[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE revealed more information this morning regarding its hotly anticipated brand draft which will split superstars’ rosters between its flagship Monday night Raw brand and Tuesday night SmackDown. The draft will take place during SmackDown’s first live show on Tuesday, July 19 at 8 pm ET. WWE issued this statement about … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at Money in the Bank, the team of Charlotte and Dana Brooke managed to defeat the self-proclaim team Hart & Fire, collectively known as Natalya and Becky Lynch. Becky and Natalya dominated the beginning of the match, hitting Dana and Charlotte with as many tag team maneuvers as they could. … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] This week on WWE Superstars, fans were treated to the second match up in Sasha Banks and Summer Rae‘s budding feud. The two former BFFs have been colliding since Sasha’s recent return to the ring earlier in the month. This week, there were not any lengthy promos between the two adversaries, … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] As a fan of women’s wrestling in WWE, you get used to seeing either phenomenal work or complete nonsense. That is, except for this week. The work we see this week isn’t exactly going to be remembered years from now as the “glory days”, but it isn’t entirely something we should … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Stephanie McMahon participated in a Facebook Q&A session where her responses ranged from her favorite promos, memorable programs with other female superstars, beliefs about her character and more. Transcript courtesy of WrestlingInc. On her favorite promos: The one she cut on Shane McMahon while getting the Legacy of Excellence Award, she … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s NXT review! It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the brand and even though it still feels a bit like the old one, our division is moving forward with a strong showing by Carmella as she takes on Tessa Blanchard, daughter of WWE Hall of Famer … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Is Sasha Banks in agreement with the majority of women’s wrestling fans regarding WWE’s recent booking of their female talent? It would certainly appear so, if implicit reblogging of fans on Tumblr are anything to go by. Sasha shared two posts from fans, questioning the storylines (or lack thereof) currently on … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Japanese wrestling news site enuhito.com sat down with Asuka to discuss her new life in America, returning to Japan with WWE in July, her feelings on the NXT Women’s Championship, training, and more. On getting acclimated with living in the US: It took 6 months to get used to live in … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event, airing internationally and on Hulu.
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE2K Games has revealed that Sasha Banks is the first female Superstar to join this year’s gaming roster. Rob Schamberger, resident WWE artist and Canvas to Canvas creator, is at E3 this week revealing Superstars through artwork. Excited to announce that #THEBOSS @SashaBanksWWE is on the #WWE2K17 roster! Painting via @robschamberger … Read more
Welcome to Monday Night Raw, the show where the only competitors that don’t get entrances are the women! Don’t worry guys, I’ve actually got a lot of good to say this week. Just wanted to get some of the sarcasm out of the way first. First up this week, we hear that Stephanie was in … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars, airing on the WWE Network.
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] A women’s tag team match has been announced for Sunday’s Money in the Bank match. The team of Dana Brooke and WWE’s Women’s Champion Charlotte will take on the team Becky Lynch and Natalya. The announcement was made via WWE’s Facebook page, where Natalya and Becky speak with Tom Phillips about their … Read more
This week’s SmackDown may have ended Dana Brooke‘s short lived winning streak, but that’s as exciting as it gets. What we see in this episode is virtually what we’ve seen in every other segment the women have had for the past month.The ladies give us their all, but unfortunately when the material they have to work … Read more
[media-credit name=”TrishStratus.com & Gridlocked” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] To promote her upcoming film GRIDLOCKED, Trish Stratus and Allan Unger, the writer/director of the movie, along with her co-star Cody Hackman, participated in a Reddit AMA. Questions ranged from her feelings on acting, to what she thinks about the current state of women’s wrestling, her fitness routines, and more. … Read more
WWE has taped three weeks worth of NXT tonight. Spoilers below.
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Several weeks ago Alexa Bliss split from her boys Blake and Murphy to strike out on her own. Bliss explains why she did to Byron Saxton in a WWE.com interview. On her decision to leave BAMF behind: Blake, Murphy and I used to be best friends. They helped me discover who … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night we saw Asuka fend off Nia Jax during the fight of her life, the first time we saw The Empress of Tomorrow in a compromising position. However, before we get to the match, we are taken to footage of both women preparing for the bout. We also see Bayley … Read more
NXT Superstar Athena has yet to make her television debut but when the time comes, she will have a new ring name to go by. At last night’s NXT TakeOver, Athena wrestled a dark match against Peyton Royce, where it was revealed that, going forward, she will be wrestling under the name Ember Moon. https://twitter.com/nerdyjordy/status/740694217257852929 Athena has also … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] These past few months have seen Nia Jax take on all comers as she rose up the ranks of the NXT Women’s Division while Asuka waited with the championship at the top. It was only a matter of time before the two met after Jax injured Bayley during a rematch from … Read more
[media-credit name=”Muscle & Fitness Hers” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Muscle & Fitness Hers have released their July/August issue of their monthly magazine and the latest cover is graced by none other than “The Boss” Sasha Banks! The former NXT Women’s Champion sat down with Muscle & Fitness earlier this year to discuss what fitness plan she uses … Read more
[media-credit name=”FoxSports” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] As Brock Lesner prepares to step foot inside the octagon again for a co-main event at UFC 200, WWE is eyeing up a female fighter to debut in its squared circle for SummerSlam. Fox Sports is confirming that Paige VanZant is in preliminary talks with WWE to appear in some capacity … Read more
Welcome to another Raw Redux here on Diva Dirt. This week, the women of the WWE actually had more than two minutes – hooray. Although none of them got to wrestle – boo. Stephanie McMahon was back on form however, making a blockbuster announcement regarding the future of SmackDown. Theodore Long of all people was … Read more
[media-credit id=762116 align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE Superstars Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Sasha Banks attended Wizard World this past week to meet fans and promote WWE at the annual convention. The women discussed many topics such as their dreams in WWE, their favourite competitors, Bella Twins: The twins were asked about their favourite Superstars currently in WWE. … Read more