In a WWE exclusive, Ripley was backstage being interviewed. She explains that anyone that gets in her way will be stopped. Valkyria enters and says instead of proving to Ripley what she can do against Jacy Jayne, she wants to step up to her instead.
Ripley warns Valkyria that may not be the brightest idea as she is the most dominant woman across all brands. However, Ripley gladly accepts.
Ripley has shown admiration to Valkyria in the past and has spoken highly of her.
Becky Lynch has earned a rematch against Trish Stratus. On the July 24 episode of Raw, just 11 days before SummerSlam, Lynch defeated Zoey Stark. As promised by Stratus this means that Lynch will be awarded another go at the Hall of Famed. This time, Lynch determined to get the victory. It has not been … Read more
Tonight’s Raw has a match set that could have future SummerSlam implications. We have Becky Lynch taking on Zoey Stark for an opportunity to have another match against Trish Stratus. If this happens then we could see Lynch vs. Stratus at SummerSlam. It is also rumored that Liv Morgan will be facing Rhea Ripley tonight. … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Power 15 Rankings curated by us here at Diva-Dirt. This week we are reviewing women’s action across several companies. As well as the 15 women featured, two wildcards will be featured each week chosen by Nick and Gary. These wildcards are for women who didn’t quite make the ranking but are … Read more
At a WWE Supershow live event over the weekend in Mexico City, Shotzi showed off her new look for the first time. On the July 14 episode of SmackDown, Shotzi shaved her head after Bayley had previously cut off some of her hair. This has left Bayley frightened as Shotzi continued to taunt her on … Read more
WWE Alum and former Divas Champion Alicia Fox (Victoria Crawford) wants to get back in the ring. She has a whole list of women that she wants to face and made her first return to wrestling at a Reality of Wrestling (ROW) event. She appeared after a Battle Royal at the ROW Summer of Champions. … Read more
After this week’s episode of Collision, Taya Valkyrie called out Dr. Britt Baker for a match this Wednesday for Dynamite. Valkyrie defeated Skye Blue on Collision which afterward she noted that she was lacking in the win column. She stated that Baker had a recent win as well and wants to face her next. This … Read more
For the first time in ROH history, the women main evented a pay-per-view. Athena put her ROH Women’s World Title on the line against Willow Nightingale. The final moments of the historic bout spilled to the outside where Athena slams Nightingale on the floor. Back in the ring, Athena executes the O Face but Nightingale … Read more
Prior to the July 21 episode of SmackDown, it was confirmed that Asuka will face both Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair in a Triple Threat at SummerSlam for the WWE Women’s Title. Flair would be in action following this announcement against a woman who will be paying very close attention to that Triple Threat – Ms. Money in the Bank IYO SKY.
The match between the two was very back and forth and was given plenty of time. The match started to breakdown when Bayley came off of commentary to cause a distraction to Flair. SKY took advantage and went for a Sunset Flip Powerbomb off the top rope. Flair was able to kick out.
A montage of Shotzi cutting her hair from last week with her maniacal laugh played on the big screen which freaked out Bayley. She kept looking around and told SKY she had to go as she retreated to backstage. SKY being left alone continued to fight off Flair.
The two continue to get near falls back and forth by trading moonsaults and even submissions. It came down to Natural Selection to put away SKY as Flair emerged victorious. Her celebration didn’t take place though as the WWE Women’s Champion Asuka attacked Flair from behind getting the last laugh.
Moments later in the women’s locker room we saw Bayley and SKY arguing about what happened out at the ring. Bayley kept telling SKY that they need to go and to worry about it later. It was then that Bayley saw her luggage was sliced up and there was a photo of her with scissors stabbed into it. Bayley and SKY fled out of the locker room.
NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton was in the crowd for the show and was seen on camera before the women’s match. She also had a dark match before the show versus Kiana James. Stratton won and reportedly played the baby face role.
Tonight’s SmackDown comes just after WWE has confirmed that Asuka will defend her WWE Women’s Title agains Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair in a Triple Threat. A match is advertised tonight between Flair and Ms. Money in the Bank IYO SKY. Bayley will be with SKY at ringside.
WWE has announced that the WWE Women’s Championship will be defended in a Triple Threat at SummerSlam on Aug. 5. The champion, Asuka, will defend against both Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair. Since Asuka defeated Belair at Night of Champions in May and since being the first woman to hold the new belt, Belair and … Read more
Another WWE recruit has received her new ring name making it the third over the past week. This time it is Harleigh White who joined WWE during the fall class of 2022. She joins her fellow classmates Karmen Petrovic (Monkia Klisara) and Izzi Dame (Franki Sterling) in getting her new ring name. White will now … Read more
Asuka has had many opponents eyeing her up in the past month. Especially since she received the new WWE Women’s Championship belt. On tonight’s SmackDown, Asuka will find out who her SummerSlam opponent will be. She has had recent matches with Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair with both ending in disqualification. Also there has been … Read more
The post-Slammiversary episode of IMPACT saw Courtney Rush go one-on-one with Savannah Evans. Evans dominated the first half of the bout and showcased her strength while Jai Vidal and Gisele Shaw provided ringside distractions. That all turned around when Jessicka finally knocked Shaw down, while Jody Threat came down to carry Vidal out of the … Read more
Izzi Dame, real name Franki Sterling, will he making her official WWE television debut on this Friday’s NXT Level Up. Dame, who has been going by the ring name Franki Carissa, has had a few house show matches against Lola Vice, Valentina Feroz & Yulisa Leon, and most recently teamed with Cora Jade in a … Read more
Season Two of the hit show Heels on STARZ is finally coming out on July 28. The first season, which premiered in 2021, had CM Punk as Ricky Rabies with his valet Vicky Rabies played by actress Bonnie Somerville. Now AJ Lee is joining the cast as wrestler Elle Dorado. Season One is available to … Read more
Alexa Bliss and husband Ryan Cabrera revealed their pregnancy at the end of May with a due date in December. This is the first child for the couple and as individuals. The baby’s gender was revealed on Entertainment Tonight. Cabrera smashed a guitar to reveal pink and a celebration for a baby girl ensued afterwards. … Read more
Over this past weekend, IMPACT Wrestling had its next set of tapings following Slammiversary. A lot went down at Slammiversary as Trinity became the new Knockouts World Champion while MK Ultra secured the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles. Below (courtesy of the Wrestling Observer) is the spoilers of the Slammiversary Fallout –
Thea Hail is still looking to become the NXT Women’s Champion. After failing to win the title against the champion Tiffany Stratton a few weeks back, Hail is looking to prove she can become champion. She cause Stratton to tap out in that title match and if the referee wasn’t distracted we would have a new champion right now.
On the July 18 episode of NXT, Hail earned a victory against Elektra Lopez with the same Kimura submission maneuver she used on Stratton. Post match, she demanded a rematch and had the crowd firmly behind her. Stratton emerged and would agree to the match but as champion she has final say.
Hail then requested the match to be a submission match. Stratton would not agree before Hail locked her in the Kimura causing the champion to tap and scream in pain while agreeing to the stipulation. The match will take place at the Great American Bash on July 30.
A second match has been confirmed for that event and it will be Blair Davenport vs. Roxanne Perez. On this weeks NXT the two had a face to face interview backstage. Davenport told Perez that she didn’t belong here with the adults as Perez states she has had a fire inside of her ever since losing the NXT Women’s Title. The Great American Bash will be in Perez’s home state of Texas.
Kiana James and Gigi Dolin had a rematch. This time, James picked up the win. Dolin had the bag of James and as the referee was struggling to get it out of her hands, James hit the 401K on Dolin who landed on the bag.
A backstage moment between Rhea Ripley and Lyra Valkyria took place. Ripley has been singing the praises of Valkyria but wasn’t pleased that she lost to Jacy Jayne. Valkyria confirms the next time she is in the ring with Jayne she will be victorious.
There was a promo for Dana Brooke and Kelani Jordan. Jordan felt back losing to Cora Jade. Brooke and Jordan would show what they can do and what Jade can’t and that is gymnastics. Brooke will be taking on Jade next week in a Kendo Stick match.
The rivalry between Kiana James and Gigi Dolin in NXT continues. After a war of paint and office destruction, the two will go head-to-head again on tonight’s episode. The last time these two met, Dolin came out with the victory but it would be James that brought out the paint. The second match announced is … Read more
On the July 17 episode of Raw, Ronda Rousey challenged her former best friend Shayna Baszler to a match at SummerSlam.
The segment came after Baszler defeated Nikki Cross in about five seconds. Rousey called out Baszler after the match as she was in the upper part of the arena. Rousey continued the talk about how she used the back door to get into WWE while Baszler used the front. The difference is that per Rousey she got thrown to the wolves with little to no training and within a year became a future Hall of Famer.
Baszler responds by saying that she is a better version of Rousey. She wanted to fight Rousey right there but the Baddest Woman on the Planet declined. Rousey does want to see Baszler at SummerSlam tho. This way Baszler can actually be booked on SummerSlam according to Rousey.
Also on this week’s Raw, Maxxine Dupri was speared threw a table by Valhalla. During the Viking Rules match between Alpha Academy and the Viking Raiders, Dupri landed a crossbody on Valhalla and got her letterman jacket back. Valhalla didn’t take this lightly and speared Dupri threw a table sitting in the corner. The Viking Raiders would go on the win the match.
On Miz TV, he hosted Becky Lynch and talked about her downward spiral. He reminded her that she has lost to Trish Stratus, then lost Money in the Bank, and most recently lost to Zoey Stark last week.
Lynch wanted to cut to the chase and yelled at The Miz to just bring out Stratus and Stark. To which he did. Lynch wants another match with Stratus but Stratus doesn’t feel she has to honor that as she has already defeated her. Finally after Lynch made Stratus agree to another match, Stratus says in order for Lynch to get that she has to defeat Stark next week.
We also crowned new Women’s Tag Team Champions which you can read about here.
Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green are the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. On the July 17 episode of Raw, they defeated Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to be crowned. This is the first gold for both Deville and Green in WWE. Prior to the match taking place, Rodriguez and Morgan were being interviewed backstage. … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Raw chat live. We could have new tag team champions tonight as the team of Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green take on the champions Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgab. Could Deville and Green finally get their first piece of gold in WWE? Or will Raquel and Liv continue their reign. Just … Read more
Bayley has been seemingly injured at a house show on Sunday night in Salisbury, Maryland. In the match she was facing Charlotte Flair and Asuka with the WWE Women’s Title on the line. The match had to be halted after referee Jessika Carr threw up the “X” signaling injury. It is being said that Bayley … Read more
ROH’s next big event Death Before Dishonor is July 21 and we have a women’s match confirmed. Athena will defend her ROH Women’s World Championship against Willow Nightingale. Nightingale has been having a very successful year in 2023 by signing with AEW, becoming the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion and most recent winning the Owen … Read more
