Former SHIMMER Champion, MsChif will be our special guest tonight on Diva Dirt LIVE. MsChif joins us to discuss her match this Saturday night against Sara Del Rey at the Ring of Honor 9th Anniversary Show, which airs live on iPPV. Click here to order.
EDIT: Replay below:
WSU has announced a sequel to its highly successful pre-pay per view party that took place in January.
The event takes place two days before the company’s iPPV on March 5th and will be hosted by Marti Belle. Full details below:
Sad news… Candice Michelle has confirmed via her Facebook page that she suffered a miscarriage on Sunday night.
We had suspected as much when Michelle posted some cryptic tweets over the past few days. Nonetheless, the confirmation is truly saddening.
In a statement, Candice wrote:
On Sunday I suffered a miscarriage! I have both physically and mentally been through a lot of trauma! I have seen the Doc and there must have been a genetic defect and this angel wouldn’t have been able to survive in the outside world! It’s so difficult to say goodbye yet I know through my FAITH that there is a reason for everything! “With Faith there is no Fear!”
Click here to read her full statement.
Candice adds that she has been medically cleared to attend an autograph signing she had already been scheduled for this weekend in Miami. What a trouper!
Our thoughts & prayers are with Candice.
Big congratulations are in order for former WWE Diva, Jillian and husband Mike.
Jillian announced her pregnancy last night on Twitter. She wrote:
It’s time to announce what I have been asked repeatedly lately… Yes, I am pregnant!! @endofthesunMike and I are very happy!!
Congrats to Jillian!
Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown below:
After successfully defending her Divas Championship on last week’s edition of Monday Night Raw against Natalya, it looks Eve is looking to face off against new challengers. This week, Eve teams up with Gail Kim to take on The Bella Twins. Will the dastardly duo use their ‘Twin Magic’ to get one up on the champ, or can Eve and Gail get revenge for the backstage beatdown they received last week?
Check out the match below:
We start things off with all four competitors in the ring and The Bella Twins are busy talking a lot of smack. Hope they can back that up. Before the match starts, we’re treated to a replay of last week’s brawl. I swear, the image of a Bella snatching Eve up by the throat will be forever etched into my memory. With the replay done, the official signals for the bell and our match is underway.
Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network.
Be sure to tune in to the Post-Raw Show LIVE at 11pm ET following Raw!
Discuss the show in the comments!
Former WWE Diva, Sunny — real name Tammy Sytch — will be part of this year’s WWE Hall of Fame, reports PWInsider.
Sytch performed for WWE from 1995 through 1998 and is considered by WWE to be the ‘original Diva’.
Following her time in WWE, Sytch went onto work for WCW and ECW.
In 2007, she made her return to WWE television after a 10 year absence on the 15th anniversary episode of Raw.
Sunny again returned to in the Miss WrestleMania battle royal in 2009. That match, believe it or not, was her first ever (and only) match in a WWE ring.
Sytch recently denied claims that she was telling people she would inducted into the Hall of Fame, instead saying she’d be in Atlanta during WrestleMania weekend to work for Ring of Honor.
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Candice Michelle has posted some disconcerting messages on her Twitter page.
Candice took to Twitter to ask her followers to pray for her last night. She has since posted some updates:
To my friends and fans thanks for the prayers! My hearts broken, been through trama, but healings begining! Will talk after Doc tom and I’m ready! Please know ill be okay!
Hello CandiAddicts just to update u I’ve been in bed all day recovering and will see doc tom eve. After that ill post statement on my facebook! Please be patient and understanding, thank U! I luv u all!
Candice announced her second pregnancy last week and one can’t help but think that her trauma may have something to do with that. We should know more tomorrow when she releases a statement.
On behalf of Diva Dirt, our thoughts are with Candice at this time. Please keep her in your thoughts also.
It’s funny how things work out sometimes, isn’t it? You take a throw away pay-per-view like the Elimination Chamber, the show that’s get stuck between the big two, and you put together a rather weak card of five matches that leaves so much to be desired. For Diva fans the show appeared to suck even more because there wasn’t a match announced at all. I can’t speak for everyone, but I didn’t really want to watch the show. All day I debated whether or not to order it and my gut kept telling me to do it; give the show a chance and you won’t be disappointed. The show ended up getting ordered and low and behold it blew the Royal Rumble completely out of the water. Not only did the matches deliver, but the show was full of surprises. New champions were crowned, both Elimination Chambers far exceeded expectations, and the WWE continued their theme of shock/awe returns. That Diva match never happened but if you want my humble opinion (and you know you do), what we got was much, much better.
When an announcer gets in the ring for what seems to be no apparent reason, I, like all Diva fans should, cringe because it usually spells bad things for the girls. Diva dance offs or bikini contests, or something that’s not a match, usually ends up taking place. So when Booker T got in the ring, my reaction was natural. Booker T has a microphone and he says that he wants to introduce somebody and that this somebody is going to be a trainer on the new season of Tough Enough along with himself and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. He glances in the direction of the stage and a few seconds later some very familiar theme musics begins to play.
TRISH STRATUS WALKS OUT!
As we pretty much figured last week, Caylee Turner (real name Christina Crawford) has indeed been released from her developmental deal.
Crawford is the sister of current Raw Diva, Alicia Fox.
According to WrestleZone, Crawford’s release didn’t come as a surprise as there was some drama surrounding her. Take from that what you will.
Thoughts: It’s a shame things turned out this way. I was actually pretty excited to see WWE sign Christina following Alicia’s success in transitioning into a pretty good WWE Diva.
WWE.com caught up with Trish Stratus following her comeback last night at the Elimination Chamber pay per view.
Speaking on her return and why she felt the need to tangle with Lay-Cool, Trish said:
Lay-Cool irks me a bit. They’ve been running their mouths off, so I thought I’d show them who’s “tough enough.” [laughs]
Stratus also poked fun at her snafu in the ring. For those who missed it, Trish didn’t quite cinch in her patented Stratusphere move on Layla. But as she points out — she’s retired!
There’s just a little rule to take away [from tonight’s experience]: Whenever I come to a WWE event – although I am retired – I should always, always have my wrestling boots. When you wear heels and you try to be a Diva, it’s not a good thing, as we saw this evening when I tripped up ap a little bit. Hey, I’m retired. I tried to deliver some Stratusfaction, and I’m a little bit rusty. [laughs]
You can read the full interview here.
Big thanks to DD reader Brandon once again for sending in another live report and pictures from Anarchy Championship Wrestling in Texas:
Before the show, there was a pre-show match featuring “The Wrestling Goddess” Athena. She teamed up with fellow Submission Squad member (and crowd favorite) Davey Vega in a tag match against Super Electro and his robot partner whose name I forgot. The SS duo took the win in this pre-show match, after Athena and Vega hit the SS Destroyer: a wheel-barrel to a DDT double team, where Vega holds Electro with the wheel-barrel position, and Athena plants his opponent with a DDT, with Vega maintaining the wheel-barrel position. Decent match.
More:
We are extremely pleased to announce that we are amping up our audio show coverage beginning March 1st.
Diva Dirt will be introducing two new shows, as well as the returns of The Untitled Allison Danger Show and Diva Soup.
And to celebrate we are holding a special audio launch week throughout next week, giving you a taster of new episodes of all of our audio shows. That’s six in total!
Launch week will be headlined by the debut of a brand new show which will see Allison Danger interview fellow female wrestlers. You can expect wild stories, wacky questions and a whole load of entertainment!
Get all the details…
Lots of notables coming out of tonight’s Elimination Chamber pay per view:
Trish Stratus took to her Twitter page to post a few messages about her comeback tonight.
Following her first appearance when she was announced as a trainer on Tough Enough, Trish wrote: “Wow good to be back in front of a live ppv crowd & the @wweuniverse! What did u think of my new catchphase?”
Legendary former WWE Diva and first ever Diva Dirt Legacy Award recipient, Trish Stratus made a surprise return to WWE tonight at Elimination Chamber.
Trish was announced as a trainer on the upcoming season of Tough Enough along with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Booker T.
The show is currently being filmed and will air beginning April 4th on USA Network.
Thoughts: What an epic surprise! Hearing Trish’s music hit was incredible. Tough Enough just got 100% Stratusyfing!
Lay-Cool meet Trish Stratus!
Despite having no advertised Divas match, WWE certainly delivered an explosive night for Diva fans at Elimination Chamber tonight. After Vickie Guerrero entered the ring pleading with Teddy Long to rehire her boyfriend Dolph Ziggler, Teddy instead rehired Kelly Kelly who had been fired by Vickie a couple of weeks ago on SmackDown.
Getting a measure of retribution, K2 attacked the now former SmackDown consultant but was soon fended off by Lay-Cool with Michelle hitting her vicious running knee on a defenseless Kelly.
But wait! It wasn’t over yet… Soon Trish Stratus, fresh from her appearance earlier in the evening, hit the ring coming to Kelly’s aid and took out both members of Lay-Cool. The seven-time Women’s Champion busted out some old favorites including the Chick Kick on Michelle McCool and the Stratusphere on Layla from the corner. She ended with a double Stratusfaction on both of the ‘flawless’ Divas.
Stratusfaction was certainly in the air tonight!
EDIT: Oops! We mistakenly reported that Vickie Guerrero was fired by Teddy Long at the pay per view last night. That didn’t happen. I got confused in the heat of the moment. After rehiring Kelly Kelly, Teddy Long said: “I gave this person free rein to personally thank you for all your time as acting general manager.” That would indicate that Vickie has simply been replaced by Teddy as the GM of SmackDown upon his return, while she continues to serve as official consultant.
Diva Dirt LIVE returns tonight at 11pm ET with a post-Elimination Chamber special. We’ll be discussing Trish Stratus‘ surprise return, the segment with Lay-Cool and Trish as a trainer on Tough Enough.
EDIT: Catch the replay below:
Independent promotion CHIKARA held a live event earlier today in Easton,PA featuring some familiar faces. Check out the results below:
SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles defeated Sara Del Rey in 9:24 via Small Package.
The Osirian Portal defeated Daizee Haze and Delirious, 3.0 and Los Ice Creams in a four team elimination match, when Amasis pinned Delirious.
WWE presents Elimination Chamber tonight on pay per view.
Tune in at 8pm ET.
Discuss the show in the comments!
Anarchy Championship Wrestling held their ‘A Psychotic Break’ event this evening in Live Oak, TX and the card featured several of the American Joshi roster in action. Check out the results below:
* As reported earlier, Rachel Summerlyn and Jessica James defeated Children of Pain, Flippy Shit and Smurf Nation in a four team elimination match to become the new ACW Tag Team Champions. This marks the first time the titles have been held by a female team. Congrats to the new champs.
* Speaking of Jessica James, her alter ego, Lady Poison, successfully defended the American Joshi Title against “Five Star” Amanda Fox via The Poison Kiss.
* In non-title action, “The Wrestling Goddess” Athena defeated Jen Alise with her top rope stunner finisher. I’m told the match was “quite good.”
Thanks to John Hyperion of Dirty Dirty Sheets for the results.
SHIMMER regulars, Rachel Summerlyn and Jessica James, collectively known as Rachel and Jessica’s Excellent Tag Team, have just been crowned the new Anarchy Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champions.
The duo won the belt at tonight at ACW’s ‘A Psychotic Break’ in a four team elimination match also involving Smurf Nation, Children of Pain and Flippy Shit. Rachel and Jessica pulled out the surprise win by pinning a member of both Children of Pain and Flippy Shit, eliminating both teams. Smurf Nation, who were the champions going in, were eliminated earlier in the match.
This marks the first time that the ACW Tag Team titles are held by a female tag team. Great to see women represented in a male dominated division. Congrats to Rachel and Jessica!
Thanks to John Hyperion for the tip!
The release of ‘Undisputed’, Chris Jericho’s highly recommended second autobiography, got us thinking. It’s been a while since we’ve seen an autobiography from a female wrestler. It’s been 10 years since Chyna released hers and eight since Lita‘s. Last year did however see a biography based on the life of the legendary Mildred Burke, but that was written by Jeff Leen and wasn’t self-penned (Burke died in 1989).
So, we sat and we thought about it — who would we like to see put their life in print? We’ve compiled just a few names that we feel could pen a compelling autobiography. As always, we want to hear from you too. Leave your suggestions in the comments!
Our Unwrapped feature is making its return! Every week, coinciding with WWE.com’s weekly photoshoot updates, we’ll take a look at the newest Diva photoshoot and give you the opportunity to voice your opinions on it. Let’s unwrap this week’s eye candy..
Alicia Fox‘s photoshoots have long been Diva Dirt favorites, so imagine our glee when we see a new one pop up today! Does it meet our expectations?
The Look: Despite the fact that her dress is tight and tiny, Alicia looks more cute to me than sexy, and that’s not a bad thing at all. Some Divas’ idea of cute is dressing like a pre-pubescent girl (pigtails, tiny skirts), so Alicia gets major points for pulling off a fun, yet age-appropriate look. The dress, in a bright floral pattern, looks gorgeous, and paired with her slightly tousled wavy hair (which signals that this is an older shoot, given the absence of its current red shade), gives her an easygoing, natural look. I love it.
The Poses: Alicia poses with the ever-present equipment trunk, this time in a lively shade of purple. It makes me wonder if they decided, since they make
such frequent appearances in Diva photoshoots, the trunks should be painted “pretty” (expect painted-on animal print next!). I’m not complaining, though, because the color fits in well with the bright hues on her dress and keeps up the colorful spring theme. Her poses include a lot of the usual lounging and smiling, but a few, namely the ones where she’s looking off-camera, stand out. Alicia exudes such a natural easy-going personality in her photos that shots like those, which may look like silly attempts at glamour shots with other Divas, come off as spontaneous and interesting. Heck, she’s so good at it that even the most plain poses jump off the screen, and this shoot is no expection.
TNA Knockout, Tara — real name Lisa Marie Varon — has announced plans to fundraise for the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
The former Knockouts Champion will be designing and selling a special t-shirt with all proceeds being donated to the ASPCA.
Lisa is asking fans to suggest design ideas for the tee to Ariana Steele via Twitter.
This is a wonderful charitable effort by Lisa, and we hope our readers will help.
(Well this is awkward… After a four month absence, I am back with just my second blog post. David puts me to shame, don’t he?)
The news earlier this week that reigning Miss USA, Rima Fakih, will be a contestant on the impending revival of WWE Tough Enough lit a fire under my pen. And it seems it also lit a fire under a lot of you too. The recurring theme seems to be: “Great, another model in WWE.” Other criticisms that have popped up include: “It’s a slap in the face to the masses of independent wrestlers that auditioned,” and “Why doesn’t she just do the Diva Search?”
The outpouring of criticism from fans and purists to Fakih’s appointment, in my perhaps unpopular opinion, is shortsighted and once again exemplifies the hasty nature of the Internet. (Shocking, right?)
As soon as a story is out there, there’s a knee-jerk reaction it seems. Look no further than Henry Cavill being cast as Superman. That news a few weeks ago spurred outcries that too many iconic superhero roles were going to British actors and not American ones. Sure, Superman may represent Americana but first of all, it’s fiction! Secondly, the character is not going to be British, so what difference does it make? Before a single frame of footage had been shot, poor (gorgeous) Henry Cavill had a target on his back.
Sound familiar?
