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Bea Priestley set to make US debut with Stardom

Bea Priestley

Bea Priestley recently interviewed with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp. They discussed All Elite Wrestling and her first US appearance with Stardom. The 23-year-old Brit is one of the hottest commodities on the independent circuit. Recently, All Elite Wrestling announced that Priestley signed with the new promotion on an episode of “Road to Double or Nothing”. … Read more

Ronda Rousey surpasses Alexa Bliss’ title record

Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey has had a tremendous first year with WWE and her list of accolades continues to grow. Rousey has officially surpassed Alexa Bliss as the longest reigning RAW Women’s Champion. Alexa Bliss previously held the record at 223 days. The Baddest Woman on the Planet just made 224 consecutive days as champion. Rousey has … Read more

Taya Valkyrie sports a black eye in injury update video

Taya Valkyrie

Impact Knockouts Champion, Taya Valkyrie, took to Twitter this afternoon to update fans on an injury she suffered during an intergender tag match yesterday. She initially posted a picture of the bruises and swelling last night. Apparently, this was the result of a missed moonsault, which left her with a severely swollen eye and contusions … Read more

Allie written off Impact in controversial death scene

Allie

Last night, the latest AEW signee, Allie, ended her time with Impact in dramatic fashion. In her final appearance, her character was killed off when Su Yung stabbed her in the neck.

The “Against All Odds” special was the culmination of the Demon storyline. Rosemary brought Allie to “The Undead Realm” to save her soul. In the end, she sacrificed herself to save Rosemary, suffering a bloody death at the hands of Su Yung. The act of love reunited her with soul, making her whole again.

As previously reported, All Elite Wrestling confirmed Allie signed with the promotion in a recent episode of “Road to Double or Nothing.” This was the last of her tapings with Impact after they decided not to renew her contract. However, this goes to show there was no animosity here.

Allie even went to Twitter to express her satisfaction with how her time with the company ended.

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There is some mixed reaction among fans, but this indicates how much Impact valued her contributions to the promotion. Wrestlers don’t always get a proper send-off, so it’s telling that they took the time to write her off and wrap up her story with Rosemary.

What did you think of “Against All Odds”? Are you excited to see what Allie will does next AEW? Drop a comment below.

Beth Phoenix to make her in-ring return on RAW

Beth Phoenix

WrestleMania is just a week away and the go-home RAW is this Monday. The Women’s Tag Team Champions, the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection (Sasha Banks and Bayley), are set to defend their titles in a fatal four-way match at WrestleMania. WWE have just announced a preview for this match that will take place on RAW. … Read more

WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal is announced

WrestleMania

It has been made official by WWE’s WrestleMania Twitter account that there will be a second annual Women’s Battle Royal. The announcement comes just days after Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka to become the SmackDown Women’s Champion. Asuka will be placed in the Battle Royal along with the other women of the RAW and SmackDown rosters. … Read more

Sources say WrestleMania main event keeps options for Becky Lynch open

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It appears that the picture regarding the women’s titles and WrestleMania main event is becoming clearer, especially in the case of the future of Becky Lynch. This afternoon, Tom Colohue, a freelance writer for PWTorch, shared information he received from sources within WWE regarding the main event with Kristen Ashly of Diva Dirt. According to … Read more

Killer Kelly vs. Valkyrie at PWU’s Celtic Cup

Free Match Friday is a weekly feature from Diva Dirt. Every Friday, we’ll spotlight a great indie match available to watch for free online. Some of the best wrestling in the world is happening in high school gyms and sports bars and even, occasionally, in an appropriate venue for a wrestling match. This week, our free match is a terrific title match between Killer Kelly and Valkyrie at Pro Wrestling Ulster’s Celtic Cup.

It is my solemn belief that Killer Kelly and Valkyrie could wrestle each other for ten, fifteen or twenty years without turning in a bad match. That might seem a mad thing to say about two wrestlers who’ve only met twice in the ring. But they have such a fantastic natural ring chemistry that I’m certain they’ll only get better as time goes by.

We previously featured their stellar match at the German Wrestling Federation in this series, which I praised for its verisimilitude, the quality of appearing to be real. This week’s match, which saw Killer Kelly challenge Valkyrie for the PWU Women’s Championship, is a little different.

First and foremost, while booked as tweeners in their GWF match, here we have Valkyrie as the heel champ, as a member of the Rocky Starr Experience. Killer Kelly is the face and the crowd is one hundred percent on her side. The match is a picture perfect “coward vs hero” match, with Valkyrie spending long stretches of the match running away and even using a fan in a wheelchair as a human shield.

But where many “coward vs hero” matches end up frustrating and boring because of, well, the running away, this match never is. It uses just as much cowardly heel shenanigans as it needs to build just enough frustration that every strike Kelly lands on Valkyrie is like a huge cathartic release. And it lets Valkyrie be as crafty as she is cowardly, using her tactics to not just avoid damage but deliver it. Much like their first match, it’s by no means flashy, but it is a simply excellent iteration of a familiar genre. I can’t wait for the rubber match.

Check back in with Diva Dirt next week for another great free match from the world of independent women’s wrestling. You can find even more matches AND support independent women’s wrestling over at ClickWrestle.

Josephine Blatt blazed a trail in wrestling as first-ever World Champion

Josephine Blatt

Pioneers is a series dedicated to the women who pushed forward the evolution in women’s wrestling. Diva Dirt staff will highlight women with spotlight pieces all March, in honor of Women’s History Month. If any woman in the history of wrestling deserves to be called a pioneer, it is surely Josephine Blatt, the first-ever women’s … Read more

Rumored stipulation for WrestleMania triple-threat

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On this morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed a rumored stipulation for the WrestleMania main event. According to Meltzer, a “Winner Take All” or “All On The Line” stipulation could be added to the triple threat. This would make perfect sense since Charlotte now holds the SmackDown Women’s Championship and Ronda Rousey the Raw … Read more

Backstage details on Asuka losing the championship

Asuka vs Charlotte

The wrestling community is still abuzz after this week’s shocking turn of events when Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka on SmackDown Live. The title win elevated Charlotte to an eight-time champion, which made her trump Trish Stratus’s record for most female WWE title wins. The original plan for this week’s episode of SmackDown was a four … Read more

Dakota Kai teases in-ring return

Dakota Kai

Dakota Kai announced on Twitter today that she has received an approximate date for her return to in-ring competition. Kai has been sidelined since December, as a result of an injury sustained at an NXT house show in Green Bay. As reported by Diva Dirt sources, Kai went down during a three-on-three tag match where … Read more

Sasha Banks on how ‘amazing’ Eddie Guerrero was

Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks recently spoke to Sportskeeda about her love for Eddie Guerrero and her strong bond with his family. The topic stemmed from Banks and Vickie Guerrero’s emotional sit down prior to the 2018 Royal Rumble, where both women participated. Banks elaborated on their relationship means to her. “Vickie has been nothing but amazing to … Read more

Charlotte Flair’s stunning title win could change everything

WrestleMania

Last night’s episode of SmackDown was baffling but eventful. Twelve days before WrestleMania, Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka to become the SmackDown Women’s Champion in a stunning finish to a title match no one expected. What exactly does this mean though? Charlotte’s eighth title win over the champion, who has barely been on television, raises so … Read more

Charlotte Flair beats Asuka and the Trish Stratus women’s title record

Charlotte Flair

Twelve days before Charlotte Flair wrestles in the main event of WrestleMania, she has captured the SmackDown Women’s Championship from Asuka in an impromptu title match. In the first hour of SmackDown Live, Asuka and Charlotte were scheduled to compete, but unexpectedly, the match was announced as a title match. The two sparred for several … Read more

WrestleMania main event participants appear on ESPN

WrestleMania

Earlier today, the women competing in the upcoming main event of WrestleMania spoke with ESPN. The interviewer asked each lady, starting with Becky Lynch, what the main event announcement means to them. Lynch opened up about her humble beginnings, and mentioned her hiatus from the business. She had doubts that this sport wasn’t going to … Read more