Former WWE Diva turned ROH star Maria Kanellis returned to the ring last night on her 30th birthday — and scored her first championship in wrestling. The Story Behind Maria Kanellis’ Wrestling Return: “I Don’t Want to be a Diva” Maria returned to the ring for the first time in two years and took part … Read more
At this rate Beth Phoenix may just be the Divas Champion forever. The Glamazon proved to be immune to Tamina Snuka‘s Superfly Splash, kicking out of the pinfall and taking home the victory with an almighty Glam Slam. In a good back and forth match, both Divas shone, but it was Tamina, who has had … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of Pro-Wrestling: EVE’s Internet pay per view debut, No Man’s Land: Sjodin vs Alpha! – Order and watch the iPPV here – Step-by-step guide on how to order – Main event poll (results revealed live on iPPV) Follow our live coverage here at Diva Dirt and by following us on … Read more
Knockouts Champion Gail Kim held on to her championship at tonight’s Against All Odds pay per view, but the former four-time Knockouts Champ, Tara, certainly brought the fight to her in a highly competitive match. In a bout that saw several big moves from both Knockouts, including Gail hitting a top rope hurricanrana and Tara … Read more
Pro-Wrestling: EVE has released an official announcement following Portuguese star Shanna‘s injury during a three-way EVE Title match on Saturday. As reported yesterday, Jenny Sjodin retained the EVE Championship by defeating Shanna and April Davids at XWA. [notice]Sjodin Retains, Shanna Injured…. ‘The Female Fight Machine’ Jenny Sjodin retained the Pro-Wrestling:EVE Championship last night after a … Read more
Last night’s AIW Girls Night Out 5 was a raucous event by all accounts highlighted by the fact that WSU’s Allysin Kay suffered a pretty gnarly broken nose (see the gory graphic proof to your left). The event which took place in Cleveland, Ohio, was headlined by Sara Del Rey challenging Mickie Knuckles for the … Read more
Talk about a shocker! Kharma returned to WWE television as a surprise entrant during the Royal Rumble match making her only the third female in history to compete in the Rumble. Kharma, who has been away since late May 2011 due to pregnancy, eliminated Michael Cole and Hunico before being eliminated by Dolph Ziggler. However, … Read more
For the second month in a row, the Divas got an impromptu pay per view match. This time Beth Phoenix lead the team of the Bella Twins and Natalya against Kelly Kelly, Eve, Alicia Fox and Tamina. The Divas Champ scored a big victory for her team by pinning Kelly Kelly for the second month … Read more
WSU has released the following featuring results from its show over the weekend in conjunction with the NWS promotion in New Jersey. Unfortunately, due to weather issues, former WWE Divas Molly Holly and Jillian Hall were unable to appear. Check out the results and more news below: [notice]STATE OF WSU For 1/23 – 1/21 “Blitzkreig” … Read more
Hiya everybody (insert “Hi, Dr. Nick” reply from you all) and welcome to another one of those rare FCW related segments that does not take place on television. This weekend I attended another thrilling, chilling live event from the developmental territory, which featured some pretty stellar matches and a meet and greet with former WWE … Read more
On January 7, Emi Sakura wrestled her final match for the joshi promotion Ice Ribbon. Citing ‘personal reasons’ as her choice for leaving, Sakura went out with a bang by wrestling Tsukushi – her most recent tag partner – in a fifteen minute match in Sendai, Japan. Tsukushi picked up the victory. Classed as the … Read more
On December 17th, 2011 in New York, Family Wrestling Entertainment presented a cleverly named show – “Haastility” – featuring appearances from former WWE superstars Charlie and Jackie Haas. Charlie defended his FWE Heavyweight Championship in the main event against TNA’s Eric Young, while Jackie wrestled another TNA talent in what I believe falls into the … Read more
Talk about an eleventh hour addition! In an unadvertised Divas Championship bout, Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly once again did battle, rehashing their long rivalry over the summer and early fall, as 2011 comes to a close. The match stemmed from this past Monday’s Slammy Awards where Kelly and Beth had an altercation after Kelly … Read more
This past weekend, former Knockouts Champion Mickie James took on Amber O’Neal for her ArenaChicks promotion. Results and pictures below: [notice]This past weekend was an exciting one for the Charlotte based indy federation PWXwrestling.com and Arenachicks.com! Friday night, CEO of ArenaChicks Amber O’Neal had the opportunity to go one on one with the former WWE … Read more
It’s that time of year again! WWE pays visit to all of our fighting men and women of the armed forces, and puts on a bonus two hour program for everyone to enjoy. This year TTTT is being held in an actual arena as opposed to the fresh open air of years past. We witnessed … Read more
The “hot potato” streak is officially over! Following title changes on the last four consecutive pay per views, the reigning Knockouts Champ Gail Kim proved to be a worthy champion by retaining the belt in a match against Mickie James. Gail can perhaps thank Madison Rayne — with whom she also holds the Knockouts Tag … Read more
We now have a second report from last night’s JoshiMania Night 3 event in Manhattan, NY, as well as over 100 photos. PREVIOUSLY: – JoshiMania Night 1 Results & Extensive Photo Gallery: Del Rey vs Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & More – JoshiMania Night 2 Results (Everett, MA): Aja Kong vs Ayako Hamada & More … Read more
JoshiMania came to an end today with a matinee show in Manhattan, NY, headlined by Sara Del Rey taking on Ayako Hamada in the main event. PREVIOUSLY: – JoshiMania Night 1 Results & Extensive Photo Gallery: Del Rey vs Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & More – JoshiMania Night 2 Results (Everett, MA): Aja Kong vs … Read more
JoshiMania moves to Everett, MA for Night 2 featuring Aja Kong vs Ayako Hamada in the main event. PREVIOUSLY: – JoshiMania Night 1 Results & Extensive Photo Gallery: Del Rey vs Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & More Diva Dirt reader Dana Begeurie reporting… * Toshie Uematsu and Gami beat Cherry and Sawako Shimono. * Kaori … Read more
Last night, CHIKARA kicked off its three-night JoshiMania extravaganza in Philadelphia, PA, in a show headlined by Sara Del Rey facing her idol, returning to the US for the first time in years, Aja Kong. Plus, Manami Toyota was presented the Diva Dirt Legacy Award. Complete results and an extensive photo gallery below. Exclusive: Sara … Read more
Last night, Absolute Intense Wrestling hosted Hell on Earth 7 in Cleveland, OH, featuring the debuts of TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim and Mia Yim. Yim challenged Mickie Knuckles for the AIW Women’s Championship as Gail served as special guest referee. Mia, as the heel, lost the bout after being hit with a spinning powerbomb … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live, ongoing coverage of WSU’s Breaking Barriers 2 Internet pay per view tonight. The show kicks off at 7pm ET. Click here to order the iPPV. All times are Eastern. Welcome to our live coverage of WSU Breaking Barriers 2! Follow the coverage here on Diva-Dirt.com and our Twitter page, @divadirt. Tonight, … Read more
One half of the Canadian Ninjas, Portia Perez briefly won the ACW Championsip at Anarchy Championship Wrestling’s Lone Star Classic event this past weekend. Results and pictures courtesy of Brandon. Brandon here, and HISTORY WAS MADE at ACW’s 6th Annual Lone Star Classic with Portia Perez winning the ACW Championship from Darin Childs and Rachel … Read more
Hi everybody, and welcome to an impromptu, non-redux/watch/recap/write-up segment featuring yours truly. Alright, this isn’t really about me at all, but it’s cool to feel important. Nevertheless, this weekend I attended another live show for FCW, which featured some top notch matches, entertaining segments, and wedding crashers… but that’s all for another day. The Divas … 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
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