World Series Wrestling (WSW) made a huge announcement last week for their women competitors: a six-woman tournament to crown their first ever WSW Women’s Champion. The tournament will take place during their International Assault Defend and Destroy Tour. WSW is a South Australian promotion and the tournament will take place in March at events in … Read more
Chinese-American wrestler, Zeda Zhang, showed some promise after signing with WWE to train at the Performance Center on Jan. 4, 2017. She had a distinct look and a sound mixed martial arts background. In the following summer, she made her NXT debut and participated in the Mae Young Classic. Unfortunately, NXT released her last June. … Read more
After a lengthy battle with an autoimmune skin condition, Ring of Honor wrestler and former WWE Superstar Tenille Dashwood returned to ROH on Saturday night at a TV taping, aligning herself with a brand-new stable, Lifeblood. Dashwood had been out of action since late September of last year after a flare-up of psoriasis. The rare … Read more
WWE and ECW alumna Jazz has enjoyed a historically long reign as NWA World Women’s Champion at 843 days and counting. She hopes to extend that reign a little bit longer on Jan. 26 when she defends her title in a Synergy Wrestling ring against Maria Manic. Synergy Wrestling is a small, relatively new promotion … Read more
Japanese women’s wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom announced today from their official English-language Twitter account that they will significantly update their Stardom World streaming service, later this month. The promotion says their new website will “go live on January 29” and will be “way more streamlined, modern, and ‘2019’ than what we have had … Read more
Today in Jacksonville, people gathered at the Double Or Nothing rally to hear All Elite Wrestling’s plans and vision for the new promotion. A bright highlight of the rally was the announcement made by Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes of the plans for the AEW’s women’s division. During her speech at the rally, Brandi acknowledged … Read more
Jordynne Grace is gearing up for her match at SHINE 56 for the SHINE Wrestling promotion. Grace has a lot to celebrate due to recent events. She recently defeated Jinny for the PROGRESS Women’s Championship on Dec. 30. Grace has her eyes set on LuFisto next. Grace will battle LuFisto in a No Holds Barred … Read more
At a young age, Millie McKenzie is slowly shaping up to be one of the best athletes in her industry. She only just turned 18-years old and she already sports a stellar resume. Not only has she won titles in major promotions, but she’s wrestled inside of a WWE ring. Both are accomplishments that some … Read more
In several regards, 2018 was something of a breakout year for Shotzi Blackheart. 2018 was the year that the self-proclaimed Ballsy Badass first showcased herself on a global platform following her arrival to Impact Wrestling. In this same year, she made significant appearances for big time promotions like EVOLVE, SHINE, RISE, SHIMMER and Pro-Wrestling EVE. … Read more
Aja Perera is best known for being the current SHINE Nova Champion in the SHINE Wrestling promotion. She is the third woman to hold this title which was introduced in the summer of 2017. Perera has accomplished a significant goal in her young career by becoming a champion at SHINE 54. One by one, Perera … Read more
Priscilla Kelly’s (@priscillakelly) recent spot causes a mixed reaction
Pro-Wrestling: EVE has provided us with some of the best women’s wrestling that the sport has to offer. When the cameras aren’t rolling at event tapings, the EVE crew are busy birthing some of the best female wrestlers of the future. Ever since it opened up shop in March of 2018, EVE Academy has given … Read more
AXS TV’s new series WOW – Women of Wrestling from Los Angeles Lakers owner, Jeanie Buss, and GLOW founder, David McLane, will premiere Friday, Jan. 18 at 9 p.m. EST. This week, AXS TV released the following first look. WOW first launched back in 2000 and relaunched in 2012 after a nearly 12-year hiatus. The … Read more
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) will address their “stance on women’s wrestling” at the Double or Nothing rally in Jacksonville, Fla. next week, according to a statement to Diva Dirt from Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes. There’s been much speculation about the inclusion of women in the promotion’s roster since the promotion was announced. All In, … Read more
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) distributed a press release today for their upcoming rally at TIAA Bank Field, in Jacksonville. With new updates trickling in throughout the week, the event should give fans and insiders alike the answers they’re anxious for. The release let fans know the event will be available to watch on the “Being the … Read more
As a rising star on the independent wrestling scene, Jamie Hayter had a big 2018. She had a solid 6-month reign with the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship before losing it to Zoe Lucas halfway into December. She went on to win the 2018 SHE-1 tournament in Pro-Wrestling: EVE, defeating Kris Wolf and Toni Storm … Read more
Early Tuesday morning, while everyone was winding down from their New Year’s celebrations, the Elite made a game-changing announcement on their YouTube channel. After months of rumors, All Elite Wrestling is official. This left fans and critics anxious to see what this meant for women’s wrestling. Well according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dr. Britt … Read more
British Empire Wrestling is starting 2019 with a bang by sending three superstars to compete in their affiliate promotion in Japan, Stardom. BEW’s Sadie Gibbs, Bobbi Tyler and Jamie Hayter will be wrestling within the largest all-female Japanese program until the end of February. This will mark Hayter’s second tour with Stardom. Below are the … Read more
Jan. 1, 2019 will forever be a day etched in wrestling history as the day that The Elite – which consists of Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and Kenny Omega – officially announced they will run a brand new wrestling promotion called All Elite Wrestling. We know next to nothing about … Read more
Jordynne Grace made good on her statement at Progress Chapter 76: Hello Wembley back in September by beating Jinny for the Progress Women’s Championship in Progress Wrestling’s final show of 2018, Progress Unboxing. This is the culmination of a meteoric rise that has seen the indie darling make statement after statement in recent months in … Read more
RISE Wrestling will host their first ever RISE of The Contender match on March 29, 2019. The match will feature 30 female participants in the same format as WWE’s Royal Rumble. The winner of the match will become the number one contender for the Phoenix of RISE Championship. The match will take place at RISE … Read more
Over the Top Wrestling (OTT) have announced their first women’s match of the year on Twitter this morning. OTT will kick off the New Year with the latest edition of Contenders, featuring both established stars and up-and-coming talent. Contenders 12 saw both Valkyrie and Debbie Keitel turn on their tag partners, Katey Harvey and Amy … Read more
As if the first weekend in April 2019 wasn’t already filled to the brim with various shows, Stardom will be holding an event in the U.S. during WrestleMania weekend. Stardom made the announcement today on Twitter that they will hold an event called American Dream in the Big Apple 2019 at the NYC Arena in … Read more
The popular Japanese all-women’s wrestling promotion Stardom will be hosting an action-packed event on Christmas Eve. What better way to spend the holiday with some great women’s wrestling? Stardom has planned to give us all a wonderful present this year and has scheduled some of their top talent to be in action. Some of the … Read more
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, the all-female wing of DDT and home of some of joshi’s rising stars, had their holiday special “Ready, set… Merry Christmas!” at 12 p.m. on Dec. 22, in Itabashi. The card included two tag team matches and six special singles matches chosen via drawing at a fan event, one of which … Read more
After Viper successfully defended the ICW World Women’s Championship for 293 days in her second reign, Kay Lee Ray finally unseated the Vixen of Violence for her title at Fear & Loathing XI in their gruelling Queen of Insanity match (which ICW will be uploading to YouTube). The shattering loss took place just a couple … Read more