After expressing her interest in doing commentary during a recent interview on Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast and being announced as one of the commentators for this year’s Mae Young Classic II, Renee Young made history this week when she became the first woman to commentate a full episode of Monday Night Raw. During an … Read more
According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s (August 14th) fourth episode of Miz & Mrs on USA Network drew 1.162 million viewers and ranked #3 for the night on cable in the 18-49 demographic. This is down from last week’s episode, which drew 1.225 million viewers and ranked #3 for the night. This is also the … Read more
During the Mae Young Classic II tapings this month Tegan Knox injured her leg while performing an outside dive that landed awkwardly, forcing her to bow out of the competition. Triple H provided a minor update today, August 15, on her condition during a media conference call promoting the upcoming TakeOver: Brooklyn. He said it … Read more
On this week’s SmackDown Live, WWE’s It Couple, The Miz and Maryse confirmed that their hit reality show Miz & Mrs has been picked for a second season. Read WWE and USA Network’s press release below, which details that season two of Miz & Mrs will feature 14 episodes in 2019: NEW YORK, NY — … Read more
The Summer usually means endless BBQs, dodgy tan lines and never having enough swimwear, but for the wrestling world, it means Summerslam! Last week, the women took the main event slot with Ronda Rousey making her RAW in-ring debut by defeating our veteran Alicia Fox. With the RAW Women’s Champion, Alexa Bliss, with a huge … Read more
Yesterday morning (August 13th), the unfortunate news broke that former two-time WWE Tag Team Champion Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart had passed away. According to TMZ Sports, Neidhart died after a fall at his home. Neidhart’s daughter Natalya has taken to social media to comment on the passing of her famous father, promising to keep his memory … Read more
The growing rivalry between SmackDown Superstars Lana and Zelina Vega will reach a new boiling point as the WWE have announced that they will be involved in a Mixed Tag Team Match during the SummerSlam Kickoff show that will see Lana team up Rusev while Vega will team up Andrade “Cien” Almas. Read WWE.com’s briefing of … Read more
WWE Superstar Maria Kanellis has been training at the WWE Performance Center for an in-ring comeback. In midst of her training, Kanellis revealed on Instagram that she has suffered a broken wrist and will be in a cast for six weeks. Despite the small setback, Kanellis still has her sight on making a comeback for … Read more
Tonight, August 9th, the WWE concluded their taping of the Mae Young Classic II, which will lead up to the finals taking place at WWE’s Evolution PPV event in October. View the non-spoiler brackets of the Mae Young Classic II Tournament here. Note: Friendly reminder to please keep all discussion of Mae Young Classic spoilers … Read more
Ronda Rousey will face Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss later this month and now has revealed she has her eyes on an additional goal – the main event of WrestleMania. In an interview with Sports Illustrated she confessed that plan is in the forefront of her mind. “It’s definitely a goal of mine to be … Read more
Fresh off the announcement that she will provide commentary for the Mae Young Classic II, the WWE have announced that Renee Young will serve as a commentator on next week’s Monday Night RAW. She will be filling in for Johnathan Coachman who has a prior engagement that night, and will join Michael Cole and Corey Graves … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. This week, Taynara Conti and Vanessa Borne battled for the opportunity to participate in the second annual Mae Young Classic. Both women were involved in the inaugural tournament last year. However, Conti and Borne were respectively defeated in their first round matches. Based on that and … Read more
Tonight, August 8, the Mae Young Classic II began taping at Full Sail. Here is a non-spoiler break down of the first night of match ups. Pre-Show Dark Match: Britt Baker vs Tesha Price MYC Matches: Tegan Knox vs Zatara Rhea Ripley vs MJ Jenkins Lacey Lane vs Vanessa Kraven Killer Kelly vs Meiko Satomura … Read more
Hey Smackdown fans!! We are getting closer and closer to the SummerSlam PPV. Last week Charlotte Flair returned and thanks to Paige, she was given the chance to enter into the SummerSlam Smackdown Women’s Championship Match. She defeated Carmella last week in the main event and earned her spot in the PPV match making it … Read more
Tonight on Facebook Live and YouTube, the WWE presented their opening ceremony Mae Young Classic 2018 Parade of Champions, formally introducing the competitors representing different countries that will take part in this year’s tournament: Kaitlyn Io Shirai Tegan Nox Kacy Catanzaro Toni Storm Jinny Ashley Rayne Kavita Devi Meiko Satomura Rhea Ripley Deonna Purrazzo Reina … Read more
On top of their interview with Madison Rayne, TV Insider also spoke with fellow former Knockouts Champion Mia Yim to discuss coming back from her injury for another opportunity to compete in this year’s Mae Young Classic tournament. The fan favorite advanced to the final 16 during last year’s event. Highlights of the interview below. … Read more
For all of us women’s wrestling fans and the commenters on Diva-Dirt, it has finally been announced that the second annual Mae Young Classic will premiere on the WWE Network on September 5th at 9/8 C, immediately following NXT. The single-elimination tournament will continue each Wednesday night until two competitors remain. As it was already … Read more
Since debuting at Royal Rumble, the “Baddest Woman on the Planet” Ronda Rousey has been a significant point of focus for the WWE’s women’s division. With many wondering if she’d be a full-time performer or get that special part-time treatment, the WWE called our bluff by announcing that she’d be taking part in her first … Read more
After weeks of speculations and names revealed for this year’s Mae Young Classic, fans and participants alike are excited as we are set to kick-off the tournament this week! In a preview interview with TV Insider, one of the MYC II participants Madison Rayne (who will wrestle as Ashley Rayne for the MYC II) discusses … Read more
WWE broadcaster Renee Young recently spoke with Lilian Garcia on her Chasing Glory podcast to discuss her experience on Total Divas, how she and Dean Ambrose got together and thoughts of possibly joining WWE’s commentary team again. Highlights of the interview below, courtesy of Chasing Glory. The story behind the name ‘Renee Young’: I sent … Read more
Ahead of her big Triple Threat SmackDown Women’s Title match against Carmella and Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch was a recent guest on The Jim Ross Report to discuss her thoughts on Flair being added to the title match last minute, reaction to being referred to as ‘Flair’s sidekick’and her experience on shooting for WWE’s The … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. Ahead of Mae Young Classic II tapings next week, we’re asking this: What are your predictions for this year’s tournament? @cocainegel: I’m predicting Kaitlyn vs. Io Shirai for the finals. WWE will want to push Kaitlyn considering she’s a former champion. … Read more
Mae Young Classic II tapings kick off next week and now the field is complete as WWE revealed the last round of competitors – among them another former Impact Knockout, international sensation, and returning faces. Zatara, Xia Li, MJ Jenkins, Allysin Kay, and Rachel Evers join the previously announced women. Here’s what WWE had to … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. Tonight, we saw a one on one match between women’s champion Shayna Baszler and Candice LeRae. About a month ago, Baszler addressed the NXT Universe and in the process insulted a majority of the women’s division, including Candice LeRae. A week later, Candice confronted Shayna regarding … Read more
SmackDown Live! was live last night from Tampa, FL. Being as Tampa is my hometown, I wish I was in attendance, but alas I was not. With the hottest event of the summer just a few weeks away and Evolution just a few months away, the women are front and center. SummerSlam is fast approaching … Read more
Ahead of her match in her hometown of Jacksonville, FL against Ronda Rousey on next week’s (August 6th) Monday Night Raw, Alicia Fox spoke with Void Live Magazine to discuss long tenured WWE career, her proudest accomplishments and the WWE Women’s Revolution. Highlights of the interview below. On first becoming a wrestler: I was in … Read more