Earlier this week, the WWE announced that their Mixed Match Challenge series will make a return for a second season starting on September 18th on Facebook Watch. This season, teams will be competing in a round robin-style elimination tournament in which all teams will face each other under traditional Mixed Tag Team Match rules The … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s (delayed) Impact Write-Up! As always, I want to apologize for getting this recap up a day late. Summer is slowly winding down as we enter September (my favorite month) but I hope everyone enjoyed their summer season as look ahead to this year’s Bound for Glory in … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. On the heels of the success of ALL IN, we’re asking this: Which female Superstar on the indies deserves a big break in WWE, Impact, or Lucha Underground? @LaurentN81: Session Moth Martina is entertainment personified. @anjake02: Kris Wolf @joel_romero01: Mayu Iwatani … Read more
One week after winning the Knockouts Championship in a Triple Threat match at ReDefined, Tessa Blanchard competes in her first title defense as she defends the belt against Su Yung. Discuss the show in the comments!
Last week, WWE Superstars Lana, Rusev and the B-Team announced the first set of names for the upcoming WWE 2K19 roster. This week (September 6th), Lana and Rusev were joined by Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows to reveal part of part of the WWE 2K19 roster. Below are the names announced during today’s reveal: Asuka … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review, believers! While there’s no women’s match on the card we do have a big surprise coming to us in the first 10 minutes of Wednesday’s broadcast. The saga between Melissa Santos and Catrina comes to a shocking climax. Their feud has been simmering on/off since the series even … Read more
Hola Diva Dirt readers and welcome to our first recap for this year’s Mae Young Classic II tournament! Josue here and I’ll be kicking things off with Episode 1. With the WWE changing the format on how the tournament will be presented this year, on a weekly episode basis versus in bulk to binge watch, … Read more
Hi guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. Last week, we were informed that Kairi Sane would be returning to NXT television to show off her newly acquired “treasure,” the NXT Women’s Championship. That promise was fulfilled as Kairi returned to in-ring action for the first time since her victory over Shayna Baszler at … Read more
Last week, it was announced that Kairi Sane would be returning to Full Sail University tonight to show off her new “treasure,” the NXT Women’s Championship. This evening, the Pirate Princess competes for the first time since her victory over Shayna Baszler at TakeOver: Brooklyn IV. While no opponent has been announced for Kairi as … Read more
Hey hey SmackDown fans!!! We are less than two weeks away from the next PPV, Hell in a Cell, and the rivalries keep heating up on SmackDown with the Women’s division. Just like the past couple of weeks, the women are being represented all over the show this week. There was only one Women’s match … Read more
Despite already having a SmackDown Women’s Title match booked for this year’s Hell in a Cell PPV in less than two weeks, the WWE have announced that the SmackDown Women’s Title will be on the line in a match between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch at WWE’s Super Show-Down event from Australia on Saturday, October … Read more
This week’s Lucha Underground continues Catrina’s hunt for Melissa Santos. LU released this preview of tonight’s episode: “Melissa and Catrina crash in a larger-than-life battle in the newest episode of “Lucha Underground.” The Monster Matanza Cueto makes another sacrifice to the Gods, who will suffer the consequences? Meanwhile, Pentagon Dark will need to continue to … Read more
Coming off a hot fatal 4-way at All In and becoming the newly crowned Knockouts Champion, Tessa Blanchard is making her way to Women of Wrestling. According to the Wrestling Observer, Blanchard will be making her debut at the promotion’s first television tapings for AXS TV next month. Blanchard will challenge reigning champion Santana Garrett for the the … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on September 1. Below are the results from Day 4 and tallies for the tourney so far. Singles Match Natsu Sumire defeats AZM (9:51) Four Way Tag Team Match Jamie Hayter & Kimber Lee defeat Hanan & Shiki Shibusawa and JAN (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora) and JAN(Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) (8:17) Red STARS Rachael Ellering [4] defeats Konami [4] (7:39) Blue STARS Nicole Savoy [6] defeats Hazuki [4] (7:06) Blue … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live (September 4th), Asuka made her WWE television return in grand fashion when she helped Naomi even the score against the IIconics, Billie Kay and Peyton Royce. .@NaomiWWE might have won the match, but she probably doesn't feel like a winner right now… ?#SDLive @PeytonRoyceWWE @BillieKayWWE pic.twitter.com/ZTUPPu0obH — WWE (@WWE) September 5, … Read more
The SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch will settle their brewing rivalry at this year’s Hell in a Cell PPV. Sounds like it's official…@MsCharlotteWWE will defend her #SDLive #WomensTitle against @BeckyLynchWWE at @WWE #HIAC! pic.twitter.com/zf8yeNmROq — WWE (@WWE) September 5, 2018 IT'S OFFICIAL: @BeckyLynchWWE will challenge @MsCharlotteWWE for the #SDLive #WomensTitle at #HIAC! … Read more
Earlier this year, the WWE held introduced a new mini-series known as the Mixed Match Challenge. Streaming via Facebook Watch, the single-elimination mixed tag-team tournament consisted of WWE Superstars from both the Raw and SmackDown LIVE rosters competing to win $100,000 to support the charity of their choice. The WWE have confirmed that a second … Read more
With the Hell in a Cell pay per view just under two weeks away, the feud between former best friends keeps burning. Becky Lynch imploded at SummerSlam and has vowed to take the title from Charlotte Flair at Hell in a Cell. Will Flair accept her former Tea companion’s challenge and face her at the … Read more
Hello, and welcome again to Mykel Night Raw, again I’ll be filling in for my buddy Alex, and tonight we have a treat with Renee Young back on commentary and the return of the Bellas after 3 years (We know that’s not exactly true, but whatevs, that’s the hype point), and without further ado, let’s … Read more
This past weekend (September 1st), Cody and The Young Bucks’ All In PPV proved to be a night of celebration for independent wrestling. The card featured a Fatal 4-Way match between Madison Rayne, Britt Baker, Chelsea Green and Tessa Blanchard. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Blanchard reflects on her experience of the historic event and … Read more
WWE.com just released the news that six-time champion Mickie James will do battle with four-time champion and Hall of Famer, Lita, this October at Evolution: At WWE Evolution, two past rivals will once again go to war, as Lita suits up to bring her extreme arsenal against the dynamic Mickie James at the first-ever all-women’s … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, The Bella Twins make their televised in-ring return when they team up to take on The Riott Squad: Read WWE.com‘s preview of tonight’s show below: They’re baaaaaack. This coming Monday night on Raw, The Bella Twins return to the ring as a tandem to face The Riott Squad in tag … Read more
Former WWE Superstar Rosa Mendes will be undergoing surgery this upcoming week on a torn ACL and meniscus. She revealed the injury on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm988gyFqMh/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=4u8o6gg7f4pd https://www.instagram.com/p/BnFIi9CFXhV/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=xc7tnvpz41zb Despite the injury she is attending Starrcast this weekend where she reunited with Gail Kim, Angelina Love, and Victoria. View this post on Instagram A post shared by … Read more
We are less than a week away from the premiere of the Mae Young Classic II! At 19-years old, second generation star Xia Brookside is the youngest competitor in the tournament. In a preview interview with TV Insider’s Scott Fishman, discusses participating in the MYC II, her father, NXT WWE Performance Center coach Robbie Brookside … Read more
Welcome to this week’s review of Lucha Underground, Belivers! This week we’re invited to a special event, the wedding of Johnny Mundo and Taya. If you’re fans of either individual, the couple officially tied the knot in June. However, Worldwide Underground is the IT group so they’re celebrating their characters’ nuptials in the Temple. Before … Read more
Mae Young Classic II competitor and Joshi legend Meiko Satomura made history this past week. On August 28, she defeated 41-year-old Danshoku Dino of DDT Pro to become the first woman in history to hold the promotion’s top singles title, the KO-D Openweight Championship. According to ProWrestling.com, it was later announced that she would headline … Read more