Spoilers for this Friday’s SmackDown are online. The show will air August 7th. Highlight below to read:
*Backstage, Maria and Melina talked about Maria’s relationship with Dolph. Melina said she was happy for Maria but she hears bad things about Ziggler in the locker room. Maria says the Dolph in the ring isn’t how he is outside of it and he treats her good. Melina said she was happy for her but to be careful. [Source: PWInsider.com]
Thoughts under the cut:
ROHwrestling.com has officially released SHIMMER Volume 23 on DVD today. The DVD features the main event of MsChif defending the SHIMMER Championship against newly signed WWE developmental talent, Serena Deeb. Also featured on the DVD is Cheerleader Melissa against Wesna Busic, in what I’ve heard is an incredible match. Full card below: 1. Nikki Roxx … Read more
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
It’s the old age tale of the WWE women’s division — ‘creative amnesia’. You know, that thing where they do something and then don’t follow it up the next week & go in a whole new direction and expect us to forget everything we saw the week before? Or if we’re lucky, they’ll expect us … Read more
Discuss tonight’s Raw in this post!
It has been reported that Mickie Knuckles aka Moose is, indeed, set on returning to TNA. Just one year ago, Mickie broke her right femur bone during an attempted stage dive onto Sara Del Rey at a IWA Mid South event in Joliet, Illinois. She has undergone a successful leg surgery since then. It is … Read more
Roundup of news/notes from our downtime yesterday due to the server move: – As we first reported on our Twitter account, Lilian Garcia has updated her schedule through MySpace — revealing that her final night with WWE will be the August 24th episode of Raw, which is the night after SummerSlam. SummerSlam, the 23rd of … Read more
We have moved to a new, hopefully permanent home! We are pleased to reveal that we have joined the Female Fight League family, joining such sites and promotions as ChickFight, ClickWrestle and Online World of Wrestling to name a few. A big thank you to the wonderful Jason Deadrich for inviting us into the network … Read more
Diva Dirt reader, @OohOui on Twitter attended the Raw house show last night in White Plains, NY and passed along the following live videos of the Divas match. It was the team of Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly and Mickie James in a winning effort against Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes.
Part 2 after the cut:
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.
RAW IS GAIL?
There has been a lot of talk this week about a Gail Kim heel turn and as a Diva Dirt favourite, we are extremely excited about the possibility in the coming weeks on Raw. It looks as though Maryse’s loss [to injury] could be Gail’s gain; as WWE teased tension between Gail and new Divas Champion, Mickie James on Raw.
Click in for #4-2 on our countdown:
This week, former Women’s Champions Gail Kim and Beth Phoenix tell fans why they decided to become wrestlers… Beth is so cute in real life! She’s also got that fun humor that helped Trish Stratus during her career; I am convinced Beth would be a great babyface if they allowed her to speak.
In an update to the injury story on Michelle McCool, the Women’s Champion was legitimately hurt last night in Hampton Beach, NH in her match with Eve Torres. Apparently her left knee buckled underneath her at some point during the match. There’s no update on the severity of the issue; it could be just a … Read more
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.
Some may have thought that the Women’s Championship match at Night of Champions signaled the end of the feud between Melina and Michelle McCool. Some may have even been hoping for that. However, for better or for worse, the feud isn’t stopping just yet. After upstaging the more hyped match last Sunday, Melina and Michelle are still showing the fire and intensity of a brand new feud, despite having been foes for nearly 3 months. They obviously haven’t had enough of each other just yet, but some fans aren’t feeling quite as content. Calls for its end or complaints about this “never-ending feud” have got me wondering: when it comes to Diva feuds, how long is too long?
The WWE has seen its fair share of extended feuds. The likes of Triple H, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, and even Edge have participated in slow-burning feuds that spanned months and headlined PPV after PPV. But when it comes to Divas, those examples are few and far between. One could say that Lita and Trish Stratus feuded for quite some time, but with that we aren’t talking about a constantly-running feud. In between their battles were moments of comradery and truces, so I wouldn’t quite count that as a “long-running” feud, but more so a career-long love/hate relationship. So, what could be considered a long feud in Diva-dom? Read on and speculate with me.
Another feud, also connected to Trish Stratus, is the epic “obsessive fan” feud between her and Mickie James. It commenced on October 10th, 2005, and through the twists and turns, it lasted all the way until Backlash 2006, precisely April 30th, 2006. Doing the math, the feud lasted a total of 171 days. Now, it may not be fair to compare it to the Melina/Michelle feud, as this was a full-blown storyline, complete with the introduction of a brand new Diva, an awkward friendship, a slow heel turn, and finally commencing with a more standard heel/face feud at WrestleMania and Backlash. This was much more than a simple feud, and simply cannot be duplicated without some major groundwork being laid. In this day and age, with the WWE running on a surplus of Divas, I can’t see anything like that happening again in the near future. In fact, the feud only ended when Stratus dislocated her shoulder and was forced on to the disabled list. Who knows how long this could have gone without her injury?
Thank you to everyone who has applied to be part of our first ever Diva Dirt Fantasy League! Due to the overwhelming amount of applications, we have closed the signups 24 hours before the deadline! We have decided to accept 50 participants for this first season.
Underneath the cut is a full table of all 50 particpants as well as your chosen Divas/Knockouts. If your name isn’t on the list it means A) you haven’t made the count or B) you chose a combo that was already chosen and failed to correct this in time.
If your details are wrong, please use this post to correct them. Unless there is a clash that I have missed [which is possible, as there’s 50 of you, 3 Divas/Knockouts each and one of me] you may not change your selection at this point.
Table after the cut:
Remember that old WWE fantasy game they used to have? Well we are launching our very own Diva Dirt Fantasy League, where you guys can earn points and possibly a big grand prize, all by picking your favourite Divas and Knockouts!
In the Diva Dirt Fantasy League, you pick 3 Divas/Knockouts from each of the 3 brands [Raw, SmackDown/ECW and TNA] and follow them through the Fantasy League season; you earn points if they wrestle, win a match etc.
This first season will take place through the month of August as sort of a test run for future seasons! Each week, we will post the leaderboard of users, the person that ranks #1 by the end of August will win a prize to be determined.
So how do you get involved? Read the rules below and then after the cut, check out the Divas/Knockouts available to pick from as well as read our points system & sign up!
RULES
– Must pick three Divas/Knockouts, one from each category.
– Your combination of Divas/Knockouts must be unique. First come first serve.
– Signups will take place from August 1st, 2009 to August 2nd, 2009. Signups close at 23:59pm UK BST.
– The Fantasy League season runs from August 1st, 2009 to August 31st, 2009.
– A typical fantasy league week runs from Sunday through Saturday.
– In the event of a pay per view, points will be carried over into the next week as per the Sunday-Saturday week.
– You may only enter once using your Diva Dirt registed user account. Anyone caught with multiple accounts will be disqualified and banned from visiting Diva Dirt in future.
– Leaderboard will be posted every Saturday or Sunday.
– At the end of the season, the person with the #1 ranking on the leaderboard will win a prize to be determined.
– In the event of a tie, the prize will be split between the joint #1 ranking users.
– Diva Dirt staff may not take part.
– In the event of an injury/suspension or something extraordinary that puts a girl on the shelf, users will be given 3 options: They may substitute the Diva/Knockout with an alternative from the same category, keep in mind that your combination must still be unique so as not to clash with another user. Alternatively, you may opt to continue the season with just two picks or withdraw from the league altogether.
More after the cut:
We can all agree that, with a few exceptions, Divas get the short end of the stick when comes to entrance themes. While the male superstars get music from actual bands and artists or custom made songs with lyrics, Divas get stuck with crappy production music. If I had the chance I would change all the Divas music … Read more
Women’s Champion Michelle McCool may have been injured last night after a house show match in Hampton Beach, MA with Eve Torres. Reports say McCool took a bump to the outside and didn’t get up. The match was ruled a no contest and two parademics helped the Women’s Champ to the back. Conflicting reports suggest … Read more
It’s a staple of tabloid magazines: hard hitting, investigative & highly entertaining! Best & Worst Dressed lists can make or break careers in Hollywood and for a site with ‘Dirt’ in the title, it’s only fitting we take this time tested feature & apply it to our Divas! Each week we’ll bring you the best and worst looks from the week gone by, it’s pretty simple right?
Key: School-like grading scheme
It wasn’t a great week for Diva/Knockout fashion this past week. So I guess I’m clutching at straws with my ‘Best’ picks for the week, but congrats to Melina, Gail Kim and Michelle McCool anyway.
Big pay per view match usually means new attire for our Divas, as we saw at Night of Champions when Melina wore what I think was a new variation of her usual ring-wear. The maroon coloured tights are a nice addition to her wardrobe which ranges the rainbow already. C
As for Raw Diva, Gail Kim, her usual off-the-shoulder tops and shorts were back this week in silver. Again not out of the norm for G-Kim but I liked it in silver. C
Last but finally not least is Michelle McCool, who busted out a new colour much like Melina for their PPV match. Michelle is one of those girls that not every colour suits, so the colour choice could have gone wrong here… but thankfully, it didn’t. I would go as far as to say this is probably Michelle’s most flattering variation yet, green seems to suit her exquisitely. B-
This week’s ‘Worst’ after the cut:
To almost everyone, Melina and Michelle‘s match at Night of Champions exceeded expectations. Realistically, it would be tough to top that, and with the WWE’s tendency to follow up gold with crap, it’s pretty likely that this week’s SmackDown would disappoint. But does it? Are they continuing the Michelle/Melina feud, or are they moving on? Let’s take a look and see for ourselves:
As Melina makes her way to the ring, Michelle hightails it, demonstrating more of that “cowardly heel” shtick that I kind of wish they’d drop. Still, it’s great to see them keep up appearances and showing that things between them are far from over, with Michelle waving her title in Melina’s face like a T-bone to a cartoon pooch. Oh yeah, and Eve and Layla are there too. I couldn’t help but notice during Eve’s entrance that she got a really nice pop. Like, surprisingly good. It could just be canned cheers, but I was pretty impressed.
Layla and Melina start the match, and as they grapple for a moment, it’s clear that Melina has no interest in this opponent. She quickly disposes of Layla and turns for Michelle, who darts away. Layla takes advantage of this distraction to attack her, getting a bit of offense in before Melina takes her drown with an arm drag and tags in Eve. The two do a nice double-team move before Melina runs out of the ring at the referee’s protests (quite a change from her heel days, no?). Eve them performs quite a labored scoop slam (holding for applause?) for a two-count. Eve hits a dropkick, and some awkward exchanges later, Eve ends up on the second rope at the turnbuckle, her back to a standing Layla. Wait, what was she setting up for? Layla seems to be just as perplexed, kicking Eve and sending her to the mat. Layla tags in Michelle, who manhandles Eve a bit, a leg drop earning her a two-count.
This week on Impact provided a six-Knockout tag match, pitting Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, and Madison Rayne against the likes of ODB, Awesome Kong, and Victoria. As well as an interview with former-Knockouts champion, Victoria.
Interestingly enough, Victoria is announced to be accompanied by tarantula, Poison, which has become an entity of its own. As the commentators get a little flustered over the Beautiful People’s entrance, I have to say that I have been loving Kong’s expressions as of late. The look of disinterest on her face at the start of the match is priceless.
Victoria and Angelina start off the match with a lock up, and Victoria delivers a series of open-handed punches. A run through the ropes and Victoria knocks down the Knockouts champion. Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne attempt to make the save, but Victoria takes the fight to them, as well. Angelina takes advantage of the distraction and blindsights her opponent. Angelina opts to run the ropes, but Victoria takes her down with a powerslam. She goes for the cover until the Beautiful People break up the count. ODB and Kong clear out the ring and the action breaks loose. In the meantime, Victoria resorts to some dirty tactics against Angelina as a source of expressing her pent-up resentment. Victoria delivers a scoop slam to Angelina, who soon scurries away just in time to tag in Madison. Victoria outsmarts Madison and quickly takes her down with a drop toehold before tagging in ODB. ODB lunges Madison into the corner and slams chest-first into her. She then sets Madison up for a fallaway slam, followed by a kip-up. TNA, with their now usual tendency of cutting to break during their Knockout matches, fades to commercial.
Watch the match & more after the cut:
WWE’s resident French fry, Maryse is said to be on the shelf for 3 months. That would put her medical clearance for November. There are two different routes they could go, factoring in some time to work out and get ring-ready, they could bring her back in a post-Survivor Series spot as with Melina last … Read more
This week on the Roundtable: The gang is back together as all four of our writers discuss the big news of the week, in true Diva Dirt style. This week we discuss how Maryse’s injury could affect Raw and what we expect of her comeback. In TNA news, we discuss the possible success of the … Read more
Mickie James in “Golden Girl” Diva Dirt’s dishing up your regular serving of Eye Candy! View the photoshoot we’ve “hung” on our wall, read our critique, vote, and last but not least – sound off in the comments. The Look: Mickie’s hiding behind what looks like a locker, so we don’t really get a good … Read more
With all the talk over the past couple of weeks about what is being described as the worst match in TNA history, Jenna vs Sharmell at Victory Road, you’d think there was only one person in the match — Jenna Morasca. After all, she’s been the one doing all the talking… until now. Jenna’s opponent, … Read more
Diva Dirt reader Rob sent along the following live report from the show. As it hasn’t aired yet, it’s in spoiler tags, so please highlight to read: I attended this match and noticed a few things. It was a very short match. I don’t think it lasted 3 minutes, if that. The ring entrances and … Read more
Everyone’s favourite French fry, Maryse signalled that she is A-OK after surgery yesterday in Birmingham, AL. yesterday by writing that she’s ‘bionic’ on her Twitter page. In a later tweet, I’m guessing she is responding to fan response/criticism to her match at Night of Champions and/or her injury. She writes: to WWE univers good morning, … Read more