As revealed last night, the SmackDown vs Raw 2011 video game will feature 13 of the WWE Divas. However, one of those Divas — Women’s Champion, Layla — will only be made available in a downloadable content pack during the holiday season.
According to one of the game’s developers, Marcus Stephenson, this is due to THQ having to update her character model which meant that they couldn’t put her in the final release.
Meanwhile, Tiffany, who was announced for the game via the official SmackDown vs Raw forum, will not be a playable character it has been revealed.
Diva Dirt reader, Josh, sent in some more notes which you can check out after the cut:
At a live unveiling in San Francisco, THQ and Gamespot.com revealed the roster for the upcoming SmackDown vs Raw 2011 video game. The Divas roster this year will feature: Alicia Fox (making her video game debut), Brie Bella, Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Maryse, Melina, Michelle McCool Natalya and Nikki Bella. Women’s … Read more
On the heels of last week’s shock announcement that season three would consist of nothing but rookie Divas, controversy has reigned supreme. From the internet backlash and scrutiny, to the firing of the six foot nine woman beast known as Aloisia, season three hasn’t been given much of a chance to succeed. It debut last night and instead of an epic failure of a program, we were treated to two fun challenges, some comedy, great ring debuts from the two season favorites, and the reveal of Vickie Guerrero‘s new rookie. The show was campy, a tad ridiculous, and yes, it was messy in a few spots. But above all else, the show was entertaining and has given us a lot to hopefully look forward too.
Here we go!
NXT kicks off in grand fashion with a hot entrance video for all the rookie girls and their pros, as well as a pyro, and to my delight, a lot of pink. The fans seem really excited for the all Diva show and that in turn, makes me excited! Josh Mathews and Michael Cole introduce themselves and talk about how excited they are for this special NXT season. They shoot it to Matt Striker, who looks so damn delicious I wanna take him home with me, and he says it’s time to meet the pros! Kelly Kelly walks out first and she officially introduces us to Naomi Night. She calls her rookie sassy, fun, and feisty! The Bellas come out next, and Brie Bella says that last season we watched their rookie do her thing on the mic. Nikki Bella takes over and says that this season, their rookie is going to do her thing in the ring. Why are they using their sex voices?! Jamie Keyes walks out after Nikki talks about how tight her (Jamie’s) body is. Oh Lordy.
Primo has to follow that and he gets no reaction what so ever. Maybe it’s because everyone is disgusted over his awful entrance music. No one should ever walk out to something that could be played during a ballroom dancing competition. Primo says that is rookie like a firecracker; she’s small but she will light you up. He brings out AJ Lee and wow, she’s peppy. Alicia Fox struts out to the stage after AJ and Primo, and she introduces her rookie as the meanest of the mean. Maxine walks out and immediately my eyes start to bleed. Homegirl clearly got dressed in the dark today. Yikes. Thankfully GOLDUST comes out and gets a nice pop from the crowd. He says he is going to premiere the next breakout star and he breathes Aksana‘s name out in a real creep voice. I love it so much. Aksana walks out in a hot ass gold dress and she just looks perfect next to the Golden One.
WWE Hall of Famer, Jim Ross, included his thoughts on last night’s NXT season three premiere in his latest blog. The former commentator adds that the dancing contest, which was much panned by fans online, was just an attempt at ‘entertainment’ and fans should lighten up. I can’t say I disagree. He writes: The first … Read more
Following her debut on last night’s episode of NXT, WWE.com has now added a profile and studio photos for Rookie Diva, Kaitlyn. As we reported yesterday, Kaitlyn is Ricki Vaughn in FCW and has about 6-7 weeks of experience in developmental. You can also follow her on Twitter here. • • • • • In … Read more
The first episode of NXT season three is a wrap! The search for a breakout Diva is under way. But what did you think of the season premiere and who impressed you the most on the first episode? Vote below:
As announced on tonight’s premiere of NXT 3, this season will last 12 weeks. As previously reported, Syfy is set to drop the show after October 1st when SmackDown debuts on the network, so it’s unknown where the remaining 7 episodes will air as including tonight’s premiere, Syfy will only air 5 episodes. NXT on … Read more
NXT season three kicks off tonight, but before that, we’re helping you get acquainted with the cast of NXT 3! In our final Rookie Spotlight, we look at Naomi Night, the first ever FCW Divas Champion, who will be paired up with Kelly Kelly.
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Orlando native, Naomi Night, was signed to a developmental deal last summer, reporting to FCW right at the end of August last year. After exactly a year of training, she is about to be thrown into the spotlight on NXT. However, despite being in FCW only a year, she is perhaps the second most experienced girl in the ring (first being AJ). Naomi’s unique look, style (who else can pull off bright green leggings?) and swagger has made her a favourite with the FCW crowds. Meanwhile, her growing in-ring repertoire has caught many people’s attention too. Naomi has had good matches in FCW with the likes of Serena and AJ Lee and was crowned the first ever FCW Divas Champion earlier this year.
Check out some of her work below:
Naomi & Rosa Mendes vs AJ Lee & Courtney Taylor
In one of her first outings on FCW TV, here is Naomi teaming up with current WWE Diva, Rosa Mendes, against AJ Lee and Courtney Taylor. Despite only being in the ring for a few months, Naomi shows some early signs of potential.
NXT season three kicks off tonight, but before that, we’re helping you get acquainted with the cast of NXT 3! Today, we look at Maxine, the current General Manager in FCW, who will be paired up with former Divas Champion, Alicia Fox.
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This sassy 24-year old Latina hasn’t got much experience in the ring, but has made her mark in other ways in Florida Championship Wrestling in the past year. Maxine, real name Karlee Perez, made her debut as Candy Girl, managing Sweet Papi Sanchez. Upon leaving Sanchez, Candy Girl became Liviana and she aligned herself with whoever was in power, whether it’s Abraham Washington or Norman Smiley, cementing her reputation as a gold digger. Her ambitious attitude has recently netted her the position of FCW General Manager. Maxine has also made her mark in the ring as well:
Divas Champion, Melina has to be on cloud nine after single-handedly defeating BFF champions, Lay-Cool last week in a tag team match on Raw. What Melina didn’t expect is that she had to defend her title the very week, despite having a unification match at Night of Champions in a few weeks time. Watch below as Melina takes on the woman she defeated for the Divas Championship at SummerSlam, Alicia Fox:
Melina makes her way out to the ring first and poses for the fans in her usual fashion. Out next is her challenger Alicia, who apparently has something to say. Alicia informs Melina that she will not be competing at Night of Champions. Alicia goes on to say that she will become the ‘undefined champion of Divas’. Hey Alicia, ‘Undefined’, ‘Undisputed’ and ‘Unified’ do NOT mean the same thing. I guess we won’t be seeing Ms. Fox on the mic again anytime soon.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, Alicia follows up by saying she has more Twitter followers than Melina and Lay-Cool combined. I have no idea how Alicia would know this since she has probably never logged into her Twitter account.
Now former NXT Rookie Diva, Aloisia (real name Lindsay Hayward), was pulled from the new season of NXT due to ‘erotic’ photos of the 6’9″ wrestler surfacing online, reports LordsofPain.net via PWInsider. The pictures are said to have been found online by WWE officials after Aloisia was introduced on last week’s episode of NXT as … Read more
Season three of NXT is no doubt the most talked about season so far in the show’s history. Last week, during the finale of season two, Josh Mathews and Michael Cole made a historic announcement by telling us that season three is going to be comprised entirely of Diva rookies. When the average wrestling fan hears the term ‘Diva’, he automatically assumes that a hot girl with a nice set of puppies will walk out to the ring. Or what’s worse, is average fan may believe Diva time is really bathroom time. The majority of average wrestling fans are ignoramuses, but the point remains the same. What the term ‘Diva’ actually stands for is overcoming the odds in WWE land. That’s exactly what six rookie Divas have a chance to accomplish starting this week on NXT.
The decision to make NXT 3 about the Divas was met with a lot of well documented controversy. Fans, pro wrestling media personnel, and “writerz” took to their Twitters, Facebooks, MySpaces, etc. to make their feelings known about this upcoming all Diva show. A nice chunk of these people took one look at the pros and decided not to watch. Some people decided to just talk a lot of smack and back up their verbal BS with weak arguments and ridiculous ‘facts’. The saving grace in all of this were the real Diva fans. They chose to remain open-minded and optimistic.
The all Diva season of NXT could go one of these two ways: it could either be a success and the WWE could find their next breakout Diva or it could go the opposite way and be an epic failure.
The wait is nearly over! NXT season three, featuring five Rookie Divas (with a sixth to be announced), premieres tonight at 10pm ET on Syfy. Just a reminder that Diva Dirt will be holding weekly ‘viewing parties’ where you can chat through the show with us, a la our pay per view live chats. Tonight’s … Read more
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!
NXT season three kicks off next Tuesday night, but before that, we’re helping you get acquainted with the cast of NXT 3! Today, we look at Jamie Keyes, the former ring announcer for NXT season two, who will be paired up with The Bella Twins. Profile This 25-year old blonde bombshell has had quite a … Read more
Once again, we want your input! With NXT 3 due to begin this Tuesday night, we are considering commemorating the occasion with weekly ‘NXT viewing parties’, pretty much similar to our monthly pay per view live chats. Would you be interested in joining us Tuesday nights for an NXT viewing party? Vote below:
Following yesterday’s announcement that Aloisia has been cut from NXT 3 before it even began, the Wrestling Observer reports that the 6’9″ giant may have simply been sent to WWE’s developmental territory, FCW for further training. They write: No official update on the Aloisa situation in WWE, but the feeling is that it’s not a … Read more
NXT season three kicks off next Tuesday night, but before that, we’re helping you get acquainted with the cast of NXT 3! Today, we look at Aksana, who will be paired up with WWE Superstar, Goldust.
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28-year old Aksana, real name Zivile Raudoniene, is a familiar face on the bodybuilding and fitness modeling circuit. The Lithuanian was signed by WWE sometime last year and has recently been hosting ‘The Aksana Show’ on FCW television.
In the spirit of full disclosure, the Diva Dirt team looooves Aksana. As fierce hot messes go, Aksana’s broken English is both highly entertaining and adorable. Regardez:
Obviously, from the clip above you will have learned that Aksana is freakin’ hilarious! “So nice to see you… whatchu gonna say.” Need I say more? Oh, go on then… “Waylish.” “What kind of girls you like.” Aksana’s amazing comedic value paired with Goldust will be gold!
After weeks of little to no direction for the SmackDown Divas, we finally have a storyline — albeit an interpromotional one — with Lay-Cool set to challenge Melina at Night of Champions to unify the Divas and Women’s Championships. If the objective for tonight’s SmackDown segment was to push that match, well, they did a good job. If the objective was for Layla’s commentary to overshadow and seem more important than the match in the ring, well, they also accomplished that too.
Watch below:
In a video that is 5 minutes long, you actually have to skip to the 2 minute mark for the match between Kelly Kelly and Michelle McCool to begin. 3 minutes for the match? Don’t expect a mat classic. However, as I said above, it looks like the match itself is second to the commentary so it’s not as though we’re expecting an in-ring spectacular.
As the bell rings, Kelly begins stomping at Michelle and then hitting a few forearms but before we can even see 10 seconds of action, the camera cuts to Layla at ringside. Granted, being a big fan of Layla’s mic work, I appreciate the opportunity to see her ramble endlessly but come on, there’s a match in the ring!
Tara‘s return to TNA last night has resulted in her once again getting the chop from WWE.com’s Alumni section. WWE re-added their Alumni page for Victoria/Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, back in June, a month after she had seemingly left TNA. The former Diva returned to TNA Impact last night after a near-four month … Read more
In the latest edition of The Ross Report at WWE.com, Hall of Famer, Jim Ross addresses WWE’s risky move of producing an all-Diva version of NXT. He writes: Would an all-Diva WWE TV show work? I’ve always wondered how a TV show devoted completely to WWE Divas would do. Nonetheless the 3rd season of NXT … Read more
WWE.com has launched the profiles for the now five NXT 3 Rookie Divas. Check out all the bios and pictures by clicking here. I gotta say, having flicked through all the pictures, AJ’s impressed me the most. Gorgeous!
