SummerSlam left us with a new champion, and now weeks later, we could be finding another new one. In tonight’s episode, the Queen of Black Harts will defend her SmackDown Women’s title for the very first time. Will the former champ rise to the occasion, or will the Hart Dungeon graduate retain her throne? Before the … Read more
Last night during the Mae Young Classic red carpet roll out Alundra Blaze caught up with Bayley who updated fans on the status of her injury. EXCLUSIVE: @Madusa_rocks catches up with @itsBayleyWWE on the RED CARPET at the @WWE #MaeYoungClassic FINALS in Las Vegas! pic.twitter.com/TIMXO6ZoYU — WWE (@WWE) September 13, 2017 Bayley confirms that she … Read more
After winning the inaugural Mae Young Classic, WWE have announced that Kairi Sane will compete for the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT TakeOver: Houston. Watch the announcement and Kairi’s reaction to the news below: As seen on last week’s episode of NXT, Asuka relinquished the NXT Women’s Championship after a historic reign that last over … Read more
Tonight, WWE concluded their historic Mae Young Classic tournament. The tournament that started off with 32 competitors representing 13 different countries turned to two in finalists in Shayna Baszler and Kairi Sane. In the end, it was Kairi Sane who would be crowned the inaugural Champion of the Mae Young Classic. It's all about WINNING … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live, Naomi gets her SmackDown Women’s Title rematch against Natalya. Read WWE.com’s preview to tonight’s show below: “Naomi will finally get her rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship tonight on Sin City SmackDown LIVE when she challenges Natalya for the title. Natalya shocked the WWE Universe at SummerSlam when she dethroned Naomi … Read more
After suffering an arm injury at AAA’s Triplemania XXV, GFW Knockout Rosemary has announced via Twitter that she has been medically cleared to compete in the ring again and will be back in action at this weekend’s Rise Wrestling even in England. “Today is a good day, Hivelings, the doctor is pleased with the range … Read more
Tonight on the WWE Network, Shayna Baszler faces Kairi Sane in the Mae Young Classic Finale. Which woman will be crowned the inaugural winner of the Mae Young Classic? The Diva Dirt teams weighs in: Abir: With the inevitable Horsewomen vs Horsewomen feud coming along, the MMA women need to have some credibility to this … Read more
As seen on last week’s episode of NXT, Asuka relinquished her NXT Women’s Title after an impressive reign that lasted over 500 days. On that same episode, NXT GM William Regal announced that Asuka would be leaving NXT and graduating up the main roster. WWE have now confirmed that Asuka will be part of their … Read more
On last night’s Monday Night Raw, it was announced that two-time Divas Champion Maryse and her husband The Miz are expecting their first child. WWE’s IT couple made the announcement during the start of The Miz’s “Miz TV” segment before being interrupted by Enzo Amore. Watch the announcement below: After dating for over five years, … Read more
As we come to finale of the inaugural Mae Young Classic, WWE NXT Assistant Head Coach Sara Amato was interviewed by Rolling Stone to reflect back on the all women’s tournament, when she believes WWE focus on women’s wrestling changed and whether she is training the Four Horsewomen of MMA. Highlights of the interview below. On … Read more
What will happen on tonight’s Monday Night Raw ahead of No Mercy’s Fatal Four Way match featuring Alexa Bliss, Emma, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s Championship. Read WWE.com’s preview to tonight’s show below: “What was once a singles rematch at WWE No Mercy pitting Sasha Banks against Raw Women’s Champion Alexa … Read more
Apologies for the late coverage on this, work outside of Diva-Dirt has been hectic as usual. It has been confirmed by the Ring of Honor website that Holidead will be making her Women of Honor debut at the ROH/New Japan Pro Wrestling joint Global Wars event in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday 14th October. Here’s the … Read more
Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Nikki Bella gives a behind the rehearsal look at her Dancing with the Stars training. (YouTube) * Eve Torres and her husband … Read more
The Mae Young Classic is reportedly a big hit on the WWE Network. According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the eight episodes of the tournament were the eight most watched episodes of the week, despite the fact that four of the episodes were released last week. Below are … Read more
Wanting to get a look at fresh faces in women’s wrestling, it’s time we… ‘Get To Know’ them. With the recent inclusion of the Women of Honor Write-Ups, we felt it would great to speak to someone from their division… and that we did! We got the chance to interview Stella Grey, one of the … Read more
Former Impact Wrestling Knockout Christy Hemme has announced that she is pregnant with quadruplets. Christy broke the big news in a video from her YouTube account where she notes that she is 15 weeks pregnant and that this is a very high risk pregnancy therefore she will be spending more of her time in bed: … Read more
WWE Superstar Alexa Bliss recently sat with Lilian Garcia on her new PodcastOne’s show Chasing Glory to discuss her start in the WWE, how she learned to cut promos, her struggle with anorexia throughout the years and overcoming the disease, her “bestie” Nia Jax and what’s left on her bucket list in the WWE. Highlights … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s GFW Impact Write-Up. It’s been a newsworthy week over at GFW this week – both good and not so good. For now, let us put those stories to the side as we take a look what is in store for our Knockouts on this week’s Impact. This … Read more
The Bellas have been a little quiet on the reality TV scene lately. But, with the announcement of Nikki Bella being on Dancing With The Stars and the premiere of Total Bellas season two, that’s all changed! In the premiere of the second season, we see three storylines force the Bella family to deal with some of … Read more
Tonight on GFW Impact Wrestling, the team of Allie and Gail Kim takes on Sienna and Taryn Terrell. Read ImpactWrestling.com’s preview to tonight’s show below: “The match was made by Karen Jarrett and she called one team, “highly motivated” and we couldn’t agree more. Gail Kim and Allie have plenty of reasons for wanting retribution … Read more
Hola NXT fans and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux. It’s an emotional one guys, as this week marks the end of Asuka’s NXT run! In between Asuka’s NXT farewell, we’re also treated to a fresh match-up between Sonya Deville against Zeda, some spotlight on señorita Zelina Vega and building blocks for an upcoming women’s … Read more
Total Bellas returned last night with its season two premiere titled ‘A Desert Dilemma’ on E!. The premiere managed to draw 681,000 viewers according to Show Buzz Daily. This is 18,000 more than the previous episode, which scored 663,000 viewers. In the 18-49 demo, the episode gathered a 0.31 rating, which is 0.01 lower than the season one … Read more
Time for the second edition of Diva-Dirt’s new Women of Honor Write-Ups! (I can’t believe this is actually happening still). On this week’s Women of Honor, we have a match between two of the top stars of the division. The former undefeated streak at over 500 days, ‘The Gatekeeper’ Kelly Klein, taking on ‘The Virtuosa’ … Read more
The Princess of Staten Island is due to face off against the Queen of Black Harts tonight. Will this be the right time to capitalize on the prize? Or will it be time for the champ to make a statement? Let’s see what happens. At the beginning of the show, Carmella and James Ellsworth are in the … Read more
Tonight on NXT, Asuka addresses her decision to forfeit the NXT Women’s Championship. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: “The news of Asuka’s decision to relinquish the NXT Women’s Championship came with the jolt of the unfathomable. Tonight on NXT, The Empress of Tomorrow breaks her silence and sets the record straight on why … Read more
Global Force Wrestling has announced today their plans of digital expansions as well as an extension of their POP television deal. Read GFW’s press release below: Global Force Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., announced today numerous global and digital expansion initiatives, including: • Plans to launch the Global Wrestling Network, a … Read more