With several big independent events coming up in the next couple of months, Diva Dirt has reached out to the head honcos in charge of various promotions for our first annual Promoters Season. Over the next couple of weeks, you will hear from the creative minds behind NCW Femmes Fatales, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, SHIMMER Women Athletes, … 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
PWA Australia‘s official ringside photographer, New Photography, have uploaded their photos from the massive PWWA comeback show on Saturday September the 3rd. The show featured the first ever international SHIMMER Championship defense when Madison Eagles put the gold up for grabs in a match that also featured “Everybody’s Favourite Girlfriend” Jessie McKay, and one half of … 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
With several big independent events coming up in the next couple of months, Diva Dirt has reached out to the head honcos in charge of various promotions for our first annual Promoters Season. Over the next couple of weeks, you will hear from the creative minds behind NCW Femmes Fatales, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, SHIMMER Women Athletes … 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
SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles has taken the #1 spot on this year’s Pro Wrestling Illustrated Female 50. Eagles beats out competition from WWE and TNA stars as well as independent stars to claim the #1 spot this year. Last year’s top ranked female was Michelle McCool. Madison is also the first independent name to claim … Read more
CHIKARA has announced a new name for its three-night JoshiMania festivities this December. Commando Bolshoi will join Manami Toyota, Aja Kong and Toshie Uematsu on the cards. Check out the video announcement below:
Two new talents, Saraya Knight and Mia Yim, have been added to the SHIMMER tapings in less than a month’s time. Official press release below: [notice]This week, SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce the addition of SARAYA KNIGHT and MIA YIM to its next set of DVD tapings, just 25 days away! Earlier … Read more
PWA Australia‘s official ringside photographer, New Photography, have uploaded their photos from their show on Friday September the 2nd, “Battle Lines”. The show featured the Australian wrestling debut of Canada’s Nicole Matthews for their company, in a match versus Shazza McKenzie and an eight-woman tag that pitted SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles, “The Rate Tank” Kellie … Read more
WSU and SHIMMER star Serena has responded to a video blog posted by Melina earlier today about their match at WSU on November 19th. Serena makes reference to her WWE release last year saying she’s been where Melina is right now — knocked down. She continues that she’s had her wings clipped like Melina, but … Read more
Former WWE Divas Champion Melina has released a new video clip talking about her debut with WSU this November. Melina will face fellow former Diva, Serena, in one of the main events at the show which will air live on iPPV. Of her debut, Melina says: “Everything I dreamed about doing in wrestling that I … Read more
Prior to the all-female PWWA show which takes place tonight, the girls of the company competed for brother promotion PWA Australia last night. Both shows are being held at the same venue, the Liverpool Masonic Centre in Liverpool, NSW, Australia. Last night’s show saw the Australian debut of SHIMMER’s Nicole Matthews ahead of her PWWA … Read more
Diva Dirt’s Katelyn brings live coverage from today’s PWWA show in Liverpool, NSW, Australia. The event will feature the SHIMMER Championship being defended for the first time overseas in the main event as Madison Eagles defends in a triple threat match against Nicole Matthews and Jessie McKay. Keep refreshing for the latest results. * Pre-show … Read more
SHIMMER has announced that Christina Von Eerie, one of the new breakout stars in the promotion during her debut in April, will be back in October. Plus, there’s more SHIMMER news in the press release below including details of a DVD sale. [notice]VON EERIE ADDED TO OCT. 1ST & 2ND TAPINGS! ————————————————– SHIMMER – WOMEN … Read more
SHIMMER has announced the addition of Ayumi Kurihara to their DVD tapings taking place in Berwyn, IL on October 1st and 2nd. Check out their press release below: [notice]SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce the addition of AYUMI KURIHARA to its next set of DVD tapings, just over four weeks away! One of … Read more
CHIKARA has released another full-length free match, this time from last month’s Chikarasaurus Rex event. The match saw visiting joshi talent Tsukasa Fujimoto and Makoto from Japan’s Ice Ribbon promotion face off. Watch below:
Former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro recently sent out a bunch of tweets suggesting that she is planning on making a wrestling comeback. The 2005 Diva Search winner mentioned that she wishes to be trained full-time and claims that she was trained on a per match basis during her time in the WWE. I’m been yearning … Read more