CHIKARA rounded out their King of Trios weekend with a third and final night in Easton, PA on September 16. Seven joshi talent were brought in from Japan for the tournament, with Team JWP, Team Sendai Girls and the team of Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw and Manami Toyota all advancing to the second round. However, on … Read more
CHIKARA continued its prestigious King of Trios weekend last night in Easton, Pennsylvania. As reported yesterday, all seven joshi talent that were brought in from Japan by CHIKARA advanced to Night 2 after victories on Night 1. Unfortunately, four of those seven talents were knocked out of the tournament last night, including the iconic Manami … Read more
CHIKARA held their first night of the annual three night tournament titled Kings of Trios last night, and it looks to be good news for the Joshi athletes that entered, as all seven advanced to the second round. Check out the results below courtesy of user, MIKAS: Team Sendai Girls (Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and … Read more
Joshi star Kana is the next name added to the SHIMMER tapings that will take place on October 27 and 28th in Berwyn, IL. [notice]SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is pleased to announce the addition of “The World Famous” KANA to its October 27th & 28th weekend of events at the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th … Read more
The first two matches for SHINE Wrestling’s third event have been announced! They are: [notice]* The West Coast Connection (Su Yung & Tracy Taylor) vs. Rainbow Bright (Gabby Gilbert & Luscious Latasha) * Santana vs. Sienna Duvall[/notice] This will mark the SHINE debuts for Gilbert, Latasha and Duvall. On that same note, new names have … Read more
Fans attending the SHIMMER Women Athletes and NCW Femmes Fatales’ tapings in late October/early November are in for a treat – joshi star Ryo Mizunami has just been announced as a debutante for both promotions. SHIMMER says of Mizunami: [notice]”Ryo Mizunami comes to us from the Pro-Wrestling WAVE promotion in Japan, through the assistance of … Read more
Add another former TNA Knockout to Pro-Wrestling: EVE’s big event on November 10th. Following in the footsteps of Angelina Love, who will make her EVE debut at EVE 10: WrestleFever, former Knockouts Champion Taylor Wilde will be coaxed out of retirement for a special appearance at the same event. RELATED: Exclusive: Angelina Love Heading to … Read more
Diva Dirt can reveal exclusively that independent standout and Ring of Honor star, Mia Yim, has signed a contract with the REINA promotion in Japan. Yim, who has expressed interest in competing full time in Japan for much of her career, will soon depart for Japan where she will compete exclusively for REINA. The ROH … Read more
Adding to her collection of gold is none other than Evie! The New Zealand-born wrestler – whom only one week ago won her home promotion’s (IPWNZ) first-ever Women’s Championship – topped “Everybody’s Favourite Girlfriend” Jessie McKay on August 25 at the Casula Powerhouse, in the tournament finals to crown an interim PWWA Champion. The finish … Read more
SHIMMER has announced talent for its tapings of volumes 49-52. Joining SHIMMER originals Allison Danger, Mercedes Martinez and MsChif is Hiroyo Matsumoto. Matsumoto is making her return to the company for the tapings in Berwyn, IL on October 27th & 28th. A SHIMMER press release includes details on this, as well as a new video … Read more
Earlier tonight, Daffney posted to her Facebook page the news that she was involved in a serious car accident on Monday. While her car was totaled, she suffered no serious injuries. Read her message below: PLEASE READ… Monday night I was in a car accident. I was driving along I-4 and I hydroplaned at 70 … Read more
The latest episode of Ring of Honor TV features a match pitting Princess Mia Yim against Sara Del Rey. Maria Kanellis also makes an appearance in response to events that took place at the Boiling Point iPPV. Watch the match (and its aftermath) below: Skip to 2:30. RELATED: In Video: The “First Lady Edition” of … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated Senior Dan Murphy has announced that rumored WWE prospect Sara Del Rey has made it onto PWI’s list of the Top 500 professional wrestlers in the world, earning her place at number #430. Del Rey is only the fourth woman in history to be a part of this list – the others … Read more
Congratulations go out to Evie, who became Impact Pro Wrestling New Zealand’s inaugural Women’s Champion Friday night. The Five to Watch 2011: Evie She defeated Britenay and her BFF tag team partner Megan-Kate (a last minute addition to the match) in the main event of the show, which was aptly titled as “Destiny”. A star … Read more
Pro-Wrestling: EVE is injecting a big dose of stateside glamor to its next Internet pay per view, Diva Dirt can reveal exclusively. Former five-time TNA Knockouts Champion, Angelina Love, aka Angel Williams, has reached a deal with the European promotion to appear at EVE’s blockbuster EVE 10: WrestleFever show which will air live from Sudbury, … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 2 airing live on iPPV tonight, headlined by Mercedes Martinez vs Jazz. (Order the event) Follow live coverage of the show below and via our official Twitter page, @divadirt. RELATED: SHINE Wrestling Presents SHINE 1: Live Coverage – Jazz vs Del Rey, Daffney & More It looks … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to Internet pay per view tonight with SHINE 2 at 8pm ET. The event will be headlined by Jazz taking on Mercedes Martinez. This match stems from Martinez crashing and disrespecting Jazz during her Diva Dirt Legacy Award presentation at SHINE 1 last month. (Watch the segment here.) The Scream Queen, Daffney, … Read more
Veteran TNA Knockout, Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, will be competing in Montreal next month for Top of the World (TOW) Wrestling. Tara will face another veteran, this time of the independent variety, in Montreal’s own LuFisto. LuFisto, who is best known for her work in SHIMMER and NCW Femmes Fatales, made the announcement … Read more
WSU has announced its first show under new ownership to take place on Saturday, October 13th. WSU will return to its regular home of Deer Park, New York for a double-header with its new brother promotion, Beyond Wrestling, with whom it now shares the same management. RELATED: WSU Finds a New Owner WSU’s portion of … Read more
SHINE Wrestling has released footage from its SHINE 1 event last month featuring Jazz receiving the 2012 Diva Dirt Legacy Award. The moment was, however, cut short by Mercedes Martinez, who showed disrespect to the veteran and told her to head to the back. This leads to Martinez and Jazz facing off this Friday night … Read more
Check out results from tonight’s Ring of Honor internet pay-per-view, Boiling Point, courtesy of PWInsider.com. Sara Del Rey teamed up with Eddie Edwards to take on Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett in a mixed tag match. [notice]* After the match (Brutal Bob Evans vs. Adam Cole), Mike Bennett attacks Cole and he is joined by … Read more
Maria Kanellis is featured in the newest episode of one of boyfriend Mike Bennett’s Prodigy Service Announcement videos – episode 10: “The First Lady Edition”. In it, she talks about the Ring of Honor fans, her reason for being in the company and her mixed tag match tonight where she’ll team up with Bennett against … Read more
CHIKARA has released their latest Podcast-A-Go-Go, this time highlighting the complete match between trainee, Saturyne and Joshi talent, Kagetsu from the promotions stop in Manhattan earlier this year. You can check out the match below by skipping to the 1:10 mark: In other CHIKARA related news, Saturyne will also be squaring off against Tim Donst … Read more
That question may seem perplexing to starved WWE — and to an extent, TNA — fans, but beyond the realm of Divas and Knockouts, there is a wide range of women’s wrestling to be consumed on an independent level. To this writer, it’s always perplexing when fans say they want women’s wrestling but aren’t willing … Read more
The woman of a thousand costumes, Leva Bates has recorded a video in which she issues a challenge to a fellow roster member for SHINE Wrestling’s second show on August 17. SHINE 2 will be held at The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida and will be available for viewing via iPPV at www.wwnlive.com. Check out … Read more
Due to AIW’s newly introduced point system, Hailey Hatred‘s impressive 8-0 win streak would have meant she would be next in line for a shot at Allysin Kay‘s Women’s Championship. Alas, this is not to be – in a new Tumblr post, Hailey says she is choosing to defer her AIW Women’s title shot because … Read more