In a recent interview with Wrestling Inc., Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie was asked about the ever so popular Kylie Rae. As a refresher, Rae appeared at IMPACT’s All Glory and Bound for Glory events just a couple of weeks ago. At this time there has been no announcement that Rae has joined the Knockouts division … Read more
Team Sea Stars, Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo are your new SHIMMER Tag Team Champions. The victory took place at the SHIMMER Volume 115 taping in Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Ill. where Volumes 114, 115, 116 & 117 are being taped this weekend. Vox and Exo defeated Mercedes Martinez & Cheerleader Melissa to capture … Read more
What started out as a big question mark turned into one of the better SmackDowns in years. With the majority of the SmackDown roster still in Saudi Arabia due to flight issues, WWE promised some surprises and they delivered. NXT talent invaded Friday Night SmackDown and used this as a launching pad to declare their … Read more
Shanna, who participated in her debut match last week on AEW Dynamite against Hikaru Shida has been signed a three-year deal with the company. In an interview with Portuguese Media which has been translated credit to @ucancallme on Twitter, Shanna confirmed this news.
Known as “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” she has a 13-year history under her belt as she has worked in many indie promotions all around the world such as WSU, Stardom, and Pro Wrestling EVE. She has faced the likes of Santana Garrett, Nikki Cross, LuFisto, and Gail Kim just to name a few.
She did not win her debut match on Dynamite against Shida but she put on a solid performance. She would kick out of a Falcon Arrow but a running knee strike by Shida would put away the newest member of the women’s roster.
What are your thoughts on this signing for AEW? Feel free to discuss in the comment section.
Update: Due to Michael Cole and Corey Graves still being in Saudi Arabia, Renee Young will be on commentary tonight. She will join former SmackDown commentator Tom Phillips as well as Aiden English. Join Diva Dirt tonight at 8 p.m. ET for our live coverage of Friday Night SmackDown. Originally there was a six-woman tag … Read more
Three-time and current WOH Champion Kelly Klein issued a statement today in light of the many accusations made against Ring of Honor by former employee Joey Mercury. Mercury left ROH recently and took to Twitter to accuse General Manager, Greg Gilleland of not having the correct safety and injury protocols in place. Mercury would use … Read more
Breaking news just announced that Nikki Cross will challenge Bayley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship tonight. Cross won this shot at the title just a couple weeks ago in a six-woman gauntlet match. Severe flight delays from Saudi Arabia have forced this change to tonight’s card as the majority of WWE talent is still stuck … Read more
It has been previously reported that for this weekend SHIMMER is hosting its tapings on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 for Volumes 114-117. During these tapings, we are going to see a new Interim Heart of SHIMMER Champion crowned. The reason for the interim title is because of the current champion Samantha Heights being out … Read more
History was definitely made in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with Natalya and Lacey Evans participating in the first-ever women’s match. The match was of great respect between both women as they shook hands during the match and would celebrate afterward with an emotional hug. They would also hug and take pictures with the female fans in … Read more
PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) has announced that Becky Lynch is officially number one on the PWI Women’s 100 list for 2019. The issue is available for preorder and digital download at PWI Online. The PWI list for the female talent used to be only a top 50 list. Due to the recent focus on women’s … Read more
Tonight on NXT, a huge brawl broke out after The Kabuki Warriors were able to retain their tag team titles. Once the brawl was pulled apart by officials General Manager William Regal would announce that for the first time ever the women will be involved in a WarGames match. All Regal had to say was, … Read more
Former TNA Knockout and three-time Knockouts Champion Brooke Adams provided an apology earlier in the week as a result of transphobic comments that she made on her social media. Indie wrestler Lola Starr asked Adams to explain her comments made about the feminine hygiene brand Always and their products being rebranded to be inclusive to … Read more
NXT will be live on the USA Network tonight at 8 p.m. ET. This week is going to see some great action from the women’s division. As seen last week, Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox (Team Kick) have earned their shot at the Women’s Tag Team Championship. They will lay it all on the line … Read more
This should come as no surprise that a second annual Evolution isn’t in the cards for 2019. Triple H has said as recently as just a few weeks ago that Evolution 2 is still “on the table.” He stated that the reason for it not occurring at the end of October as it did last … Read more
Hello readers! It’s been a while since we’ve gotten together to read, converse in the comments, so I’m back. In the words of Lil Kim, I’ve been gone for a minute, now I’m back with the jump off. This article, I’m going to look at my five favourite women’s wrestlers of all time. They’re in … Read more
WWE has announced that Lacey Evans and Natalya will face off in the first-ever Women’s match in Saudi Arabia. WWE have been heavily criticised for their relationship with Saudi Arabia due to the archaic views and stance on women’s rights. For example, the women of Saudi Arabia have only been allowed to drive since 2018 … Read more
This week ‘The Queen of Spades’ Shayna Baszler celebrated one year as the NXT Women’s Champion. Baszler is the only two-time NXT Women’s Champion. She is a polarizing champ at that but her background as a former UFC star makes her one of the most technically sound, vicious and dominant women in all of wrestling. … Read more
After having the women snubbed last week due to the majority of the roster being in Australia, fans of women’s wrestling needed retribution this week. Heading into tonight’s event there wasn’t a lot of hope seeing as Crown Jewel is still on the horizon. Surprisingly the women were well represented. Two matches in total and … Read more
Dasha Fuentes, who now goes by Dasha Kuret, made her singles match debut at Great Lakes Championship Wrestling’s (GLCW) Blizzard Brawl. She faced Renee Michelle (Maverick) and walked away with a victory after a jackknife pin. Kuret was with WWE from 2014 until April of this year. She would later reveal that her release was … Read more
One year ago to the day the very first WWE all-female pay-per-view, Evolution took place at Uniondale, NY. The event saw women from RAW, SmackDown Live, and NXT compete in a night as unprecedented as it was monumental. We were treated to a plethora of superb matches such as Becky Lynch defending her SmackDown Women’s … Read more
It was originally advertised that Naomi would be at the WWE Live event in Puerto Rico this past weekend. Of course, as always what is advertised is subject to change and that is exactly what occurred with this event. It was originally stated that Naomi would team with Natalya to face Alexa Bliss and Nikki … Read more
Check-in with Diva Dirt tonight as we provide live coverage of tonight’s RAW. Hopefully, the live coverage will be more eventful than last week’s where we witnessed no matches and only Lana and Zelina Vega graced our television screens. The good news is we already have a match advertised tonight. Due to one-half of the … Read more
According to PWInsider, WWE ring announcer JoJo will be returning on the road with the company. It is being said that she is scheduled to be backstage at RAW for tonight’s event. There is no word just yet on what role she will play or if she will even be on-screen tonight. Prior to her … Read more
Former WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn who also goes by her real name Celeste Bonin on the indie scene has made history with a South African promotion. This weekend she has become the first-ever Slamforce Africa Women’s Champion. She would defeat both Katie Forbes and Black Widow in this match. Bonin originally retired from wrestling and … Read more
Former WWE Diva Kelly Kelly spoke with Lilian Garcia recently on her popular podcast Chasing Glory. During the interview, she spoke on her last appearance with the company during their RAW Reunion in July. At that event many past women superstars who are rarely recognized for their contributions were present and WWE capitalized on that with the 24/7 Championship.
Garcia asks Kelly what was the moment like when she was approached about being involved in the 24/7 Championship segment. She had the following to say:
“Paul Heyman called me and he was like ‘I hope you brought some gear with you’,” Kelly said. After she said she did in a weary response he then said, “We have this idea and you’re going to be the first-ever woman to win the 24/7 title. Do you know that is?” She responded with, “Kinda.”
Credit: WWE
He said, “It was the hardcore title.” Kelly responded with, “That’s amazing, but what’s the twist? What’s going to happen after.” He said “Well, you’re best friendCandice (Michelle) is going to beat you for it. I was like this is awesome, let’s do it.”
She also spoke about her run with WWE and how she would always go along with what they wanted and didn’t cause any commotion backstage. She would not complain to creative or writers and did what was asked of her.
“I kept my mouth shut and my eyes open. I was never involved with the politics. I was just like whatever the writers are going to write for me, I’m just going to go with it. When it’s my time, it’s my time.”
You can check out the complete interview on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia by clicking the video above. She also speaks on her time in ECW, starting out at a young age, and the emotional loss of her father.
What did you think of this interview? Discuss in the comment section below!
At NXT Lakeland in Florida over the weekend, Taynara took on Jessi Kamea. Prior to the match the Brazilian Black Belt was introduced by her new manager – Malcolm Bevins. It is rare for a female superstar to have a male manager so this could develop into something good for Taynara. She has been frequently … Read more
