Record setting six-time Knockouts Champion Angelina Love was recently featured in Fight Network’s mini-series Adaptation, to discuss her journey on making it to Impact Wrestling, suffering a major concussion during a live match and how having a family has changed the way she looks at wrestling. Highlights of the interview below. On making it to … Read more
Kevin Eck, a former writer of WWE’s creative team who is credited for the AJ Lee and Daniel Bryan pairing, has recently published an article where he shares five pitched storylines that were ultimately rejected by Vince McMahon. One of the storylines listed involved the idea of pairing AJ Lee with Dean Ambrose as a … Read more
Welcome to this week’s NXT review. This week we are treated to a Battle Royal to determine the number one contender to the NXT Women’s Championship! The match promises to showcase the division in a way we haven’t seen in quite a while. It’s easy to forget how many women are truly in the division … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, GFW Women’s Champion Christina Von Eerie defends her title for a second week, this time squaring off against Sienna. Read ImpactWrestling.com‘s preview to tonight’s match: Out of the shadows and into the spotlight, it seems as though Sienna has picked up exactly where Maria left off in being the self-proclaimed leader … Read more
As seen on tonight’s episode of NXT, Askua will defend her NXT Women’s Championship in a Fatal 4 Way match featuring Ember Moon, Nikki Cross and Ruby Riot. A taste of the scene that #WWENXT #WomensChampion @WWEAsuka left behind… @WWEEmberMoon @RubyRiotWWE @NikkiCrossWWE pic.twitter.com/TOOhRX7suJ — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) May 4, 2017 During tonight’s number one contender … Read more
It’s time to pick a team, and it’s time to stand your ground. With the Superstar Shakeup holding its impact, the Welcoming Committee are still feeling a little blue. And although last week they stood tall, can they handle the pressure of doing it again? Let’s take a quick look at what happened throughout the night! … Read more
Tonight on NXT, a Women’s Battle Royal will take place to determine the new number one contender to Asuka‘s NXT Women’s Championship at NXT TakeOver: Chicago. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: Who’s next for NXT Women’s Champion Asuka? We will get the answer to that question tonight when a Women’s Battle Royal determines … Read more
In Lilian Garcia‘s latest “Making Their Way to the Ring” podcast she sits down with Carmella to discuss how the Princess of Staten Island feels about being called up to SmackDown, being split from Enzo and Big Cass, her first WrestleMania moment, and more. Highlights below courtesy of WrestlingInc: On being called to SmackDown: “I … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live, SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi and Charlotte Flair will team up to take on Natalya and Carmella after last week‘s brutal attack. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: Since Charlotte’s SmackDown arrival in the Superstar Shake-up, many of the other members of Team Blue’s women’s division have expressed their frustration with The … Read more
Payback saw the landscape of the division change as Alexa Bliss became the new RAW Women’s Champion. With a quick rise to the top of the pecking order following her trade to the red brand, all eyes are on who will step up to the challenge next. The roster is brimming with women ready to … Read more
In 2015, Mia Yim made her official Impact Wrestling debut during the company’s special TKO: A Night of Knockouts event when she debuted as Jade alongside Marti Belle. The duo soon teamed up with Taryn Terrell to form The Dollhouse. A year later, Mia would break out as a solo star and go on to … Read more
Last night a new Raw Women’s Champion was crowned as Alexa Bliss bested Bayley during their title match at Payback in Bayley’s hometown! Alexa made history as she became the first dual champion, having held the SmackDown Women’s title and now Raw’s. Tonight Alexa will team up with Nia Jax to take on Bayley and … Read more
All eyes are on the red team as RAW are the first to take the PPV stage following WrestleMania and the ‘Superstar Shake-up’. With the RAW women’s division changing its landscape completely, one woman stepped up to the mark to earn her right to take on the Champion. Let’s see how it all went down … Read more
Tonight on Payback history was made as Alex Bliss became the first female Superstar to hold the SmackDown Live and Raw Women’s Title when she defeated Bayley for the Raw Women’s Championship. The only word to describe THIS elbow? MACHO! #WWEPayback #WomensTitle @itsBayleyWWE pic.twitter.com/kca9QoFvK7 — WWE (@WWE) May 1, 2017 Bayley put on a tough … Read more
Tune in to Payback tonight at 8:00 PM ET on the WWE Network as Bayley defends the Raw Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s match below: The Wicked Witch of WWE is looking to cast her dominant spell over the entire Raw Women’s division. Fresh off her move to WWE’s flagship … Read more
Two-time SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi was recently interviewed by Fox Sports to discuss her thoughts on being left off television for the first half of 2017, the locker room feelings after the Superstar Shake-Up and new plans for her signature entrance. Highlights of the interview below. On being off television for the early part of … Read more
Tonight at Payback, Bayley defends the Raw Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss. Can Alexa Bliss become the first woman to win both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: It’s Bayley’s hometown, so we’re bound to think that Alexa is gonna win. But we’re gonna need to see Sasha … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … 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. * Pre-orders for new “Team Allie” T-shirts are available up on ShopImpact.com. (ShopImpact.com) * ProWrestling.com examines some of the missteps in Bayley‘s booking … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to another edition of Xplosion Write-Up. Now I know that despite my 2017 New Year’s resolution (does anyone actually follow through with those?), I haven’t been consisted when it comes to covering the Knockouts matches taking place on Impact’s B+ show or One Night Only for that matter. Again, it … 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: Now that the trio of Natalya, Carmella & Tamina have attacked Charlotte, what do you think they’ll do next? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. As seen last week, Sienna was on the hunt for the GFW Women’s Champion after Karen Jarrett broke the news that both Impact Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling would be merging into one company. Global Impact anyone? Sienna gets her wish as the GFW Women’s … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, GFW Women’s Champion Christina Von Eerie makes her Impact Wrestling return and will be in action as she defends her championship. Read ImpactWrestling.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: The announcement was made last week by Karen Jarrett making it official that IMPACT Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling have in fact merged. … Read more
Charlotte Flair can now add another milestone to her impressive wrestling resume: the first female Superstar to main event one-on-one in Raw, SmackDown, NXT and a PPV event. Following her main event SmackDown Women’s Title match against Naomi, WWE.com has written the following article, highlighting Charlotte’s previous main event battles against Sasha Banks: Following multiple … Read more
Though out of action on the indy scene due to injury, Melina is still very active, recently announcing that she’ll be appearing at RuPaul’s Drag Con this upcoming weekend! Can't wait to be at @RuPaulsDragCon in LA this weekend!!! It's going to be SO much fun! ???????? See you there!!!! pic.twitter.com/zqLTEJRfRl — ?????? (@RealMelina) April … Read more
Welcome to this week’s NXT review! The women’s division is constantly evolving. While Asuka dominates the title scene, the rest of the competitors are carving out a niche for themselves in this rough and tumble landscape. Two women primed to collide are the highlight of this week’s episode. We start off with Nikki Cross, who’s now … Read more