A few weeks ago we learned that indy star Athena will be out of action indefinitely with a shoulder injury. Athena will undergo surgery to repair a severely separated shoulder, and has asked friends and fans to help raise funds to pay for her recovery. In a fundraiser started on GiveForward.com, Athena has set a … Read more
At last night’s OVW TV tapings, Women’s Champion Trina announced that, as the result of last week’s attack from Lei’D Tapa, she suffered a knee injury. She told the crowd that she must have surgery to repair her knee and thus will be vacating the OVW Women’s Title. Trina was scheduled to defend her title … Read more
Ohio Valley Wrestling filmed today’s episode last night in Louisville, Kentucky. The show (#732) can be seen at OVWrestling.com. Spoilers below:
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: A Fatal Four-Way for the Divas Title has been booked for Night of Champions, so we we want to know: what has been your favorite multi-woman match in wrestling history? We’ve … Read more
Absolute Intense Wrestling has made several more announcements in regards to their massive double taping of Girls Night Out 9 & 10 on October 6th. Making their AIW debuts are indy sensation Santana Garrett and Australian wrestler Savannah Summers. This announcement not only marks Summers’s AIW debut, but her US debut as well. In their … Read more
Two of the world’s most vicious and hard-hitting female wrestlers will go head to head for the first time ever at WSU’s next show on October 12th in Voorhees, NJ. Aptly titled Blood and Thunder, the show will feature the debut of Saraya Knight, when she takes on Mickie Knuckles in a No Disqualification match. … Read more
Scottish wrestler Nikki Storm has just been announced to make her SHIMMER debut next month at their tapings of Volumes 58-61. The tapings will be held on October 19th and 20th in Berwyn, IL. She joins the likes of already confirmed talent in SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa, SHIMMER Tag Team Champions Tomoka Nakagawa and Kellie … Read more
The second competition of the Miss OVWcontest is upon us, and we can only hope it’s not as cringeworthy as last week’s “question and answer” session. As we jump right into the ring with the women of OVW, we see that they’re dressed for some type of athletic competition – just not, you know, wrestling. … Read more
Recently retired independent wrestler Brittney Savage has announced that she is pregnant with her first child. Brittney, who is engaged to former TNA star Jesse Neal, confirmed the news after a close friend broke the news. When asked by a fan if the news was true, Brittney tweeted a confirmation: “@TheModern_Myth: @TheJesseNeal @TheBrittySavage is it … Read more
Pro Wrestling Syndicate will be running its seventh PWS Bomshells event on September 28th, and they’ve just announced that a retired competitor will be stepping back in the ring. Riot – real name April Littlejohn – who wrestled as part of the WOW! Women of Wrestling promotion in 2001, will be facing former TNA Knockout … Read more
Ohio Valley Wrestling filmed today’s episode last night in Louisville, Kentucky. The show (#732) can be seen at OVWrestling.com later today. Spoilers below:
This is Kharma like you’ve never seen her before. Last Friday at SHINE 12, former WWE star Kharma – competing as Amazing Kong – wrestled Mercedes Martinez, defeating the indy veteran. But that’s not what got people talking. At the event, Kharma debuted a completely new look, ditching for the first time her signature black … Read more
Women Superstars Uncensored’s next event has been announced via their official Twitter account, and it’s a double header with CZW entitled Blood and Thunder. Along with the date and location reveal, two matches were also confirmed for the show. The first will see WSU World Champion Jessicka Havok defend her belt against Lexxus. Lexxus earned … Read more
It looks like recently retired indy star Brittney Savage is ready to dish the dirt. Savage, who announced her retirement last week, tweeted today that she is planning on writing a tell-all book about her time in wrestling, covering her life inside and outside the ring. Brittney says she will “speak the truth” in the … 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 be posted every Monday, taking into account any … Read more
Well, sort of. At this past Friday’s SHINE 12, Leva Bates continued her personal tradition of cosplaying in the ring, dressing as Tonto from this summer’s The Lone Ranger. This was fitting, as one year ago at SHINE 2, she dressed as Pirates of the Caribbean‘s Jack Sparrow, another Johnny Depp character. Jessicka Havok couldn’t … Read more
Greetings OVW fans, and welcome to another edition of the OVW Write-Up. This week we’re seeing the opening round of the Miss OVW contest. Before we get to the first competition, we see poor Lylah Lodge backstage with one of the Blossom twins, confessing that she’s nervous about competing in the contest. She’s not like … Read more
Following last night’s SHINE 12, SHINE Wrestling has already announced the roster for SHINE 13, and what a show it’s set to be. Following the aftermath of last night’s main event, SHINE Champion Rain will put her belt on the line against Angelina Love. Notable returns include Valkyrie members, Made in Sin (Allysin Kay and … Read more
SHINE Champion Rain, try as she might, was forced to defend her title tonight for the very first time. Jessicka Havok emerged from a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat match with a shot at Rain’s belt, defeating Mia Yim and Ivelisse to advance to the main event. Havok couldn’t beat the numbers game, though, as April … Read more
SHINE Wrestling presents SHINE 12 tonight from Ybor City, Florida. The show is headlined by a Triple Threat match for the number one contendership to the SHINE Championship and a subsequent title match against champion Rain. Also booked is a match between indy veterans Kharma and Mercedes Martinez. The iPPV starts at 9pm ET, and … Read more
Earlier this month, indy star Athena suffered a shoulder injury while competing at a WSU event in New Jersey. Diva Dirt initially reported a statement from Athena saying that she would be out of action roughly two months, pending a MRI. Today, in an exclusive statement to Diva Dirt, Athena reveals that she will be … Read more
What do you get when you take a current NXT talent, two former TNA Knockouts and one of the stars from Total Divas? A pretty sweet blast from the past moment featuring Rebecca Knox, Sarita, Winter and Natalya‘s time in Japan. The quartet toured the historic wrestling territory back in 2005, a few years before … Read more
Ohio Valley Wrestling filmed today’s episode last night in Louisville, Kentucky. The show (#731) can be seen at OVWrestling.com later today. Spoilers below:
Ahead of tomorrow’s SHINE 12, SHINE Wrestling has released a number of video promos from the women who will be competing at the event. Angelina Love counters Shanna‘s Twitter smack talk with a promise that she will let her wrestling do the talking. Leva Bates, in an effort to get out of her competitive funk, … Read more
Earlier this year, indy star Brittney Savage announced that she would leave wrestling this December, saying it was something she had been considering for months. Just last month, though, Brittney seemed to be reconsidering that decision, tweeting that she had something big in the works: Due to something big that just happened for me, I … Read more
Diva Dirt is pleased to have former WWE Diva and the First Lady of Ring of Honor as our weekly columnist. Stay tuned each week for new blogs from Maria. What’s up all you Stars and Studs!!!! Thank you to everyone that has welcomed me into the Diva Dirt family. I have felt very blessed … Read more