Great news for a rising young talent… Mia Yim, who had a TNA tryout last month, will be honoured in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s ‘One to Watch’ column in the November 2010 issue. The issue goes on sale in September. Congratulations to Mia! Big things are coming for this girl.
Northeast Wrestling has announced a blockbuster match-up between one of the most popular WWE Divas of all time and one of the most popular TNA Knockouts of all time. Former Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong will face former Women’s Champion, Mickie James for the first time ever on October 1st in Waterbury, CT. This is probably … Read more
Just announced at CHIKARA’s Chikarasaurus Rex event in Philly, Japanese legend Manami Toyota will make her American debut at CHIKARA in September.
Former TNA Knockouts, Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed reunited just moments ago at CHIKARA’s Chikarasaurus Rex event at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Diva Soup‘s Eric is in attendance and sent us these live results: Sara Del Rey & Daizee Haze def. Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed It is interesting to note that before the … Read more
SHIMMER star MsChif‘s two and a half year reign as NWA World Women’s Champion came to an end last night as she was defeated for the belt by Tasha Simone. Read the press release below: On July 24th in Lebanon, TN, MsChif defended her title against Tasha Simone. These two women battled all over the … Read more
WSU Champion, Mercedes Martinez has yet another high profile match on the horizon. As well as facing Mickie James in a couple of weeks, Martinez has now been booked against Awesome Kong on September 11th for the WSU Championship at EVOLVE. The longest reigning & defending champion in all of womens wrestling today, WSU World … Read more
Here are results from last night’s ROH show that saw Awesome Kong face off against Sara Del Rey in a rematch of their match earlier this year: Kong def. Del Rey Finish came when Kong got a rollup after almost losing due to interference from the Kings of Wrestling. (Source: Wrestling News World) Del Rey … Read more
Former TNA Knockout, ODB, spoke to Alex Marvez in his syndicated column regarding her TNA departure. She also gave her thoughts on the current direction of the Knockouts division. Kresa and the monstrous Kong (real name Kia Stevens) were two of the diverse female characters who struck a chord with TNA fans. But once the … Read more
Awesome Kong made her ROH return last night in Collinsville, IL main eventing the show with her recent rival, Sara Del Rey, in a six person tag team match. Results below: Jay Briscoe, teaming with Mark Briscoe and Amazing Kong, gets the pin on Chris Hero, who teamed with Claudio Castagnoli and Sara Del Ray. … Read more
We’ve been sitting tight-lipped for a little while now but we can finally confirm the reports! We are extremely excited to reveal that our own Kristin Astara‘s fiancé, Ryan O’Reilly, has signed a new deal with WWE to return to the company. The couple will move to Tampa soon where Ryan will return to his … Read more
Last night, Ring of Honor debuted in Louisville, KY at the Danny Davis arena. Yours truly was in attendance for the sole fact that the Women of Honor were on the card. In a bout before their team up at Chikarasaurus Rex this weekend, Sara Del Rey took on Daizee Haze. Accompanied by the Kings … Read more
WWE Monday Night Raw writers, Brian Gerwitz and Ed Kosky appeared at a panel discussion at Comic Con in San Diego, and one of the questions asked was why some of the matches, particularly for the Divas, are so short. Check out the answer below: And if any of you were wondering what happened to … Read more
Take a look at the official poster for Trish Stratus‘ feature film debut, ‘Bail Enforcers’. The 7-time WWE Women’s Champion is front and center on the artwork and looks phenomenal! [nggallery id=”396″] Image Credit: TrishStratus.com Thanks to Frank for the tip off.
WWE and Mattel has unveiled the first ever Diva doll as well as slew of new action figures at this week’s San Diego Comic Con. Beth Phoenix becomes the first Diva to get her own doll created by Mattel, who also produce the Barbie dolls. New action figures include Kelly Kelly, Melina and Michelle McCool. … Read more
Rumours began circulating a couple of weeks ago that a new Diva was being brought up to SmackDown after a ‘coming soon’ vignette aired at a taping. The vignette was not shown on television however and I was skeptical about whether it was true or not. According to the Wrestling Observer, there is indeed a … Read more
Wrestlicious TakeDown will no longer air on Mav TV in the US or Bite TV in Canada, Diva Dirt has learned. Nine of the 13 episodes scheduled for season one aired on the two networks, however after a brief hiatus in June, the series was not brought back for the final four episodes which began … Read more
As announced on Diva Dirt LIVE, Mia Yim will be working the next set of SHIMMER shows in September. Mia will wrestle on the pre-show, SPARKLE on September 11th and 12th. Catch the replay of DD LIVE by clicking here. To pick up your SHIMMER tickets, click here.
A big congratulations to former WWE Women’s Champion, the wonderful Nora Greenwald aka Molly Holly who will be getting married later this month. Nora’s pending nuptials were announced via White Bear Press, based in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, near where Nora lives. Greenwald will marry Geno Benshoof, a recovered drug addict, whom she says is … Read more
Ninja’s Creed, the movie starring WWE Diva Gail Kim as well as Pat Morita [of Karate Kid fame] and Eric Roberts, is out today on DVD in the US. The movie was filmed five years ago while Kim was still in TNA. You can pick it up at Amazon by clicking here. Lionsgate has sent … Read more
Former Divas Champion, Eve Torres is this year’s featured Diva on the Super Big Gulp cups at 7-Eleven, following in the footsteps of Kelly Kelly. You can get your WWE-themed cups from 7-Eleven stores in the US now. I don’t know why you’d want to, though.
As teased on the RCW Twitter page earlier in the week, Alissa Flash aka Cheerleader Melissa responded to being stripped of the RCW Championship in a new video posted last night. Check it out below: You can wipe that drool away now, boys (and Shanti)!
Speaking to SLAM Wrestling, former Divas Champion Eve Torres passed along some interesting comments on NXT. She says: “When they told all of us about the idea of NXT, for the Divas that was our first question — will there be women on the show?” she says. “[There’s] a lot of value that could add … Read more
AAA Women’s Champion, Sexy Star has reportedly been in contact with WWE about joining the company. Star is a lucha libre wrestler known for wearing a mask, very unlike WWE’s current crop of Divas. She would definitely be a diverse signing. For more information on Sexy Star, visit her Wikipedia page. Thanks to everyone who … Read more
Diva Dirt‘s own Women of Wrestling Podcast co-host, Stew Allen has written a feature article on TNA Knockout, Madison Rayne in the latest issue of Fighting Spirit Magazine which is out now. The piece features quotes from Madison and covers the young Knockout’s rise to the top of the division. Stew has provided Diva Dirt … Read more
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like TNA will be picking up independent wrestler, Mia Yim at this time. Mia, who had a tryout with TNA last month, wrote on her Twitter page: No open spots for me at TNA :( Its ok, keep an eye out for me because I am just getting started…who knows what … Read more
As well as Christina Crawford (sister of Divas Champion Alicia Fox), it looks as though WWE has signed another new Diva to a developmental contract. The mystery blonde appeared during last night’s bikini contest at the FCW live event in Orlando, wearing an ODB-esque green outfit and cap. (See above). We hope to have some … Read more