Diva Dirt’s SHINE Week continues with our latest SHINE-related feature, and it’s a big one! Coinciding with SHINE’s one year anniversary, we’ve had the privilege to speak with the promotion’s founder, women’s wrestling mainstay Lexie Fyfe, about everything SHINE, from its inception to its future. In this exclusive interview, Lexie talks about the process of … Read more
Diva Dirt’s Fast 5 will take on a theme and present to you–in no particular order–five related things from the world of women’s wrestling. This week, with SHINE 11 taking place this Friday, we’re looking back at five matches that have defined SHINE in its first year. Click on the arrow below to see our … Read more
As SHINE Wrestling celebrates its one year anniversary this week, Diva Dirt celebrates one year of SHINE with a series of features all week long, culminating with coverage of SHINE 11 on Friday, July 12. In the fickle, judgmental world we live in today, it takes a great deal of courage, and perhaps a modicum … Read more
Yesterday, NCW Femmes Fatales XII took place in Montreal. We’ve got detailed results from the show, courtesy of Diva Dirt reader Dave Muscarella: Dark Match: Jody Milo squashed Diane Hall. Match was short and Hall got in basically zero offense. 1) Lufisto pinned Kimber Lee via Burning Hammer in a fantastic opener. Very good match. … Read more
Vaseline, Latex Stilettos and A Flask Full of Unidentifiable Liquid!
OVW filmed their monthly Saturday Night Special last night, featuring Women’s Champion Trina teaming up with Heidi Lovelace against Taeler Hendrix and Nikki St. John, as well as Epiphany squaring off against Lei’D Tapa. The show will be distributed on DVD via OVWrestling.com. Spoilers below:
After four days of not being able to sustain a reliable Internet connection long enough to view a single Youtube video, I am here and attempting to bring forth the action from this weeks episode of OVW before I lose it once again. (In simpler terms: if I rush, I apologize.) Following a strange week … Read more
Last night, TNA aired the latest Pay-Per-View in its One Night Only series: Hardcore Justice 2. The event, which was taped back in March, featured a Hardcore match between ODB and Jacqueline. In a match that brought out all kinds of weaponry, ODB managed to defeat the toughest woman in wrestling, spitting the contents of … Read more
Former TNA Knockout Angelina Love broke bread with WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus today, getting the chance to catch up with the mother-to-be. The former Knockouts Champion tweeted: Sooo great catching up with this beautiful mommy-to-be today!! @trishstratuscom pic.twitter.com/xPvnbf0i8A — Lauren/Angelina Love (@ActualALove) July 5, 2013 While she’s best known for her TNA tenure, … Read more
With one week to go until SHINE 11 and the inaugural SHINE Championship Tournament, SHINE Wrestling today revealed the first pictures of the title belt that the winner will be presented with. The belt, pictured above, features the SHINE logo on white leather with outlines of the Americas and Europe on either side to represent … Read more
Note: This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of OVW. At this week’s TV taping, OVW announced that at this month’s edition of Saturday Night Special, Epiphany will square off against Lei’D Tapa in singles action. In addition, Taeler Hendrix and Nikki St. John will also team up to face the duo of Heidi … Read more
Ohio Valley Wrestling filmed today’s episode last night in Louisville, Kentucky. Check out the spoilers below: The show (#724) can be seen at OVWrestling.com.
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: Madison Rayne is gone from TNA (for now), so we want to know: what was your favorite moment in her TNA career? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages … Read more
WrestlingKnockouts.com has unveiled TNA’s Knockout of the Month, and it’s none other than Knockouts Champion Mickie James! With the crown, Mickie is showcased in a brand new photoshoot, seen above. The shoot has a county fair theme with some Fourth of July flair thrown in for good measure. In addition, Mickie gave a video interview … Read more
Former WWE Diva Angela Fong, who competed as Savannah, is to be featured in a short film adaptation of the Black Tiger: Legacy of Fury comic–if the project gets its funding, that is. Beyond Time has launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to gather funding for the project, which is to star Angela as the hero Black … Read more
Kharma has a knack for shocking fans, and she has done it yet again…by announcing that she is recording an album! Kharma, who revealed the news exclusively to fansite Kharma-Source.org, had tweeted a few days ago about learning to read music: Learning to read music for a new project I'm working on. Kinda wish I'd … Read more
Christina Von Eerie has been confirmed as the second SHIMMER wrestler to be appearing at the Bellatrix Female Warriors October event, Bellatrix 7. Von Eerie joins Courtney Rush as two of the five stars from SHIMMER that will make the trip across the Atlantic for the Bellatrix vs. SHIMMER themed show. The remaining three wrestlers … Read more
As we reported yesterday, Brooke Hogan has gotten engaged to boyfriend Phil Costa of the Dallas Cowboys. Brooke has posted various photos of her rooftop proposal, the latest coming today on Instagram. She posted the above photo without a caption, but you know what they say: a picture’s worth a thousand words. Congrats again to … Read more
Serena Deeb’s fantastic 2013 continues as she’s heading back to Japan in July to wrestle for Wrestling New Classic! The promotion is owned by former WWE star Tajiri and is fairly new, having started running shows in April of last year. Serena will take on WNC Women’s Champion Lin Byron on July 25th at Shinjuku … Read more
Numerous stars of ’80s promotion GLOW have paid tribute to their colleague Big Bad Mama — real name Lynn Braxton — who passed away last night aged 61. Original GLOW girl Little Egypt said her heart was “saddened” at the loss of Lynn, who succumbed to her battle with cancer. She wrote on Facebook: “Our … Read more
GLOW star Lynn Braxton, who wrestled as Big Bad Mama, had died of cancer at age 61. Braxton appeared on seasons three and four of GLOW, wrestling as an intimidating powerhouse with a painted face. She appeared in the GLOW documentary, which aired recently on LOGO. She also made an appearance on an episode of … Read more
Do or Die Wrestling, Poland’s first wrestling promotion, will make history when they showcase the country’s first women’s wrestling match. The match pits Bianca, the girlfriend of DDW promoter Pan Pawlowski, against Aurora, the host of DDW’s web show DDW Unchained. The historic match will take place on August 17th at DDW 8. Read the … Read more
Independent standout Allysin Kay is set to become the latest female wrestler to ply her craft in the Land of the Rising Sun, Diva Dirt has learned exclusively. The SHINE and WSU star will be heading to Japan for a three month tour with the Diana promotion next month, which creates for an interesting dilemma … Read more
Another four names have been added to PWWA’s August event. Added to the show are Savannah Summers (SA), Storm (QLD), Michelle K Hasluck (WA), and Siren Monroe (VIC). They join already announced talent Madison Eagles, Evie, Kellie Skater, Jessie McKay, Shazza McKenzie, Kellyanne English, KC Cassidy, Eliza Sway and Olivia Shaw. Like Olivia Shaw, this … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS The Crash (June 14th, 2013): Jennifer Blake and Zarco def. Faby Apache and Jonathan. Toryumon Mexico “DragonMania VIII” (June 15th, 2013): Bastet, La Comandante and Mima Shimoda def. Baby Star, Dallys … Read more
Tonight, Anarchy Championship Wrestling hosted their annual American Joshi Queen of Queens tournament at The Mohawk in Austin, Texas. Last year’s winner, Athena, has vowed to defend her ACW Televised Championship in any and all matches she participates in during the tournament. Results from the show are coming to you thanks to ACW and @IndyFanatics … Read more