SHINE 20 ended in historic fashion on Friday night as Ivelisse and Serena Deeb waged war for a full hour over the SHINE Championship – with no clear winner as the timer reached zero. Following Serena’s shock pin over Ivelisse at last month’s ten-woman elimination tag masterpiece, the stage was set for a rambunctious and … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 20, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Ivelisse face arguably the toughest challenge of her title reign yet, as she puts the belt on the line against Valkyrie leader Serena Deeb, while heading the undercard is the possible culmination of Allysin Kay and Jessicka … Read more
The first match for Ring of Honor’s second Future of Honor event has been announced, and it will pit two up-and-coming female talents against ROH regulars. Veda Scott and Jenny Rose will take on Hania and Mandy Leon, two trainees at the ROH Dojo. This match stems from last April’s Future of Honor 1 event, … Read more
SHINE set another landmark this Friday as they return to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for SHINE 20. Topping the card is one of the most hotly-anticipated title matches in SHINE history as Ivelisse puts her SHINE Championship on the line against Valkyrie leader Serena Deeb. At SHINE 19 last month Deeb sent shockwaves … Read more
Former Knockout Thea Trindad has spent the last few days appearing as one of Adam Rose‘s Rosebuds, first at weekend live events and now at tonight’s Raw. Thea, who competed for TNA as Rosita, accompanied Rose during his match taped for this week’s WWE Superstars. She also appears in an official WWE Vine: Witness the … Read more
In an effort to improve and expand our coverage of indy women’s wrestling, Diva Dirt is introducing Diva Dirt’s Indy Wire: a Tumblr sub-blog where readers can submit news stories to be published, fed to our Twitter and Facebook accounts and displayed on the Diva Dirt main page. The premise is simple: if you have … Read more
Bellatrix Female Warriors held their ninth show yesterday at Epic Studios in Norwich, England. The card was dominated by the Queen of the Ring Tournament – the first of its kind since 2012 – and also saw the RQW European Championship defended under hardcore rules. Results below, courtesy of Ringbelles: Queen of the Ring Quarter-finals: … Read more
PWWA has a new champion in Shazza McKenzie, who won the title on Friday by defeating rising star Evie. Shazza won the match with her trademark Shaztastic Stunner, completing a journey that started back in January when she won the number one contendership by defeating Jessie McKay. Jessie, in turn, served as the match’s referee. … Read more
Tyrants rise to power through good people’s complacency. They whittle you down gradually, sneaking into your psyche, sapping your self-esteem and picking you off one by one. Before you know it, there are more of them than you. That’s what happened last night at SHINE 19, as the villainous Valkyrie found themselves against five of … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 19, airing on iPPV. The main event is a ten-woman elimination tag team match with no time limit, and sees the newly-expanded Valkyrie (Serena Deeb, April Hunter, Allysin Kay, Taylor Made and newest recruit Su Yung) go to war against SHINE Champion Ivelisse, SHINE Tag Team Champions Leva … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to iPPV this Friday with SHINE 19, headlined by a 10-Woman Tag Team Elimination match. SHINE has revealed the full card on its website, announcing matches featuring SHINE Champion Ivelisse, Jessicka Havok, Amazing Kong, Taeler Hendrix and more. Check out the full card below: 10-Woman Tag Team Elimination match: SHINE Champion Ivelisse, … Read more
Could WWE be signing more female talent? Diva Dirt has exclusively learned that two independent talents received a tryout match before last Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings. The tryout featured former SHINE hostess Chasity Taylor and Tessa Blanchard, daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Tully Blanchard. Both ladies also worked as apart of Adam Rose‘s Exotic Express … Read more
Fledgling UK promotion LCW Roses held their third event, Mayday, at Brockington College in Leicester yesterday, headlined by a superb rematch between Addy Starr and Rhia O’Reilly, held under No Disqualification rules. After the controversial finish to their match at the inaugural Roses show in January, Starr and O’Reilly were given the chance to settle … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of Women Superstars Uncensored’s Queen and King Tournament, airing today on iPPV. Alongside the seven-team intergender knockout tournament, the card also features two important title matches, as Barbi Hayden defends the NWA World Women’s Championship against Nevaeh, while LuFisto and Athena face off in a 2 out of 3 falls … Read more
Women Superstars Uncensored returns to iPPV tomorrow night with the 2014 Queen and King Tournament, their annual intergender tag team tournament held in collaboration with Combat Zone Wrestling. In addition to the action of the tournament, which will see seven teams face off in knockout competition to decide who will be the 2014 Queen and … Read more
Three indy wresting names have been added to the Knockouts Knockdown Pay-Per-View taping: Jessicka Havok, Mia Yim and Scarlett Bordeaux. PWInsider has confirmed Havok and Bordeaux’s status today, having reported on Mia’s involvement yesterday. Mia competed at the last Knockouts Knockdown PPV, wrestling Tara in a losing effort. Havok has been rumored for the event … Read more
LCW Roses return to Brockington College in Leicester next Saturday for their third show, Mayday. The main event sees “The All-American Canadian” Addy Starr and “The Fighting Irish” Rhia O’Reilly face off in a reprise of their match at the debut LCW Roses show back in January. That match ended in disqualification, so both women … Read more
Tonight, a two year title reign came to an end outside of the ring when WSU Champion Jessicka Havok was stripped of the title by owner Drew Cordeiro. Cordeiro, who also banned Havok from the promotion “for life”, made the announcement on WSU’s Facebook page, writing: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Jessicka Havok has been stripped of the … Read more
Stars of the independent scene Jazz, Jewells Malone, LuFisto and Leah Von Dutch got a lot less than they bargained for at the Hardcore Roadtrip’s “Extreme Meltdown”, as none of the talents got paid. In the main match featuring the women, Jazz teamed with Leah Von Dutch against Jewells and LuFisto. Stories of what happened … Read more
Desperation drives people to extremes. Some will steal to put an end to their poverty, others will kill to end years of torment or jealousy, and a select few will let the forces of evil cloud their vision just to get a taste of the glory they feel they deserve. On Friday night at SHINE … Read more
Yesterday in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NCW Femmes Fatales held its fourteenth event, headlined by a 30-minute Iron Woman match and Fatal Four-Way for the NCW Femmes Fatales International Title. Results below, courtesy of RingSirens: Pre Show: Bettie Rage defeated Diana Hall with a Bettie Rage Slam. Angie Skye defeated Cat Power with a tights-assisted roll-up. … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 18, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees Ivelisse defend her SHINE Championship against Saraya Knight, while plum ties of the undercard include SHINE Tag Team Champions Leva Bates and Mia Yim putting their titles on the line against the Antipodean duo of Madison Eagles and Evie, … Read more
Leah Von Dutch has only a few years of wrestling under her belt, but you wouldn’t know it, judging by her achievements. She currently holds three belts – the XBW Title, PWA Canada Women’s Title and CCW Ladies Title – and has her sights set on claiming a fourth tomorrow at NCW Femmes Fatales XIV. … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to iPPV this Friday with SHINE 18, headlined by a SHINE Championship match pitting champ Ivelisse against Saraya Knight. Saraya looks to claim gold not long after her daughter Paige won the Divas Championship in her WWE debut. Also on the card is a SHINE Tag Team Championship match in which champions … Read more
Today, SHIMMER will be taping matches for volumes 65 and 66 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Results below courtesy of Diva Dirt’s Steven: SPARKLE Pink Flash Kira def. Angelus Layne via rollup. Mary Lee Rose def. Stacy Shadows via a surfboard submission. Volume 65 Veda Scott def. Leva Bates via rollup with … Read more
Former indy star Brittney Savage gave birth to a daughter yesterday. Her husband, fellow wrestler Jesse Neal, announced the news on Twitter, revealing the baby girl’s name to be Brooklyn. He tweeted: April 12, 2014 1am Brooklyn Gisele Neal #Family #truelyhappy Thank u @thebrittysavage love u! #happiestmanalive — Jesse Neal (@TheJesseNeal) April 12, 2014 Brittney, who competed for WSU … Read more