AJ Lee‘s shocking retirement announcement drew a lot of attention outside of wrestling circles. According to Gerweck.net, the former Divas Champion was the sixth most searched item on the internet last Friday in the United States. The term “AJ Lee” was searched over 50,000 times. Yesterday, AJ made her first comments since leaving the WWE, … Read more
According to a report from PWInsider (via Wrestling News Source), Tamina Snuka is backstage at Raw. Snuka has not been seen on television since last May, having been sidelined with a knee injury. She has reportedly been cleared to wrestle, but it is unknown if she will take part in tonight’s show. How would you … Read more
AJ Lee has broken her post-WWE silence, commenting for the first time since her departure from the company was announced on Friday. This afternoon, AJ tweeted a message to her fans, thanking them for her support and encouraging them to pursue their dreams. Accompanying the message was a simple photo of a pair of Converse … Read more
Former Divas Champion Eve Torres recently caught up with WWE.com to discuss her newly announced pregnancy, the return of the Diva Search, Total Divas and more. Has she gotten more acting roles following Matador?: “Yes. Being offered the role in the Jackie Chan film was amazing. I got to do a fight scene with Jackie … Read more
Last night, NCW: Femmes Fatales held its 17th event in Montreal and crowned a new NCW:FF Champion. LuFisto would claim the honor by defeating both Courtney Rush and Saraya Knight in a Triple Threat match. This adds another title to LuFisto’s mantle, joining the WSU World Title. Full results below, courtesy of Dave Muscarella: Pre-show … Read more
Could Renee Young be heading back to the commentary table soon? According to a report from the Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain), Renee has been impressing both Vince McMahon and Executive VP Kevin Dunn with her recent work. Plans are to keep her in her interviewing and hosting roles for the time being, but … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to another weekly addition of Impact Write-Up. This week’s edition of Impact Wrestling is all about #BellToBell action: three main event matches of nonstop wrestling, which in my theory, is pretty close every week on Impact anyway. In between these #BellToBell matches, we are treated to a Knockouts match between … 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: AJ Lee … Read more
What’s up guys and gals? Let’s begin with the news that’s on everyone’s lips; AJ Lee has retired from in ring competition with WWE. It’s a big blow for the division, I won’t deny it, and while AJ was far from my favourite no one can ignore the way she pulled the Divas division up … Read more
Speculation and well wishes have been flooding in since the WWE announced AJ Lee‘s departure from the company yesterday afternoon. The WWE used specific language in the article announcing the news, saying that AJ has decided to “retire from in-ring competition with WWE,” but the impression seems to be that she’s done with the company … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 26, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim going head-to-head with NWA World Women’s Champion Santana Garrett in a huge Title vs. Title match. In another big Title vs. Title match, SHINE Tag Team Champions a href=”http://www.diva-dirt.com/tag/cherry-bomb”>Cherry Bomb and Kimber Lee take on … Read more
Tune in to Impact Wrestling tonight at 9pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments! RELATED: Impact Wrestling Spoilers: March 27th & April 3rd, 2015
WWE has announced a few moments ago that AJ Lee has retired from in-ring competition with the company, effective immediately. WWE issued a tweet announcing the news: BREAKING: AJ Lee (April Mendez) has decided to retire from in-ring competition with WWE. We wish AJ the very best. — WWE (@WWE) April 3, 2015 AJ – … Read more
Welcome to another SmackDown Redux! This week, we’re officially moving on from the WrestleMania “Freaks and Geeks vs. Bellas” feud to shine the spotlight on the ever-deserving Naomi. She’s looking follow up her impressive showing on Raw with a win over Natalya. As is typically the case these days, Brie and Nikki Bella will be … Read more
My favourite time of the week is here – it is Lucha Underground Analysis time! Despite just being one hour long every week, we have so many goodies coming our way this week. As well as two backstage segments featuring Ivelisse and Sexy Star, Sexy is also in action in a new four-week tournament to … Read more
Tune in to SmackDown tonight at 8pm ET on Syfy. Discuss the show in the comments! RELATED: SmackDown Spoilers: April 2nd, 2015
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: Book a main roster debut for an NXT Diva. We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on the website. … Read more
TNA will make its return to live Pay-Per-View this summer. According to PWInsider, TNA has started making plans to present Slammiversary live in late June. TNA’s last live PPV was the previous Slammiversary, which saw Angelina Love retain the Knockouts Title by defeating Gail Kim. Since then, TNA has aired taped One Night Only PPVs … Read more
Earlier this week, Eva Marie posted a quote from The Rock on her Instagram account as part of #WisdomWednesday: #WisdomWednesday @therock ???????? A photo posted by ? Eva Marie???? (@natalieevamarie) on Apr 1, 2015 at 10:51am PDT The Rock soon posted the same quote on his Instagram account, confirming that it was from a conversation … Read more
NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks recently sat down with IGN after NXT’s huge show in San Jose, talking about winning the Women’s Title, the atmosphere in NXT and working with Charlotte . She compares her chemistry with NXT rival Charlotte to that of Lita and Trish Stratus, saying: “Hmm, it’s weird because I started out … Read more
According to a report from F4WOnline.com (via Ringside News), the WWE may be planning another angle between Stephanie McMahon and Ronda Rousey at October’s Hell in a Cell event. Hell in a Cell will take place in Los Angeles, California, so getting Rousey to the event wouldn’t be an issue. It’s also one of the … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network and Lucha Underground on the El Rey Network, both at 8pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments! RELATED: NXT Spoilers: March 25th – April 15th, 2015
Paige may be the next Diva to star in a WWE Studios film – pending the reveal of any April Fools pranks. The former Divas Champion is featured in an unlisted video published on Fox Home Entertainment’s YouTube channel, announcing that she will star alongside The Miz in a Christmas movie. The movie, set to … Read more
Good news Total Divas fans! E! has officially picked the show up for a fourth season, as revealed per a press release this afternoon. Season four had already all but been confirmed, as a return date of July 7th was announced at the end of the season three finale. More good news? It looks like … Read more
Charlotte and Sasha Banks‘s performance at last weekend’s NXT live event in San Jose may have put them that much closer to a main roster promotion. According to a report from PWInsider (via Lords of Pain), the show was the first time WWE CEO Vince McMahon attended an NXT live event. After seeing the NXT … Read more
Lana may start getting that rumored big push sooner than expected. Filming on her WWE Studios film Interrogation has already wrapped, her co-star Edge tweeting the news late last night: Wrapped on #Interrogation tonight. Full on, amazing, two week sprint. So fun and rewarding, thanks to all involved, you rock — Adam (Edge) Copeland (@EdgeRatedR) … Read more