Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHIMMER 71: The ChickFight Tournament, airing this afternoon on iPPV. The show will feature a 12-woman tournament, with the winner being granted a future shot at the SHIMMER Championship. The first round will consist of the following matches: Portia Perez vs. Evie Kay Lee Ray vs. Kimber Lee Candice … Read more
Hola a todos (hello everyone, according to Google Translate) and welcome to the Lucha Underground Analysis! Everyone’s favourite Diva Dirt writer Bobby has got a lot of personal projects on the go right now and relinquished Lucha recapping duties. Although I enjoy reading his work too, you guys are stuck with me now. Sorry. I … Read more
Make no mistake: Mia Yim is taking over. She’s been wrestling for almost eight years, but over the course of the past few months, Mia has hit warp speed, winning the SHINE Championship, joining the top ranks in SHIMMER and earning a career-changing opportunity with one major wrestling company. In an exclusive interview with Diva … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments! RELATED: NXT Spoilers: March 25th – April 15th, 2015
Ahead of this Saturday’s huge SHIMMER 71 ChickFight tournament, several of the competitors have taken to YouTube to promise victory. The ChickFight tournament, featuring 12 of indy wrestling’s biggest female stars, will be SHIMMER’s first since 2007 and will grant the winner a future shot at the SHIMMER Championship. Athena, Candice LeRae, Evie, Portia Perez, … Read more
Next Friday will see SHINE Wrestling return to iPPV for SHINE 26, headlined by a massive Title vs. Title match. The main event pits SHINE Champion Mia Yim against NWA Women’s Champion Santana Garrett. Also booked for the show is a brutal No DQ tag match in which Havok and Leva Bates will team up … Read more
Greeeetings everyone, and welcome to this double week edition of Lucha Underground Analysis. Before we get started, I know it’s very late. I’ve had some (good) things come up in my daily life that prevented me from sitting down to work on this. Starting with the upcoming episode, the LU Analysis is going to be … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Name one indy talent who deserves a big break with WWE or TNA. We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments!
KC Cassidy‘s WWE signing has been confirmed by her former trainer, Lance Storm. Storm, who runs the Storm Wrestling Academy, where Cassidy graduated in May 2012, posted his congratulations on the school’s Facebok page: Post by Storm Wrestling Academy. He also tweeted confirmation on his own Twitter account: Very excited about #StormWrestlingAcademy grad @KCCassidy_ signing … Read more
LVD TV is Diva Dirt’s web series produced by and starring indy wrestler Leah Von Dutch. The series is shot and edited by Leah herself, giving us a unique look at the life of an up and coming indy star. In the eighth episode, Leah takes part in a mud run and goes ghost hunting … Read more
PWInsider has confirmed the WWE’s signing of Canadian indy wrestler Jasmin Areebi. Jasmin, trained by former TNA Knockout Taylor Wilde, has competed for AIW and NCW Femmes Fatales. She also makes an appearance in the latest episode of Diva Dirt’s LVD TV. Also rumored is the signing of indy talent KC Cassidy, an Australian who … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments! RELATED: NXT Spoilers: February 18th – March 11th, 2015
SHINE marked a big milestone on Friday night, with three enormous title matches to mark its 25th show. It’s been pretty cool to have seen the progress it’s made since I started doing these reviews at SHINE 5 back in 2012 – we’ve seen two championships be introduced, two epic, almost year-long feuds reach their … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: AJ Lee … Read more
Hello guys and gals, and welcome to this bi-weekly edition of the Lucha Underground Analysis! When we last left you, Sexy Star emerged victorious in some trios action over The Crew with a minor assist to Big Ryck, Catrina looked to be finished with Mil Muertes and onto Fenix, Ivelisse defeated Angelico and began to … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 25, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim and Nevaeh going on-on-one with the title on the line in a Two Out of Three Falls match. Also on the card, number one contenders The Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee and Cherry Bomb) will take … Read more
Independent wrestler Terra Calaway has revealed through her Twitter account a personal story she witnessed while attending a seminar that was coached by current NXT Head Trainer Bill DeMott. This follows a week’s worth of stories about the allegedly abusive training style and behavior of DeMott, in part due to now former talent Judas Draven … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments! RELATED: NXT Spoilers: February 18th – March 11th, 2015
WWE.com has conducted an interview with Leva Bates, more commonly known to the WWE Universe as Blue Pants. In the article, the WWE acknowledges her true identity as indy star Leva Bates. Leva addresses how she wound up appearing on NXT, saying: “I actually filled out the recruit page, because you always hear, “Hey, fill … Read more
Friday will see SHINE Wrestling return to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for SHINE 25, with three championship matches announced for the show. Originally intended to be a three-way dance, an ankle injury to Ivelisse has made the SHINE Championship match a one-on-one contest between current champion Mia Yim and Nevaeh, who many will … Read more
Could Torrie Wilson and Tara be heading to Lucha Underground? In his latest blog, former WWE Executive VP of Talent Relations Jim Ross shares that he’s heard discussions are being held between the women and Lucha Underground as part of the organization’s effort to add WWE alums to their roster. Ross cautions that the info … Read more
On Saturday, March 7th, Valkyrie returns for Valkyrie V: Valhalla. Headlining the show will be a Queen of Valkyrie Title defense: champ Kacee Carlisle puts the title on the line against “Bonesaw” Jessie Brooks. View the card below: Queen of Valkyrie Title match: Kacee Carlisle vs. Jessie Brooks 2 out of 3 Falls match: La … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments! RELATED: NXT Spoilers: February 18th – March 11th, 2015
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 NXT to Impact Wrestling to Raw. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: #GiveDivasAChance trends worldwide on Twitter during Raw. NXT … Read more