There’s a lot to celebrate today in the women’s wrestling fandom and after last night’s first Women’s Royal Rumble match it’s time to look at who makes it into the history books. The first ever woman to enter the men’s Royal Rumble was Chyna. Behind her came Beth Phoenix and Awesome Kong, known as Kharma … Read more
Tonight (Jan 28th) history was made as WWE held their first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match. The match featured a mix of Raw, SmackDown, NXT Superstars and former WWE Superstars competing for a Women’s Title shot of her choosing at WrestleMania 34. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! @WWEAsuka is GOING to @WrestleMania as the first-ever winner of … Read more
On top of having a female voice on commentary for the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble, the WWE have also announced that celebrity guest Maria Menounos will serve as special ring announcer for the event: “The ‘Extra’ host (and WrestleMania veteran) filled in for Kelly Ripa on ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ earlier today and let … Read more
A female voice will be featured on the commentary team during the historic Women’s Royal Rumble match as Stephanie McMahon has announced via Twitter that she will be joining the announcement team for Sunday’s event: Announcing the first-ever women’s #RoyalRumble match was one of my all-time favorite moments in @WWE… And now I’m proud to … Read more
As we approach the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble, rumors and speculations have been flying as to which 30 women will be included in the match. As of this writing (Jan 11th), 17 women have been confirmed for the Women’s Royal Rumble: Asuka Bayley Becky Lynch Carmella Lana Liv Morgan Mandy Rose Mickie James Naomi Natalya … Read more
As seen on last week’s Monday Night Raw, Stephanie McMahon announced that the WWE’S Women division will compete in the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble match at the annual Royal Rumble PPV event. Since the official announcement, there has been a wave of overwhelming emotions from the wrestling world and speculations as to whether any surprise … Read more
During the ending of the latest Monday Night RAW, Stephanie McMahon announced that the women of WWE would be a part of their very own Royal Rumble match. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the news of the announcement was kept as such a big secret, that even the Superstars on screen had no clue of … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw (Dec 18th), the WWE confirmed that at Royal Rumble 2018 we will see the first-ever all-women’s Royal Rumble match! The announcement came during the six-woman tag match featuring Bayley, Mickie James and Sasha Banks taking on Absolution. James and Paige started things off with James landed a combination of forearm … Read more
Hello readers, last night’s Royal Rumble event kicked off the “Road to WrestleMania“. And if what transpired last night was any indication, it will be a bumpy ride. However, the event boasted three women’s matches: a grudge match, a title match, and a six woman tag war. Will all these bouts in place, there is … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Charlotte Flair’s PPV streak and reign as Women’s Champion continues to live on. In the first match of the PPV event against Bayley, Charlotte threw her opponent to the outside ring early on but Bayley managed to build some momentum from the outside with by landing … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] So, Sasha Banks arrives first to the ring, showing her usual Legit Boss swagger and much confidence. Then enters Nia Jax with just as much attitude and confident verve. Both give each other a staredown before Nia enters the ring. Automatically, the match looks much more in Nia’s favor – Sasha … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at the Royal Rumble kickoff show, SmackDown’s Becky Lynch, Naomi and Nikki Bella celebrated a victory over Mickie James, Natalya and the SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss! #SDLive's @NaomiWWE, Nikki @BellaTwins and @BeckyLynchWWE prove that TEAMWORK makes the DREAM WORK in the #RoyalRumble #Kickoff! pic.twitter.com/24dajuoyi6 — WWE (@WWE) January 29, … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Charlotte Flair defends her Raw Women’s Title against Bayley. Which woman will walk away with the gold? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: As this feud is guaranteed to continue, Charlotte will win. However, she’ll deal with a persistent Bayley, and be forced to cheat … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight on the Royal Rumble Kickoff, the women of SmackDown will square off in tag team action. Which team will claim bragging rights? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: With a returning Mickie James and the Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss on the team, I doubt the heel team will lose. … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight on the Royal Rumble Kickoff, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks go head to head. Which Superstar will emerge victorious? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: After her weird loss on RAW to Bayley a few weeks back, I see Nia’s match following a similar fashion here. Sasha Banks will force … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] As advertised on this week’s edition of SmackDown Live, a six woman tag match will take place this Sunday. The contest will feature the likes of Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch and Naomi taking on Natalya, SmackDown Women’s champion Alexa Bliss and Mickie James. In an article hyping up the match on … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] A third women’s match has been added to Sunday’s Royal Rumble event! On top of the kick-off match between Sasha Banks and Nia Jax and the Raw Women’s Title match between Charlotte Flair and Bayley, SmackDown has now added a six-women’s tag match featuring the team of Becky Lynch, Naomi and … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE has announced via Twitter that Nia Jax and Sasha Banks will square off at Sunday’s Royal Rumble Kickoff show. The match comes weeks after numerous confrontations between the two Superstars. the latest taking place on last night’s episode of Monday night Raw that Sasha take down Nia following her quick … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight on Raw, Bayley became the new number one contender to Charlotte Flair’s Raw Women’s Title. .@ItsBayleyWWE will face @NiaJaxWWE TONIGHT in a #1Contender's Match for @MsCharlotteWWE's #RAW Women's Title. pic.twitter.com/xhVKuYxNBQ — WWE (@WWE) January 3, 2017 Earlier in the night, Bayley had confronted Stephanie McMahon for allowing Dana Brooke to … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Awesome Kong … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] 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: * WWE.com has … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy women’s wrestling event along the way. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Impact Wrestling (1/19/16): Gail Kim retains the Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong; Raquel … Read more
The Royal Rumble is known as the beginning of the road to WrestleMania, but for Divas, that usually isn’t the case. Typically, the road to Mania begins…well, a few weeks before Mania. As a result, we’re often treated to uninspired matches at what should be the biggest night of the year. This year, however, looks … Read more
January 25th, 2009: At 2009’s Royal Rumble, the Glamazon Beth Phoenix defended her Women’s Title against Melina. Beth did her best to thwart Melina, tossing her around like a rag doll and twisting her like a pretzel…
Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Charlotte once again reaped the rewards of playing dirty, but her next challenger may have her outclassed in that department. The Divas Champion retained her title against her former friend Becky Lynch using a combination of skill, sneakiness and the efforts of her father Ric Flair. The WWE Hall of … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Charlotte defends her Divas Championship against Becky Lynch. We asked for your predictions for this match on our social media pages and picked some of the best to highlight here. As always, you can join in by leaving your comments! Amanda Marie: Would love for … Read more