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix was asked about Awesome Kong signing with the company in an interview with SLAM! Sports this week. By commenting, it seems the Glamazon is the first WWE Diva to publicly acknowledge Kong’s signing, as she speaks on the possibility of her and Kong working a match together.
She said:
Last month, TMZ revealed that there was some talk between TNA and former Jersey Shore star, Angelina Pivarnick, about coming in to do a full-length pay per view match. Nothing really happened after that. Until now.
The website As the World Turns Left got in touch with Angelina’s agent, Michael Schweiger, who confirmed that Angelina is interested in joining TNA.
He said:
Following her well received shoot interview last year, the Diva formerly known as Ivory is back! This time she’s paired up with Kayfabe Commentaries, the team behind that amazing Maria Kanellis YouShoot interview, to tell the story of WWE in 2001. As part of the company’s ‘Timeline: History of the WWE’ DVD series, they take … Read more
The fight for the Knockouts Championship is about to get even more vicious as champion, Madison Rayne will defend against Mickie James in a Last Knockout Standing match at the Against All Odds pay per view this month. Obviously, this is a female version of a Last Man Standing match where the wrestlers try to … Read more
A couple of updates on Mia Yim today: ROH has released a video on YouTube of the new Embassy led by Prince Nana. Princess Mia, as she is known in ROH, is also in the clip. Watch below: Additionally, Mia has also been added to ACW’s Queen of Queens tournament in June in Texas. Previously … Read more
ArenaChicks, the promotion spearheaded by Amber O’Neal, has released its first DVD entitled ‘ArenaChicks Volume 1’ and as you can see, it has some pretty snazzy artwork! Card below: 1. Allison Danger vs. Mia Svenson 2. Sassy Stephie vs. Fantasia 3. Divina Fly vs. Kristen Flake 4. “Australian Football Rules” Mixed Tag Match Amber O’Neal … Read more
It looks like Taylor Wilde isn’t the only one changing her profession. Former WWE Intercontinental Champion, Chyna told TMZ that she has enrolled in night school at UCLA. The 9th Wonder is studying language classes so she can move to Japan to teach children English. Speaking on stepping out of the limelight and into the … Read more
New TNA signing, Divina Fly will be working under the name ‘Rosita’ in TNA. Sound like another Knockout’s name? That’s because Divina will be playing Sarita’s on-screen cousin. No doubt that Sarosita will soon be in title contention for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships currently held by Angelina Love and Winter. Rosita makes her debut … Read more
Former WWE Diva, Stacy Keibler will return to NBC’s Chuck later this season. Keibler first appeared on the show early in the current season in the same episode as WWE Hall of Famer, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and was punched out by his character, criminal Hugo. She played the role of Greta, a CIA agent … Read more
TNA’s latest all-Knockouts pay per view begins airing on demand today. The full match line-up is as follows: * O.D.B vs. Tara for the Knockouts Championship at Genesis * Lockdown Steel Cage match with all Knockouts titles are on the line * Roxxi vs. Madison Rayne and Career vs. Title at Slammiversary * Madison Rayne … Read more
Two more names have been confirmed for SHIMMER in March: Hiroyo Matsumoto and Misaki Ohata will return to the company as a tag team.
The company released the following statement:
As well as being at last night’s Royal Rumble pay per view, it’s being reported that Awesome Kong has arrived at the arena for tonight’s Raw broadcast. Tonight’s Raw emanates from the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Let speculation begin… again!
As we had suspected, Divina Fly — real name Thea Trinidad — has indeed signed with TNA, confirms PWInsider. The 20-year-old had a tryout at the last set of tapings against Angelina Love and was reported as ‘likely to be signed’. You can see Divina’s TNA photoshoot with Lee South here.
Though she didn’t air live on the pay per view, newly-signed Diva Awesome Kong was backstage at last night’s Royal Rumble in Boston. The former TNA Knockouts Champion currently lives in the Boston area, reports ProWrestling.net.
As random as it was to see WWE book Natalya vs Lay-Cool for tonight’s Royal Rumble, things got even more random when the pay per view got underway. Raw’s Eve Torres was added to the match at the last minute by the anonymous Raw GM, making the bout a fatal four-way. Well, that should’ve been … Read more
With the Internet abuzz that she may debut tonight at the Royal Rumble, Awesome Kong played into the hype, teasing fans with a suggestive tweet. She wrote: “My stomach is RUMBLE-ing. Craving sushi so I may SMACK DOWN on some RAW fish.” Obviously this shouldn’t be taken as confirmation of her appearing tonight, rather Kong … Read more
In what could be a sign of how things will play out on TV in the Daniel Bryan/Gail Kim/Bella Twins saga, the former Women’s Champion worked as a heel at last night’s WWE supershow, teaming with Maryse against the Bellas. Results below: Maryse came out after the match and said Ted Dibiase was supposed to … Read more
On the eve of the 2011 Royal Rumble, SLAM! Sports caught up with one of the people who made last year’s Rumble match so memorable: Beth Phoenix.
Phoenix eliminated The Great Khali last year before herself being eliminated by CM Punk. Beth reveals how it all came about and what the experience was like:
“It was a really, really last minute opportunity,” Phoenix told SLAM! Wrestling, adding some background. “Honestly, I put my bid in each and every year, hoping that one day I could follow in the footsteps of Chyna before me, but there wasn’t an opportunity. In 2010, they decided to give me a shot.”
“Being only one of two females that have done that before, it’s probably the most intimidating and invigorating experience of my life. I can’t imagine any scarier experience than, going toe to toe with one man is crazy enough, let alone the off chance of being in there with 29 other male superstars,” she said. “It was a very intimidating experience, but it’s one of those things where I really admired what Chyna had done in the past. I was thrilled and excited and ready to take on that challenge myself. I can’t tell you how awesome it was to be able to do that in 2010.”
Beth also says that she wants another shot in the Rumble match this year. She says:
Anarchy Championship Wrestling has announced the first details for its highly acclaimed annual Queen of Queens tournament. This year’s 8-woman tournament will take place on June 26th in Live Oak, Texas. The first two names announced for the show are ACW’s Amanda Fox and former WWE Diva, Serena. More details here.
WrestleReunion 5 takes place this weekend at the LAX Hilton in Los Angeles and a slew of female wrestling names, past and present, are due to appear.
Full list below:
Saturday, January 29th
Christy Hemme
Maria Kanellis
Ryan Shamrock (2-5pm)
Torrie Wilson (9am-12pm, 3-7pm)
WSU has firmed up the line up for its March 5th fourth anniversary show which will air live on iPPV via GoFightLive.tv.
On the card is Mercedes Martinez defending the WSU World Championship against Serena in the main event, as well as Alicia vs Jazz. The show will also mark the WSU return of Kristin Astara.
Full details below:
ROH’s Queen of Wrestling, Sara Del Rey is this week’s special guest on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast. You can check it out here.
The WWE Diva Search could be making a comeback, according to a report on PWTorch. According to a user who wrote into the site, WWE held a conference today for the marketing industry, highlighting new sponsorship opportunities within WWE, including the return of the Diva Search. It’s reported that WWE’s Director of Partner Marketing, Julie … Read more
British wrestlers Britani and Saraya Knight are coming to SHIMMER! The mother-and-daughter duo, who are two of the centerpieces of Pro-Wresting: EVE in the UK, have been confirmed the March 26th and 27th tapings in Berwyn, IL. According to an official announcement, the Knights are looking to compete for the SHIMMER Tag Team Championships currently … Read more
7-time Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus has been linked to next year’s WWE Hall of Fame, according to the Wrestling Observer. The Observer reports that WrestleMania 28 will likely emanate from Toronto, Canada — Trish’s hometown — thus making her one of the discussed names for the Class of 2012. Of course, Trish’s career with WWE … Read more
Former Divas Champion, Michelle McCool spoke to her official site MichelleMcCool.net recently in celebration of her 31st birthday and revealed a few noteworthy tidbits in the interview.
McCool revealed her recent neck injury, a bulging disc between her C5 and C6 vertebrae. Michelle said:
I did have two bulging disc in my neck (between C5 & C6). I’m not sure exactly when it occurred or if it just happened as a result of constant wear and tear, but boy did it hurt! It was probably the worst, pain wise, at Hell in a Cell. I remember barely being able to move my neck at all. It was so bad that day (& about 4-5 days after) that I couldn’t even bend my head down far enough to scratch my forehead. I was diagnosed the following Tuesday after HIAC when I had an MRI. I took it easy in the ring for a few weeks after.
She also commented on the tables match last December between herself, Layla and Natalya & Beth Phoenix.