TNA’s Gut Check Challenge has been tarnished by several technical difficulties throughout its existence and controversy has struck again in the final round. “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” Shanna had been neck-and-neck with “Bad Bones” John Klinger in the winner’s bracket round all the way through, but Klinger came out on top in the end. He will … Read more
TNA Knockouts have been receiving a lot of praise lately, but this is a first: someone not only dishing out compliments, but putting their name forward to become a Knockout as well. Today, former WWE and WCW performer Madusa tweeted a message to TNA President Dixie Carter, complimenting the Knockouts division. She had one suggestion … Read more
What’s up Knockout fans and welcome to a slightly belated edition of TNA Xplosion Watch here on Diva Dirt! This week’s match was aired a day before Mickie James‘ Knockout Championship win, so bear that in mind when you don’t see the belt around her waist. On this week’s Xplosion, Mickie takes on former rival … Read more
Mickie James became a three-time Knockouts Champion tonight on Impact Wrestling. In a Knockouts Title match granted to her last week by VP of Knockouts Brooke Hogan, Mickie defeated champ Velvet Sky, taking advantage of her bad leg to earn the victory. That ups Mickie’s title reign total–including five with the WWE Women’s Title and … Read more
The incident of sexual harassment by TNA star Austin Aries on Knockout Christy Hemme has already prompted messages of disapproval from TNA President Dixie Carter and Spike TV, and now it’s reached the front page of TMZ. The celebrity news website has dug into the story and found that Austin Aries has been given a … Read more
Last week on Impact Wrestling, TNA ring announcer and backstage interviewer Christy Hemme made an announcing mistake live on air and found herself receiving an outrageous scolding from Austin Aries. Christy had mistakenly announced Aries and his partner Bobby Roode as Christopher Daniels and Kazarian, their opponents. Upon entering the ring, Aries cornered Christy until … Read more
Continuing the media rounds to promote her new single “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”, Mickie James has given another interview, this time to the Running the Ropes radio show. The interview makes for a very engrossing read, as Mickie is completely candid, discussing how it feels being underutilized by TNA, a lack of Knockouts on the roster … Read more
TNA has officially unveiled their new Knockouts website, WrestlingKnockouts.com. The website features an interactive header at the top of the page featuring all of the active Knockouts. A user can hover over particular Knockout’s picture and click it, which will take them to the girls’ individual profile that features images, a biography and a unique … Read more
What’s up Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Xplosion Watch. Today, I’ll present to you a match that seemingly slipped under everyone’s radars, yet thankfully, I managed to find it in a dark underworld of the internet; the things I do for you! This week we have to throw chronology out of the window as Taryn … Read more
Tara‘s TNA character isn’t unfamiliar with drama (Lockbox Showdown, anyone?), but now she’s going to be portraying a whole new dramatic persona in a (dun dun dun..) soap opera. Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, and her Impact Wrestling on-screen boytoy Jessie Godderz, have both been cast in “Tainted Dreams”. The soap, created by Emmy … Read more
Hot on the heels of Angelina Love and Velvet Sky landing superhero roles, their former colleague Rosita has been cast in a film of her own. Rosita–real name Thea Trinidad–will play a character named Lawson in Tom DeNucci’s “Army of the Damned”. According to the movie’s IMDB profile, the movie’s plot will be based around … Read more
Forget Mighty Molly and Super Stacy, two new wrestling superheros are on the scene… the movie scene that is. Former 5-time Knockouts Champion Angelina Love and current Champion Velvet Sky have been cast in a superhero movie titled “Faux and Orchard: Little Deaths” – a movie that is the second in a series named the … Read more
Former Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne has explained her long absence from Impact Wrestling in recent months, revealing that she is expecting her first child with husband Jesse Cabot. She tweeted: I want to announce b4 it gets out elsewhere, that I’ve been away from the ring b/c @reaper_3 and I are expecting our 1st Raynedrop … Read more
With so much attention on who wouldn’t be part of the show, it was certainly curious to see who would actually appear at the TNA One Night Only: Knockout Knockdown pay per view taping in Orlando, Florida today. Diva Dirt can confirm exclusively that joining the current Impact Wrestling stars are former TNA Knockouts Cheerleader … Read more
Who’d have thought tattoos would be the cause of so much consternation between current and former Knockouts? Following biting cryptic tweets sent by former Knockout Angelina Love and current TNA star Brooke Tessmacher earlier this week, reigning Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky appeared to get involved in the debacle with a cryptic tweet of her own. … Read more
We often hear the “We all love each other!” line in interviews, but Twitter — that oh so magical place where heat-of-the-moment comments can never be taken back — has a funny way of showing people’s true opinions of each other and to the shock of no one, your favorite lockerrooms aren’t as harmonious as … Read more
Having started nearly two years ago, it appears as though former Knockout Daffney‘s legal fight with TNA has finally come to an end. The lawsuit stems from injuries Daffney–real name Shannon Spruill–received while working for TNA, most notably ones sustained when she was chokeslammed through a barbed wire table at 2009’s Bound for Glory. Court … Read more
Now you can enter The Squared Circle without risking life and limb. Well, not the squared circle, but TNA Knockout Tara‘s new restaurant, aptly named after the place she spends her Thursday nights. We reported on her new venture back in October, and since then the restaurant has been all but opened, with details emerging … Read more
It seems that the Knockouts division may be gaining a new wrestler. Former WWE Diva and Tough Enough competitor, Ivelisse Velez, has teased that she will appear on Impact Wrestling next week. Velez sent out a tweet stating: “The Huntress will be making an IMPACT this Thursday! #KnowWhatIMean #TuneIn #OnTheRise”. It’s not known at this … Read more
Velvet Sky is now a two-time Knockouts Champion. On tonight’s Impact, Velvet overcame three adversaries (champ Tara, Brooke Tessmacher and Gail Kim) to win the title. The Four-Way Elimination match saw Gail eliminate Tara first, with Velvet then taking care of Brooke and Gail to become the last woman standing. This is Velvet’s second Knockouts … Read more
TNA Knockout Mickie James‘s latest foray into the music scene has resulted in a new self-titled album. The album’s debut single, “Somebody’s Gonna Pay”, hits iTunes today. If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s because Mickie already filmed the song’s music video last October alongside fellow former Diva Trish Stratus. Mickie spoke to us … Read more
TNA’s online fan-voted Gut Check Challenge has been suspended. The tournament allowed fans to vote for their favorite wrestlers who had previously taken part in unsuccessful Gut Check tryouts. Recently, rules were slightly altered and it was announced that the top three wrestlers voted for in each of the sixteen brackets would advance to the … Read more
TNA Knockout Velvet Sky recently spoke to Scottish podcast ‘The Big WrestleShark Show’ and revealed that her departure from the company last year was simply a “business decision”, but she is happy to be back — and one Knockout aided her return. The Big Apple native said: “It was just business issues. It was never personal with … Read more
What’s up Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Xplosion Watch. TNA have kindly gave us a Knockouts match on this week’s Challenge TV exclusive show and after watching it, I couldn’t be happier. It’s the battle of the good girls on this edition as Brooke Miss Tessmacher goes one-on-one with Mickie James. With both … Read more
Following the departure of Sarita from TNA last month, rumors began to surface that her former tag team partner Rosita was also leaving the company. Neither Rosita nor TNA confirmed the news at the time, but yesterday Rosita made it official on Twitter. She tweeted: As of yesterday I am no longer employed w/TNA. It … Read more
Big news from TNA taping. Contains spoilers for February 24 episode of Impact.