WWE.com has ranked its 50 “coolest maneuvers of all time”, and only one Diva move made the list: Victoria‘s vicious Widow’s Peak. Landing on the list at #49, the move is described by WWE.com as a “chiropractic nightmare”: Putting her own spin on the Gory Neckbreaker — a move innovated by Mexican ring legend Gory … Read more
TNA has announced its return to Universal Studios Stage 20 for a number of tapings set to take place over the next three months. The first set of tapings, taking place in February, will tape Xplosion matches and eight One Night Only PPVs (likely including Knockouts Knockdown 3): Thursday, February 12: 7 pm Friday, February … Read more
This past Sunday’s episode of Total Divas saw viewership drop slightly again, drawing 1.207 million viewers according to TV By the Numbers. This is down from last week’s 1.25 million. Going head-to-head with the WWE’s Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View didn’t appear to inflict much damage, ratings-wise, as the episode retained last week’s 0.6 rating in the … Read more
Tonight, we present a special live edition of Diva Dirt Weekly! Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin, and our host Jake. We cover the following events: NXT (1/21/15): Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks ends in DQ. Bayley attacks Charlotte out of frustration. a Four-Way Women’s Title match is booked for the next Takeover event. Impact … Read more
Despite the in-ring show being cancelled due to poor weather, the WWE is airing a live show in its place. Tune in to Raw on the USA Network at 8pm ET, as well as the pre-show on the WWE Network. Discuss the show in the comments!
The Royal Rumble has typically been a “hit or miss” type of event as far as the Divas are concerned. Either the Divas are featured in cool matches and moments (like surprise Rumble entrants) or they’re not featured at all. This year, though, we were met with a “middle of the road” scenario. A match … Read more
As we reported last Friday, Velvet Sky was fired on last week’s edition of Impact Wrestling after retrieving the “Fired” briefcase in a Feast or Fired match. Speculation on her actual TNA status soon followed, and it was unclear whether or not the Knockout was indeed done with the company. According to a new report … Read more
A number of news outlets, including PWInsider, are reporting that tonight’s Raw taping in Hartford, CT has been cancelled. This is due to the blizzard that is expected to blanket the northeast in record amounts of snow. In their report, PWInsider goes on to say that there will be a broadcast in Raw’s time slot, … Read more
With the conclusion of Total Divas comes After Total Divas, the official after show in which Renee Young and Summer Rae break down the events of each episode. This week, they talk about “Insecurity Breach”, which featured Brie Bella‘s home security problems, Eva Marie‘s body image issues and Rosa Mendes‘s attraction to Paige. They’re joined … Read more
Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Brie and Nikki Bella demonstrated that it pays to be lifelong teammates. Proving that their short-lived feud is a thing of the past, the Bellas defeated the fledgling team of Natalya and Paige in tag action, dominating much of the match. The ending came in relatively easy fashion, Brie knocking … Read more
A new episode of Total Divas airs tonight starting at 9pm ET on E!. Tonight’s episode is titled “Insecurity Breach”. Discuss the show in the comments!
Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Brie and Nikki Bella face off with Natalya and Paige. Tune in to the Royal Rumble on the WWE Network starting at 7:00pm ET with the Kickoff show. Discuss the show in the comments!
This past Friday, Valkyrie presented its fourth event: Ragnarok. In the main event, Queen of Valkyrie Kacee Carlisle put her title on the line for the first time against Mistress Belmont. Carlisle held on to the title in a match that saw the action spill outside the ring, the women battling in and around the … Read more
Tonight at the Royal Rumble, Brie and Nikki Bella team up to take on Natalya and Paige. Will the Bellas or the Blackharts prevail? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Adrian: I don’t watch Total Divas so I have no idea what’s going on here (if none of this has anything to do with Total … Read more
In this modern world of empty excess, round-the-clock news and constant global instability, it’s difficult to find anything truly surprising or shocking nowadays. Indeed, I think the last three or four moments of genuine speechlessness I’ve experienced in my life have all been sport-related (including good ol’ fake sport), and even then they were spread … Read more
Ahead of tonight’s Royal Rumble, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2010, when Mickie James took on Michelle McCool in one of the shortest Women’s Championship matches on record. Mickie finally got revenge on Lay-Cool for their endless “Piggie James” taunts, … 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
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! I’d like to take a quick moment to confess that while I didn’t tune in to Impact at its regular scheduled time last night, was viewing the Shine 24 show at the time and ironically it did tie into some of TNA (more on that … Read more
Ahead of tomorrow’s Royal Rumble, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re looking at the Rumble’s female entrants. To date, we’ve seen three women take part in the Royal Rumble match: Chyna, Beth Phoenix and Kharma. In 1999, Chyna made history when she entered the … Read more
So yesterday I bought 2K15 on Xbox, and I have to say I’m very disappointed. Obviously I chose to play as the queen Nikki Bella (and computer-played Naomi beat me fair and square, unsurprisingly). My main gripe with the game is the graphics. They left a lot to be desired. But that’s not what we’re … Read more
Tonight’s Impact Wrestling saw TNA fire longtime Knockout Velvet Sky. During a Feast or Fired match earlier in the night, Velvet claimed one of the briefcases on behalf of Robbie E. Robbie insisted that she take ownership of it, and it was eventually revealed to the Fired case. Velvet’s storyline firing has been confirmed on … Read more
Tune in to Impact Wrestling tonight at 9pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments! RELATED: Impact Wrestling Spoilers: January 16th & 23rd, 2015
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 24, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim put her title on the line against the recently-returned Santana Garrett, while plum ties on the undercard include SHINE Tag Team Champions Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) teaming up with their accomplice Thunderkitty to … Read more
Good day all!~ And welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground Analysis. Last week we were off because, while I love me some cryptic black leather Angela Fong, I didn’t think a Redux was needed to just recap her staring into an office for a few seconds. Never fear though, for we’re back this time and … Read more
Layla has undergone surgery for an undisclosed injury, according to PWInsider. In their report, PWInsider states that Layla was pulled from the road before getting surgery earlier this week. No further details are known. Layla hasn’t tweeted about her injury, but she has been absent from WWE television since late November. UPDATE: Layla has debunked … Read more
Last night’s SmackDown was our last stop before the Royal Rumble (if you don’t count WWE Superstars.. *cough*). Unfortunately, the Divas title won’t be on the line this Sunday, but we’re still miles ahead of the no-match-at-all we got last year. Glass half full, people. The match we are getting pits Paige and Natalya against … Read more