SHIMMER has announced several matches for today’s Volume 43 and 44 tapings which will include Sara Del Rey & Madison Eagles challenging for the SHIMMER Tag Team Championships, plus Cheerleader Melissa will face Kana. Details below: [notice] SHIMMER is back in action later today, Sunday, October 2nd, again at the Berwyn Eagles Club, located at … Read more
Former TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne made a surprise return to SHIMMER just moments ago at the Berwyn Eagles Club. Rayne first found fame in SHIMMER as Ashley Lane prior to being snapped up by Impact Wrestling. Along with Nevaeh, Ashley was one half of the first ever SHIMMER Tag Team Champions. Since joining TNA … Read more
Ahead of the SHIMMER festivities tomorrow in Berwyn, IL. AAW is giving fans a little taste tonight at a pre-SHIMMER show at the Berwyn Eagles Club. The event will feature SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles, Mena Libra & Sassy Stephie vs MsChif, Jessie McKay and Nevaeh. Diva Dirt’s Steven is on hand with live results: * … Read more
Independent wrestler Hailey Hatred, who migrated to Japan and has built up a great career there, is back in the US briefly and will be appearing for SHIMMER and Absolute Intense Wrestling this weekend. Hailey takes on Canadian wrestler Cherry Bomb. Details below: [notice]Absolute Intense Wrestling presents “They Live” 10/2/2011 (This Sunday) 6:30 Pm Bell … Read more
With SHIMMER Women Athletes right around the corner, lots of news is flowing in fast and heavy. SHIMMER has sent out several press releases, with some details for the weekend, including talent announcements, the debuts of Veda Scott and Davina Rose, DVD pre-orders and an awesome hype video! Check out the info below: [notice]SHIMMER – … Read more
Pro-Wrestling: EVE has announced several matches for its EVE vs Ice Ribbon shows on October 8th and 9th. Matches so far include EVE Champion Jenny Sjodin defending the title against April Davids, Alpha Female vs Hikaru Shida, Nikki Storm vs Tsukasa Fujimoto and recently added, Rhia O’Reilly — who has turned heel — taking on … Read more
WSU has issued a press release with detailed results from this past weekend’s matches, including the aforementioned Spirit Championship title switch. Also, new videos featuring talent ahead of the Breaking Barriers II Internet pay per view in November. The videos include Becky Bayless, formerly Cookie of TNA. [notice]WSU Makes Debut in Pennsylvania; Two WSU Spirit … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Bull Nakano, will hold an official retirement show next January in Tokyo. Bull, real name Keiko Nakano, hasn’t wrestled since 1996 when she unofficially retired, however, she recently made overtures that she’ll be resurrecting the Bull Nakano character for a show on January 8th, 2012, the day of her 44th birthday. … Read more
WSU crowned not one but two new Spirit Champions last night in Philadelphia. First, Rain defeated Sassy Stephie to become the new Spirit Champion. However, later in the evening, Jessicka Havok challenged the new champion to an unadvertised match and ended up picking up the victory. The win gives Havok her first singles championship in … Read more
After appearing in the Smashing Pumpkins’ music video for “Owata” earlier this year, Cheerleader Melissa has now joined the ranks of Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan’s new wrestling promotion, RESISTANCE Pro, which will debut on Black Friday. The company’s debut show will take place on November 25th in Chicago. More details here. Joining Melissa is independent … Read more
The Canadian Ninjas, Portia Perez and Nicole Matthews, came, saw and conquered in their Japanese debut earlier today. In the first round of the REINA Tag Team Championship tournament, the Ninjas defeated Team USA’s Sara Del Rey & Mia Yim following a 10 minute match. The Ninjas got the win after hitting their Funky Cold … Read more
WSU’s Boy Diva Rick Cataldo has released a video challenging former TNA star Becky Bayless (Cookie) to a match at the November 19th Internet pay per view when she returns to the company. Let’s just say that this promo has to be seen… Is he available for “Promo 101” lessons for the Divas? More information … Read more
WSU has released two new DVDs, including the best of Brittney Savage. Details below: [notice]WSU is proud to announce that we are now shipping “The Best of Brittney Savage in WSU” & “PASSION: The Hardest Working Women in Wrestling Today”. The Best of Brittney Savage retails for $9.99. Passion retails for $9.99, but if you … Read more
Following victories over Claudio Castagnoli (now WWE’s Antonio Cesaro) and Allison Danger’s husband Ares, Sara Del Rey will next face Mike Quackenbush in CHIKARA’s 12 Large Summit. The match takes place on October 7th in Burlington, NC. Tickets can be found here. Thoughts: Del Rey has been on an impressive roll in CHIKARA of late, … Read more
NCW Femmes Fatales returns on October 8th and the full card for the event has officially been announced. Not only does it feature the return of Tiana Ringer to wrestling after a four-year hiatus, joshi talent such as Tomoka Nakagawa and Yumi Ohka are expected to make their Canadian debuts. RELATED: Diva Dirt Promoters Season: … Read more
The Knight Dynasty will be back in full swing this October as Britani Knight joins the previously announced Saraya Knight for the SHIMMER tapings on October 1st and 2nd. Britani and her mother Saraya were incredibly over with the Berwyn crowds as heels in their debuts last April. Full details below: [notice]SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES … Read more
WSU released the following press release announcing they have released two new DVDs and have some new matches coming up: [notice]WSU, the leader in womens wrestling today, is proud to announce that we have now launched a brand new message board! This message board is not only for WSU discussion, but for all womens wrestling … Read more
We always hear about independent wrestling in the USA, but what about those oft-forgotten countries… like Australia? Here are the latest happenings in the Australian wrestling scene, including recent results and upcoming events you can attend: July 30th – PWAQ (Chermside, QLD): Storm defeated Niki Nitro to become the first ever “Women’s Underground Champion”… this … Read more
Lucha Libre USA, which has been taping for its second season for the past several months, will finally be returning to television on October 1st. The second season begins at 10am ET on Saturday, October 1st on MTV2. Many female matches have been taped for season two. Talent appearing include Reby Sky (Rebecca Reyes) and … Read more
SHIMMER and ROH stars Mia Yim and Sara Del Rey will team up to form Team USA when they head back to Japan later this month. The duo will team up for the REINA Tag Team Championship tournament. Other teams include the Canadian Ninjas Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews (representing Canada), Zeuxis & La Comandante … Read more
CHIKARA has announced that newcomer Kana will face two of the company’s regular female talent, Madison Eagles and Sara Del Rey, when she makes her debut for the company next month. The joshi star will be making her US debut for SHIMMER on October 1st and 2nd, and then for CHIKARA on the 7th and … Read more
British women’s wrestling promotion, Pro-Wrestling: EVE has announced the first talent that will represent Ice Ribbon in their EVE vs Ice Ribbon show in October: Hikaru Shida. EVE vs Ice Ribbon will take place on October 8th and 9th at Gym Combat in Nottingham. More details, including ticket information, are available in their press release … Read more
A quartet of independent talent from North America is heading to Japan later this month for the REINA promotion. Mia Yim, who spent the summer working for REINA in Japan, will be returning and she’s bringing a few friends with her! Joining Yim will be the Canadian Ninjas — Nicole Matthews and Portia Perez — … Read more
19-year-old female wrestler Faye Palmer, sister of former WWE developmental talent Jemma Palmer, has entered the UK Big Brother house. The series started tonight on Channel 5 in the UK. Faye wrestles under the ring name Darcy Steele. Faye’s sister Jemma was linked to a WWE developmental deal in 2009. Jemma grew to fame in … Read more
Canada’s Nicole Matthews‘ tour of Australia continues at South Australia’s Royal Adelaide Show. The Royal Adelaide Show is an annual agricultural show/fair held at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds in Wayville, South Australia. It features food, rides, competitions, animal races and… wrestling from NWA Pro! The Royal Adelaide Show began September 2 and will run through … Read more
The finals of the SMASH Divas Championship tournament took place in Japan earlier this morning, and Kana was crowned victorious after defeating America’s Serena Deeb. SMASH is the promotion run by former WWE star Tajiri. Serena made her debut for the company earlier this year. Congrats to Kana! Both ladies will be in action for … Read more