This past Sunday, Japanese women’s wrestling promotion Stardom held an event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In the night’s main event, World of Stardom Champion Yoshiko defended her title against Act Yasukawa. What followed has sparked outrage in joshi circles. According to eyewitness Sonny Gutierrez of Pro Wrestling is Art, the match was barely … Read more
WSU’s 8th Anniversary show was a white-hot bed of non-stop action, with a plethora of outstanding matches. External circumstances (largely weather-related) meant that the show was delayed by about half an hour and that the crowd was significantly smaller than was expected, but was that going to stop these women from putting on the show … 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: Paige Heading … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of WSU “Anniversary”, airing live today on iPPV and marking WSU’s eighth year as a promotion. The main event sees WSU World Champion LuFisto defend her title against Shanna, while the other championship matches see WSU Tag Team Champions Juicy Product face Annie Social and Kimber Lee, and WSU Spirit … Read more
Good day everyone! And welcome to your new Lucha Underground Analysis covering the weeks of February 11th and 18th. February 11th brings us some additional advancement in Catrina and Ivelisse’s respective stories, but the 18th is absolutely filled with every woman you can think of! Yes, yes, Catrina… Ivelisse… Black Lotus… Sexy Star… Melissa Santos, … 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
WSU returns to iPPV next Saturday, the 21st of February for “Anniversary”, marking WSU’s eighth year as a promotion. The show, which will mark WSU’s first event at the legendary 2300 Arena in Philadelphia – the former home of ECW – is heaving at the seams with must-see matches, including three huge title bouts and … Read more
This coming WrestleMania weekend, SHIMMER will return to iPPV with SHIMMER 71. For the first time since 2007, the show will take the form of a tournament, in partnership with ChickFight. The last time SHIMMER held a tournament – in the summer of 2007 – it was to crown the first ever SHIMMER Champion. Sara … Read more
Tune in to NXT Takeover: Rival on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. The live pre-show for Takeover begins at 7:30pm. Discuss the shows in the comments!
Diva Dirt wants to hear your voice! Diva Dirt Countdown is ranking the Best Authority Figures! We’ve narrowed down the finalists, and now it’s up to you to determine the top five. Voting will be open until Thursday, February 19th. The results will be revealed the following Sunday.
Last night at an event in Plant City, Florida, former TNA Knockout Santana Garrett – formerly known as Brittany – defeated Barbi Hayden to become the new NWA World Women’s Champion. Santana won the match following a super kick and a Shining Star Press. She tweeted about her big victory late last night: THANK YOU … Read more
WOW is making a comeback. The all-female promotion, established back in 2000, is angling for a television deal under the new name WOW Superheroes, according to PWInsider. Owner David McLane and Los Angeles Lakers President Jeannie Buss are spearheading the deal, which would air footage from the original 2000-2001 run, material shot in the last … Read more
Greeetings! Just as a heads up for the double header — being that Lucha Underground is a little short on women’s action for the time being, if we go a week without a match, I may hold off and do these bi-weekly just so we have a bit more to talk about and obsess over … 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: January 21st – February 4th, 2015
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: Angela Fong … 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: What is your favorite finisher in women’s wrestling, past or present? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on … 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: January 21st – February 4th, 2015
This past Friday, Valkyrie presented its fourth event: Ragnarok. In the main event, Queen of Valkyrie Kacee Carlisle put her title on the line for the first time against Mistress Belmont. Carlisle held on to the title in a match that saw the action spill outside the ring, the women battling in and around the … Read more
In this modern world of empty excess, round-the-clock news and constant global instability, it’s difficult to find anything truly surprising or shocking nowadays. Indeed, I think the last three or four moments of genuine speechlessness I’ve experienced in my life have all been sport-related (including good ol’ fake sport), and even then they were spread … 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: Bayley Bayley … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 24, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim put her title on the line against the recently-returned Santana Garrett, while plum ties on the undercard include SHINE Tag Team Champions Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) teaming up with their accomplice Thunderkitty to … Read more
Good day all!~ And welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground Analysis. Last week we were off because, while I love me some cryptic black leather Angela Fong, I didn’t think a Redux was needed to just recap her staring into an office for a few seconds. Never fear though, for we’re back this time and … 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 sixth episode, Leah presents part three of her Best of 2014, featuring her … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns this Friday to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for SHINE 24, with a sensational championship match heading the bill. With former champion Ivelisse suspended by SHINE’s VP of talent relations Lexie Fyfe following her actions at last month’s show, and rightful number one contender Nevaeh not medically cleared to compete, a … Read more
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