Nikki Bella has recently announced her retirement from wrestling. She first mentioned her retirement on the season finale of her reality show, Total Bellas. From that announcement, she went into further details on her health reasons causing her retirement on The Tonight Show featuring Jimmy Fallon. Since then she and her sister Brie Bella continue … Read more
EVOLVE Wrestling is hosting their 10th Anniversary Celebration (also known as EVOLVE 131) this weekend on July 13. This will be the first time that EVOLVE and any independent promotion will be aired on the WWE Network.
Since 2015, the promotion has formed a partnership with WWE. Here they are allowed to scout talent for their NXT brand.
EVOLVE posted on their Twitter account a poll to determine if a women’s match should be included at this event. With a resounding landslide of 89% of the vote, the answer was yes.
The match will be Shotzi Blackheart vs. Brandi Lauren. Blackheart is the current Shine Nova Champion. These two competitors met at EVOLVE 129 where the match ended in a no contest. The video above is from their prior encounter.
BREAKING NEWS….
You voted yes with a resounding 89% of the vote!
Shotzi Blackheart vs. Brandi Lauren has been added to this Saturday's EVOLVE 10th Anniversary Celebration from Philadelphia live on the WWE Network!
SmackDown this week marks the last show prior to Extreme Rules this Sunday. The major focus was on the contract signing for the SmackDown Women’s Championship match. The champion Bayley met Nikki Cross in the ring to put ink to paper and make the match official. Alexa Bliss who will be Cross’ partner in this … Read more
As if main eventing WrestleMania 35 wasn’t enough for The Man, Becky Lynch has yet accomplished another milestone. WWE announced today that Lynch will be on the “Blockbuster” issue cover of ESPN Magazine. She will be sharing the cover with actress Alison Brie. Brie stars in the Netflix program GLOW – inspired by the 1980s … Read more
SmackDown Live Superstar Mandy Rose spoke to Star Magazine recently in regards to her fitness and staying healthy. She goes over how often she trains, what her workout consists of, and what motivates her. Rose also explains her very own fitness app that is now available and how it can help others. Motivation is a … Read more
RAW this week kicked off with the advertised mixed tag team match. The match involved RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch teaming with the Universal Champion Seth Rollins. They faced Zelina Vega and Andrade in a match with elimination rules. A mixed tag team match has the rules where each gender can only face the same … Read more
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Nikki Cross both competed in their own Beat the Clock matches on tonight’s RAW. If Cross could beat her opponent in less time then it took Bayley to defeat hers then Alexa Bliss would have an advantage. She would be able to name the stipulation for her championship match at … Read more
NXT stars Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox have been out of action since last year due to injuries. Kai has been out since December and Nox has been sidelined since August. Both women have been discussing their recoveries on their social media and according to both of their recent posts, they are ready to return. … Read more
Former Women’s Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks hasn’t been on WWE television since WrestleMania 35. At that event, she and Bayley dropped the tag titles to The IIconics. There have been previous reports in regards to her frustrations with the company which has led to her absence. Monday Night Raw will be in Tampa, Fla. … Read more
The Bella Twins discussed on their podcast that they were in the plans to face The IIconics after WrestleMania. The IIconics defeated the inaugural Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Bayley for the titles in a fatal-four way at the biggest event of the year. According to Nikki and Brie they were to return … Read more
It was officially announced earlier today via Twitter by WWE that there will be a mixed tag team match on RAW this Monday. It will feature the RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch teaming with the Universal Champion Seth Rollins. They will face the team of Zelina Vega and Andrade.
The match was originally teased in a WWE Exclusive after SmackDown this week as seen above. Zelina Vega and Andrade challenged the champs to a mixed tag team match.
This past week on RAW, Maria Kanellis and her husband Mike faced off against the power couple. The match didn’t go quite according to plan as Maria announced her pregnancy which made Lynch back off.
Vega promises that unlike Maria she is not pregnant so she will not be running away from Lynch. She made a guarantee that once she is finished with the champ that she will not be wrestling anymore.
What are your thoughts about this upcoming match? Would you rather have Zelina Vega/Andrade in the title picture instead of Lacey Evans/Baron Corbin? Share your thoughts in the comment section!!
Longtime former ring announcer for WWE, Lilian Garcia spoke recently with Daily DDT. During the interview the topic of Evolution, the all women’s pay-per-view from last year, presented itself. Many fans have been hoping for a second Evolution to take place this year but unfortunately, nothing has been announced yet. She did return at that … Read more
WWE’s yearly Extreme Rules pay-per-view is just a week from Sunday and all eyes are on the Winners Take All mixed tag team match. This match has recently received Extreme Rules implications added to it. Recently women have been ushered into matches that were predominately just for the men. Last year there was an Extreme … Read more
SmackDown Live had a lot to live up to from RAW this week. The main thing that put RAW over SmackDown this week was simply the surprise of Maria Kanellis. The women’s division has been stagnant since WrestleMania that a new face is going to get people talking. SmackDown, unfortunately, did not have someone such … Read more
As we enter a new month that means that the next pay-per-view event is rapidly approaching. Extreme Rules is on July 14 which is only one week from Sunday. It was made public last week that Becky Lynch will team up with her real-life boyfriend Seth Rollins in a Winners Takes All match. They will … Read more
It was previously announced during RAW last week that Becky Lynch will team up with Seth Rollins to face Lacey Evans and Baron Corbin at Extreme Rules. This match will be a mixed tag team match and it will be a Winners Take All match. The Universal Title and the RAW Women’s Title will be … Read more
There have been many reports recently about frustrations with the creative process in WWE. Most notably since WrestleMania the women’s tag team division has taken a back seat to just about everything else. Paige recently talked to The SunSport about this exact problem. Managing The Kabuki Warriors has been a way to keep Paige on … Read more
An NXT Live event took place Saturday evening in Venice, Fla. Prior to the event, Chelsea Green announced on Twitter that she will be returning. Her return is from being sidelined from a broken wrist in March. Green let Venice know that they were in for a treat this evening in her social media post. … Read more
WWE LIVE takes to their tour of Tokyo, Japan with massive intensity as The Kabuki Warriors earn a win over The IIconics. This win propels them into a future title opportunity for the tag team belts. Their mouthpiece Paige laid down the challenge in a backstage segment just last week. The Kabuki Warriors pick up … Read more
Being underrated is a term that gets tossed around a lot when it comes to professional wrestling. Of course, every fan has their favorites which is all part of the fun. At some point though credit should be given where credit is due. Inspired by Ring The Belle’s most recent upload on YouTube, Diva Dirt … Read more
Only time will tell how WWE’s new Executive Directors for RAW and SmackDown will benefit the women’s locker room. It was announced today by WWE that Paul Heyman will be the Executive Director of RAW. Eric Bischoff will take on the same role for SmackDown.
WWE.com reported their roles to include the following:
“In their executive roles, Heyman and Bischoff will oversee the creative development of WWE’s flagship programming and ensure integration across all platforms and lines of business. The creation of these roles further establishes WWE’s ability to continuously reinvent its global brand while providing two distinct creative processes for its flagship shows.”
These newly created positions will still have to report directly to the Chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon. Both Heyman and Bischoff have served as Presidents themselves in the past to both ECW & WCW respectively.
So how may all of this affect the women’s rosters?
Heyman has been known to create an impact in the careers of many women in wrestling history. More predominantly women such as Renee Young, Beth Phoenix, and Natalya have cited him as an influencer in their careers. All three spoke highly of him on his “My Name is Paul Heyman” DVD.
ECW & WCW weren’t exactly known for their women’s wrestling. Although this may have been the case, these two men have worked in other promotions that highlighted women’s matches.
In May, an article by 411Mania transcribed 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff where he focused on why women in WCW never went anywhere. Bischoff had the following to say:
“Well, there just wasn’t as many credible, athletic, believable women in 1997 as there are today,” Bischoff said. “It wasn’t like there were women all over the United States, or all over the world, training to become professional wrestlers, number one. There was no Performance Center, not too many women were interested in coming down to the Power Plant to train, to become professional wrestlers. You couldn’t really put an ad in the paper and expect to have much luck. So there just wasn’t the talent pool in 1997 of women wrestlers as there are today. It wasn’t until recently — we’re talking about 2019.”
It has further been announced by PWInsider that Heyman has been talked to about this role since February. Bischoff’s involvement has been more recent within the past few weeks.
What are your thoughts on this new development? Do you think that Heyman and/or Bischoff will benefit women’s wrestling in WWE? Discuss your thoughts in the comment section!!
Love is in the air, and with that WWE has a new power couple. At the climax of WWE Stomping Grounds, real life couple Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins was brought together in a storyline thanks to Lacey Evans being the special guest referee in the WWE Universal Championship match. There, Evans would take advantage … Read more
History was made this week on NXT in the women’s division. Shayna Baszler defended her championship in the first-ever NXT women’s Steel Cage against Io Shirai. This was placed in the main event spot. This wouldn’t be the first time Shirai had a crack at the NXT Women’s Championship. She failed to become champion at … Read more
It has previously been circulating in the news that Harvard Business School will be conducting a class that will include a case study on WWE. The course titled, “Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports” will be available to students in the fall. Thanks to the instructor of the course Professor Anita Elberse, Wrestling Inc. received an … Read more
NXT Superstar Kacy Catanzaro watched Stomping Grounds this past weekend and paid close attention to Ricochet’s United States Championship match. This was his first singles title match since being called up to the main roster. He faced the current champion, Samoa Joe.
Catanzaro and Ricochet are a real-life couple so she watches with anticipation as he attempts to gain his first title since being called up from NXT. She is joined by fellow NXT talent Chelsea Green and Deonna Purrazzo while watching.
Nervous throughout the video she comments on him doing springboards and how she always hopes he lands them. This is something she is always concerned for herself as well when she executes them.
Ricochet does capture his first title much to Catanzaro’s delight.
What do you think of this reaction video? Do you think that Catanzaro could become a future Women’s Champion? Discuss your thoughts in the comment section below!
The Extreme Rules pay-per-view is now decided for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. That’s right, we are going to receive a spitting image of Stomping Grounds. Alexa Bliss has officially received another title shot at the next pay-per-view. Thanks to Nikki Cross, Bliss will go one-on-one with Bayley because Cross defeated the champion on tonight’s show. … Read more
