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
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
Tonight on the WrestleMania 32 Kickoff, Team Total Divas bested Team B.A.D. & Blonde, thanks to a well-timed Yes Lock. Team Total Divas, consisting of Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Eva Marie, Natalya and Paige got the better of Team B.A.D. & Blonde’s Emma, Lana, Naomi, Summer Rae and Tamina in a 10-Diva Tag Team match … 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 31 March 29th, 2015 At the thirty-first WrestleMania, the #GiveDivasAChance movement brought forth a Mania match that saw two very different Diva duos lobby for a “chance” to … Read more
WrestleMania 27 April 3rd, 2011 At the twenty-seventh WrestleMania, Jersey Shore reality star Snooki stepped into the wrestling ring for the first time, teaming with a returning Trish Stratus and John Morrison to take on Layla, Michelle McCoo, and Dolph Ziggler. The match, orchestrated by Vickie Guerrero, saw Lay-Cool dominated by Trish and humiliated by … Read more
Get hyped for WrestleMania 32 with the final Diva Dirt Hype video, highlighting the 10-Diva Tag Team match between Team Total Divas and Team B.A.D. and Blonde. Check out the final Diva Dirt Hype below: Music: “Unknown Soldier” by Breaking Benjamin Listen to every song featured in a Diva Dirt Hype video on our Spotify … 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 24 March 30th, 2008 At the twenty-fourth WrestleMania, yet another Playboy feud reached culmination. Beth Phoenix and Melina (accompanied by Santino) teamed up against Playboy covergirls Ashley Massaro … 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
Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * Sasha Banks has put together a video … 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 XIX March 30th, 2003 At the nineteenth WrestleMania, Victoria was still in the midst of her first Women’s Title reign, having won the belt from Trish Stratus in a Hardcore match at Survivor Series. On the grandest stage of them all, she put the belt on the line against Trish and Jazz. In perhaps … Read more
Get hyped for WrestleMania 32 with exclusive Diva Dirt Hype video packages highlighting each of the participants in the Divas Title Triple Threat match – Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks – made by emptyxremedy, David4MVs and zemasion. Check out the latest Diva Dirt Hype videos below: Music: “Dangerous” by Shinedown, “I Shall Rise” by … 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
Join Diva Dirt’s Chris, Erin, Jake, Cryssi, Kyle and Steven as we discuss NXT TakeOver: Dallas, Jacqueline‘s WWE Hall of Fame induction and WrestleMania 32. We give our thoughts and predictions on Bayley‘s NXT Women’s Title defense against Asuka, Team BAD and Blonde vs. Team Total Divas and Charlotte‘s Divas Title defense against Becky Lynch … 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
WrestleMania 2000 April 2nd, 2000 The sixteenth WrestleMania saw the women of WWE play a number of different roles throughout the night. First, Terri Runnels and The Kat sought to settle the score in what was officially dubbed a “catfight.” Val Venis served as referee while legends The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young stood in … 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
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WrestleMania has always been a bit frustrating for Diva fans. While men’s matches are usually given months of build up, the ladies have always been kind of an afterthought. Sometimes we find out about the Divas match at ‘Mania as late as the weekend of via the WrestleMania program being … 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