On tonight’s episode of NXT, Vanessa Borne and Taynara Conti square off in one on one action. The winner of this match earns a spot in the second annual Mae Young Classic Tournament. Both women took part in last year’s tournament, but came up short in their respective first round matches. Taynara lost to the … Read more
Tonight on Facebook Live and YouTube, the WWE presented their opening ceremony Mae Young Classic 2018 Parade of Champions, formally introducing the competitors representing different countries that will take part in this year’s tournament: Kaitlyn Io Shirai Tegan Nox Kacy Catanzaro Toni Storm Jinny Ashley Rayne Kavita Devi Meiko Satomura Rhea Ripley Deonna Purrazzo Reina … Read more
The Reptile Tribe’s obsession with Worldwide Underground comes to a head tonight on Lucha Underground. LU released this preview of tonight’s episode: “Mariposa makes an enticing offer to Antonio Cueto in the newest episode of “Lucha Underground.” Meanwhile, Paul London makes an offering to the gods on behalf of the White Rabbit. In this week’s main event, … Read more
On top of their interview with Madison Rayne, TV Insider also spoke with fellow former Knockouts Champion Mia Yim to discuss coming back from her injury for another opportunity to compete in this year’s Mae Young Classic tournament. The fan favorite advanced to the final 16 during last year’s event. Highlights of the interview below. … Read more
For all of us women’s wrestling fans and the commenters on Diva-Dirt, it has finally been announced that the second annual Mae Young Classic will premiere on the WWE Network on September 5th at 9/8 C, immediately following NXT. The single-elimination tournament will continue each Wednesday night until two competitors remain. As it was already … Read more
Following some back and forth Twitter argument over the weekend, tonight’s SmackDown Live will feature a tag team match featuring Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch taking on the team of the IIconic Dou Billie Kay and Peyton Royce. Read WWE.com‘s preview of tonight’s show below: Though Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch will be opponents at … Read more
Nearly one week after the third season finale of Total Bellas, which saw the break-up between John Cena and Nikki Bella, E! Network and the WWE have announced that the series has been picked up for a fourth season! The Bellas shared the exciting news via their official YouTube channel with promises of fun new … Read more
Since debuting at Royal Rumble, the “Baddest Woman on the Planet” Ronda Rousey has been a significant point of focus for the WWE’s women’s division. With many wondering if she’d be a full-time performer or get that special part-time treatment, the WWE called our bluff by announcing that she’d be taking part in her first … Read more
After weeks of speculations and names revealed for this year’s Mae Young Classic, fans and participants alike are excited as we are set to kick-off the tournament this week! In a preview interview with TV Insider, one of the MYC II participants Madison Rayne (who will wrestle as Ashley Rayne for the MYC II) discusses … Read more
If you are unfamiliar with RISE (Developing Tomorrow’s Women’s Athletes), it’s a fairly new independent women’s wrestling promotion run by a man named Kevin Harvey. What started as only a seminar, has grown into its own promotion and has helped develop women’s wrestling talent for the likes of Shimmer and other promotions. But on June … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Ronda Rousey competes in her Raw first singles match against Alicia Fox. Read WWE.com‘s preview of tonight’s show below: Alicia Fox recently aligned herself with Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss, which makes her an enemy of Ronda Rousey. After Little Miss Bliss’ cheap shot cost Rousey’s longtime friend Natalya a … Read more
WWE broadcaster Renee Young recently spoke with Lilian Garcia on her Chasing Glory podcast to discuss her experience on Total Divas, how she and Dean Ambrose got together and thoughts of possibly joining WWE’s commentary team again. Highlights of the interview below, courtesy of Chasing Glory. The story behind the name ‘Renee Young’: I sent … Read more
Ahead of her big Triple Threat SmackDown Women’s Title match against Carmella and Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch was a recent guest on The Jim Ross Report to discuss her thoughts on Flair being added to the title match last minute, reaction to being referred to as ‘Flair’s sidekick’and her experience on shooting for WWE’s The … Read more
On Saturday, August 4, World of Sport wrestling crowned its first Women’s Champion – making history in the newly relaunched promotion. The triple threat main event pit Viper, Kay Lee Ray, and Bea Priestley against each other for the belt. If looks could kill? @Kay_Lee_Ray @BeaPriestley #WOSWrestling pic.twitter.com/amCCLfXNr2 — WOS Wrestling (@WOSWrestling) August 4, 2018 … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to another (delayed) Impact Write-Up! As we saw last week, Allie and Kiera Hogan have taken it upon themselves to put a stop Su Yung’s reign of terror. They team up this week to challenge the current Knockouts Champion and her Undead Maid of Honor. Last week also the (according … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review, Believers! This is a short one but worth covering because we had two major updates regarding our Luchadoras. First up we have the Reptile Tribe still going at it with Worldwide Underground. A match between Daga and PJ Black takes place. The winner is Daga. Kobra Moon calls … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. Ahead of Mae Young Classic II tapings next week, we’re asking this: What are your predictions for this year’s tournament? @cocainegel: I’m predicting Kaitlyn vs. Io Shirai for the finals. WWE will want to push Kaitlyn considering she’s a former champion. … Read more
Mae Young Classic II tapings kick off next week and now the field is complete as WWE revealed the last round of competitors – among them another former Impact Knockout, international sensation, and returning faces. Zatara, Xia Li, MJ Jenkins, Allysin Kay, and Rachel Evers join the previously announced women. Here’s what WWE had to … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Allie and Kiera Hogan join forces in tag team action as they take on the reigning Knockouts Champion Su Yung and one of her Undead Maid of Honor. Read ImpactWrestling.com‘s preview of tonight’s show below: Allie wants to make sure that Su Yung doesn’t put anymore Knockouts in coffins. Su Yung … Read more
Impact Wrestling Knockout Rebel was a recent guest on the Women’s Pro Wrestling Weekly podcast first starting her wrestling career, how her tour with Japan’s STARDOM helped her grow as a performer and advice she’s received from Gail Kim. Highlights of the interview below, courtesy of After Buzz. On how her athletic background helped her … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. Tonight, we saw a one on one match between women’s champion Shayna Baszler and Candice LeRae. About a month ago, Baszler addressed the NXT Universe and in the process insulted a majority of the women’s division, including Candice LeRae. A week later, Candice confronted Shayna regarding … Read more
Tonight’s episode of NXT will feature a one on one grudge match between NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler and Candice LeRae. The bad blood between these two competitors began about a month ago, when Shayna Baszler knocked everyone in the women’s division, including LeRae. The following week, Candice confronted Shayna about her comments, which led … Read more
SmackDown Live! was live last night from Tampa, FL. Being as Tampa is my hometown, I wish I was in attendance, but alas I was not. With the hottest event of the summer just a few weeks away and Evolution just a few months away, the women are front and center. SummerSlam is fast approaching … Read more
Ahead of her match in her hometown of Jacksonville, FL against Ronda Rousey on next week’s (August 6th) Monday Night Raw, Alicia Fox spoke with Void Live Magazine to discuss long tenured WWE career, her proudest accomplishments and the WWE Women’s Revolution. Highlights of the interview below. On first becoming a wrestler: I was in … Read more
Tonight’s Lucha Underground promises to continue the feud between Kobra Moon’s reptiles and Worldwide Underground. LU has released this preview of tonight’s episode: “Tensions are high in The Temple and the stakes could not be higher in the newest episode of “Lucha Underground.” The war between the Worldwide Underground and the Reptile Tribe heats up and the … Read more
The latest competitors announced for the Mae Young Classic II have one thing in common, intimidation. Joining the field are “Lady Destroyer” Hiroyo Matsumoto, “Big Swole” Aerial Monroe, and “The Mountain” Vanessa Kraven. Here’s what WWE had to say about each woman: Hiroyo Matsumoto: Popular Japanese wrestler Hiroyo Matsumoto — who is alternatively known as “Lady Destroyer” and … Read more