A women’s tag team match has been announced for Sunday’s Money in the Bank match. The team of Dana Brooke and WWE’s Women’s Champion Charlotte will take on the team Becky Lynch and Natalya. The announcement was made via WWE’s Facebook page, where Natalya and Becky speak with Tom Phillips about their satisfaction of being submission … Read more
For a company that always seems to have a dark cloud floating around them, with periodical reports of it nearly closing their doors, TNA has pulled through with their annual Slammiversary PPV for another year. For their twelfth edition of Slammiversary, two Knockouts matches would grace the card. One would be a Knockouts title … Read more
Tonight at Slammiversary, a new Knockouts Champion was crowned. What was supposed to have been a one-on-one match between Knockouts Champion Jade and Sienna became a triple threat match when executive manager Billy Corgan inserted Gail Kim to the title match. This after he favored Maria Kanellis not being able to compete in Gail’s original match against Maria. … 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. Due to some site maintenance yesterday, this week’s poll will open Sunday afternoon and close on Monday afternoon. Let’s take a look … Read more
Ahead of Slammiversary tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2014, when Knockouts Champion Angelina Love put the title on the line against Gail Kim. Angelina had won the belt from Madison Rayne at Sacrifice, fresh off her TNA return, and … Read more
Ahead of Slammiversary tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2012, when Knockouts Champion Gail Kim put the title on the line against Brooke. Brooke played the classic underdog here, battling hard against the clever veteran. Gail, despite throwing everything she … Read more
Ahead of Slammiversary tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Knockout moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2010, when both Madison Rayne and Roxxie put something precious on the line. For Madison, it was the Knockouts Title. For Roxxi, it was her career – if she didn’t win … Read more
The success of reality TV in the world of women’s wrestling is no secret. From the likes of WWE and E!’s Total Divas garnering hundreds of thousands of viewers weekly, as well as multiple award nominations and red carpet appearances, it can definitely be a great way to bring a mainstream audience into this niche … Read more
Diva Dirt recently sat down with a reliable source close to the development team behind Netflix’s new women’s wrestling series titled GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) to find out a little more about the program that we’re all so excited about. GLOW tells the tale of a struggling actress in the 1980s that lands a … Read more
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: Starting off the week, we saw some … Read more
This week’s SmackDown may have ended Dana Brooke‘s short lived winning streak, but that’s as exciting as it gets. What we see in this episode is virtually what we’ve seen in every other segment the women have had for the past month.The ladies give us their all, but unfortunately when the material they have to work … Read more
To promote her upcoming film GRIDLOCKED, Trish Stratus and Allan Unger, the writer/director of the movie, along with her co-star Cody Hackman, participated in a Reddit AMA. Questions ranged from her feelings on acting, to what she thinks about the current state of women’s wrestling, her fitness routines, and more. On how she got into yoga: … Read more
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. * ROH will be hosting a live event for their Women of Honor division in July. … Read more
Just days before her big Slammiversary match against Gail Kim, TNA Knockout Maria Kanellis has been pulled out from Sunday’s match. As per an Instagram video post, Maria cites that a broken hand has prevented her from any in-ring competition: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maria Kanellis (@mariakanellis) Maria first announced … Read more
WWE has taped three weeks worth of NXT tonight. Spoilers below.
Several weeks ago Alexa Bliss split from her boys Blake and Murphy to strike out on her own. Bliss explains why she did to Byron Saxton in a WWE.com interview. On her decision to leave BAMF behind: Blake, Murphy and I used to be best friends. They helped me discover who I am. They taught … Read more
TNA has hired Nashville resident McKenzie Mitchell as part of the company’s broadcasting team. Mitchell is a recent graduate of Ole Miss who has worked as a host for Ole Miss Basketball games. Check out Mitchell’s first Impact breakdown review below: McKenzie shared her excitement of joining TNA’s correspondent team on Instagram: View this … Read more
Last night we saw Asuka fend off Nia Jax during the fight of her life, the first time we saw The Empress of Tomorrow in a compromising position. However, before we get to the match, we are taken to footage of both women preparing for the bout. We also see Bayley backstage offer Asuka a … Read more
We are less than a week away from Slammiversary. For Knockouts fans, it can be said that there is a feeling of cheer in knowing that two Knockouts matches will take place on this year’s event. On one side, we have Gail Kim, at last, getting her chance to get her hands on her oppressor … Read more
NXT Superstar Athena has yet to make her television debut but when the time comes, she will have a new ring name to go by. At last night’s NXT TakeOver, Athena wrestled a dark match against Peyton Royce, where it was revealed that, going forward, she will be wrestling under the name Ember Moon. https://twitter.com/nerdyjordy/status/740694217257852929 Athena has also … Read more
Welcome to the first Lucha Underground Analysis in three weeks! After a few weeks of having the Luchadoras in supporting roles of not much significance, three of them are back in action this week, another makes her first appearance in the actual arena since she murdered someone and another is seen for the first time … Read more
These past few months have seen Nia Jax take on all comers as she rose up the ranks of the NXT Women’s Division while Asuka waited with the championship at the top. It was only a matter of time before the two met after Jax injured Bayley during a rematch from NXT: TakeOver London, putting … Read more
The Ninth Wonder of the World Chyna sadly passed away on April 20th, 2016 at the age of 46. For those that wish to say goodbye to the former WWE Women’s and Intercontinental Champion, a memorial service will allow fans to do so. Chyna’s official website announced the following earlier today: FANS INVITED! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, … Read more
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 to keep herself in shape so that … Read more
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 ringside throughout her opponent’s match … Read more