Linda McMahon spoke with Sports Illustrated about her role in helping build WWE, her life with Vince, newest venture with Women’s Leadership LIVE and more. On helping build WWE into its massive brand: She worked behind the scenes to create publishing, music, and licensing deals–like action figures–for the company, she explained. “We built each division … Read more
WWE applying logic to their product? Well I never! Welcome to a very positive edition of the Raw Redux here on Diva Dirt. Stephanie McMahon was M.I.A this week, but we were treated to a WWE Women’s Championship match and some straight fire was lit under a secondary female feud. One match, two backstage segments … Read more
Was WWE Superstar Paige arrested after last night’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view? Wrestling News Source has obtained images of Paige being taken away in a police van by a police officer, which can be seen below. WWE Star Paige arrested?! – https://t.co/3QfWR8Qq6I #wwe pic.twitter.com/JyVIJGdYhA — WrestlingNewsSource (@WNSource) June 20, 2016 The report states that … Read more
WWE revealed more information this morning regarding its hotly anticipated brand draft which will split superstars’ rosters between its flagship Monday night Raw brand and Tuesday night SmackDown. The draft will take place during SmackDown’s first live show on Tuesday, July 19 at 8 pm ET. WWE issued this statement about the news: WWE’S DESTINY … Read more
Tonight at Money in the Bank, the team of Charlotte and Dana Brooke managed to defeat the self-proclaim team Hart & Fire, collectively known as Natalya and Becky Lynch. Becky and Natalya dominated the beginning of the match, hitting Dana and Charlotte with as many tag team maneuvers as they could. Charlotte and Dana would … Read more
This week on WWE Superstars, fans were treated to the second match up in Sasha Banks and Summer Rae‘s budding feud. The two former BFFs have been colliding since Sasha’s recent return to the ring earlier in the month. This week, there were not any lengthy promos between the two adversaries, rather we headed straight … Read more
As a fan of women’s wrestling in WWE, you get used to seeing either phenomenal work or complete nonsense. That is, except for this week. The work we see this week isn’t exactly going to be remembered years from now as the “glory days”, but it isn’t entirely something we should forget either. Because for … Read more
Stephanie McMahon participated in a Facebook Q&A session where her responses ranged from her favorite promos, memorable programs with other female superstars, beliefs about her character and more. Transcript courtesy of WrestlingInc. On her favorite promos: The one she cut on Shane McMahon while getting the Legacy of Excellence Award, she said it was ‘challenging.’ … Read more
Welcome to this week’s NXT review! It’s the beginning of a new chapter in the brand and even though it still feels a bit like the old one, our division is moving forward with a strong showing by Carmella as she takes on Tessa Blanchard, daughter of WWE Hall of Famer and Four Horsemen Tully … Read more
Is Sasha Banks in agreement with the majority of women’s wrestling fans regarding WWE’s recent booking of their female talent? It would certainly appear so, if implicit reblogging of fans on Tumblr are anything to go by. Sasha shared two posts from fans, questioning the storylines (or lack thereof) currently on display, featuring the likes … Read more
Japanese wrestling news site enuhito.com sat down with Asuka to discuss her new life in America, returning to Japan with WWE in July, her feelings on the NXT Women’s Championship, training, and more. On getting acclimated with living in the US: It took 6 months to get used to live in the US. I had … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event, airing internationally and on Hulu.
WWE2K Games has revealed that Sasha Banks is the first female Superstar to join this year’s gaming roster. Rob Schamberger, resident WWE artist and Canvas to Canvas creator, is at E3 this week revealing Superstars through artwork. Excited to announce that #THEBOSS @SashaBanksWWE is on the #WWE2K17 roster! Painting via @robschamberger #E3 #E32016 pic.twitter.com/kw137RowlD — … Read more
Welcome to Monday Night Raw, the show where the only competitors that don’t get entrances are the women! Don’t worry guys, I’ve actually got a lot of good to say this week. Just wanted to get some of the sarcasm out of the way first. First up this week, we hear that Stephanie was in … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars, airing on the WWE Network.
A women’s tag team match has been announced for Sunday’s Money in the Bank match. The team of Dana Brooke and WWE’s Women’s Champion Charlotte will take on the team Becky Lynch and Natalya. The announcement was made via WWE’s Facebook page, where Natalya and Becky speak with Tom Phillips about their satisfaction of being submission … Read more
This week’s SmackDown may have ended Dana Brooke‘s short lived winning streak, but that’s as exciting as it gets. What we see in this episode is virtually what we’ve seen in every other segment the women have had for the past month.The ladies give us their all, but unfortunately when the material they have to work … Read more
To promote her upcoming film GRIDLOCKED, Trish Stratus and Allan Unger, the writer/director of the movie, along with her co-star Cody Hackman, participated in a Reddit AMA. Questions ranged from her feelings on acting, to what she thinks about the current state of women’s wrestling, her fitness routines, and more. On how she got into yoga: … Read more
WWE has taped three weeks worth of NXT tonight. Spoilers below.
Several weeks ago Alexa Bliss split from her boys Blake and Murphy to strike out on her own. Bliss explains why she did to Byron Saxton in a WWE.com interview. On her decision to leave BAMF behind: Blake, Murphy and I used to be best friends. They helped me discover who I am. They taught … Read more
Last night we saw Asuka fend off Nia Jax during the fight of her life, the first time we saw The Empress of Tomorrow in a compromising position. However, before we get to the match, we are taken to footage of both women preparing for the bout. We also see Bayley backstage offer Asuka a … Read more
NXT Superstar Athena has yet to make her television debut but when the time comes, she will have a new ring name to go by. At last night’s NXT TakeOver, Athena wrestled a dark match against Peyton Royce, where it was revealed that, going forward, she will be wrestling under the name Ember Moon. https://twitter.com/nerdyjordy/status/740694217257852929 Athena has also … Read more
These past few months have seen Nia Jax take on all comers as she rose up the ranks of the NXT Women’s Division while Asuka waited with the championship at the top. It was only a matter of time before the two met after Jax injured Bayley during a rematch from NXT: TakeOver London, putting … Read more
Muscle & Fitness Hers have released their July/August issue of their monthly magazine and the latest cover is graced by none other than “The Boss” Sasha Banks! The former NXT Women’s Champion sat down with Muscle & Fitness earlier this year to discuss what fitness plan she uses to keep herself in shape so that … Read more