Global Force Wrestling has secured its first television deal: London-based sales and production house Boulder Creek International will distribute Amped internationally starting in November. BCI, which broadcasts to over 100 countries worldwide, airs a wide selection of documentaries, sports, music, comedy and lifestyle shows. GFW has already held two television tapings, the third taking place … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: IGN.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] IGN’s final weekly WWE 2K16 roster reveal confirmed one more woman for the game: Stephanie McMahon. While Stephanie was already announced for the roster, this one will be a retro version, presenting her as Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. She joins Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Cameron, Emma, Eva Marie, Layla, Naomi, Natalya, Nikki … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Vickie Guerrero/Facebook” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Vickie Guerrero tied the knot this weekend, capping off a series of big steps in her post-WWE life. Following the wedding on Saturday, Vickie posted photos from the ceremony on her Facebook page, showing her alongside daughters Shaul and Sherilyn. This comes on the heels of her college graduation, … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Naomi helps Jimmy Uso pursue a new dream: stand-up comedy. With the help of Dolph Ziggler, Naomi gets Jimmy a spot at the legendary comedy club, The Laugh Factory. Though he first shows some trepidation at the idea, Jimmy decides to go for it. Watch the clip below: Total Divas … Read more
This weekend, Paige addressed the incident that saw her and Alicia Fox get kicked out of a Baltimore restaurant last Sunday. While on a Q&A panel at Wizard World Pittsburgh, Paige said that the incident – which wasn’t filmed for Total Divas – has been blown out of proportion. She explained that it was sparked … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Brie Bella is forced to confront her worries about her husband Daniel Bryan. While on a picnic with Nikki, Brie confesses that she’s worried about Daniel’s future as a wrestler and a husband, given his extensive health problems. Nikki advises Brie to be careful when she tells Daniel how she’s … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: CZWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today, WSU presented its latest event, Excellence, on iPPV, headlined by a WSU Title match between champ Cherry Bomb and Candice LeRae. The show also saw appearances by Athena, Tessa Blanchard and Leva Bates, as well as a WSU Tag Team Title match pitting champions Annie Social and Kimber Lee … 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: Awesome Kong … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: GQ.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Brie and Nikki Bella recently joined GQ in the gym to share their fitness tips, as well as how their significant others have influenced their workout routines. How John Cena influenced Nikki: “Actually, when John and I first started dating, I was coming back from breaking my leg. Before that, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] The WWE has provided an update on the condition of Lana, who underwent surgery this week to repair her injured wrist. WWE’s senior ringside physician Dr. Chris Amann spoke to WWE.com, explaining the operation in detail and shedding light on Lana’s condition: “Lana underwent open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) … Read more
Athena‘s WWE signing is no longer just a rumor. PWInsider is confirming that the indy star has signed with the WWE, adding that she will report to the Performance Center later this month. Athena’s signing has been rumored ever since she took part in a WWE tryout in June. The rumors started heating up in … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @itsmebayley/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, 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 our latest batch: News broke early this week … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @LanaWWE/Twitter” align=”alignright” 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. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * Seth Rollins … Read more
Welcome to another SmackDown Redux! This week, we had a surprisingly stacked show overall. It probably had something to do with that little NFL kickoff game. Regardless of the reason, we had two pretty cool Diva segments that set us up for a potentially explosive week to come. In a rematch to their sort-of-inconclusive match … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s edition of Impact Write-Up. We have loads of Knockouts sighting on this week’s show as the feud between the Beautiful People and The Dollhouse reaches new heights when a team member gets taken out. Elsewhere on the show, Knockouts Champion Brooke returns to our television screens to … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @TripleH/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] New WWE signee Kana made her NXT debut at tonight’s tapings, revealing her new ring name. Kana, who will be henceforth known as Asuka, joined NXT GM William Regal in the ring to be introduced to the WWE Universe: Scoop #12: Kana is now Asuka pic.twitter.com/NP9caFEgTD — Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) … Read more
Spoilers for the September 16th – September 30th episodes of NXT.
[media-credit name=”Photo: @TripleH/Twitter” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] The WWE has announced the main event of the next NXT TakeOver special, and it’s a huge one for Diva fans. In a rematch from NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley will defend her NXT Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks in a 30 Minute Iron Man match. The news was announced at … Read more
The WWE is speaking out on racist tweets recently discovered on the account of NXT Diva Jasmin. The messages, which contained the n-word and other racist elements, were posted years ago, back when Jasmin – real name Nhooph Al-Areebi – was a teenager. However, in a statement to PWInsider, the WWE claims that, in those … Read more
Lana underwent surgery today to repair her injured wrist, updating fans on her condition in a video posted to Twitter. The video, taken pre-surgery, shows Lana in her hospital bed. In it, she promises fans that she’ll be back: #Surgery ?….it's no day at the #beach ? Thanks for all of your support. No one … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn is a few weeks behind us, but the Divas division is still in flux, with recent departures and a new Women’s Champion making it a relative free-for-all. Everyone’s jockeying for position, looking to prove themselves as serious threats not only to their fellow Divas, but to the Diva: Bayley. Like last week, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Total Divas continues to climb back in the ratings after hitting a season low two weeks ago: this week’s episode drew 1.143 million viewers, according to TV by the Numbers. This is up from last week’s 1.020 million drawn by “Clash of the Divas” and is the second best performance … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] MMA superstar Ronda Rousey will not be appearing at WrestleMania 32. Rousey, whose involvement had been rumored ever since her surprise appearance at WrestleMania 31, will instead be spending March and April of next year filming the action movie Mile 22 in Indonesia. While the movie was announced last March, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Total Divas will soon see the debut of a new cast member: Tough Enough runner-up Amanda. PWInsider is reporting that Amanda has officially joined the cast, replacing Naomi, who confirmed her own Total Divas departure on Twitter yesterday. For a week prior, Amanda was present alongside Total Divas cast members … Read more
The first Divas match footage from WWE 2K16 is now online. The video, uploaded by the WWE2Kdev channel, shows Alicia Fox getting in some offense on Naomi. Both Divas have already been confirmed for the roster, which is still in the process of being revealed. Watch the footage below: WWE 2K16 hits stores in North … Read more
Indy wrestler (and subject of many a WWE signing rumor) Athena recently spoke to Title Match Wrestling about her competition on the Texas indy scene and her future in wrestling: At the end of the interview, Athena addresses her future cryptically, saying there are “bigger and better things” coming for her soon. While that is … Read more