According to a report from Lords of Pain, Emma is backstage at tonight’s Raw from Richmond.
The Diva has not been traveling with WWE since getting arrested several weeks ago.
Do you think Emma will appear on Raw?
Changes Coming for NXT Diva
Becky Lynch recently made her NXT television debut with a gimmick that drew heavily from her Irish heritage, complete with Irish-themed entrance music, green attire and step dancing taunts.
NXT’s commentators even noted that the newest Diva was good friends with Sheamus and Finlay, clearly trying to play up on Lynch’s Irish heritage.
However, according to a report from Lords of Pain, it seems as though the WWE may be moving in another direction with her character.
At this week’s live events, Lynch debuted brand new entrance music as well as new ring gear. It seems as though WWE may be moving away from the Irish gimmick, or are at least planning on playing it up less.
Do you think this is the right move for Becky Lynch’s gimmick?
TNA British Boot Camp 2 Announced: Knockout Among Judges
TNA’s British Boot Camp reality series will be returning to Challenge TV later this year, according to the Mirror.
The news was broken this weekend at London Film & Comic Con, where TNA revealed that the season will consist of eight episodes, one half being filmed in the UK and the other in the United States.
Knockouts Champion Gail Kim will be among the competition’s judges, joining Al Snow and Samoa Joe.
The competition, which last season featured indy talent Hannah and Holly Blossom, will this year feature 12 competitors. Six of these will join the company their UK tour in January.
The final two will wrestle at a TNA event in New York City, where one will be chosen to join the TNA roster.
Televised tryouts will take place next month in Glasgow, Manchester and London. Wrestlers must be over 18 years old and can apply by emailing [email protected].
Which female UK talent should be on the show?
Diva Dirt Countdown Vote: Best Rivalry
Diva Dirt wants to hear your voice! With Battleground this Sunday, the next poll for our video feature Diva Dirt Countdown is for best rivalry. We’ve chosen the finalists, and it’s up to you to determine the top five.
Vote this week and tune in on Sunday to see who makes the top five! Voting ends Thursday morning at 6am ET.
Report: NXT Divas Backstage at This Week’s WWE Tapings?
After making their Madison Square Garden debuts at a WWE live event on Saturday night, Charlotte and Sasha Banks could be sticking around with the main roster this week.
According to reports, NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte will be backstage at this week’s WWE tapings. Sasha Banks is rumored to be backstage as well, as she teamed with Charlotte at the live event.
This does not indicate that either are set to make their main roster debuts, but glowing reviews for their tag team match, in which they fell to Natalya and Nikki Bella, can only help their case for a main roster promotion.
Do you think Charlotte and Sasha are ready to join the main roster?
Video: Gail Kim Skydives With the US Army’s Golden Knights
Knockouts Champion Gail Kim recently took to the skies for a skydiving session with the United States Army.
Gail joined the US Army’s parachute team “The Golden Knights”, capturing the experience on camera.
In the video below, Gail and Sergeant First Class Joe Jones jump out of a UV-18A Twin Otter at 13,000 feet.
Gail follows in the footsteps of her husband, celebrity chef Robert Irvine, who recently took the leap himself.
Watch the video below:
Diva Dirt Countdown: Top 5 Diva Entrance Themes
Diva Dirt Countdown takes on various aspects of women’s wrestling, ranking them and presenting them to you.
Hosted by Diva Dirt’s Jake, its aim is to prompt debates about everything from matches and clothing to entrances, music and more.
This week’s Diva Dirt Countdown takes on Diva entrance themes, featuring what you chose as the top five.
Watch the latest Diva Dirt Countdown below:
Do you agree with the list?
AJ Lee Funko Figure Coming Soon?
Another piece of AJ Lee merchandise might be on its way to store shelves.
PopVinyls.com has found a listing for a Funko prototype of the Divas Champion on Gemini Collectibles, a site that frequently sells prototypes of the collectible vinyl figures.
The site speculates that AJ could be featured in the WWE’s upcoming third Funko series. This would make AJ the first Diva to receive a Funko figure.
Would you buy an AJ Lee Funko?
SmackDown Redux (July 11th, 2014): A Breakup and a Makeup
Hello all, and welcome to this week’s edition of the SmackDown Redux! This week the new Divas Champion, AJ Lee takes on former Funkadactyl, Cameron. Can Cameron prove that she can fly solo or will the Black Widow claim another victim? Check out the match below:
We start things off with Cameron already in the ring, primping in preparation for the match. AJ is out next and we are treated to a clip of her title win, as well as the announcement of her title match at Battleground. The referee signaled for the bell and AJ is ready to go, but Cameron stops to reapply her lip gloss. As soon as AJ is distracted, Cameron goes on the attack.
Cameron slams AJ’s against the mat, before drawing on her face with lipstick and choking her over the second rope. Before AJ can get her bearings, Cameron manages to lock in a variation of Cattle Mutilation, looking for the submission victory. AJ fights out of the hold and rolls Cameron up for the nearfall, but gets nails AJ in the face with a low dropkick for a nearfall of her own. Feeling a little cocky, Cameron starts piefacing AJ, which brings out her crazy side. AJ unleashes a flurry of offense ending with a spin kick to the face for a two count.
Seeing that she no longer had the advantage, Cameron tries to escape but her former partner, Naomi runs out and throws her back in the ring. AJ takes advantage and hits an impressive School Girl/Shining Wizard combination for the win.
We also got some resolution in the Summer Rae and Layla rivalry, as they faced off in singles action, with Fandango as Special Guest Referee. But first, we are treated to a cat fight during Fandango vs. Adam Rose:
The match never really got started, as both Divas attack Fandango and end up becoming each other’s dance partners, leaving Fandango out in the cold.
Thoughts: We got a two-for-one in this match. AJ was made to look like a strong champion and built some more interest and momentum going into her title match. Also, we got some more build in the Naomi/Cameron feud.
The star of the this match for me had to have been Cameron, believe or not. I’ve always thought that Cameron was more suited to being a heel, and she proves why in this match. It was just such a difference from her previous showings. I don’t where this Cameron came from, but I hope she continues to step it up.
As for Summer Rae vs Layla, it was a cute segment, but I’m left wondering what’s next for them. Now that the love triangle is done, do they become a tag team? Do they start new feuds? We’ll have to wait to see, but it was a pretty a good end for a rivalry that was basically about fighting over a man.
Well, that all for this week, guys. Until next time!
Vote for the Star of the Week Ending July 12th, 2014
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us!
With our Star of the Week poll, we’re taking the basis of the Perfect 10 and giving you a say. 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:
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AJ LeeAJ Lee picked up two wins this week, one in tag action on Raw and another against Cameron on SmackDown.
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Alicia FoxAlicia Fox attacked a one-armed Nikki Bella on Raw, beating her down before their match could even begin.
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Summer RaeSummer Rae defeated Bayley on NXT to become #1 contender to the Women’s Title and convinced Layla to align with her on SmackDown.
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Winner: Summer Rae (31%)
Full Results: WSU United
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of WSU United, airing today on iPPV.
The main event sees LuFisto defend her WSU World Championship for the first time against Mickie Knuckles, while Kimber Lee and Annie Social put their WSU Tag Team Championships on the line against Veda Scott and Rick Cataldo.
Former WSU Champion Jessicka Havok is also expected to make an appearance at the show, her first since being stripped of the title and banned from WSU and CZW for life by DJ Hyde in May.
“United” takes place at Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey at 4pm ET (9pm GMT). To order the show on iPPV, visit RFVideoNow.com.
Live results will appear below.
The show started about half an hour late. Apparently doors didn’t open until 4pm ET.
WSU Spirit Champion Niya comes to the ring and talks herself up for a bit. Nevaeh‘s music hits and she comes out and the pair exchange words. Nevaeh warns Niya that if she continues to run her mouth she’ll have a serious problem on her hands. They stare each other down, and Niya exits with her title.
Jewells Malone defeated Jessie Kaye. This was alright, I guess. Kaye did a great job as the angry, whiny heel, and Malone picked up the win with a roll-up.
Shanna defeated Hania. Shanna was dressed in Brazil’s football colours. Er, did she not see the match the other day? (Or tonight’s match, for that matter?) That’s not exactly a statement anymore.
Regardless, this was a superb match. Shanna and Hania had instant chemistry in the ring, and Hania’s high-energy offense was great to watch. Shanna did the same comedy football spot she did at the last SHINE show, hitting the target with a level of skill arguably better than what Brazil showed against Germany. Eventually Shanna picked up the win with a dragon suplex but the crowd were more than impressed with Hania’s performance. Wonderful stuff.
Jenny Rose defeated Mima Shimoda. This was the biggest match of Rose’s career, and she pulled out all the stops against the Joshi legend. Shimoda was ruthless, throwing Rose around ringside and landing some vicious chairshots to Rose’s head, but Rose kept coming back every time and refused to back down. In the end, Rose countered Shimoda’s rollup with a rollup of her own for a huge victory. Another excellent match.
Out comes Jessicka Havok, with the original WSU Championship belt. DJ Hyde comes to the ring and threatens to get the authorities to arrest Havok if she doesn’t remove herself from the building. Hyde spits in Havok’s face, and Havok responds in kind. Hyde asks if Havok wants a fight, and suggests a friend backstage who owes him a favour. Profanity ensues and Mia Yim comes out.
Yim says nobody likes Hyde, but he’s still her boss. Lots of corpsing. Hyde says he doesn’t care that nobody likes him, and says that if Yim wants her spot in WSU she needs to defeat Havok in a Uncensored Rules Match, right now.
Jessicka Havok defeated Mia Yim. This was pretty much everything you’d expect from these two. They got the “uncensored” parts out of the way early on with some brutal stuff outside the ring, but for the most part this was a straightforward but extremely hard-hitting match between two of the best in the industry today. The finish came when Havok put her knees up for Yim’s Quebrada, and responded with a clothesline and an Air Raid Crash for the pinfall. Three great matches in a row.
So does this mean Havok has her job back? And is Mia gone from WSU again? Damned if I know.
Nevaeh defeated Brittany Blake. Nevaeh makes relatively short work of the rookie Blake, who tries to pull a fast one on Nevaeh early on but ultimately falls to a tombstone piledriver after a valiant effort in the ring. As Nevaeh is helping Blake up, Niya comes out and hits her with the Spirit Championship, laying out both her and Blake in the process.
After Niya leaves the ring Nevaeh raises Blake’s hand and they head to the back together.
Kimber Lee and Annie Social defeated Veda Scott and Rick Cataldo to retain the WSU Tag Team Championships. I still don’t know whether I find Rick Cataldo hilarious or unbearable, but he’s good in the ring, and his antics made Lee and Social’s victory all the sweeter. Kimber got the win with the Kimber Bomb on Cataldo.
After the match, the CZW Tag Team Champions Juicy Product (David Starr and JT Dunn) come out and brag about their titles, and a brawl ensues. An impromptu match is made and Juicy Product pick up the win…and the WSU tag titles, it seems. Not entirely sure what just happened there.
LuFisto defeated Mickie Knuckles to retain the WSU World Championship. The pair exchange strikes in the ring early on, before taking the match outside and taking some nasty bumps on the floor. Both get chairs and upon being reprimanded by the ref, set them up in the middle of the ring and exchange strikes in a seated position. Knuckles takes control of the match with some stiff kicks and knees before LuFisto counters a pumphandle driver attempt to lock in an ankle lock, before Knuckles breaks on the rope. Match now in Lufi’s hands, hitting a cannonball and a boot to the corner for a two-count, before going back to the ankle lock. Knuckles gets a powerbomb in but LuFisto locks in a triangle as she bumps, and Knuckles gets choked out. LuFisto retains.
All in all an excellent show, save for the odd minor blip – men (not including Rick Cataldo) winning women’s titles is rarely, if ever, a good thing. Let’s hope our new WSU Tag Team Champions don’t turn their new titles into a laughing stock.
The positives far outweigh the negatives though, with a good three or four Match of the Night contenders, from Jenny Rose taking her game to a new level against Mima Shimoda, to the exhilarating war of attrition between Jessicka Havok and Mia Yim. LuFisto and Mickie Knuckles absolutely killed each other, and in fine fashion too, but biggest props for the evening go to Hania and Shanna who gave us a superb, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it masterclass in independent wrestling. Thumbs up all around for this show!
AJ Lee vs. Paige Confirmed for Battleground
Tonight on SmackDown, a Divas Championship match was confirmed for Battleground.
AJ Lee will be defending the title against Paige, whom she won the belt from just weeks ago. The match has been added to Battleground’s official card.
Battleground airs on Pay-Per-View Sunday, July 20th at 8pm ET.
Who do you think will win the match?
SmackDown Reaction: July 11th, 2014
Tune in to SmackDown tonight at 8pm ET on SyFy.
Discuss the show in the comments!
RELATED: SmackDown Spoilers: July 11th, 2014
NXT Redux (July 10th, 2014): Summer Crushes Bayley’s Title Hopes
What’s up Diva fans and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux! After a mishap with some sausages and a 35 minute smoke alarm, I’m here with today’s slightly delayed Redux. This is not my boring life story so let’s talk about something more dramatic and exciting, the Number One Contender’s match that aired on NXT between Bayley and Summer Rae. In addition to that match, the latest in the Natalya and Tyson Kidd ‘We need a marriage counselor’ saga continued. So much goodness, such little time to recap (due to my stupid sausages) so I’ll just be offering my thoughts on this week’s shenanigans. Let’s get right into the action!
TO THE VIDEO!
Kicking us off first this week is Bayley vs Summer with additional appearances from Eden, one SEXY looking NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte and Renee Young is rightfully behind the commentary desk.
Later in the night, Natalya accompanied Tyson Kidd to the ring for his tag match and well, he was even willing to use his wife to get the victory.
Thoughts: How juicy is the Tyson and Natalya stuff? I absolutely love it! Natalya sold being hit to perfection and I’m loving the drama that is brewing between the pair. Will Nattie turn heel too? Only time will tell. As for people who hate it being on NXT, I for one don’t have a problem with it. I suppose it could fit into SmackDown yet with so much going on, NXT is much better platform to showcase this than Superstars or Main Event. Plus, NXT writing seems to be leaps and bounds better than main roster stories so who is to say this idea would have ever made it to the main shows? I’m just glad we’re getting to see it.
Onto the Divas match of the night and I wasn’t massively feeling it. Something seemed just a little off. Summer’s finisher was slightly mistimed but I do agree with the outcome. A lot of fans have commented on the referee calling for Summer to place Bayley’s shoulders back to the mat again yet as Summer is fantastic at thinking on her feet, the referre’s influence meant Summer ran with the ball and got more annoyed with him, so I liked the ref standing his ground.
Anyway, although I am a huge fan of Bayley and she is by far my favourite NXT Diva, Charlotte vs Summer is just that little bit more interesting and Summer is a little bit more a rub to help push Charlotte in the long run. By the way, Charlotte looked incredible. Remember when she had the horrible black hair with the blonde dip dye lmao? What a difference a hairdo can make!
If that wasn’t enough, Sasha’s allegiance being teased backstage is yet another little present for us loyal Diva fans. WWE could have just made the commentators say that Sasha decided to stick with Charlotte, bla bla bla, yet they are giving her something to do and adding another layer to the split of the BFFs. Sasha is 10000000000000000000000000% better as a heel and segments like this show why.
Also, Renee Young’s commentary at the end regarding Tyson and Natalya? She hit the nail on the head and sounded legit pissed off. Realistic commentary which I loved.
So many positives on NXT yet again. Forget Monday Night Raw, NXT is the A show in WWE.
And with that, stay tuned, Jack will be back!
Impact Write-Up (July 10th, 2014): The Champ Takes on All Comers
Welcome, Knockout fans! This week saw Gail Kim‘s first defence since winning her fourth Knockouts championship last week and boy, was it a doozey! She competed in a Fatal Four Way for the title, defending against former champ Angelina Love, the recently scorned Brittany and the object of Brittany’s wrath, Madison Rayne. No Dixie Carter this week (as far as I’m aware) and so there’s not much to get through in this write up. But we do have two rivalries combusting in one ring, so I’m sure we’ll all enjoy ourselves.
Out first, accompanied by Velvet Sky, is Angelina. She’s very unhappy about losing her title to Gail and is hoping to beat her own record by reclaiming the gold tonight. Madison is out second but before she can hit the ring, Brittany jumps her from behind and knocks her down. The Beautiful People join in on the assault and the bell rings, even though the champion hasn’t arrived yet… nice one, ref.
No matter though, as here comes Gail to kick some ass and take some names. She sends Velvet – who surely should have been ejected for attacking Madison anyway – and Angelina head first into each other, before going after Brittany.
Madison and Gail take control as they four ladies head back into the ring. There’s a nice little bit of team work from Gail and Madison, who use each other as leverage to hit both Brittany and Angelina in the corner. As Angelina rolls out to the floor, Gail and Madison turn their attentions back to Brittany. She’s knocked between them repeatedly before she too escapes to the outside, and it comes down to Gail and Brittany.
Madison goes for an early roll up but Gail kicks out at two, coming back with shots to the face. She tries to hit a hurricanrana but Madison catches her and nails a lovely bridging suplex for another two count. She’s not messing around tonight! Madison goes for a cross body but Gail counters this time and turns it into a face plant. Angelina then trips the Knockouts champ and throws her down on the outside with a sick thud. Ouch.
Brittany is back in the ring with Madison, and she has the upper hand. Brittany hits a DDT but before she can pin, Angelina jumps into the ring and convinces her that they should work together. Brittany agrees. I’m not sure how long this will last, but I’m sure they’ll cause plenty of trouble whichever way.
They give Madison a little taste of her own medicine with their own team work, hitting her in the corner and then with a double shoulder block to knock her down. Angelina hits a sideslam but there’s an awful lot of showmanship going on with both her and Brittany. They seem to be more keen on inflicting pain than actually winning the match, which I guess is a given when you’re a heel. Brittany hits a side Russian leg sweep on Madison to keep her down, and Angelina then points her in the direction of Gail Kim, who’s still on the outside nursing her face.
As soon as Brittany turns her back, Angelina goes for a pin and gets a two count. She tries again, but Brittany breaks it up. Brittany and Angelina go at it, their alliance dead in the water. Gail, meanwhile, is scaling the top rope and takes them both out with a missle drop kick. Great stuff from the champ!
It’s Gail and Brittany one on one now with Gail gaining the upper hand quickly. She hits a crossbody for a two count but Angelina breaks up the pin. Madison takes the former champion down while Brittany goes to work on Gail, hitting a great handspring moonsault off the ropes. Madison’s quick to break up any pin attempt though. She takes Brittany OUT, but turns right around into a Botox Injection from Angelina. Gail’s up next, hitting her Eat Defeat on Angelina and picking up the win.
Gail Kim retains!
Backstage, Impact 365 caught up with the champion following her victory:
Thoughts: Definitely not as good a match as it could have been, but I suppose it did what it needed to in that it further pushed these two storylines. Brittany attacking Madison, but Madison being the one to hit her finisher in the match just drives an even bigger wedge between these two, and I’m sure they’ll have some great matches in the future. As for Gail and Angelina, I don’t see them being finished feuding until Taryn is back full time and competing for the title too. I think Taryn will be champ by the end of 2014, but don’t hold me to that!
Short and sweet this time! Until the next, ciao! x
WSU United on iPPV Tomorrow: LuFisto vs. Mickie Knuckles for the WSU Championship & More
Women Superstars Uncensored return to the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey tomorrow for United, which will be streamed live on iPPV as part of another double-header with Combat Zone Wrestling.
Headlining the show will be LuFisto‘s first defense of the WSU World Championship since winning the vacant title at May’s “Queen and King of the Ring” show, as she goes one-on-one with Mickie Knuckles.
Meanwhile, Kimber Lee and Annie Social, who won the WSU Tag Team Championships at “Mutiny” in February, will defend their titles against the team of Veda Scott and Rick Cataldo.
Making up the undercard, CZW/WSU academy graduate Brittany Blake faces arguably her toughest test yet as she goes up against Nevaeh, while Jewells Malone takes on Jessie Kaye and “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” Shanna wrestles “The Howling Huntress” Hania in singles action. Also, Jenny Rose has issued an open challenge for any Joshi legend to step in the ring with her.
In addition, Mia Yim will make her return to WSU, while former WSU World Champion Jessicka Havok, who was stripped of the title and banned from WSU and CZW for life by owner DJ Hyde back in May, has threatened on Twitter to show up at the event and cause some trouble.
“United” takes place tomorrow at 4pm Eastern (9pm GMT) and will be broadcast live on iPPV. Visit RFVideoNow.com to order the show.
Impact Wrestling Feedback: July 10th, 2014
Tune in to Impact Wrestling on Spike TV at 9pm ET.
Discuss the show in the comments!
NXT Exchange: July 10th, 2014
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network at 9pm ET.
Discuss the show in the comments!
RELATED: NXT Spoilers: July 3rd – 24th, 2014
Beth Phoenix Comments on Santino Marella’s Retirement
Earlier this week, Santino Marella announced his retirement from in-ring competition. According to reports, Marella had suffered his third neck injury and at age 40 decided to hang up the boots.
Beth Phoenix, with whom Santino formed Glamarella from 2008 to 2009, has taken to Twitter to comment on her former partner’s retirement.
She tweeted her well wishes, saying:
Thanks for all the memories @milanmiracle! Wishing you nothing but the best in whatever you do. Your star will always shine! #Glamarella
— Beth Kocianski (@TheBethPhoenix) July 9, 2014
In their most successful outing, Glamarella teamed up to capture the Intercontinental and Women’s Championships in a Mixed Tag Team match at SummerSlam 2008.
What is your favorite Glamerella memory?/strong>
Video: Behind the Scenes of Divas’ World Cup Photoshoot
The WWE has released a video that gives us a peek behind the scenes at the Divas’ newest photoshoot, themed to celebrate the World Cup.
The soccer-themed shoot features Paige, Rosa Mendes, Lilian Garcia, Summer Rae, Lana and Layla.
Commenting on the World Cup, former Divas Champion Paige said, “I feel like the World Cup is huge at the moment and you can’t help but follow it because everyone is really, really into it.”
Watch the video below:
Report: Renee Young Not Joining ESPN?
According to a report by the Wrestling Observer (via Wrestling News Source), it looks like Renee Young may not be on her way out of the WWE, as many first thought.
Back in April, rumors indicated that ESPN was interested in recruiting Renee for their team once her WWE deal expires. However, it now looks like Young is not interested in leaving the WWE at this point in time.
Renee was recently promoted to a commentary position on WWE Superstars and the belief is that she being groomed to commentate for Raw or SmackDown in the future.
Would you like to see Renee commentate on Raw or SmackDown?
Update on Emma’s WWE Status
A new report is providing an update on Emma‘s status in the WWE following her arrest, indicating that her future with the company is still unclear.
According to a report from the Wrestling Observer (via Wrestling News Source), Emma was not in attendance for Raw this week. Apparently, WWE officials haven’t really been bringing her up in discussions since she was rehired last week.
Her arrest is said to have been surprising to everyone at WWE and many believe the story she gave is true. There is said to be no heat on her for it.
What do you think will happen to Emma?
Your Two Cents: Greatest Heel Turns
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers.
This week, we’re asking this: What is the greatest heel turn in women’s wrestling history? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on the website. As always, you can join the debate by leaving your comments!
- @babyd011_: Lita. Just because up until that point she was the most beloved Diva, so her turning in the manner that she did was really shocking.
- @BorisGlisic: Tara‘s heel turn in 2005 when she attacked Candice Michelle, Maria and Christy Hemme. The fun thing is she got huge pops, no heat.
- @DivoDrop_: Michelle McCool‘s heel turn after losing the Divas Title to Maryse, and attacking Maria.
- @giantjxxx: Has to be when Torrie Wilson and Candice Michelle initiated Ashley Massaro on Raw. Seeing Torrie get drafted and turning heel was crazy!
- @HUGONICOLASYANN: The greatest heel turn? AJ Lee for sure! When she caught John Cena with the MITB briefcase and give the victory to Dolph Ziggler at TLC.
- @ItsOnlyJustAlly: I think that Eve Torres turning heel was great! it was fresh and it breathed new life into herself, also it was a big story on Raw!
- @JuanMRodz: Mickie James‘s heel turn on Saturday Night’s Main Event where she attacked Trish Stratus.
- @man18united: Trish for the Chris Jericho/Christian storyline. It was so interesting and Trish relished playing a different role, fantastic.
- @Megzzerr_: Lita had the most shocking heel turn. She was a fan favourite for so long.
- @numero0047: It may not be considered the “Greatest Heel Turn” but I really loved when Su Yung turned heel under the wing of Saraya Knight to join Valkyrie. It was unexpected and it really brought out a compelling character for her.
- @pikatrick: It’s gotta be Trish Stratus slapping the chapstick off Jericho at WrestleMania. That’s a good girl gone bad.
- @TheSierreCruse: Lita hands down. The most shocking heel turn ever. She was a great baby face but an even better heel.
- @wwedivasfan113: When AJ Lee pushed John Cena off of the ladder in the TLC PPV in 2012.
And now we turn it over to you…
Give us your two cents! What do you think is the greatest heel turn?
Strange Lawsuit Against Natalya Dismissed
Natalya is the target of a recently dismissed lawsuit that described her as a “dominatrix” who had caused a Florida prisoner “mental and psychological trauma”.
The lawsuit, described by a Florida judge as being filled with “delusional language”, was filed by the prisoner on June 27th and claimed that the Total Divas star had “beaten him while they were at hotels all over the United States from 2005-2009, had forced him to endure extreme sexual abuse and even forced him to prostitute himself in Miami, Florida,” according to PWInsider’s report.
Donnelly was seeking $250,000 for his pain and suffering. A judge dismissed the lawsuit on Monday, as it did not have any standing under Florida law.
WWE Main Event Redux (July 8th, 2014): Naomi & Nattie Look but Don’t Touch as Nikki Takes a Beating
What’s up Diva fans and welcome to this week’s Main Event Redux. Stephanie McMahon’s status as a Boss Bitch is being demonstrated fully on this week’s show as she has forced Nikki Bella to face the rest of the cast of Total Divas in a 6-on-1 Handicap match. Yikes! Will the Bustier Bella manage to bust her way out of this precarious predicament or will six against one prove too strong?
TO THE VIDEO!
“You can look but you can’t touch. You keep dreaming on the stars above!”
Nikki Bella’s living hell is continuing and she’ll definitely be praying to the Gods above that her torment will stop soon. I tried to make a joke referring to her entrance theme during that last sentence, yet ‘dreaming on the stars above’? I still have no idea what that means. Think the lyricist clearly meant wishing on the stars. I digress…
Nikki is first out this week and HOLY EPILEPSY, Nikki is rocking her fluorescent lime attire again! She is all smiles in her entrance and then after a Payback recap, she’s looking more upset than Emma in the self-service area at Walmart. Finally remembering she was meant to act upset perhaps?
Nikki’s foes/friends enter next and Naomi is out first. She’s still being billed from Planet Funk and this makes me sad. IT’S NOT A REAL PLACE! STOP! Anywho… Natalya enters the arena next and she remembered to act upset. Good going Tal. The heels(?) of the team enter next as Eva Marie, Summer Rae and Rosa Mendes get seperate entrances. Rosa gets the last and longer entrance? Suppose we need as much time as possible to laugh at that new titantron. Rosa gets the last entrance as well, Cameron couldn’t be bothered turning up. She do what she want!
Nikki (obviously) and Rosa start the match and Nikki hits a fireman’s carry takeover before working over Rosa’s arm. Nikki hits an armdrag which Rosa reverses with a hair pull which Nikki reverse right away. Not too shabby ladies! Rosa forearms Nikki before whipping the lime green lovely into her corner. Rosa nails a corner clothesline before tagging in Summer Rae. SummeRosa hit a double suplex before Rosa shows her sass and Summer gets a two count.
Eva quickly makes her way into the match and she awkwardly clotheslines Nikki. People may complain about me saying that Eva’s movements seemed way too stiff for me here. Summer is tagged back in and SummEva (I’ll stop now) hit a double team move. Summer chokes Nikki before going CRAZY at the ref. She must have gotten out the wrong side of the bed this morning. Or is that everyday? Summer drops Nikki on her back and talks trash (as does Rosa hilariously) yet it costs her as Nikki fires back with a major slap!
Nikki hits a clothesline and a leg sweep and decides enough is enough. She goes for The Rack Attack yet that is thwarted by Rosa Mendes… high-fiving the air? Nikki attacks Rosa and dumps her out of the ring and tries to roll Summer up for a pin yet Eva blind tags herself in, showing some ring savvy (shock horror). Eva establishes a finisher for herself (shock horror) and gets the pinfall win (shock horror)!
After the match, Nattie and Naomi console Nikki yet gets their heads bashed together by Cameron! Cameron gets a blunt kick in on Nikki before being chased out by Naomi. This feud is hotting up!
Thoughts: This match wasn’t half bad. Normally, Divas matches with way too many girls in have a tendency to be awful yet this was very competent and was a really fresh change of pace that showed off what other girls can do.
Storyline wise, Natalya and Naomi just standing there looking upset made perfect sense, as did Cameron bailing on the match entirely. Only afterwards would the crafty and cocksure Diva make her presence felt to make a sneak attack. Even though she was mainly out to hurt Naomi (which she did by shoving Natalya into her), I love the sly little kick she got on Nikki.
The only storyline aspect I do have a tiny bit of a problem with is Nikki acting so defenceless. Her power moves coupled with her non nonsense behaviour on Total Divas would make me think she would stand tall, take names and call out Stephanie and stand up to her a little more. Obviously, her job is ‘at stake’ in this situation, yet she had no qualms confronting John Cena over possible cheating when her relationship was ‘at stake’. I get that she doesn’t want to jeopardize her career yet with her Real Estate qualification behind her, you think she would speak up more!
The Divas who often get ripped to shreds for their lack of ability, Eva Marie and Rosa Mendes, also showed that they either have the basics down (FINALLY in Rosa’s regard) or they are getting there. Although a basic move, Eva’s DDT was ok (mostly due to Nikki’s nice selling) and much better than her winning with a cheap roll up or something. She was less robotic in the ring in my opinion and looking at her expression in the header image on the main page, you can see she’s starting to get the whole acting and emotion thing too. By no means is she Meryl Streep yet, but she’s getting there. Rosa on the other hand has always had the personality and her expression in the same image is hilarious.
Overall, very nice to see girls who need to improve get some much needed spotlight and a chance to improve their skills in front of a live audience. It was also nice to see Natalya again (she’s on NXT yet I’ve been too busy to always catch her moments and get to recap it for you guys!) even though she didn’t do much and we also saw two Diva storylines advance further. Well done WWE. Are they finally getting it?
And with that, stay tuned, Jack will be back!
