As Brock Lesner prepares to step foot inside the octagon again for a co-main event at UFC 200, WWE is eyeing up a female fighter to debut in its squared circle for SummerSlam. Fox Sports is confirming that Paige VanZant is in preliminary talks with WWE to appear in some capacity at the event. Mike … Read more
Welcome to another Raw Redux here on Diva Dirt. This week, the women of the WWE actually had more than two minutes – hooray. Although none of them got to wrestle – boo. Stephanie McMahon was back on form however, making a blockbuster announcement regarding the future of SmackDown. Theodore Long of all people was … Read more
WWE Superstars Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Sasha Banks attended Wizard World this past week to meet fans and promote WWEÂ at the annual convention. The women discussed many topics such as their dreams in WWE, their favourite competitors, Bella Twins: The twins were asked about their favourite Superstars currently in WWE. Brie’s choice was the … Read more
Over the past month reports on former NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks being injured circled the world wide web. “The Boss” was kept away from television screens from mid-April up until her latest appearance on Main Event at the beginning of June. Whilst attending the Wizard World convention in Philadelphia, we got to hear Sasha speak on the … Read more
Paige and Summer Rae clashed for the second time in as many weeks on this week’s WWE Superstars, a rematch from Paige’s win on Main Event last week. Before this match, Summer had wrestled three televised matches in a fortnight, losing all three of them. Can she pick up a win on this showing or … Read more
Former multi Women’s and Diva’s Champion Beth Phoenix has given birth to her second child with beau Adam “Edge” Copeland. The couple had first announced the news back in April during this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, when Beth was already eight months along. The proud father shared the news on Twitter, revealing that … Read more
On this week’s edition of Thursday Night SmackDown we see the Lass Kicker Becky Lynch take on the Women’s champion Charlotte with the Predator Dana Brooke watching the entire time. Before we discuss the quality of tonight’s actions, let’s quickly recap what actually happened! Our first sighting is our one and only in-ring contest, and … Read more
When we look back at the best days of NXT, the likes of Summer Rae and Sasha Banks appear fairly often. In fact, some of their best moments include the times in which they were actually a tag team. So seeing Banks and Rae competing in a lengthy match against one another is a great one … Read more
According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the Bulgarian Brute Rusev and his Ravishing Russian Lana will tie the knot on September 2nd and Total Divas cameras will be on hand to capture the event! Lana joins newcomers Renee Young and Maryse, along with the returning Naomi and Total Divas staples Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Eva … Read more
We are one week away from NXT TakeOver: The End… and after last week, things are definitely heating up as we approach our first big event of the summer and first overwhelming challenge to Asuka‘s reign! Headlining the show this week is a contract signing between The Empress of Tomorrow and her dominating opponent, Nia … Read more
Several of WWE’s female superstars have been confirmed to star in Season 2 of WWE Network-exclusive series Swerved. All nine episodes of the second series of WWE’s pranking comedy show will drop on the WWE Network on June 6th, with four and a half hours of practical joke content at viewers’ disposal. This marks the … Read more
Hey all! Apologies for the late redux for this week’s Main Event, but here it is, so let’s get right into it. Better late than never, right? It’d be rude not to! The thing about Main Event is that despite it being an irrelevant show for the weekly WWE programming, the women tend to have … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event, airing internationally and on Hulu.
Would you like to see Velvet Sky in WWE’s NXT developmental brand? Velvet has stated that she thinks she “would do well” there, and that “empowering and building up the women” would be the perfect role for her, despite admitting she’s “not the best wrestler in the world”. Speaking with Sports Illustrated, Velvet – real … Read more
Oh dear. Last night’s Raw was a little bit pants wasn’t it?! Backstage segments that made no logical sense, obvious storytelling booked to look like some massive deal and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it match. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but Raw was boring. Plain and simple. Despite being a three hour show, we only get a … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Superstars, airing on the WWE Network.
Happy Monday everyone! It’s been quite the busy Bank Holiday here in the UK, and now that all of the partying has come and gone, I’m going to sit down with you and watch this week’s WWE Superstars, the first episode in quite the while to feature WWE’s female athletes. The episode just gone featured … Read more
WWE It goes without saying that matches that barely last a minute are from fan favorites. And in the latest addition of SmackDown, we get exactly that. After receiving the promise of a re-branded division with better storytelling, things are simply deteriorating. Before we get into that, however, let’s take a quick look back at the … Read more
WWE Superstars Naomi and Maryse have been cast in the next WWE Studios movie – The Marine 5: Battleground. Reprising his role as Jake Carter from The Marine 4, The Miz will lead the cast featuring the two talented WWE ladies and fellow Superstars Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel and Heath Slater. According to WWE.com, the … Read more
After back and forth news this week speculating on Sasha Banks‘ condition, the Wrestling Observer is now reporting she has been “cleared to work.” They’re also reporting she’ll be working WWE house shows this weekend in Winnipeg and LaCrosse. This update comes after wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer yesterday speculated original plans for The Boss at SummerSlam … Read more
According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Sasha Banks’ concussion sustained at a recent house show may be impacting the WWE’s (more specifically, Vince McMahon’s) direction for her going forward. Original plans for her included going head to head with Charlotte for the Women’s Championship at SummerSlam. Now those plans are possibly in doubt. Dave Meltzer … Read more
Heyoo, welcome to this week’s NXT! After being decimated by Nia Jax last week, have we seen the last of Bayley in the title picture for the immediate future? And after gaining traction and picking up consecutive wins, do Carmella and Alexa Bliss see gold on the horizon or will they see the back of … Read more
After Eden, real name Brandi Runnels, put in her notice yesterday asking to be released from her WWE contract, she took to her blog to explain why. Free Yo Mind…. …and the rest will follow. I’ve loved that En Vogue song since I was a little girl.It just screams freedom and equality. The simple words … Read more
In light of the recent news that both SmackDown and RAW will each hold their own individual rosters of talent, everyone has been speculating which performers will belong to either brand. Whilst speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, journalist Bryan Alvarez stated that the female competitors of WWE’s main roster may be exclusive to one brand only. This means that both … Read more
According to Variety, as of July 19th 2016, WWE’s SmackDown will be moved to a live broadcast every Tuesday night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. This now turns the weekly dose of three hours of live WWE entertainment into five. Chris McCumber, president of entertainment networks at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, had the following to … Read more