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. * Ruby Riot gets five stitches during NXT’s first day at the Download Festival in Derby, England. She was busted open after taking … Read more
When Total Divas returns for their seventh season, Renee Young won’t be among the cast. Renee broke the news that she was dropped from the show on Twitter in response to a fan: Nope I am not, but the new cast will crush it!! https://t.co/nSJu5tX7cO — Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) June 11, 2017 Renee joined the … Read more
Raw Superstar Emma has been out of action since May after she suffered a shoulder injury during live house show at Liverpool, England as part of WWE’s European tour. It was previously reported that Emma was expected to make her return mid-June and during a live WWE house show last night in Jackson, Mississippi Emma … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. We are (thankfully) taking a trip away from the Impact Zone and will settle the next month in Mumbai, India all leading up this year’s Slammiversary. We kick off Impact’s tour India with a Knockouts title match as the champion Rosemary defends the belt against … Read more
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, two Raw Superstars are joining the cast of Total Divas! The site has learned Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax were recently added to the cast of season seven and filming is now set to begin in a few weeks. It was previously reported that Eva Marie was bowing out of the spotlight … Read more
Congratulations are in order for Reby Hardy and her husband Matt Hardy who have welcomed a second son to their family. Reby announced on Twitter the baby’s name is Wolfgang Xander Hardy: https://twitter.com/rebyhardy/status/873106684754788352 Matt Hardy also took to Twitter to chime in on the wonderful news: "Wolfie" Wolfgang X Hardy debuted/was born on June 8th at … Read more
[media-credit name=”twitter.com/totaldivaseps” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s NXT review! We’re back after a week off without any women’s action last week. Let’s dive into it. We start off with action between newcomer Sarah Logan, formally known as Crazy Mary Dobson, and one half of the Iconic Duo, Peyton Royce! Despite absolutely no matches last … Read more
Rumors were swirling last week that Naomi could possibly be getting a spin-off reality show after reports that cameras followed her and her husband Jimmy Uso and his brother Jey Uso in Hawaii last week. In an interview with Chuck Carroll of CSB Sports, Naomi sheds some light on the rumors, confirms her return for … Read more
Tonight Impact Wrestling airs their very first show from Mumbai, India as part of the kick-off to the road of this year’s Slammiversary. During this historic night, the Knockouts Champion Rosemary is scheduled to defend her title against Laurel Van Ness. Tune in to Impact Wrestling tonight at 8pm ET on POP TV!. Discuss the … Read more
Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer Gail Kim has been off Impact Wrestling television since the start of 2017 and last competed inside Impact’s six-sided ring back in October when she took on Maria Kanellis in a No DQ match. Despite not being contracted by Impact Wrestling, the six-times Knockouts Champion has always called the company her … Read more
Earlier this year, Brooke Adams made a surprise, and very brief, return to Impact Wrestling. While many fans were left wondering if the she would return to the company, come this summer, they will be able to catch the former three-time Knockouts Champion on a new reality show. Brooke has announced via Twitter that she … Read more
[media-credit name=”Lucha Underground” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back Believers! Finally Lucha Underground is back and for the women, we quickly pick up where we left off in the saga between Kobra Moon and Drago. But, before we get to that, Sexy Star makes an appearance to help her friend Mack during his second chance at the Lucha Underground … Read more
Hola SmackDown fans and welcome to this week’s SmackDown Redux! It’s Josue once again and I’ll be covering SmackDown for Abir this week and my what an eventful SmackDown it was! There was the long awaited debut of Lana, the unveiling of the Women’s Money in the Bank briefcase (don’t worry guys, it isn’t pink!), … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments!
When we left off with Kobra Moon earlier this season she was now the leader of her Reptile Clan and her two soldiers had taken control of Drago, who previously escaped being enslaved by her people. The end of the first half of Season Three saw Drago’s friends Fenix and Aerostar break Drago free and … Read more
On top of the historic Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match, a second Women’s match has been added to the upcoming PPV event. As seen on tonight’s episode of SmackDown, Lana made her debut to the blue brand and quickly picked a fight with the SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi, costing her the win during … Read more
After nearly two months of dancing vignettes, Lana made her official SmackDown debut on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live. With great RISK, comes great REWARD! @ShaneMcMahon has revealed the FIRST-EVER WOMEN'S #MITB briefcase!!! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/9YjKJGjTgO — WWE (@WWE) June 7, 2017 During the show’s opening segment, SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon gathered Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, … Read more
If you read my review of Extreme Rules last night, then you’d know that I’m not exactly in high hopes with the state of the RAW women’s division. The writers of RAW needed to step it up, so let’s see if they managed to in this week’s RAW Redux! #RAW GM @RealKurtAngle had no intention … Read more
As it was previously reported, the WWE are set to begin tapings for their Mae Young Classic tournament on July 13th and 14th at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida with a special live finale taking place at the end of summer. According to a new report from PWInsider, the WWE will be hosting a … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight on SmackDown Live, SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi teams up with Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch to take on the Welcoming Committee team of Natalya, Carmella and Tamina. This one week after it was announced that he SmackDown Women’s Division would participate in the first ever Women’s Money in the Bank … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night at Extreme Rules, Alexa Bliss successfully retained her Raw Women’s Title against Bayley in a Kendo on a Stick match. What is next for the champion? Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: Even though Bayley embraced her extreme side in last night’s Kendo Stick on a Pole Match, … Read more
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, Thea Trinidad has signed a WWE deal and will begin training at the Performance Center. The report adds that Thea is part of a group of other wrestling stars who have also signed deals with the WWE that include former Impact Wrestling star Gunner, female independent wrestlers Evie and Nixon Newell, … Read more
via GIPHY Extreme Rules is supposed to be an homage to the days of ECW. During this ‘Women’s Evolution’ era, it was only right that the women of RAW got a chance to get extreme too! Sure it wasn’t a hardcore match… or ladders match… or tables match, but hey there’s a kendo stick in … Read more
Sonya Deville, real name Daria Berenato, burst on the scene as a competitor on Tough Enough. Now she’s transforming herself into the ultimate athlete to differentiate herself in NXT. WWE.com recently interviewed Sonya about her evolution as a MMA fighter turned wrestler, her humble beginnings, and what she hopes fans at NXT understand about her. On how much … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at Extreme Rules, Alexa Bliss retained her Raw Women’s Title against Bayley in quick fashion. During the Kendo Stick on a Pole match, the champion started off by mocking Bayley to retrieve the kendo stick hanging from a corner but instead grabbed the challenger by the hair and slammed her … Read more
