Emily Read, owner and promoter of the all female wrestling company Pro Wrestling Eve, took to Twitter to discuss the treatment of women (and other issues) within the industry. Read, known for her constant push for gender equality within professional wrestling, used the firm’s Twitter account to address some issues regarding women within the industry. … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”1400″][/media-credit] Tonight is the night for vengeance. It’s time for the women to take what was supposed to be theirs, and make it memorable. All five competitors Before the night begins, some of the women are interviewed about the night’s main event. Charlotte Flair is the first to be interviewed. The former … Read more
Tonight marks the first ever Last Woman Standing match as Asuka puts her title on the line against Nikki Cross. WWE‘s preview for tonight is as follows: “NXT Women’s Champion Asuka will put her coveted title on the line against the crazed Nikki Cross tonight on NXT. The title showdown will be a historic Last Woman … Read more
So Ruth has finally established her wrestling persona, and it turns out to be a bad Yakov Smirnoff impression. Inspired by the neglectful hotel manager at The Dusty Spur, Ruth unveils a Soviet shtick at the opening of a new Patio Towne store (the number-two purveyor of indoor/outdoor lifestyle in Southern California). The franchise owner … Read more
The Cueto Cup continues tonight and it’s Taya‘s turn to prove herself against the more seedy characters of the Temple. She’ll take on Joey Ryan who has a special message for her: By using innuendos he says that he’ll defeat Taya tonight as he makes his way to the Lucha Underground Championship. Additionally, LU has … Read more
As stated last week by Daniel Bryan, a Money In The Bank Ladder match took place. The match included Carmella, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Tamina and Charlotte Flair. James Ellsworth was not present as Bryan had banned him from the arena earlier in the night. In tonight’s contest, Carmella won the Money In The Bank contract, and became … Read more
Last week, Lana demanded a rematch against champion Naomi for her title. The champ, whom is never one to back down from a challenge, schedule the bout for tonight. In the singles contest, Naomi defeated Lana via a split-legged moonsault and thus retained the SmackDown Women’s championship. Before the match began, Lana attacked Naomi from … Read more
Tonight’s SmackDown is all about the women’s division as five competitors will compete in the second ever Money in the Bank Ladder Match following the controversy at MITB last week. WWE‘s preview for tonight is as follows: “The women of SmackDown LIVE will get another opportunity to make history tonight in the second-ever Women’s Money … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Impact Wrestling is celebrating their 15th anniversary this week, so we want to know: what has been your favorite moment from Impact so far? We’ve read your responses on our … Read more
via GIPHY The last few weeks have seen a bit of a messy division, with all the women on the RAW brand trying to fight their way up the food chain. Last week, a lot of us were left extremely underwhelmed with the women being given only 6 minutes across the 3 hour show. So, … Read more
After a cocaine-fuelled writing getaway, Sam Sylvia and Bash return with a new game plan. Seemingly on the same page creatively, the director and producer inform the GLOW girls that they will be moving into The Dusty Spur, a run-down hotel in Van Nuys. A curfew will be enforced and all drugs and alcohol will … Read more
Tonight Raw will make history by hosting the first ever women’s Gauntlet Match to determine the number one contender for the Raw Women’s Championship! WWE‘s preview for tonight’s show is as follows: “For the first time in WWE history, a Women’s Gauntlet Match will be waged on Raw. The winner will face Alexa Bliss for … Read more
Episode 3 is where GLOW really begins to hit its stride as a series, fleshing out some of the GLOW girls, showing Debbie and her drunkest and most vulnerable, and delving into Sam Sylvia’s complex relationship with women. The episode opens with Sylvia fighting with his ex-wife, tormenting her by claiming that their dog was … Read more
Everything is coming together for the Mae Young Classic as WWE revealed today that Lita and Jim Ross will head the commentary team going into the event! According to WWE: “The Mae Young Classic will be called by WWE Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross, who will be joined on color commentary by four-time Women’s … Read more
Women’s Wrestling fans will have to wait a bit longer to see Io Shirai in a WWE ring. Dave Meltzer recently noted on on Wrestling Observer Radio that her debut is being delayed due to a neck injury. According to Meltzer, it was found that she’s had the neck injury since May and WWE observed it during … 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. * Charlotte Flair looks back on her journey to becoming The Queen in the series premiere of the new digital series “WWE Then … Read more
GLOW, episode 2, opens with Ruth showing up for training as Roxette’s “The Look” plays over the credits; an appropriate opening for a show about a show where casting was based primarily on appearances. Today I can reveal the spoiler alluded to in yesterday’s review of episode 1. Ruth had an affair with the husband … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! Slammiversary is quickly approaching and our Knockouts matches are already in place for this year’s PPV event. On this week’s Impact, we are treated to a somewhat preview to Slammiversary’s Women’s Title Unification match as the GFW Women’s Champion Sienna will team up with her … Read more
[media-credit name=”twitter.com/totaldivaseps” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s NXT review. Ember Moon returns to action this week and she’s looking for some retribution against the Iconic Duo. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce have been targeting her on and off for months, recently lobbying to ban The Eclipse. This week’s episode has her taking on Peyton … Read more
[media-credit name=”Lucha Underground” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to the Temple this week, Believers! The Cueto Cup continues this week and so does the twisted relationship between the Martinez siblings. The first half of the season left us with a glimpse of Mariposa turning on her brother, who as we know likes to stalk and torture … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, the GFW Women’s Champion Sienna and Laurel Van Ness team up to take on the team of the Knockouts Champion Rosemary and Allie. Read ImpactWrestling.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: “It has been quite a journey for Allie since she arrived at IMPACT Wrestling in early 2016. Allie was initially brought … Read more
This week, the much anticipated and highly praised Netflix series GLOW will make its long awaited premiere! To help promote the show, Knockouts Champion turned actress Awesome Kong (who plays the role of Tamme on the show) sat down with Ring Rust Radio to discuss the original and Netflix GLOW series, her previous run with … Read more
As we approach the much anticipated Mae Young Classic Women’s Tournament taking place this summer, more names of participants into the tournament are being revealed! Today an ESPN exclusive have confirmed the following five names: Tessa Blanchard: The daughter of Tully Blanchard (one of the legendary Four Horseman), the stepdaughter of NWA standout Magnum TA … Read more
The good folks over at Netflix were kind enough to provide Diva-Dirt with advance media screeners for the new 10-episode series GLOW, which will be debut in full tomorrow. Starting today, Diva Dirt will present a daily review of each episode of the series, which was based on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling that aired … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] After a controversial finish for a milestone moment at Money In The Bank, all eyes were on the SmackDown Live women’s division. From start to (almost) finish, the women of the blue brand were on the screen – and it was definitely a treat, for the most part. The night starts … Read more
