Each week, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * SmackDown Superstars Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Maryse, Naomi, Natalya and Renee Young are featured … 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: Bayley Bayley … Read more
Diva Dirt is excited to reveal the nominations for our ninth annual Fan Awards! Taking into consideration your suggestions, as well as discussing amongst the Diva Dirt team, we’ve compiled the nominations looking back at the best of women’s wrestling in 2016. Voting is now open and will continue until 12:01am ET on December 31st, … Read more
Former TNA Knockout and recent NXT local competitor Thea Trinidad praised Asuka during a recent interview on the Pancakes and Powerslams Show. In addition to relaying her experience facing her in NXT, she also recounted how she met Austin Aries and more. Highlights of the interview are below: On facing Asuka: “Up until I was … Read more
According to Show Buzz Daily, the sixth episode of Total Divas, titled “Too Many Cooks”, drew in a viewing audience of 705,000 viewers – the highest rating of this season so far. This is up 149,000 viewers than last week’s rating of 556,000 viewers. In the 18-49 demo, the episode drew in a 0.32 rating, … Read more
Dana Brooke looks to add more body building accolades to her resume as The Arnold announced that she will be participating in the Fitness International competition at The 2017 Arnold Sports Festival. Brooke, going under her real name Ashley Sebera, will be competing in the event on Friday, March 3rd in Columbus, Ohio. Brooke earned her … Read more
Welcome to this week’s NXT review! It’s been slow here rebuilding the women’s division. But, Billie Kay and Peyton Royce rise to the top again as they poise themselves on Asuka‘s tail. Before they can look to dethroning the champion, Daria Berenato stands in their way. She’s out for some revenge after taking a loss … Read more
Welcome back to the Temple, Believers! Last night we were treated to a rematch for the Lucha Underground Championship that also continued to showcase how women are breaking the mold. Sexy Star fought Johnny Mundo in a steel cage, becoming the first luchadora to compete with such a stipulation. The intensity of their rivalry reached its … Read more
Tonight on Lucha Underground Sexy Star squared off against Johnny Mundo in a rematch for the Lucha Underground Championship. Surrounded by a steel cage, Sexy became the first woman in the Temple to participate in a match with such a stipulation. Sexy would use the cage to her advantage and wasn’t afraid to get dirty … Read more
With only one SmackDown left of the year, team Blue needed to build up to a bang. And this week very much did so. With the claws out and the rumors put to rest, this week we see story progression, character build, and an impress load of Talking Smack – in every sense of the … Read more
TNA continue to look and steam ahead for the year of 2017! As previously reported, TNA have planned a marathon of tapings for the first week of 2017 and have since announced that they will indeed return to the Impact Zone beginning January 5th, with a semi-live episode of Impact Wrestling, through January 8th, 2017. … Read more
Coming out of her intense Iron Man match against Sasha Banks, WWE Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair recently sat with Raute Musik to discuss life on the road as a WWE Superstar, rivalry with Sasha and goals for 2017. Highlights of the interview and partial transcript courtesy of Wrestling INC below: Thoughts on her Iron … Read more
Tonight on Lucha Underground a longstanding rivalry will come to a head when Sexy Star takes on Johnny Mundo surrounded by a steel cage for the Lucha Underground Championship. Sexy will become the first female in the Temple to compete in a match with such a stipulation. Last week the mind games between the two continued … Read more
The rivalry between the Lass Kicker and the Spiteful One will continue as a rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship will take place next Tuesday. Last week an impromptu bout took place between the two but was mired in controversy when Alexa Bliss claimed she suffered an injury, leading to a count out victory for … Read more
Roadblock was dubbed ‘the end of the road’, the final chapter to the WWE’s trailblazing feud between Sasha Banks and the new RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte. This week’s of RAW, despite being one of the last of the year, would be the beginning of a fresh start for the RAW women’s division… so let’s see … Read more
Daria Berenato looks to exact some revenge this week against the Iconic Duo. In absence of any women’s action on NXT last Wednesday, in a backstage segment Daria challenged Billie Kay or Peyton Royce to a fight. An NXT interviewer meets with Billie and Peyton and asks them about their loss and what their plans … Read more
“You need a good opponent to see how far your limits go…to test yourself. Iron sharpens iron. I’m coming back for my crown.” These were the words tweeted by Charlotte Flair, that lead to Roadblock’s Ironman match for the RAW Women’s Championship. A feud that has ruled the RAW women’s division for the whole of 2016, … Read more
It’s that time of year once again! Now that we are into the final month of 2016, it’s time to give out some awards. For the ninth year running, Diva Dirt presents its Year-End Awards! Who will follow Nikki Bella as WWE’s female Superstar of the Year, Gail Kim as Knockout of the Year, Santana Garrett as … Read more
Tonight at Roadblock: End of the Line, Charlotte Flair became a four-time Raw Women’s Champion after defeating Sasha Banks in a 30 Minute Iron Man match. PINFALL TO @MsCharlotteWWE!! #IronManMatch UPDATE: @SashaBanksWWE – 0@MsCharlotteWWE – 110:30 remaining#WWERoadblock @WWENetwork pic.twitter.com/hMRURGVW9t — WWE (@WWE) December 19, 2016 Charlotte was able to score the first fall of the … Read more
Tonight at Roadblock: End of the Line, Sasha Banks defends the Raw Women’s Title against Charlotte Flair in a 30 minute Iron Man match. Who will go the distance? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: This match will imitate the Sasha vs. Bayley one from Takeover: Respect. We’ll see either woman get the upperhand, … 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 Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * There are no plans for a 2016 WWE Slammy Awards special this year and it … Read more
Ah Knockout fans, I knew you’d come! After all, why wouldn’t you come to this wonderful Total Nonstop Deletion edition of Impact Write-Up when TNA have done everything they could to promote this episode. Look no further then when it was announced that Sienna would be make an appearance at the Hardy compound. So what … Read more
One of the UK’s major television broadcasters, Channel 4, will be airing a one-off hour documentary titled “Women of WWE”. This documentary is being produced by James Delow, who hosts popular UK WWE fancast Gorilla Position. James has revealed via his Twitter page that the show will be airing sometime in January. Screengrabs from the … Read more
On May 6th, 2016, WWE said “Girl, Bye” to the very sassy Ariane Andrew (FKA Cameron). Since then, the former Funkdactyl has found herself starring alongside Tim Tebow in a car commercial, as well as getting her YouTube channel up and running. On her online video blog, Andrew uploaded the second episode of her “Ask … Read more
Season six of ‘Total Divas’ is turning into a pretty big ride. On this week’s episode we see Lana deal with a culture clash of a wedding whilst we get a deeper look into the lives of Dean Ambrose and Renee Young. Also Paige is really adorable. Paige and Renee Young meet up at the start of … Read more