Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 14, airing tonight on iPPV as part of Female Fight Season. The main event will see Hiroyo Matsumoto challenge Rain for the SHINE Championship, while other matches of note include Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa defending their SHIMMER Tag Team Championships against Valkyrie’s Allysin Kay and Ivelisse, a … Read more
A week ago, Pro Wrestling Illustrated had announced that SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa had topped their annual PWI Female 50 list, which ranks the fifty best women’s wrestlers based on factors such as championship reigns, win/loss records, etc. Now, the complete list has been released via the magazine’s online issue a few days prior to … Read more
In the third episode of Independent Women – titled “Bitches Get Stitches” – Cheerleader Melissa waits to get a forehead wound stitched up at the hospital. She discusses getting busted open at the SHIMMER tapings: how it went down, how it felt and the reception she got backstage. Watch it below: Independent Women is Diva … Read more
Ohio Valley Wrestling filmed today’s episode last night in Louisville, Kentucky. The show (#740) can be seen at OVWrestling.com. Spoilers below:
Indy star Santana Garrett is determined to make it to the big leagues, and the Orlando Sentinel is helping her on her way. The major newspaper has published a profile of SHINE star, which includes video of her training in Orlando and a full photoshoot. Check out the video below: This is great publicity for … Read more
Diva Dirt’s latest leap forward is its own original web series: Independent Women. The series will give fans a peek behind the scenes at the lives of women’s wrestlers on the independent scene, from life on the road to the action backstage. The star of the series will be SHIMMER Champion and the woman atop … Read more
Ahead of tomorrow night’s SHINE 14 iPPV, a number of the competitors have released video promos hyping their matches. SHINE Champion Rain, Jessicka Havok, Leva Bates and more address their opponents and vow to be victorious. Leva, who has, to put it mildly, been going through an existential crisis, caps off her diatribe on Nevaeh, … Read more
Diva Dirt’s latest leap forward is its own original web series: Independent Women. The series will give fans a peek behind the scenes at the lives of women’s wrestlers on the independent scene, from life on the road to the action backstage. The star of the series will be SHIMMER Champion and the woman atop … Read more
For each week’s Perfect 10, the Diva Dirt team will compile a list of the top 10 women in wrestling. Placement is determined by performances and achievements from the past week. The list will be presented in video form by Diva Dirt’s Jake. The Perfect 10 will follow Raw, taking into account all events leading … Read more
Saraya Knight, mother of one NXT Women’s Champion Paige, has certainly built up a reputation as one of the more terrifying people to emerge in women’s professional wrestling. Today, we got a small glimpse of just how scary she is, even in photo form, as she and Tara engaged in a comical snapshot while Knight … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy event along the way, from Impact Wrestling to SmackDown to Raw. Joining the audio will be team members Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: SmackDown (10/18/13): Brie Bella defeats Divas … Read more
Welcome, Knockout followers, to the Bound For Glory write up. Many things have been said about last night’s show. Some nice, some not so nice and some just downright sad. Based on some fan pictures, the arena was less than half full. Make that less than a quarter. But whether you’re a TNA fan or … Read more
SHIMMER star Veda Scott received a TNA tryout last night before Bound For Glory, according to PWInsider. Scott, who also competes for ROH, is said to have wrestled Candice LeRae. No word yet on how the tryout went. Do you think Veda would be a good addition to TNA?
On yesterday’s rousing Picture(s) of the Day, we focused on some of the stars of the SHIMMER weekend festivities, so in today’s, how about we take a gander at what the wrestlers are all there to fight for… title belts! Included in the above snapshot are the SHIMMER Championship (held by Cheerleader Melissa), the SHIMMER … Read more
The latest SHIMMER weekend is in the books, and we have full results of the tapings for each four volumes. Check out results in the posts below: * Volume 58 * Volume 59 * Volume 60 * Volume 61 Photo: Kristine Roper/Twitter.
Tonight at Bound For Glory, TNA crowned a new Knockouts Champion in Gail Kim. Gail took advantage of interference from Lei’D Tapa, who took out both champion ODB and Brooke. This was Gail’s third Knockouts Title win and marks the formation of a new alliance between Gail and Lei’D Tapa. What did you think of … Read more
Tonight at Bound For Glory, Knockouts Champion ODB defends her title against Brooke and Gail Kim in a Triple Threat match. To watch, tune in to the Pay-Per-View at 8pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments!
Tonight at Bound For Glory, Knockouts Champion ODB puts her title on the line against both Brooke and Gail Kim. Which Knockout will come out on top? The Diva Dirt team weighs in… Bobby: I haven’t gotten to keep up with TNA as much as I used to, but I feel like I know enough … Read more
This weekend SHIMMER returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois to film the next set of its DVD series. Volume 61 results below, courtesy of Jennifer. SHIMMER Volume 61: * Santana Garrett def. Nevaeh w/ Mademoiselle Rachelle via a Shining Star Press. * Jessicka Havok def. Crazy Mary Dobson via a sitout chokeslam. … Read more
This weekend SHIMMER returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois to film the next set of its DVD series. Volume 60 results below, courtesy of Jennifer. SPARKLE: * Midianne def. JK Kennedy by using the ropes for extra leverage. SHIMMER Volume 60: * Nikki Storm def. Heidi Lovelace via the Eye of the … Read more
Leading up to Bound For Glory tonight, we’re looking back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re looking back at 2008, when Knockouts Champion Taylor Wilde defended the title against Awesome Kong and Roxxi in a Triple Threat match. Taylor retained the title after taking Awesome Kong out of the … Read more
Yes, yes, before you bring it up, we caved and decided to go for another multi-Picture of the Day post. I guess the good thing about making the rules is you can also break them! This must be what a General Manager feels like. As you all hopefully know, this weekend SHIMMER Women Athletes presents … Read more
Leading up to Bound For Glory tomorrow night, we’re looking back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re looking back at 2010, when Mickie James made her first appearance in a TNA ring since returning to the company. Mickie officiated a Four-Corners Knockouts Title match pitting champ Angelina Love against … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated has revealed the the woman topping this year’s Female 50, and it’s none other than SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa. The news was revealed at today’s SHIMMER tapings, with PWI’s Dan Murphy making the announcement in the middle of the ring before awarding Melissa with a plaque. We’ve also learned that 20 members … Read more
This weekend SHIMMER returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois to film the next set of its DVD series. Volume 59 results below, courtesy of Jennifer. SHIMMER Volume 59: * ThunderKitty def. Miss Natural via a sleeper hold. * Christina Von Eerie def. Saraya Knight, Melanie Cruise and Su Yung after Cruise hits … Read more
This weekend SHIMMER returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois to film the next set of its DVD series. Volume 58 results below, courtesy of Jennifer. SPARKLE: * JK Kennedy (formerly Jessie Kaye) def. Midianne via a second rope flatliner. * Angie Skye def. “Crazy” Mary Dobson via the Unprettier. SHIMMER Vol 58 … Read more