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Raw Response: March 28th, 2011

March 29, 2011 by Erin

Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network. Be sure to tune in to the Post-Raw Show LIVE at 11pm ET following Raw! Discuss the show in the comments!

WWE Superstars Spoilers: March 31st, 2011

March 29, 2011 by Melanie

Spoilers for Thursday:

SmackDown Redux (March 25th, 2011): Famous, Flawless… Fist Pump?

March 26, 2011March 26, 2011 by Melanie

You knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

With Jersey Shore star Snooki in the mix at WrestleMania, it was only a matter of time before Lay-Cool dressed up as the ‘guidette’ — and that’s exactly what they did on SmackDown this week. Try not to hurt your neck… it’s time to fist pump, Lay-Cool style:

Kicking off the Divas portion of the show are Kelly Kelly and Rosa Mendes set for tag team action against the ‘flawless BFFs’. Out they come in some interesting — and not at all ring-ready — outfits, plus the trademark Snooki poof hair, huge slippers and hairspray.

Kelly Kelly is all business and ready to wrestle but in true Lay-Cool style, Layla and Michelle ham up their Jersey Shore spoof, fist pumping and to their hearts’ content. That is until Kelly and Rosa break up the party by taking them down to the mat. Let the slippers fly!

Raw Redux Does WWE Superstars (March 24th, 2011): A Couple’s Defeat

September 23, 2011March 25, 2011 by Melanie

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Superstars Redux. To recap last week, we all saw Eve, Natalya, Gail and Tamina squaring off against Melina, Alicia Fox and the Bella Twins. Although both sides fought valiantly, it was Eve that would end up picking up the victory for the babyfaces. This week, two of those ladies from last week’s bout hit the ring once more but with new tag team partners. The Divas once again secure a main event showing on WWE Superstars; new super-couple Daniel Bryan and Gail Kim facing the team of Tyson Kidd and Melina in mixed tag team action.

After conversing with their respective partners, it is the Divas that kick off the action for the match. Gail and Melina immediately lock up in the center of the ring, each struggling for control. Melina wins the first battle by pressing her opponent into the turnbuckle but the two are forced apart by the referee. The A-Lister obliges only to hit a cheap forearm shot on Gail to hopefully continue the upper hand. The babyface Diva comes back fighting with a couple of forearm shots of her own.

Gail attempts to Irish whip Melina into the corner, but is reversed into the corner herself. Melina goes to capitalize with a boot to the stomach while Gail is able to maneuver gracefully out of the way, onto the apron. Melina grows more frustrated by the minute and immediately goes on the attack with a shoulder block. The attack is missed completely as Gail connects with her apron stomp on the heel Diva. Gail dives over the ropes, pulling Melina into a sunset flip. The count barely reaches one status as Melina kicks out. The two return to a standing position as Melina charges for a clothesline, which is immediately countered by Gail into a stunning neckbreaker.

Rima Fakih on Tough Enough Experience: “I Loved Every Bruise and Black & Blue Mark”

March 24, 2011 by Melanie

Miss USA, Rima Fakih, spoke to the New York Post about her experience while filming Tough Enough. Fakih reveals that she was a tomboy growing up and lived in a rough area, which toughened her up. Speaking on the competition, she said: “When I told my parents about doing ‘Tough Enough,’ my mom’s exact comment … Read more

Spoiler: Snooki, Lay-Cool and Trish Reportedly Film Big Segment for Next Week’s Raw

March 24, 2011 by Melanie

WWE filmed an angle to air on next week’s Raw, the final show before WrestleMania, in New Jersey yesterday reports PopTheCrowd.com. You can read the spoilers below:

SmackDown Spoilers: March 25th, 2011

March 23, 2011 by Erin

Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown:

Raw Redux (March 21st, 2011): Eve Gets a Lump of Cole While Vickie Continues Her Roll

March 22, 2011 by Steven

After being shafted from Raw last week, in favor of Snooki, Divas Champion, Eve, is in action this week, taking on Maryse in a non-title match. We even get a mid-match interruption by Michael Cole. Oh joy… Check out the match below:

We come from commercial to find Maryse already in the ring, doing the usual preening. Eve makes her way out next to a pretty good reaction, while Maryse mocks her from inside the ring. The official signals for the bell, but Maryse stops to do a very over-dramatic hairflip before the match begins. Eve brushes Maryse and does a little mocking of her own. Maryse offense and goes for a slap, but Eve dodges and strikes back with a slap of her own.

In Video: Tough Enough Contestants & Trish Stratus Interviewed

March 22, 2011 by Melanie

BuzzFocus.com video interviews with Trish Stratus and the Tough Enough contestants about the upcoming series. The interviews were filmed during a media day at the set of the show in Simi Valley, CA. This is the first time that the contestants can be seen discussing the show. The cast members interviewed include Rima Fakih, Christina … Read more

Raw Response: March 21st, 2011

March 22, 2011 by Erin

Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network. Be sure to tune in to the Post-Raw Show LIVE at 11pm ET following Raw! Discuss the show in the comments!

WWE Superstars Spoilers: March 24th, 2011

March 22, 2011March 22, 2011 by Melanie

Spoilers for Thursday’s Superstars:

Trish at Raw Tonight

March 21, 2011 by Melanie

Trish Stratus’ official website confirmed she will appear on Raw tonight. The 7-time Women’s Champ will likely be continuing her storyline leading into WrestleMania. Trish will team with John Morrison and Snooki from MTV’s Jersey Shore against Lay-Cool and Dolph Ziggler. No word on whether Snooki will appear tonight also.

In Video: NXT 3 ‘Where Are They Now?’ – AJ & Naomi vs Aksana & Maxine

March 20, 2011 by Melanie

In a bit of a ‘Where are they now?’ for the NXT 3 rookies, AJ and Naomi faced Aksana and Maxine a few days ago at an FCW live event. If you’re as sorely missing these girls on WWE TV as we are, this is a nice reminder:

‘Tough Enough’ Wraps Filming

March 19, 2011 by Melanie

With just over two weeks until its premiere, filming on the revival of ‘Tough Enough’ has wrapped. The show’s host, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, confirmed that filming on the new season has ended via Twitter last night. 7-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus will serve as one of the trainers while five female contestants will … Read more

‘WWE Superstars’ Cancelled

March 19, 2011 by Melanie

WGN America has cancelled WWE Superstars. The news first broke on Thursday night, but representatives at Tribune Broadcasting — which owns WGN — confirmed to Diva Dirt today that the series will be ending. Superstars will finish its run with one last episode of April 7th. Thoughts: In the two years it has been on … Read more

SmackDown Redux (March 18th, 2011): Lay-Cool Build Momentum on the Road to WrestleMania

March 19, 2011March 19, 2011 by Cryssi

My biggest pet peeve as a wrestling fan is when I read spoilers and the only description the Diva match gets is “it was a typical Diva match.” Well seriously, what in the world does that mean? Is that your polite way of saying the match was crap? An even more polite way of saying that you didn’t even watch it so “a typical Diva match” just sounds good enough to send in? I don’t get wrestling fans. I really don’t. They’re the worst sports fans in the world. They never look outside their specific comfort zone. It’s awful and ridiculous, and before I turn this into a full fledged rant, let me just get back on subject by saying this was NOT a typical Diva match. I don’t know what that means. This match was a chance for Kelly Kelly to showcase how far she’s come and how she’s able to kind of carry matches now. And it was also a chance for Layla, Kelly’s opponent, and Michelle McCool to start building up their characters towards Wrestlemania. The match itself was short and sweet, but the action itself was a lot better than the offerings the past couple of weeks.

Lay-Cool make their way to the ring first. They’re clearly back on the same page and Michelle is back to being a fashion goddess with her amazing grey mini-dress this week. Talk about one flawless looking human being! Layla looks like she always does, in case anyone cares. Unless she’s wearing the wrapping paper ring gear she looks gorgeous. So yes. Anyway, as Lay-Cool make their way to the ring, SmackDown cuts to a commercial break. It returns with Layla in the ring and Michelle sitting at the commentary booth. Josh Matthews and Booker T are hilariously no-selling Michelle, and she doesn’t even care. She takes over the broadcast with Micheal Cole. Brilliant.

Raw Redux Does WWE Superstars (March 17th, 2011): Oh Yes, It’s Ladies Night…

September 23, 2011March 18, 2011 by Chenda

Hello all! Once again on Superstars, the Raw Divas are elevated to the main event in a match that pits Eve, Natalya, Gail and Tamina vs Melina, Alicia Fox and the Bella Twins. Watch below:

After making their entrances, all Divas are in their respective corners as Tamina starts off for the babyfaces and Brie for the heels.

The two sexy, smart and powerful Divas lock up in the center of the ring. Tamina pushes Brie back with great ease, showing off her strength. Brie takes a minute to regroup by the ropes before heading for one of the Pacific Islander’s legs only to be met with a headbutt for her trouble. Brie has had enough for the moment as she tags in the Fox-iest one of them all. Alicia steps in, narrowing her eyes at the babyface Diva and greeting her with a stiff kick to the quad which temporarily takes her opponent down. The redheaded Divas hits a few stiff arms to the back before bouncing off the ropes and straight into a hard shoulder block from Tamina.

The towering Diva grabs the evil Fox by the hair, dragging her back to the babyface corner, hitting a stiff arm to the bad and tagging in Gail Kim. Kim wrenches the arm of Alicia but is immediately slammed down on her back to break the hold. Alicia grabs hold of the midsection of her new opponent, lifting her up in what looks like a belly to back suplex but ends up taking Gail down onto her stomach. Miss Fox maintains the hold for a moment but the babyface Diva is able to maneuver herself out of the hold and gains the upper hand with a headlock.

In Video: New ‘Tough Enough’ Promos

March 16, 2011 by Melanie

Three new promos for WWE Tough Enough have been released.

The first teaser uses current WWE Superstars (though you can’t see their faces). Judging by the ring gear, it’s Eve and Ted DiBiase:

Two more clips after the jump.

SmackDown Spoilers: March 18th, 2011

March 16, 2011 by Erin

Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown:

USA Network Unveils Entire Tough Enough Cast

March 15, 2011 by Melanie

USA Network has unveiled the entire cast of the upcoming season of Tough Enough.

Of the 14 contestants, there are five female contestants, four of whom have previously been revealed either through leaks or press releases.

The female contestants are: Ariane Andrew, Christina Crawford, Michelle Deighton, Rima Fakih and Ivelisse Velez.

Perhaps of note, three of the five contestants have prior experience in wrestling.

Cast bios for all of the contestants can be found here.

More info on each of the ladies after the jump!

Raw Redux (March 14th, 2011): Snooking for Some Stratus-Faction

March 15, 2011March 15, 2011 by Steven

It’s here! The day we’ve been waiting for all… week? Snooki of the Jersey Shore made her long awaited and highly anticipated WWE debut as a guest host last night. Oh yeah, and someone named Trish Stratus — you may have heard of her — had a match against Vickie Guerrero. But that’s not why you’re reading this, right?! You want to hear about all the hard-hitting Snooki action, so let’s get right into it, shall we?

First we have a backstage segment featuring Snooki and Vickie with Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison playing supporting roles. Let’s see how the drama unfolds:

The segment starts off with Snooki and JoMo chatting backstage for some reason. I wasn’t really paying attention to what they were saying, but I’m assuming they were comparing spray tans. Right as Snooki offers Morrison a spot in the Jersey Shore house, Vickie and Dolph make their entrance. Vickie tells the ‘Princess of the Poof’ to keep her hands off of Dolph. Confused, Snooki asks Vickie what her problem is and Vickie tells her that Snooki getting the cover of Rolling Stone is her problem. Vickie goes on to say that she was offered the cover of Playboy, prompting Snooki to make a predictable crack on Vickie’s weight. (Insert pot and kettle joke here).

Offended, Vickie goes to slap Snooki, but Snooki blocks it and lays Vickie out with a slap of her own. Ouch. John Morrison quickly rushes Snooki away, leaving Vickie to stew in her rage and punch poor Dolph in the chest.

Not a terrible segment to be quite honest. I was expecting much, much worse. Also, Snooki’s slap looked like it hurt like hell. Guess she was taking out some of pent up anger from that time she got punched in the face…

‘Top Model’ Contestant Part of Tough Enough Cast

March 15, 2011 by Melanie

Former America’s Next Top Model contestant, Michelle Deighton, will be part of the upcoming cast of Tough Enough, reports ProWrestling.net.

If that name sounds familiar it is because she has appeared on WWE television before. Back in 2005, UPN (then home of SmackDown and ‘Top Model’) had a crossover between the two shows with Deighton appearing on SmackDown and being berated by Melina.

Deighton is a trained wrestler. She began training before she appeared on the fourth season of ‘Top Model’. According to a past interview, she was recruited by ANTM producers after they saw pictures of her on the web.

Michelle is also the wife of former Survivor contestant Jonny Fairplay, who himself has appeared in TNA and ROH.

Deighton will join a cast also including independent wrestler Juliet the Huntress, Christina Crawford (formerly FCW’s Caylee Turner and sister of Alicia Fox) and Miss USA, Rima Fakih.

WrestleMania 27 Match Announced, Jersey Shore Star Snooki Involved

March 15, 2011March 15, 2011 by Melanie

WWE has announced a huge six person tag team match for WrestleMania 27 on April 3rd.

Lay-Cool and Dolph Ziggler will team up to take on the team of John Morrison, Diva legend Trish Stratus and Jersey Shore star Snooki!

WWE sent out the following press release regarding Snooki’s appearance:

But as is the case it seems with many feuds in WWE these days, the ladies have been taking to Twitter in the past week, sending jabs to one another.

Catch up on some of their Twitter exchanges in our handy little stream below: