Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past week, you know that the TNA Knockouts Championship changed hands on Thursday’s Impact. The wrestler formerly known as Victoria, Tara, now has the strap firmly in her grasp. Now while all that is just peaches and cream, I’ve found myself asking a question I’m sure is on everybody’s mind: Who’s next in line for a shot at the title? Here are my picks:
Angelina Love: This one is a given. No way is Angelina Love going to let her title go without a fight. I expect to see her in a rematch in the very near future.
Awesome Kong: Awesome Kong may have had Tara’s back during their tag match with The Beautiful People, but chances are she has her mind set on getting that belt back. Kong has been out of the title picture since losing it to Angelina Love and now would be the perfect time to get back in the game.
The Raw Divas weren’t the only ones getting ready for summer last night, as Stacy Keibler was spotted in a summery orange top at the Matt Leinhart Foundation’s Celebrity Bowl on Monday night. The Keib looked cute and well put together. Check out more images below: Meanwhile, it looks as though Stacy’s three years of … Read more
Last night’s Raw was a scary one, as WWE seemingly found a balance between the throwback T&A and actual wrestling. However, the two don’t quite go together and as the title of this post would suggest, I liken it to ‘running with scissors’. It wasn’t a bikini contest nor was it a respectable wrestling match, … Read more
This week’s Roundtable will be recorded on Thursday, the whole Diva Dirt team will be on hand plus a guest panelist. As with last week, we want your input on the topics we have to discuss! We’ll be reading out your comments/questions on the show! Please try to keep them short and sweet — just … Read more
You’d think Vince McMahon’s geriatrics would fail to shock us after all this time, but nope — the egotistical WWE Chairman has found even more salacious ways to make us shriek in horror. This time, Vince McMahon believes that Vickie Guerrero betrayed WWE by leaving the company to spend more time with her children. The … Read more
Have you ever thought that a certain Diva resembled another celebrity out there? Ever done double-take while watching a movie or TV show and thought “Hang on, isn’t that so-and-so?” Well we certainly have! Diva Dirt’s Dead Ringers aims to seek out our Divas celeb dopplegangers and highlight them here, for you to vote whether … Read more
It’s official: Twitter has become a full-blown internet phenomenon. I mean, what’s better than seeing the inner thoughts of your favorite celebs? I’ll tell you what – seeing the inner thoughts of your favorite Divas! That’s why we’ve devised a new weekly feature, titled Tweets of the Week, where we’ll take a look at what the women of wrestling have been tweeting this week: the funny, the poignant, and the random. We’ll scour Twitter and serve it up for you, complete with the requisite Diva Dirt charm.
This week’s #5 is newly-crowned Knockouts Champion Victoria (@tnalisamarie) thanking her friends and fans for their support and basking in the glory of her title win:
It’s great to see a wrestler’s excitement over a big win, even more so when you can witness it first hand! Twitter’s allowed us to feel a little of that triumph, and it’s certainly a cool thing. Not to mention, Victoria’s super grateful and sweet to anyone and everyone, so it’s nice to see her get a little of what she deserves.
At #4, TNA Knockout Daffney (@screamqueendaff) sends a friend and fellow wrestler a heartfelt birthday wish:
Hey, however he chooses to celebrate is up to him.
#3 sees SHIMMER hotshot Allison Danger (@allisondanger) doing the type of philosophical self-searching that only few accomplish and even fewer comprehend:
Once you find the answer, Allison hit us up on our Twitter account. Much like you, we hunger for knowledge.
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.
NIKKI BELLA… IS THAT YOU, GIRL?
Oh those Bella Twins! Just when you write them off, they come back and start earning their keep… just about, anyway. Last week, the twins impressed with their mic skills and this week, Nikki Bella made a solid effort against Katie Lea on ECW. Nikki’s Gail Kim-esque running armdrag made my jaw drop. Perhaps there’s hope for them yet? My eyes have certainly opened and I’m willing to give them a fair shot.
Welcome to another edition of ‘Before They Were Divas’, the Diva Dirt exclusive where we look back at our favorite Divas and Knockouts before the glitz and glamour of the “big leagues”.
Today we’re taking a look back at TNA Knockout and sidekick extraordinaire, Velvet Sky. This week on Impact, we saw Velvet take on TNA newcomer, Tara (ugh), in singles action. Believe it or not, this was history repeating itself. Back in 2005, Velvet made a one shot appearance on WWE Heat as ‘Talia’ to take on the Diva better known as Victoria with the same result.
The recently released Candice Michelle took part in a live chat with StarCam.com this past week, her first interview since leaving WWE — speaking directly to the fans. In the chat, Candice admits that she saw her release coming and was ready to leave. The Diva, who had well documented injury issues, knew ‘her time … Read more
It’s unanimous that the ‘Trump Trade’ two weeks ago helped beef up Monday Night Raw, gaining the services of two Diva Dirt favourites, Alicia Fox and Gail Kim. Meanwhile, it’s becoming clearly evident that SmackDown is now suffering due to the lack of Divas available — case in point, we pretty much saw the same … Read more
Following in the footsteps of Santino, Cryme Tyme and Miz & Morrison, the Divas have finally been given their own WWE.com exclusive show “Ask the Divas”, which is similar to the columns they’ve previously had in WWE Magazine. In the first webisode, Eve, Maria, the Bella Twins and Kelly offer their advice to the fans: … Read more
Erin has successfully taken the reins of the SmackDown Redux but as you guys know, I always have something to say on pretty much everything! So I’m hoping to put my SmackDown thoughts into audio form every Saturday here at Diva Dirt, or whenever I feel like it really lol. Also included in this bulletin … Read more
As you can see by now, the SmackDown Redux has been gifted to me by the generous Melanie. As she stated earlier, she’ll be handling the Raw side of things from now on. Hopefully you guys will warm to my style of Reduxin’ just as you did with her. Now with that settled, onto the show!
It seems as though the WWE can’t get enough of tag team matches, because it feels like that’s all we’ve been getting for weeks now. Of course, that’s hyperbole, but it’s clear that they’re using “paint-by-numbers” booking as a means to extend this feud between Michelle McCool and Melina. Melina’s got her third partner in a week, teaming with Eve Torres, who one can only assume gave up her seat on the bench for Maria (Don’t cry for Maria, she had more important things to do, like coming out of closets with Dolph Ziggler. I’m not even joking.). Meanwhile, Michelle teams with her new Alicia, Layla. Let’s see what this slight tweak in the ingredients does this week – watch Melina & Eve take on Michelle & Layla below:
Eve and Layla start off the match. Granted, that sentence probably would’ve scared you a few years ago, but their work wasn’t bad at all. Sure, it feels a little deliberate and calculated, but those two Diva Search alums have come far from strutting for Tom Grisham or whoever the hell hosted that thing. Eve remains in control for much of the beginning, until a sick kick to the head by Michelle takes her out. Michelle must have Inspector Gadget legs, because it’s like she reached Eve from the other corner of the ring. Damn.
This week on TNA Impact marked a very momentous evening for the Knockouts.
Victoria is set to first take on Velvet Sky. Backstage we find the Beautiful People making their way to the Impact Zone. Velvet seems very upset at the events that took place last week. Velvet holds nothing back in pronouncing just how fed up she is with Angelina Love‘s selfishness ; she puts Angelina in her place as Madison Rayne timidly looks on.
When the Beautiful People make their way to the ring in their typical manner, something very non-typical occurs. The camera man reaches out to fondle poor Vel-Vel, but Velvet is having none of it. I’m not exactly sure why this little random little incident takes place, but I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone tried to cop a feel. Creepy, but funny.
Next, Victoria confidently approaches ring. Her signature tarantula, ‘Poison’ is in tow to level the playing field. Victoria delivers a very steady set of punches to the chest of Velvet Sky, followed by some lunges into the turnbuckle. An irish whip into corner, but Victoria eats the sole of Velvet’s boot. Velvet then perseveres with a clothesline and resorts to her cat fighting expertise again with a choke to Tara.
Velvet insists on more prissy offense before she goes for a pin. When Victoria is hung up against the ropes, Angelina sees this as an opportunity to get the better of her. However, the referee catches her before she can assault Victoria with the Knockouts belt. Unperturbed, Victoria takes down Velvet with a few clotheslines and scoop slam. Velvet puts up a fight but cannot quite wiggle herself out of an amazingly powerful Widow’s Peak. Victoria picks up the win.
Looks like my girl Torrie Wilson took the Sugababes’ recent advice to ‘get sexy right now‘ as she rocked the hell out of this fun, unique V-neck jersey dress last night. The former Diva and I’m a Celebrity runner-up has been in Vegas this past week for the ‘World Series of Poker’ tournament, despite being … Read more
Well just moments ago on Impact, Victoria became the 5th Knockouts Champion in TNA history [in the title’s sixth reign], defeating Angelina Love to take the title. Watch Victoria’s winning moment below: What did you think of her title win? Sound off in the comments! Check back tomorrow for Tiffany’s guide to Impact also…
Diva Dirt is proud to introduce a new audio show for you guys, in addition to our audio bulletins — the Diva Dirt Roundtable! This panel discussion show features the entire Diva Dirt team including myself, Erin, Steven and Tiffany. In our Roundtable discussion, we aim to cover current topics from the world of women’s … Read more
After over a year, I have decided to give up the SmackDown Redux and relinquish my duty to our Managing Editor, Erin! Erin will take over the SmackDown Redux, beginning with tomorrow’s episode while I will exclusively write the Raw Redux and ECW columns, if/when they do something of note. We will also be splitting … Read more
As you all know, this week’s ECW was pre-empted from it’s usual Tuesday night spot and instead will air tonight at 7pm ET on the rebranded Syfy network. However, why wait? The whole episode has leaked online and below we have this week’s Divas action as newcomer Nikki Bella [with sister Brie] takes on the scarcely-seen Katie Lea.
As promised, I had the opportunity to interview the lovely Dawn Marie today in a chat that lasted well over an hour! We remember Dawn as the seductress of SmackDown but since then, she’s become a wife and mother and is now the driving force behind Wrestler’s Rescue. I gotta admit, I was nervous but … Read more
TNA has released Victoria‘s first TNA photoshoot, with her pet tarantula who she has entitled ‘Poison’. Check them out below. While Victoria looks no different than usual [i.e. her old WWE.com photoshoots], it’s come to my realisation that the way TNA photographs probably isn’t the most flattering way. There seems to be a lot of … Read more
Recently released WWE Diva, Candice Michelle will probably be the most expensive piece of ‘Candi’ you ever pay for, if you choose to hire out her services [not in the Ashley sense]. The former Women’s Champion is asking for a cool $5000 per appearance — but not in a wrestling role. For $5000 Candice will … Read more
On Monday, I made an audio bulletin about how I was unsure of Jemma Palmer‘s signing, the news which we broke last week. Well in another correction, I have now been able to independently confirm that Jemma has indeed signed with WWE and is headed to FCW. So there you have it, the final word. … Read more
Get out your pitchforks, people, ’cause Michelle McCool‘s talking. Surely that fact alone would be enough to send certain fans into a raging frenzy, but this instance is a bit more meaningful. In a new WWE.com article, she’s making sure everyone’s aware of her history-making Women’s Championship win and becoming the WWE’s first Diva Grand … Read more
Our friends at Wrestlicious have sent us another batch of photos from behind the scenes of the new all-female promotion. We’ve been told that the company has a few announcements to come, and you guys will be among the first to hear the news so stay tuned!
In the meantime check out the new photos before and let us know what you think!
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After the cut, I’ve compiled a list of who the girls are in each photo:
