Ahead of tonight’s Extreme Rules, we’re taking a look back at memorable moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2014, when Paige defended the Divas Championship against Tamina Snuka. After her shocking main roster debut saw her unseat AJ Lee, Paige was faced with a huge challenge in her first … Read more
Ahead of tonight’s Extreme Rules, we’re taking a look back at memorable moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2012, when Nikki Bella defended her newly won Divas Championship against Layla. Nikki had been originally scheduled to face the woman she won the belt from: Beth Phoenix. However, as Beth … Read more
WWE’s official YouTube channel released a promo package for this Sunday’s upcoming Extreme Rules Submission match between Natalya and Charlotte. The package highlights the feud so far, including the “Chicago Screwjob“, Stephanie’s backstage announcement and RAW’s main event contract signing. Who do you think will leave Extreme Rules as the Women’s Champion? Let us know your views … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] As we move closer to the showdown between Natalya and Charlotte at Extreme Rules, Michael Cole sat down with Charlotte and her two-time Hall of Fame father, Ric Flair in a WWE.com interview. At the start of the interview Charlotte begins to boast that she’s close to breaking Nikki Bella‘s longest … Read more
[media-credit id=9982 align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE ran a local ad during last night’s Raw highlighting several high profile matches that are set to take place next month during a house show in Hawaii. According to Wrestlingnews.com, among these matches is WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte vs NXT Women’s Champion Asuka. Other huge match ups include John Cena vs. … Read more
After weeks and weeks of besting the Women’s Champion, Charlotte, Natalya finally gets her first opportunity at the Women’s Championship. Will the woman who competed in the first and last Divas Championship matches add this new title to her legacy? How will Ric Flair and Bret Hart play into this match? How many times will … Read more
Tonight at Payback, Charlotte managed to walk away with the WWE Women’s Championship for another night. The win comes after Charlotte managed to apply a sharpshooter to Natalya. The challenger never officially tapped out to the champion but acting referee official Charles Robinson called for the bell, thus awarding the win to Charlotte. Charlotte and Ric Flair … Read more
Leading up tonight’s Payback event, we’re taking a look back at memorable moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. In 2014, Stephanie McMahon was on a mission to make Brie Bella and her husband Daniel Bryan’s life a living hell. She was forcing Daniel to give up his World Heavyweight title or face the consequence … Read more
Leading up tonight’s Payback event, we’re taking a look back at memorable moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going to take a look back to 2013, when Divas Champion Kaitlyn took on former Chickbusters colleague AJ Lee. After weeks of playing secret admirer mind games with Kaitlyn, the time had come for … Read more
Tonight on Raw, a Women’s Championship match was announced for WWE’s Payback event. During a backstage interview, it was revealed that Natalya would get rematch against Charlotte for the Women’s title. Unlike their previous encounters, Natalya will have her Hall of Famer uncle Bret Hart at her corner to counter out any interference Ric Flair … Read more
Who knew a women’s segment with a celebrity involved could actually be half decent? Whilst WWE still thinks it is ok for their female talent to liaise with (mostly irrelevant) guest stars, it worked last night, and perhaps was the first seed planted in a blossoming storyline. I am course talking about Dr. Phil. I … Read more
In many ways, WrestleMania 32 fulfilled the dreams of many a women’s wrestling fan, with two women’s matches gracing the card – one of which stole the show, in many fans’ eyes – and a game-changing announcement in between them. By the end of the gargantuan seven-hour show, the division had changed forever, finally. On … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania 32, a new Women’s Champion was crowned. Divas Champion Charlotte became the first woman to hold the new Women’s Championship when she defeated Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks in a Triple Threat match that served to usher in a new era for the WWE’s women’s division. Charlotte would win the match thanks … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania 32, the Divas Championship will give way to the Women’s Championship. WWE Hall of Famer Lita made the announcement on the WrestleMania 32 Kickoff, revealing the new WWE Women’s Championship in the middle of the ring. She confirmed that the winner of tonight’s Triple Threat match between Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha … Read more
All week leading up to WrestleMania 32, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 32 year history, tackling a total of 26 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 23 April 1st, 2007 At the twenty-third WrestleMania, Diva Search winner and Playboy covergirl Ashley Massaro took on Women’s Champion Melina with the title on the line. As … Read more
Last night’s SmackDown featured the debut of the official video package for WrestleMania 32’s Divas Title Triple Threat match. The video – which highlighted the strides Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks made on the road to WrestleMania – harkened back to the origins of the division, featuring glimpses of former champions The Fabulous Moolah, … Read more
All week leading up to WrestleMania 32, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 32 year history, tackling a total of 26 WrestleManias. WrestleMania 21 April 3rd, 2005 At the twenty-first WrestleMania, Diva Search winner and wrestling rookie Christy Hemme took on Women’s Champion Trish Stratus with the title on the line. … Read more
All week leading up to WrestleMania 32, we’re revisiting the most memorable women’s wrestling moments in WrestleMania’s 32 year history, tackling a total of 26 WrestleManias. WrestleMania XX March 14th, 2004 At the twentieth WrestleMania, two Divas matches and one heel turn made for one of the most unforgettable WrestleManias yet. First, Sable and Torrie … Read more
WrestleMania X8 March 17th, 2002 The eighteenth WrestleMania saw the first and only time Lita and Trish Stratus met at the biggest show of the year when both competed for Jazz‘s Women’s Championship. Jazz took advantage of the animosity between Lita and Trish to hang on to the belt, disposing of Trish and hitting Lita … Read more
WrestleMania X-Seven April 2nd, 2000 The seventeenth WrestleMania brought with it every kind of drama imaginable. First, Chyna finally got revenge on Ivory and Right to Censor, defeating Ivory to win the Women’s Championship. As expected, when Chyna finally got some alone time with her foe, she made short work of her. Later, Lita made … Read more
A big change is on the horizon for the Divas division. PWInsider (via SEScoops) is reporting that the WWE is going forward with a plan to rebrand the Divas division – renaming it the Women’s division – and will make the announcement on Monday’s Post-WrestleMania Raw. According to the report, this will include introducing a … Read more
WrestleMania XV March 28th, 1999 At the fifteenth WrestleMania, Sable defended the Women’s Championship against former superfan Tori. Tori, wrestling in just her second WWE match, showed no hesitation, brutally attacking Sable. She seemed to have the championship well within her grasp, but the debut of Nicole Bass signaled the end of her hopes. Bass … Read more
WrestleMania X March 20th, 1994 The tenth WrestleMania was the first to book two matches involving women, the first of which saw Luna Vachon team with Bam Bam Bigelow to take on Dink and Doink the Clown. Bigelow won the match for his team, laying out Doink with a diving headbutt. Later in the night, … Read more
WrestleMania 2 April 7th, 1986 At the second WrestleMania, Fabulous Moolah defended the Women’s Championship she infamously won from Wendi Richter. Former Women’s Tag Team Champion Velvet McIntyre was her challenger The match was notably short, lasting just a minute. Moolah would claim victory in shady fashion, pinning Velvet off of a missed splash, the … Read more
WrestleMania I March 31st, 1985 At the very first WrestleMania, Leilani Kai defended her Women’s Championship against Wendi Richter. Both women had a legendary backup in their corners: Wendi brought along pop star Cyndi Lauper, while Leilani recruited the incomparable Fabulous Moolah. It didn’t take long for the villainous Moolah to interfere, but she was … Read more
WWE Roadblock wasn’t supposed to threaten a Divas Title change, but the power of Natalya and a home country crowd made Charlotte‘s title reign flash before her eyes on Saturday night, if only for a moment. Sure, it shouldn’t be shocking that an impromptu title match between the the Divas that brought us one of … Read more