Asia One Sports has a news story covering yesterday’s All Japan Pro Wrestling press conference in Taipei, Taiwan that saw a brawl break out between Cheerleader Melissa and Japanese wrestler Makoto. The two will face off in the first ever female singles match on Taiwanese soil tomorrow, after competing in a six-person tag bout today … Read more
Ahead of their history-making bout this weekend in Taiwan, a fight broke out today between Cheerleader Melissa and Japanese star Makoto. The fight occured at a press conference for All Japan Pro Wrestling’s “Pro Wrestling Love in Taiwan” in Taipei which takes place tomorrow, November 5th and Sunday, November 6th. Melissa is due to team … Read more
Future WWE developmental Diva Tenille is the star of a new short film documentary. Fittingly entitled “Tenille. The Wrestler.“, the documentary is produced by her brother, Rhett Dashwood. In it, she discusses injuries in wrestling, support from family and friends, dietary and fitness requirements, and her WWE tryout in March. The video is well worth … Read more
Things continue to get better and better for recently crowned SHIMMER Champion, Cheerleader Melissa, as she will be competing for the highly prestigious All Japan Pro Wrestling this weekend when they embark on a tour of Taiwan. AJPW, one of the top companies in Japan, rarely features female wrestlers, so it’s a big honor for … Read more
The next name (and second “gaijin”) added to CHIKARA’s big JoshiMania weekend to be held on December 2, 3 and 4 is none other than former SHIMMER and current PWWA champion, Madison Eagles! Eagles joins Sara Del Rey, Cherry, GAMI, Mio Shirai, Commando Bolshoi, Mayumi Ozaki, Toshie Uematsu, Meiko Satomura, Manami Toyota and Aja Kong … 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: September 24th – PROWL (Cleveland, QLD): Storm def. Brandy Alexander September 30th – MCW (Tullamarine, VIC): Shazza McKenzie def. … Read more
SHIMMER has announced the dates for its next set of DVD tapings: March 17th and 18th, 2012. The company will film Volumes 45-48 in its DVD series over the two days at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, IL. At the last set of tapings which took place at the top of the month, Cheerleader … Read more
Earlier this month, Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Dan Murphy made an appearance at SHIMMER Women Athletes to present a plaque to Madison Eagles, who netted the #1 spot on their annual Female 50 list in September. Our friends at SHIMMER have released the video of the presentation, which also features SHIMMER mainstay, Serena Deeb.Check out the … Read more
The trailer for a new movie called ‘Beat Down‘ has been released. The movie is directed by Canadian native Deanne Foley and stars Marthe Bernard (Republic of Doyle) as a young girl who defies her father by pursuing her dream of becoming a pro wrestler. The film also stars Canadian wrestlers Cherry Bomb, Courtney Rush … Read more
Recent SPARKLE debutant KC Spinelli last night defeated Nicole Matthews at ECCW’s “Halloween Hell” event to win their Women’s Championship. Matthews was just one day shy of a year long reign. As previously stated, she made her debut for SPARKLE at the recent SHIMMER tapings on October 1 and 2, and was featured on the … Read more
Diva Dirt is pleased to announce a unique partnership with WSU for their blockbuster “Breaking Barriers II” Internet pay per view on November 19th, which will feature the debut of Melina, as well as a steel cage War Games match! Read the details below: [notice]DIVA DIRT TO BE OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER FOR WSU’S “BREAKING BARRIERS … Read more
Interesting match up set for Turning Point on November 13th: Sarita and Toxxin (no longer spelt Toxine, apparently) will be part of a six person tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championships. Sarita will team with Mexican America’s Hernandez and Anarquia against Ink, Inc., the team of Jesse Neal, Shannon Moore and … Read more
Fresh from her return to Impact Wrestling, Gail Kim is already in the title picture for the next pay per view, Turning Point. The first ever Knockouts Champ is set to face off against current Knockouts Champion, Velvet Sky, for the title on November 13th. Can Gail reclaim the title that she first held? Too … Read more
WSU star Serena has issued a video statement discussing the cancellation of her highly publicized match with former WWE Diva Melina at WSU’s Breaking Barriers II Internet pay per view on November 19th. Serena Recovering from “Serious Concussion”, Taking Time Off Serena was forced to pull out of the match under doctors’ orders after suffering … Read more
In an update to our piece earlier today, Serena has now officially been pulled from WSU’s 11/19 Breaking Barriers II pay per view. Serena was due to face Melina in one of the night’s two main events, however the match was thrown up in the air when Serena announced that she’d be taking an indefinite … Read more
WSU promoter Sean McCaffrey has issued a statement to Diva Dirt regarding Serena‘s status for the 11/19 Breaking Barriers II Internet pay per view, where she is due to face former WWE star Melina. Serena announced last week that she is out of action indefinitely after suffering a “serious concussion”. WSU tells us exclusively: “Right … Read more
The first non-Japanese name announced for CHIKARA’s JoshiMania is none other than the Queen of Wrestling, Sara Del Rey. Del Rey joins the likes of Manami Toyota, Aja Kong, Toshie Uematsu and many more as part of the three night JoshiMania extravaganza that will take place from Decembe 2nd through December 4th in three different … Read more
On October 9, newly crowned TNA Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky once again made her way over to Mexico to wrestle for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (also known as AAA). The show, titled “Héroes Inmortales” (Spanish for Immortal Heroes), commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of AAA founder Antonio Peña. Velvet’s match was previously announced … Read more
Pro-Wrestling: EVE and Ice Ribbon have revealed that four matches taped earlier this month at the EVE vs Ice Ribbon shows will air for free online this Friday as part of Ice Ribbon’s 19 Pro show. The show will air on Friday 6am ET (11am UK, 7pm Japan). Full details below: [notice]REASONS TO BE HAPPY … Read more
Welcome everybody to the Bound for Glory review! It is I, Bobby, your normal bringer of FCW and NXT greatness here to recap what happened at the pay-per-view. On top of the scheduled fatal four-way for the Knockouts Championship between Mickie James, Velvet Sky, Madison Rayne, and reigning champion, Winter (along with Angelina Love in … Read more
In a four-way match for the Knockouts Title, Velvet Sky overcame the odds (not the least of which was Karen Jarrett serving as the guest referee), winning the match and earning her first-ever reign as Knockouts Champ. The match saw Velvet competing against the likes of Madison Rayne, Mickie James and Winter, and the whole … Read more
The Knockouts Championship is on the line when Winter defends against Madison Rayne, Mickie James and Velvet Sky in a four-way match tonight at Bound for Glory. Who will walk away with the gold? Tune in tonight at 8pm ET on pay per view. You can watch the Bound for Glory pre-show for free at … Read more
The Knockouts Championship is on the line between Winter, Madison Rayne, Mickie James and Winter. Who’ll win the title? The Diva Dirt team weigh in… Bobby: While I wouldn’t have minded if Winter lost the title had Mickie’s odd two week reign never happened, I’ve come to terms with the fact the hot potato games … Read more
WSU has just announced that its hotly anticipated Breaking Barriers II iPPV has moved locations, from the ACE Arena in Union City, NJ to the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, Long Island, NY. The show will still take place on November 19th and feature the same card, which is headlined by a WarGames Steel Cage … Read more
This past weekend held events in Burlington, NC and Kingsport, TN featuring Sara Del Rey in a title tournament match and the CHIKARA debuts of Japanese star, Kana and SHIMMER regular, Jessie McKay from Australia. Check out the results below: 10/7 In Burlington, NC “Small But Mighty” Note: Due to injury, Madison Eagles was not … Read more
We officially have goosebumps! Former WWE and ECW veteran Jazz will be making her NCW Femmes Fatales debut on March 10th, 2012. But that’s not all! Serena will make also make her seemingly inevitable debut for Femmes Fatales also. The former Straight Edge Diva has wrestled for SHIMMER and WSU, so it was only a … Read more