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SmackDown Redux (August 14th, 2009) – Shoot the Messenger

August 21, 2009August 14, 2009 by Erin

You might have noticed that I decided to forgo a Redux last week, as there was no match on the show, and analyzing a mere backstage segment with no real bearing on the women’s division would be akin to giving G.I. Joe a thorough character analysis–there just ain’t no point. However, this week’s SmackDown started off quite inauspiciously with what else but another MARIA-CENTERED BACKSTAGE SEGMENT!!!! *cue Psycho theme* Jump to the 1:00 mark to watch:

I feel silly for really “reviewing” this, but I figure it might lead to something eventually, so I’ll just go for it. Maria‘s gushing about Dolph, and Melina smiles, playing the supportive friend. It feels so strange to see her even care, since I’m so conditioned to her nasty heel attitude. At this point, I’d kill for her bitch side to take over–it’d keep segments like these to a minimum.

And just as I pray for daylight, Layla comes in to save the day. She plays the catty heel pretty well (“YAYYYYY FOR LOVE!”) and, like Melina did last week, warns Maria against Dolph, for for much different reasons. Apparently, the glorified Oompah Loompah twin is a hot commodity backstage, and Maria may not be hot enough to hold him. And shifting to more important matters, Layla delivers a message to Melina: Michelle will be back next week. It’s kind of funny, though, because it’s a minuscule version of what I suggested they do with Melina/Michelle/Layla earlier this week. Melina seems unenthused at the news, but I’m doing backflips. Melina tells Layla that she has a message for Layla to send back to Michelle, and she’ll give it to her in the ring. OH, IT’S ON NOW!

The Tiffany Guide to Impact: The Ladies in Red

December 10, 2009August 14, 2009 by Tiffany

Last night’s edition of TNA Impact sought the anticipated return of Christy Hemme. Impact kicks off with Christy making her ever so energetic way to the ring (still donning her Smackdown vs. Raw 2006 attire) to an ever accessible Sojourner Bolt.

The match starts off with an exchange of hairpulling and headlocks as a test of strength. Christy takes Sojo down for the headlock, but Sojo counters into a headscissors submission. Christy powers out and puts the split-legged boot to Sojo for the 2-count. Christy takes a moment to situate a wedgie as Sojo finds her way to the ropes. Sojo runs the ropes and then proceeds to slam Christy down onto the mat. She takes her down for a backbreaker that renders a near-fall. Sojo leads Christy into a choke against the ropes. Some chants “Lets go Christy” chants resonate the arena as Sojo nails a slingshot elbow onto her opponent. She sets Christy up for a powerbomb, but Christy sandbags and sends Sojo over with a back drop. Sojo lands rather…dangerously and nearly on her head. Unconcerned, Christy riles up the crowd and then drops Sojo with a forearm and a spinning kneel-out facebuster. Christy misses a clothesline, but manages an uninspired cross body block. In what seems to be some failure in communication, Sojo cannot seem to muster up the strength to lift Christy, which results in a blown spot. So, Sojo charges Christy into the corner, instead. Sojo heaves Christy to the top turnbuckle. She attempts a superplex, but Christy knocks her down. Christy lands the “Flying Firecrotch Guillotine” (yes folks you read that right, the FFG) onto Sojo for the win.

Watch the match below:

Not the most impressive match, and we all pretty much knew the result going into it, but it was decent for what it was. Christy and her boobs looked good (can’t really comment on the firecrotch, though). Plus, Christy looks extremely pleased to be back home on the active roster:

I’m sure fans can’t wait to see what just might be in store for Christy now that’s she’s back.

Next up is the Four-Corners match among ODB, Victoria, Awesome Kong, and the Knockouts Champion Angelina Love.

Watch that match and more after the cut:

Raw Redux Does WWE Superstars (August 13, 2009)

September 23, 2011August 14, 2009 by Melanie

The Divas got the main event last night… though calm down, it’s not that auspicious because the show was WWE Superstars. Plus they had to share it with the men, so even less auspicious. All in all, Divas Champion Mickie James and Rosa Mendes came off as an afterthought [now there’s a shock] to their male counterparts.

Regardez:

That Rosa Mendes, quite the hellion, isn’t she? Girl, if you don’t have the moves to back yourself up, please don’t step to the Divas Champion. But she did! There was a nice exchange to kick off the match, with Carlito and Kofi Kingston pulling apart the two Divas. And as you can see in the image above, Rosa shoots a scowl that would make a serpent blush.

Officiating this match, you may have noticed, is the same referee that does all the Divas matches [including this week’s Raw and SmackDown]. He really should just get a t-shirt that reads “Official Diva Mascot.”

Anyhoo, after some wrestling between Carlito & Kofi that I skipped through, we get a tag from Carlito to Rosa which means Mickie has to come in too. The Divas Champ wastes no time, throwing Rosa over the top rope, the rookie lands awkwardly. Mickie gets things off to a good start, with a clothesline then a double forearm on Mendes. The Latina however fights back with a knee to the gut, Mickie hits a baseball slide and snapmares Rosa. A nice front dropkick by Mickie.

Rosa gets to her feet and hits an awkward looking elbow to Mickie’s face, followed by a double axehandle and a shimmy. Yes, a shimmy.

A few exchanges between the two as Rosa has Mickie on the canvas and locks in a headlock. Mickie begins to mount fan support and counters the sleeper. Rosa throws Mickie into the corner, Mickie uses her leg to stop herself from eating turnbuckle, turns back and we have a head-on collision. Rosa quickly tags out to Carlito and that’s pretty much your lot, save for the standard catfight near the end.

So what have we learnt from this week’s show? Not a lot. Not too much Divas action in there so I left feeling a little ‘eh’. Not to mention the prospect of Rosa vs Mickie isn’t all too exciting, let’s be honest. Rosa still needs to work on her timing & her selling, she tends to land awkwardly and I fear one day she may hurt herself.

If you’re feeling as underwhelmed as I, there’s a fun yet random Melanie observation after the cut:

Superstars & Impact Feedback (August 13th, 2009)

October 2, 2009August 13, 2009 by Melanie

Big night of women’s wrestling tonight, as WWE Superstars and Impact boast matches featuring your favourite Divas/Knockouts. WWE Superstars tonight features Carlito & Rosa Mendes teaming up against SummerSlam 2008 tag team partners, Kofi Kingston and Mickie James. Impact has advertised a fatal-four way between Angelina Love, Awesome Kong, ODB and Tara. Also teased is … Read more

Who’s to Blame for Michelle’s Injury?

February 18, 2020August 13, 2009 by Melanie

A source at the scene of the SmackDown house show where Michelle McCool was injured, e-mailed into Diva Dirt with more details of the incident that saw McCool tweak her left knee. We’re told McCool’s opponent on the night, Eve Torres is at fault after a botched roll-up on the Women’s Champion. “Eve didn’t look … Read more

Something We Missed: Ayako Hamada’s Debut Set [For Real This Time]

August 13, 2009 by Melanie

Looks like we missed out on some exciting news this time last week, as Jeremy Borash tweeted about one Ayako Hamada. The newly signed Knockout is set to debut after this Sunday’s Hard Justice pay per view. Expect the Knockouts Division to get more physical with the arrival of “Hamada” from Japan. She will be … Read more

Roundtable (August 13, 2009) – Recording Mess Up, Text Recap

November 5, 2018August 13, 2009 by Melanie

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Unfortunately, there won’t be a Roundtable this week, though not through a lack of trying. There was a software error that meant the conversation didn’t get recorded and I didn’t realise till just now when I tried to play it back.

The Roundtable returns next week with new discussion topics.

To read what we talked about on this week’s non-show, follow the cut:

JR: Gail Kim Could Be ‘Stratus-Like’

August 13, 2009 by Melanie

Everyone’s favourite Hall of Fame commentator, Jim Ross has once again struck gold in his blog! On a week that saw JR being praised as a ‘lockerroom hero’ due to his outspoken and often anti-management thoughts on WWE’s current direction, he hits another home run this time by turning his attention to the women’s division. … Read more

Exclusive: Dishin’ Dirt with SHIMMER’s Daizee Haze

August 19, 2009August 12, 2009 by Steven

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Diva Dirt‘s Steven had the opportunity to speak with SHIMMER veteran, Daizee Haze in an exclusive interview. Daizee discusses being SHIMMER’s head trainer, a future in WWE or TNA and even tries her hand at her own Wrestlicious rap!

First off, thank you Daizee for taking the time out to do this interview with us. Let’s get right into things: What inspired you to get into wrestling?
Daizee: Well as a kid I was never allowed to watch wrestling, so it wasn’t something I dreamed of doing or becoming. It wasn’t until 2001 that I was exposed to wrestling and it was the technical amateur style and athleticism that caught my eye, but I saw the way women were portrayed and I wanted to change that.

Who are your idols in the ring, past or present?
Daizee: When I started watching wresting in 2001 Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit were the two that caught my eye and impressed me the most. As far as women go, Molly Holly is probably the woman I admire the most. Jim Cornette is fabulous all around. Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels are awesome together. And the All Japan women are just on a whole other level.

Last year, we saw you take on Cheerleader Melissa in a match on TNA Impact. How was it performing on such a widely known program? Were you ever offered a contract or was that a one shot deal?
Daizee: Well I worked for TNA quite a few times when they ran the weekly pay per view out of the Nashville Fairground. Delirious, Matt Sydal [WWE’s Evan Bourne] and I spent two years going down to there every Wednesday doing dark matches for their Xplosion programme. So I made a lot of connections over those years, so once they moved to Universal, people were pushing for me to get down there. It was a last minute thing, I think Jazz was supposed to do those tapings but had something come up and couldn’t make it, so Chris [Park, TNA’s Abyss] called me up to see if I could stand in for Jazz and I agreed. It was a great experience and I am close with alot of the guys and girls down there so it was fun to see everyone and I thought Melissa and I had a pretty good match. I received a lot of positive feedback but never had any kind of follow up with them. When Gail Kim left the company, I know I had a handful of girls including Gail Kim and Traci Brooks that were pushing for me to come in to take her ‘athletic babyface’ position, but I never heard anything from them.

Kevin Nash Searching for ‘2010 Miss Elizabeth’

August 12, 2009 by Melanie

You may have heard of Kevin Nash’s ‘Big Sexy Tour’ search to find a valet for him at the December TNA pay per view. Well, until now we had chosen to ignore it, perhaps because it sounds more like a glorified search to find someone for him to bang. But Nash added some substance to … Read more

Kristal to Follow in Bobby’s Footsteps?

August 12, 2009 by Melanie

If you’re following former WWE Diva, Kristal Marshall on Twitter, you’ll have noticed that she’s teasing making a ‘debut soon’. Could Bobby Lashley’s baby mama be heading to TNA too? She writes: I’m gonna make a debut soon… Where could it be Then again, it could simply be some innuendo to get sites like this … Read more

Your Diva Dirt: ‘Feuds From the Vault’ By Steven_D

November 2, 2018August 12, 2009 by Melanie

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We are going to by highlighting some of the best blogs written by you, the Diva Dirt faithful, over at our social networking site, MyDivaDirt.com. Head over there now to create your free user account & publish blogs of your very own. If you’d like to recommend your blog for posting on Diva Dirt, visit this thread.

For our first ‘Your Diva Dirt’ post, we have a great look at SHIMMER stars Allison Danger, Daizee Haze and Rebecca Knox by Steven_D:

yourdd_danger Feuds From The Vault: Allison Danger & Daizee Haze vs. Rebecca Knox
Feuds from the vault returns this week and on its second outing I’ll be writing on little known Irish born Rebecca Knox and her enthralling encounters with Allison Danger and Daizee Haze.

The K-Nox arrived on Shimmer shores in 2006 from Ireland and was a technically orientated athlete. Not only was she a Queens of Chaos champion but she held the ECCW Women’s championship for over nine months.

Mirroring the success of her rival; Allison Danger is no stranger to a title and is also a technically gifted athlete in her own right. She has held the ICWA Ladies Championship along with several other accolades.

The two compliment each other perfectly which added a lot to their matches, despite not being the longest feud. It was one of the best in Shimmer, through match performances alone.

Trying to do the matches justice is no easy feat, the technical ability of the two ladies is almost unrivalled in the independent scene in America.

Where better to begin than Shimmer Volume 3 and Knox’s debut match in Shimmer taking on (the dilute Canadian) Allison Danger.

Shimmer Volume three and the stage was set, with the traditional light hearted start to the match over. The fans were behind both competitors and they begin their technical showcase. The style of both women compliment each other and it is apparent from the onset.

It’s almost an obvious fact that when someone steps into the ring with Allison Danger they are going to be put over and well. This was no different, even though they were on par with one another but to me the experience of Danger gave her a slight edge. The fans in attendance seemed to be impartial as the match was relatively even throughout the early going. However as Rebecca Knox contemplates grabbing the ropes the fans gasp, is this signs of thing to come from the crowd?

SmackDown Spoilers: August 14th, 2009

August 14, 2009August 12, 2009 by Erin

We’ve got spoilers for this Friday’s SmackDown for your perusal. The show will be airing August 14th. Highlight below to read:

*According to sources, Melina and Maria have a backstage segment similar to the one on last week’s show, except with Layla added into the mix.

*It is announced that Michelle McCool will be returning to SmackDown next week.

*Melina defeats Layla.

Thoughts under the cut:

Raw Redux (August 10th, 2009) – Divas Eat Gail’s Defeat

September 5, 2009August 11, 2009 by Melanie

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So that Raw match. Bit of alright, wasn’t it? Last night’s show saw Gail Kim become the #1 Contender for the Divas Championship, in one of the best Raw matches of the year. The Divas involved including Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly put on quite a show in the ring and out of it.

From the outset, the Divas got a nice rhythm going, setting the tone for the rest of the match. It seems like they took the time to choreograph the match meticulously and plan spots for all four girls involved and that’s a great thing. Usually in these matches someone tends to get lost in the shuffle, but they did a great job here of giving each Diva something to do and they all looked great.

Kicking off with Kelly and Beth in one corner and Alicia and Gail in the other. Kelly gets an early start on her screaming, going for a hurricanrana on Beth into a pin but Beth kicks out and goes for a Glam Slam very early on. I like her style, it shows that she’s trying to pick off each of the Divas from the outset and trying to secure the #1 Contendership. Nice logic. Gail interrupts and we see a succession of rollups; I gotta be honest, this fell flat for me but it seems to have worked in getting the crowd into it with all the rollups from each of the girls. This is followed by an awesome tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by Alicia on Gail, these two have always had tremendous chemistry and Alicia can go in that ring with the best of them.

With Gail out of the ring, the heels turn their attention to the ‘innocent’ Kelly Kelly, who shows Trish Stratus-like courage in trying to fight off both Divas. This was a nice change of pace from what we had just seen, with Fox and Phoenix crowding around her and Kelly trying to scout the both of them. Beth grabs Kelly in a headlock and warns Alicia off, and the feisty newcomer isn’t taking that lying down. Alicia shows she’s not afraid of the Glamazon, hitting her with a boot to the face, but then gets hit with an awesome missile dropkick from Kim.

Scott D’Amore Returns to TNA & Knockouts!

August 11, 2009 by Melanie

TNA has rehired Scott D’Amore, the man who was behind the initial stages of the Knockouts division [and helped put together those awesome Gail-Kong matches]. D’Amore is set to return at Hard Justice, according to PWInsider and will once again resume his duties over the Knockouts division as road agent. If you’re not familiar with … Read more

Random Observations from Raw

February 18, 2020August 11, 2009 by Melanie

Whenever I watch wrestling, my mind begins to whir and think all these things that aren’t actually important. It’s like word vomit of the mind. But don’t worry, Desperate Housewives has taught me that in a few years I can pop my kids’ ADD pills. Only joking… kinda. So as I watched last night’s fatal … Read more

WWE Superstars Spoilers for August 13th

August 11, 2009 by Melanie

Divas return to Superstars on Thursday night. Check out the spoilers by highlighting below:

Carlito & Rosa Mendes def. Kofi Kingston & Mickie James. Carlito pinned Kofi after a Backstabber.

Thoughts after the cut:

Raw Response: August 10th, 2009

September 22, 2009August 11, 2009 by Melanie

So Gail Kim is the new #1 Contender for the Divas Championship. Confused? Surprised? Happy? Talk about tonight’s Raw!

Serena Renamed in FCW

August 11, 2009August 11, 2009 by Melanie

Former SHIMMER and OVW star, Serena has been renamed in WWE’s developmental camp, FCW. She now goes by the name of Serena Mancini. It’s certainly a start, hopefully they’ll end up dropping the ‘Mancini’ and just go with Serena by the time she’s on the main roster. FCW is touting a swimsuit competition between the … Read more

Another Ratings ‘Knockout’ for TNA

August 10, 2009 by Melanie

Newcomers, Alissa Flash and Sarita helped last week’s Knockouts tag team match post stellar ratings for Spike TV’s Impact. The fantastic tag team match which saw Sarita team with Taylor Wilde against Flash and Traci Brooks posted a 1.32 in the ratings, according to our parent site Female Fight League. The match was the highest … Read more

Latest on Michelle McCool Updated

November 5, 2018August 10, 2009 by Melanie

It looks as though the status of Michelle McCool is still ambiguous, as the Women’s Champion was kept off last night’s house show in Regina, Saskatechwan Canada and will likely miss all of this weekend’s events. Michelle hasn’t wrestled since the incident last Friday in a match with Eve Torres, though she completed last week’s … Read more

This Week’s Roundtable Discussion Post (August 13th, 2009)

November 5, 2018August 10, 2009 by Melanie

This week on an all new Roundtable, the Diva Dirt team will be discussing WWE, TNA and a lot more! Join us as usual, on Thursday. But in the meantime, have your say on your topics: Please try to keep them short and sweet — just one sentence, so we can read out as many … Read more

Note on Using Our News

August 10, 2009August 10, 2009 by Melanie

Just like the double standard towards women in the wrestling industry, there seems to be a double standard towards this here site from other wrestling news sites/blogs. We have noticed for a while now that some sites are re-posting stories that we ourselves have broken, without providing the appropriate credit. I don’t know what their … Read more

Unwrapped: Eye Candy for the Week Ending August 8th, 2009

November 5, 2018August 10, 2009 by Erin

In order to consolidate our Eye Candy coverage, we’ve developed a brand new feature: Unwrapped! We’ll take all the new photoshoots from the week and grade (or “brand”) each based on the following criteria:

• Appearance (hair, clothes, makeup.. you get the drift)
• Poses (are they versatile or just glorified statues?)
• Uniqueness (have we seen this photoshoot a billion times before?)
Grading scale: Sweet (Great)/Bland (Iffy)/Sour (Awful)

Alissa Flash‘s Untitled
Appearance: She’s wearing tow different color variations of her ring gear, with eye paint to match. I gotta say that I love the warrior paint, as it definitely gives her an edge. It’d look silly on other girls, but Alissa’s enough of a badass to pull it off. That, and you don’t see anything but eye shadow or mascara on most female wrestlers’ eyes–it sets her apart, and in a good way. The outfit itself is pretty much your stard ring gear: shorts and a belly-baring top. The leather collar and cuffs spice it up a bit, and add to her hardened look. Leather and grommets on a lot of Divas look silly and forced, but I don’t get that from Alissa. Maybe it’s because she isn’t trout-pouting me to death. She looks like a true badass.
Poses: For the meager amount of photos she had, Alissa mixed it up pretty well. The fists and finger point gratefully stay out of the much-treaded “porn poses” territory and keeps with her character. Her evil half-grin is enough to send chills down your spine, no?
Uniqueness: It’s certainly nothing you’d see out of a Diva, huh? From the face paint to the serious poses, it’s almost everything the Divas are not. She’s not sexing it up for the sake of a photoshoot, and for that I’m grateful. It’s always a shame to see a Diva depart from her character to show some epic cleavage or do a cheesy pose. Alissa isn’t blending in with this one, that’s for sure.
Grade: Sweet. It’s a tiny, tiny photoshoot, but I really like it. Everything’s in keeping with her character, and she’s experimenting with her look enough to make it interesting, but it’s not like we’re not staring at gigantic feathered hairpieces or something equally as awful.
• Click to see the rest of the photoshoot.

Follow the cut to see the rest of this week’s photoshoots.

The Weekly 5: August 9th, 2009

June 14, 2013August 9, 2009 by Melanie

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I’m sure you’ve all heard of your ‘five a day’, but Diva Dirt is here to provide you with your ‘five a week’ in our Weekly 5. Join us every Sunday as we take a look back at the week gone by and highlight our top 5 moments of the week.

Note: Let’s be honest, not much going on TV wise this week [Thanks SmackDown!] so I’ve decided to include some of the news stories from the week.

weekly5_5 TNA’S LOSS IS ROH’S GAIN
weekly5_roxxi Former TNA Knockout, Nikki Roxx has been snapped up by the folks at ROH and is set to debut at their tapings later this month. The former Roxxi was unceremoniously pink-slipped earlier this year, effectively making her one of the hottest free agents until now!

Click in for #4-2 on our countdown:

Saturday Supplement: Have the Knockouts Lost Their Edge?

June 9, 2017August 9, 2009 by Tiffany

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In the Saturday Supplement, the Diva Dirt team will aim to discuss a news story, a televised event or other relevant and current topics. The objective, like the average weekend newspaper, is to offer more indepth and lengthy discussion.

sstbp Since its inception, the TNA Knockouts division has been a burst of fresh air to many who have been soured to the world of women’s wrestling. Over the past years, the TNA Knockouts have opened many eyes to what an ideal women’s division could look like during a time when its popularity was not as its highest. A growing fanbase, a 2-hour syndication, a women’s championship, and a locker room of talented women would seem like the ideal formula for success. However, to every victor goes the spoils, and with the spoils often comes hindrances. TNA has not been without faults over the years, especially when it comes to the Knockouts, yet the company still manages to redeem itself and reserve its spot for quality wrestling. So, does TNA’s booking do more harm than good or do the Knockouts still remain at the top of the food chain?

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