It’s that time of year again when the Diva Dirt team compiles our annual wishes and predictions for women’s wrestling in the year ahead. Previous wishes/predictions posts can be seen here (2010), here (2011) and here (2012) and here (2013). 2014 Wishes * Sara Del Rey to appear on on WWE TV. Yes, we … Read more
What’s up Diva fans and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux – the first of 2014! In my opinion, the top TV show for Divas last year was NXT (not that I’m biased as I recap it on a weekly basis) and I really, really hope 2014 is another outstanding year. Luckily, NXT kicks off … Read more
The results are in! Over the past few weeks you have been voting in the thousands for the winners of the 2013 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked. NXT Diva of the Year The nominees were: Bayley Charlotte … Read more
The results are in! Over the past few weeks you have been voting in the thousands for the winners of the 2013 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked. One to Watch in 2014 The nominees were: Barbi Hayden … Read more
The results are in! Over the past few weeks you have been voting in the thousands for the winners of the 2013 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked. Best Newcomer The nominees were: Charlotte Eva Marie JoJo Lana … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2014, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2013. Paige Last, but certainly not least, we have Paige. There are many wrestling prodigies in the WWE right now, but hardly any … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2014, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2013. Emma Who knew independent star Tenille Tayla had the ability to turn what could have been an appalling gimmick into a fan … Read more
As 2013 draws to a close, Diva Dirt writers have each picked a personal highlight to reminisce on the year gone by. Bobby’s Pick: Sasha Banks turns heel For my top part of 2013, I decided to mix it up a bit and choose one of the moments that happened down in NXT (or … Read more
Diva Dirt’s Chris has compiled a hype video featuring moments nominated in the ‘Moment of the Year’ category of the Diva Dirt Fan Awards. Even if you’ve already voted, the video is a great reminder of the year that was in women’s wrestling. Watch the video below: If you haven’t voted in the Diva Dirt … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its third annual Writers’ Choice Awards, the awards that celebrate the year in women’s wrestling, as decided by the editors and contributors of Diva Dirt. The Diva Dirt team has watched hundreds of episode of wrestling television this year, followed a countless number of wrestlers and reviewed tons of matches. Now, as … Read more
On this week’s episode of NXT looking back at 2013, Devin Taylor spoke with NXT Women’s Champion Paige about the historic year she has had. Paige discussed defeating Emma to become the inaugural champion, and said that although Emma is known for her dancing outside the ring, she now respects the Australian as she proved … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its third annual Writers’ Choice Awards, the awards that celebrate the year in women’s wrestling, as decided by the editors and contributors of Diva Dirt. The Diva Dirt team has watched hundreds of episode of wrestling television this year, followed a countless number of wrestlers and reviewed tons of matches. Now, as … Read more
It’s a long journey to Norwich, England from Orlando, Florida, but that doesn’t stop one tough Diva from taking the trek back home to spend Christmas with her family. NXT Women’s Champion Paige took the time to snap a family photo with her father, Ricky and mother (who, on a scale of 1 to 10, … Read more
Christmas is in the air and it seems the festive spirit has already taken over NXT. The Divas took to their finest holiday gear for a special photoshoot to be released sometime in the future. What happened when the cameras weren’t snapping pictures, though? Hugs, of course! We can only assume that Bayley decided Women’s … Read more
What’s up Diva fans and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux. It’s double duty day again here at Diva Dirt and as promised, I’m back! After Main Event’s awesome showing, NXT has also provided some excellent stocking fillers for everyone. In backstage segments, we get appearances from Emma, Natalya, Devin Taylor and Lana. In the … Read more
WWE.com has published an in-character interview with Lana, NXT Diva and manager for rising star Alexander Rusev. The article fleshes out her character’s background, telling us more about her time before NXT. How she became Rusev’s manager: “My parents told me I needed to find a hobby. Because I wasn’t married and didn’t have children, … Read more
Welcome to Diva Dirt’s Five to Watch 2013! This annual list compiles five rising talents in the world of women’s wrestling that we think have what it takes to be the next big thing. RELATED: Diva Dirt’s Five to Watch Class of 2012 From their in-ring abilities to their unique personalities, we aim to spotlight … Read more
Closely following Leah Van Damme‘s switch to a new name, fellow NXT Diva Ashley Sebera has revealed her own new moniker. Ashley, who reported to NXT in November, will now be going by the name Dana Brooke, as evidenced by her tweet: Here it is: the official #ringname is Dana Brooke . I hope you … Read more
NXT Diva Leah Van Damme has joined her fellow rookie Divas in adopting a new name. Leah, who arrived at NXT in October, revealed on Twitter today that she will now be known as Carmella. Of course, that’s not to be confused with Carmella DeCesare, the runner up to Christy Hemme in the Diva Search. … Read more
What’s up Diva fans and welcome to this week’s slightly (majorly, sorry! Been very busy!) belated NXT Redux. It’s all about Bayley this week, as she finds a tag team partner to take on Sasha Banks and Summer Rae of the BFFs. Charlotte is still keeping a low profile yet if Natalya has anything to … Read more
Ever wonder what sparked NXT Diva Veronica Lane to take on the moniker of Miss NXT? Well, look no further than the above photo. It appears that Veronica, real name Erika Hammond, is a former Miss Texas Teen USA pageant contestant. Veronica posted the picture on her Instagram account, captioning it, “#tbt to my pageant … Read more
For each week’s Perfect 10, the Diva Dirt team will compile a list of the top 10 women in wrestling. Placement is determined by performances and achievements from the past week. The list will be presented in video form. Each week’s Perfect 10 follows Monday’s Raw and includes all of the action leading up to … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy event along the way, from Impact Wrestling to SmackDown to Raw. Joining the audio will be team members Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: NXT (12/4/13): Paige successfully retains the … Read more
Hosted by Jake, Diva Dirt TV is posted every weekend, wrapping up the week in women’s wrestling by naming the best moments of the week as “Match of the Week”, “Tweet of the Week”, “Story of the Week” and more. On this week’s episode: Jake talks Eve Torres‘s return for the Slammy Awards, Eva Marie … Read more
What’s up Diva fans and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux! After a few weeks of backstage segments galore, we’re finally back in the ring on this edition of NXT… and the NXT Women’s Championship is on the line! The future Mrs. @Jack5326 defends the belt against Mrs. Wilson herself, Natalya. So weird referring to … Read more
For each week’s Perfect 10, the Diva Dirt team will compile a list of the top 10 women in wrestling. Placement is determined by performances and achievements from the past week. The list will be presented in video form. Each week’s Perfect 10 follows Monday’s Raw and includes all of the action leading up to … Read more