NXT Women’s Champion Bayley recently spoke to Title Match Wrestling about her history-making main event match against Sasha Banks at TakeOver: RESPECT, possibly turning heel, the Diva Revolution and more: On her popularity: She says it’s weird to be considered one of the most popular women wrestlers, since she still sees herself as a “normal … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Asuka Asuka … Read more
For the second week in a row, NXT’s Divas got the Superstar treatment. After last week’s huge TakeOver: RESPECT main event announcement, we have another bit of history before us in the form of Asuka‘s debut. Never before has a Diva signing been treated with such pomp and circumstance, recalling the signings of Finn Balor, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Acording to a report from the Wrestling Observer (via via Lords of Pain), WWE may have new plans for the NXT women’s division. As we reported, the original plans called for Eva Marie to be the one to take the NXT Women’s Championship off of Bayley, but officials may have … Read more
This weekend, the WWE held tryouts at the Performance Center, drawing female talent from the indy scene and the sports world at large. Squared Circle Sirens has named numerous women as participants in the tryouts, Wrestling Inc compiling them into the following list: * Allysin Kay, top indy wrestler and two-time AIW Women’s Champion. * … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Bayley Bayley … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @sashabankswwe/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: Happy Anniversary! WWE ring announced … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ProWrestlingTees.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * WSU World … Read more
This week on NXT, the Diva Revolution finally got around to fulfilling the “revolution” part of its mission. After a week spent marking out, we finally got to see the official booking of a humongous match: Bayley will defend the NXT Women’s Title against Sasha Banks in the main event of TakeOver: RESPECT…in a 30 … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Awesome Kong … Read more
Athena‘s WWE signing is no longer just a rumor. PWInsider is confirming that the indy star has signed with the WWE, adding that she will report to the Performance Center later this month. Athena’s signing has been rumored ever since she took part in a WWE tryout in June. The rumors started heating up in … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @itsmebayley/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: News broke early this week … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @LanaWWE/Twitter” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * Seth Rollins … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @TripleH/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] New WWE signee Kana made her NXT debut at tonight’s tapings, revealing her new ring name. Kana, who will be henceforth known as Asuka, joined NXT GM William Regal in the ring to be introduced to the WWE Universe: Scoop #12: Kana is now Asuka pic.twitter.com/NP9caFEgTD — Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) … Read more
Spoilers for the September 16th – September 30th episodes of NXT.
[media-credit name=”Photo: @TripleH/Twitter” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] The WWE has announced the main event of the next NXT TakeOver special, and it’s a huge one for Diva fans. In a rematch from NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley will defend her NXT Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks in a 30 Minute Iron Man match. The news was announced at … Read more
The WWE is speaking out on racist tweets recently discovered on the account of NXT Diva Jasmin. The messages, which contained the n-word and other racist elements, were posted years ago, back when Jasmin – real name Nhooph Al-Areebi – was a teenager. However, in a statement to PWInsider, the WWE claims that, in those … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn is a few weeks behind us, but the Divas division is still in flux, with recent departures and a new Women’s Champion making it a relative free-for-all. Everyone’s jockeying for position, looking to prove themselves as serious threats not only to their fellow Divas, but to the Diva: Bayley. Like last week, … Read more
Indy wrestler (and subject of many a WWE signing rumor) Athena recently spoke to Title Match Wrestling about her competition on the Texas indy scene and her future in wrestling: At the end of the interview, Athena addresses her future cryptically, saying there are “bigger and better things” coming for her soon. While that is … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] New signee Kana has been introduced to the WWE Universe in a new interview with WWE.com, where she shared her favorite wrestlers, her thoughts on the WWE Performance Center, her excitement for joining the Divas division and more. Her favorite wrestlers: “I became attracted to sports-entertainment in Japan while watching … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] In her first interview since signing with the WWE, Japanese wrestling veteran Kana spoke to Sporting News about why she chose to join the WWE, the Diva Revolution, transitioning to an American audience and the Divas she’s most interested in facing. On why she decided to join the WWE, Kana … Read more
The WWE has confirmed the signing of Kana, breaking the news in an official press release. The announcement, made first in Kana’s home country of Japan, reveals that she will keep her current ring name and report to the WWE Performance Center later this month. Kana’s signing has been rumored ever since she appeared at … Read more
Former NXT Diva Zahra Schreiber has made her first public statement since her release, taking to Instagram to issue an apology. Zahra, who was released by the WWE last week after Nazi imagery was found on her Instagram, stressed that she is not an anti-Semite, writing: “Let me start this off by saying how grateful … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Bayley‘s first challengers may be two of NXT’s fastest rising stars. The Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain) is reporting that plans have the new NXT Women’s Champion taking on Dana Brooke first, with Eva Marie taking up the challenge afterwards. The report states that there is a desire behind … Read more
Sarah Stock is the latest addition to NXT’s coaching team, according to a new report. The Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain) is confirming earlier speculation, reporting that Stock has signed a deal with the WWE to coach at the Performance Center. The report speculates that Stock – a two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … Read more