Tonight at Backlash, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Naomi, Natalya and Nikki Bella will all compete in an elimination six pack challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Who will make history and become the inaugural SmackDown Women’s Champion? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: As a face is usually the first to be eliminated, … Read more
Tonight after Daniel Bryan teased the introduction of two new titles on SmackDown via Twitter, the highly anticipated reveal of the SmackDown Women’s Title was made. Bryan and Shane McMahon announced that all six women in the division will participate in a six-pack challenge at Backlash to determine the first SmackDown Women’s Champion! "Which one … Read more
What a night Summerslam was! With a women’s match each for Raw and SmackDown Live, it was a night to remember. A championship rematch and a possible surprise tag partner in the mix, Summerslam was on course to shake things up for the women’s divisions. It proved that sometimes, it pays to be bad. Up … Read more
SummerSlam was a night where fans were left speechless by the matches and moments of the women’s divisions of both SmackDown Live and Raw. With two matches on the show, fans were for a treat. But depending on who you favor, those treats could have left a sweet or sour taste in your mouth. Up … Read more
Rumors were flying last week that new titles were going to make their debut on SmackDown after the brand split and today they are closer to being true after an interview with Daniel Bryan revealed such plans are on the table. Prowrestling sheet is reporting WWE will soon have an additional women’s championship for the blue … Read more
Fresh off her big title win from last Monday during RAW, newly crowned WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks is set to defend her title at SummerSlam against Charlotte. The announcement comes from WWE.com, who gives a preview to the title rematch as follows: The Boss captured the WWE Women’s Title — a goal of Banks’ since her … Read more
New logo, new stage, new music, a new debut and a NEW WWE Women’s Champion! Tonight’s RAW had a make a statement that things are changing in the WWE and one woman made that a Bank Statement. So let’s get to the good bit: RAW kicks off with Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and General Manager Mick … Read more
After last night saw Sasha Banks crowned as the new Women’s Champion and Raw announcing the creation of the WWE Universal Championship, speculation is running rampant about the introduction of additional titles for SmackDown. To add fuel to the fire, WWE.com has posted a preview for tonight’s SmackDown promoting such an idea. WWE.com posted this … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Charlotte‘s 307 day reign as champion came to an end when Sasha Banks defeated her in singles match for the WWE Women’s Championship. Early in the show, General Manager Mick Foley and Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon granted Sasha a shot at Charlotte’s title, following Charlotte’s defeat to Sasha at Battleground. … Read more
Tonight at Extreme Rules, Charlotte managed to retain her WWE Women’s Championship in a submission match against Natalya, thanks to a surprise distraction by Dana Brooke. As per Stephanie McMahon, Ric Flair was banned from being at Charlotte’s corner for this one-on-one submission match against Natalya. The two female submission specialists traded submission holds all throughout … 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 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
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 reigning champion title record … Read more
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. Shinsuke Nakamura and Kevin … 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