[media-credit name=”Muscle & Fitness Hers” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Muscle & Fitness Hers have released their July/August issue of their monthly magazine and the latest cover is graced by none other than “The Boss” Sasha Banks! The former NXT Women’s Champion sat down with Muscle & Fitness earlier this year to discuss what fitness plan she uses … Read more
[media-credit name=”Impact Wrestling” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] A second Knockouts match has been added to Sunday’s Slammiversary card. As previously announced, Maria Kanellis will take on rival Gail Kim in a singles match. Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Maria’s enforcer Sienna defeated Madsion Rayne to become the new number one contender for Jade‘s Knockouts title. The champion was at … Read more
[media-credit name=”FoxSports” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] As Brock Lesner prepares to step foot inside the octagon again for a co-main event at UFC 200, WWE is eyeing up a female fighter to debut in its squared circle for SummerSlam. Fox Sports is confirming that Paige VanZant is in preliminary talks with WWE to appear in some capacity … Read more
Welcome to another Raw Redux here on Diva Dirt. This week, the women of the WWE actually had more than two minutes – hooray. Although none of them got to wrestle – boo. Stephanie McMahon was back on form however, making a blockbuster announcement regarding the future of SmackDown. Theodore Long of all people was … Read more
[media-credit name=”AAA” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] AAA concluded their Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 this past weekend. During the women’s elimination rounds, Team Mexico (Mary Apache, Faby Apache and Lady Apache) qualified for a spot in the final round after defeating Team USA (Cheerleader Melissa, Santana Garrett and Sienna) while Team Japan (Aja Kong, Sumire Natsu and Yuki Miyakazi) … Read more
[media-credit id=762116 align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE Superstars Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Sasha Banks attended Wizard World this past week to meet fans and promote WWE at the annual convention. The women discussed many topics such as their dreams in WWE, their favourite competitors, Bella Twins: The twins were asked about their favourite Superstars currently in WWE. … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”600″][/media-credit] Over the past month reports on former NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks being injured circled the world wide web. “The Boss” was kept away from television screens from mid-April up until her latest appearance on Main Event at the beginning of June. Whilst attending the Wizard World convention in Philadelphia, we got to … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Paige and Summer Rae clashed for the second time in as many weeks on this week’s WWE Superstars, a rematch from Paige’s win on Main Event last week. Before this match, Summer had wrestled three televised matches in a fortnight, losing all three of them. Can she pick up a win … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Former multi Women’s and Diva’s Champion Beth Phoenix has given birth to her second child with beau Adam “Edge” Copeland. The couple had first announced the news back in April during this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, when Beth was already eight months along. The proud father shared the news … 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: Becky Lynch … Read more
[media-credit name=”XWA” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] A blockbuster clash of champions has been announced for August, with an added Scottish dark horse. Taking place at XWA’s Summer Supershow on August 14th in Colchester, UK, TNA Knockouts Champion Jade will face Pro Wrestling: EVE Champion Rhia O’Reilly and the “Hardcore Daredevil” Kay Lee Ray in a monumental triple … Read more
[media-credit name=”AAA” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight from Mexico, AAA held their second annual Lucha Libre World Cup. This year saw four female teams compete for the first time in the event. As previously announced, teams include female performers from Japan, Mexico, Canada and United States. During the semi-final elimination round, Team Mexico squared off against Team … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @reneeyoungwwe/Instagram” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s what we found from this week: Traci Brooks … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] On this week’s edition of Thursday Night SmackDown we see the Lass Kicker Becky Lynch take on the Women’s champion Charlotte with the Predator Dana Brooke watching the entire time. Before we discuss the quality of tonight’s actions, let’s quickly recap what actually happened! Our first sighting is our one and … Read more
[media-credit name=”Lucha Libre World Cup” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each Friday, 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. * Lucha Libre’s World Cup tournament kicks off tonight … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] When we look back at the best days of NXT, the likes of Summer Rae and Sasha Banks appear fairly often. In fact, some of their best moments include the times in which they were actually a tag team. So seeing Banks and Rae competing in a lengthy match against one another … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the Bulgarian Brute Rusev and his Ravishing Russian Lana will tie the knot on September 2nd and Total Divas cameras will be on hand to capture the event! Lana joins newcomers Renee Young and Maryse, along with the returning Naomi and Total Divas staples … Read more
[media-credit name=”BEW” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] A fortnight ago, STARDOM crowned Io Shirai as its first ever STARDOM World Alliance (SWA) Undisputed World Champion in Barcelona, Spain. This new championship joins five others within the company, but this one comes with a major twist. What is the STARDOM World Alliance? This is a global network of promotions … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] We are one week away from NXT TakeOver: The End… and after last week, things are definitely heating up as we approach our first big event of the summer and first overwhelming challenge to Asuka‘s reign! Headlining the show this week is a contract signing between The Empress of Tomorrow and … Read more
[media-credit id=9982 align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] For the second straight week, there were no matches featuring the Luchadoras of Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, but this week’s show did feature some noteworthy moments advancing the storylines of Kobra Moon, Black Lotus and Taya. First on this week’s episode, Kobra Moon tried to help Daga win … Read more
Goodbye May and hello June! And hello to my fellow Knockout fans! As we learned from last night’s episode of Impact, Maria Kanellis will indeed have to lace up her wrestling boots to square off against Gail Kim when the two meet at Slammiversary. Aside from having to deal with Gail Kim, Maria also has … Read more
[media-credit name=”AAA” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] It has been confirmed that AAA’s Lucha Libre World Cup taking place on June 3rd and 5th, 2016 will be available for audiences to watch on iPPV as it airs! Audiences around the world can tune in to witness Team Japan, Team Canada, Team USA and Team Mexico compete this weekend. … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Several of WWE’s female superstars have been confirmed to star in Season 2 of WWE Network-exclusive series Swerved. All nine episodes of the second series of WWE’s pranking comedy show will drop on the WWE Network on June 6th, with four and a half hours of practical joke content at viewers’ … Read more
[media-credit name=”CHIKARA” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] CHIKARA’s King of Trios Tournament in September is set to be a mammoth event, with a blockbuster team announced earlier today increasing anticipation to a whole new level. Former WWE Women’s Champions Jazz, Mickie James and Victoria will make up “Team Original Divas Revolution”, one of 16 trios that will compete … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Hey all! Apologies for the late redux for this week’s Main Event, but here it is, so let’s get right into it. Better late than never, right? It’d be rude not to! The thing about Main Event is that despite it being an irrelevant show for the weekly WWE programming, the … Read more
