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Mr. Glamazon’s Hitting the Ropes: Glam Slam Mailbag #4 + Glam Slam Reader Profile

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Happy holidays everybody!  I hope you enjoy my “Hitting the Ropes” Glam Slam holiday mailbag and let’s make 2011 a year to remember! 

Once again, thanks to all of you who submitted questions!

Reader: The_JM

“After seeing the whole season of NXT do you think it was a good thing? Or do you think just a regular debut on Raw or Smackdown would have been fine?”

Mr. G – Overall I enjoyed the Diva’s season of NXT.  As the show progressed I found myself invested in the characters and hoping that several of them would find themselves on the main roster.  We’ve seen from previous seasons you don’t have to “win” the show to get a WWE contract, so I hope we see Kaitlyn, Naomi, and AJ (at least) added to the roster, which would infuse some much needed energy to the Divas division.  I thought Aksana was hilarious although I am not in love with her as a wrestler.  In any case I was happy to see the girls get their own show and I think it was an effective was to present them to the WWE Universe.  It allowed the WWE to “market test” the girls and it appears several of them cultivated a nice fan base, which I think would have been difficult to do had they just been booked straight to Raw or Smackdown.

Now…that being said, there were problems with the show.  The constant berating and belittling from the announcers was way over the top.  Whatever you think about the Divas, these girls are still trying to do their best, and this is still their careers.  I didn’t understand WWE allowing that type of verbal abuse from their own employees.  After a while it became mean-spirited.  Also, switching to WWE.com was disruptive and I’m still disappointed that Isis the Amazon was not allowed on the program.

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Diva Dirt LIVE Tonight at 10pm ET: How to Call In & Interact

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Diva Dirt LIVE is back tonight at 10pm ET (9pm CT/7pm PDT/3am UK)! Plus, the chat room returns tonight and will open at 9.45pm ET. Here’s what’s coming up tonight and how you can get invol ved…

Tonight: We discuss this weekend’s Divas Tag Team Tables Match, the ROH iPPV match, plus much more.

All the details you need to call in:

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SmackDown Spoilers: December 17th, 2010

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Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown below:

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* Lay-Cool promo time. They try to call off the tables match, then Natalya and Beth Phoenix come out with a table gift wrapped like Christmas present. After typical back and forth banter, Beth unwraps the table and it’s pink with a painting of Lay-Cool looking like a couple of witches. Catfight ensues with Beth and Natalya trying to suplex Layla through the table, but Michelle saves her. (Source: NoDQ.com)

Exclusive: Former WWE Diva Jillian Speaks on Her Release, Her Transition to FCW Trainer, Being Unhappy in Her Position & Much More

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Exclusive: Former WWE Diva Jillian Speaks on Her Release, Her Transition to FCW Trainer, Being Unhappy in Her Position & Much More

Joining us for her first post-WWE interview, former WWE Divas Champion speaks to Diva Dirt about her release and much more.

We spoke to Jillian about her release, the story behind her requesting her release, working as a trainer in FCW and much more. We discuss Jillian’s career from the independents to OVW, to SmackDown and Raw, including her thoughts on working with JBL, Melina and others. Jillian talks about her singing gimmick and why she wanted to drop it to be taken more seriously. She also discusses her infamous 5-minute long Divas Championship reign last year.

Download the interview by right-clicking here and selecting ‘Save Target As’

Please Note: This audio is the exclusive content of Diva Dirt (diva-dirt.com), for which we hold the copyright. By downloading our audio you agree not to repost the content elsewhere including but not limited to other websites, blogs or message boards. Failure to respect copyright may result in legal action.

For more on Jillian follow her on Twitter at Twitter.com/Jillianhall1.

Why WWE is Doing Divas Tables Match

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According to the Wrestling Observer, last night’s surprise announcement of the first ever Divas Tag Team Tables Match is a response to TNA’s main event cage match last Thursday night between Mickie James and Tara.

The Divas Tag Team Tables match between Lay-Cool and Natalya/Beth Phoenix airs this Sunday on WWE’s TLC pay per view.

Thoughts: Well, I guess it’s good to see that TNA’s success with that match has lit a fire under WWE to do something more daring with its Divas. The Divas are capable of a lot more than we get to see on TV most of the time, so it’s bittersweet that it takes something like this to get them to push the boat out. Looking forward to Sunday’s match though.

Raw Redux (December 13th, 2010): Lay-Cool are Slammy Queens

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This week Raw hosted The Slammys, the night the Superstars and Divas wait all year for. After last year’s upset win by Maria in the category of ‘Diva of the Year, how could WWE top that? That’s right, a battle royal! But first, BFFs Lay-Cool won the “Knucklehead Moment of the Year award”. Check out their acceptance speech and the match below:

Let’s kick things off with the award. To be honest, it was more of the same from Lay-Cool in this segment. I would really love to see some kind of change in Lay-Cool in the new year, because this ‘Mean Girls’ schtick is really being run into the ground. It was amusing at for a while, but like most things in WWE, it’s being overdone at this point. Also, I thought it was very fitting that Layla accepted this award, as she’s the personality of this tandem. After making their speech, Lay-Cool says their about to win another Slammy and head to the ring for the battle royal.

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FCW Watch (December 12th, 2010): Rosa Wins Queen of FCW Crown

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Slammy-award winner, Rosa Mendes has much to celebrate this holiday. Last night she won that Supplementary Slammy and on Sunday night, she was crowned the new Queen of FCW. Watch her match with AJ below:

First Ever Divas Tag Team Tables Match at TLC

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For the first time in history the Divas will compete in Tag Team Tables Match at WWE TLC this Sunday.

Divas Champion, Natalya and Beth Phoenix will team up against Lay-Cool in the match.

Michelle McCool Wins ‘Diva of the Year’ Slammy, Lay-Cool Win ‘Knucklehead Moment’

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It’s twice golden for Lay-Cool.

First, Lay-Cool were awarded ‘Knucklehead Moment of the Year’ for losing to Mae Young on ‘Old School’ Raw, then Michelle McCool won a Divas battle royal to become the ‘Diva of the Year’.

Did the right Diva win the ‘Diva of the Year’ award? Vote below:

Rosa Mendes Wins a Slammy

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It’s all coming up Rosa! As well as picking up the Queen of FCW crown last night on FCW television, Rosa can now call herself a Slammy Award winner!

Rosa won a ‘Supplementary Slammy’ on WWE.com for ‘Best Use of Exercise Equipment’ thanks to her use of a Shake Weight.

Check out the results here.

Raw Response: December 13th, 2010

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Tonight’s Raw is the WWE’s annual Slammy Awards, and is a 3 hour event. Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at a special start time of 8pm 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!

Diva Dirt & Female Fight League Team for Powerful New Documentary on Female Wrestling

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They say good things come in threes and over the past two Mondays, we have announced the formation of the Diva Dirt Legacy Award and our first ever Diva Dirt presented ChickFight match. Well this Monday comes the biggest announcement in Diva Dirt history!

We have teamed up with the Female Fight League and Cannes Young Lions award winner Sean Sweeny to produce a powerful new documentary on women’s wrestling. The film is due to be released next year.

Read the press release:

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WSU Announces Line-Up for January 22nd Show: Ladder Match to Main Event

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WSU has announced the line-up for its January 22nd show which will see a main event ladder match for both the WSU World Championship and the All Guts No Glory Championship between Mercedes Martinez and Angel Orsini.

Details below:

WHAT: Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU)
WHEN: January 22nd
WHERE: The ACE Arena
ADDRESS: 725 Sip Street, Union City, NJ
DOORS OPEN: 6PM
BELLTIME: 7PM
TICKETS $15 in advance, $20 day of the event

Women Superstars Uncensored, WSU, the leader in womens wrestling today and the company that provides more womens wrestling than anyone else, is proud to announce that we will kick off 2011, with arguably what may wind up being the biggest main event in WSU history, when we present “THE FINAL CHAPTER”.

This show will be headlined with Mercedes Martinez defending her WSU World Championship against Angel Orsini, who will be defending her All Guts, No Glory Championship, in a Winner-Takes-All Ladder Match.

Full details on how this match was made below.

Here is the match card for 1/22. There will also be more matches taking place as well:

MAIN EVENT
THE FINAL CHAPTER
WINNER TAKE ALL
LADDER MATCH
For the WSU World & WSU All Guts Championships
Mercedes Martinez vs Angel Orsini

UNCENSORED RULES
Jessicka Havok vs Nikki Roxx

Alicia & Sassy Stephanie vs Rick Cataldo & WSU Spirit Champion Brittney Savage

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Allison Danger Launches New All-Female Promotion, Pro-Wrestling SUN

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More big news today as Diva Dirt contributor and SHIMMER co-founder, Allison Danger has been announced as the president of Pro-Wrestling SUN, a new all-female promotion to run in conjunction with WORLD-1 Wrestling.

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SHIMMER Volume 33 Now on Sale

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SHIMMER Volume 33 is now shipping!

The latest edition to the SHIMMER series was taped this past September and features the main event of Madison Eagles in her first SHIMMER Championship defense against Cheerleader Melissa. The volume also marks the return of Serena Deeb. Details below:

Features Madison Eagles vs. Cheerleader Melissa for the SHIMMER Title; Ayako Hamada vs. Tomoka Nakagawa; Ayumi Kurihara vs. Daizee Haze; plus more.
1. Rachel Summerlyn & Jessica James vs. Athena & Bonesaw
2. Jamilia Craft vs. Cat Power
3. Allison Danger vs. Leva Bates
4. Taylor Made vs. Melanie Cruise
5. Misaki Ohata vs. Portuguese Princess Ariel
6. Serena Deeb vs. Kellie Skater
7. Nevaeh vs. Sara Del Rey
8. Jessie McKay vs. Nicole Matthews
9. No Countout: Ayumi Kurihara vs. Daizee Haze
10. Ayako Hamada vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
11. SHIMMER Title Match: Madison Eagles vs. Cheerleader Melissa

Plus Amber Gertner interviews Nikki Roxx!

Click here to order.

WSU Results & Videos (December 11): Alicia Wins WSU Title Shot, Kristin Astara Victorious in Debut

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WSU original Alicia successfully won the open contract match for the WSU World Championship on Saturday night defeating Nikki Roxx. Elsewhere, Kristin Astara successfully made her debut defeating Niya. Results below:

“Alicia vs Roxx II” started off with WSU Spirit Champion Brittney Savage coming to the ring in an impromptu fashion. Savage stated that she had fractured her wrist, but it didn’t matter because the fans in Dunnellen, NJ didn’t deserve to see her wrestle anyway. Savage said she was going to do something she’s never done before in WSU and that was join the WSU commentating team! Savage called the entire night on DVD with WSU’s Robert Sternberg. Make sure to check out the DVD of this show to hear commentary of the entire show by the WSU Spirit Champion!

After Savage got to the broadcast booth, ring announcer Destiny was ready to start the show. However, she was interrupted by the WSU “All Guts, No Glory” Champion, Angel Orsini. Orsini, who recently had her belt sanctioned, has been on a tear in WSU defending her championship against all comers.

Angel Orsini announced that her scheduled opponent, Athena, had flight problems and was not here as scheduled. Orsini put out an open challenge to anyone in the locker room. Orsini’s challenge was quickly answered by Rick Cataldo. Cataldo said that his opponent Melissa Coates also was not here as scheduled. (Details on Athena/Coates, in our BACKSTAGE NEWS section below.) Cataldo said that Melissa Coates was off getting a vasectomy, but her loss was his gain and said he wanted to add some holiday weight, in the form of the All Guts, No Glory Championship, to his waist.

ANGEL ORSINI d. RICK CATALDO in 30 seconds to retain the AGNG Championship
Orsini made quick work of Rick, putting him away with a Kiss of Death.

Orsini said she wanted a real match tonight and asked if there was anyone else in the back. Jamilia Craft, not scheduled for the show, came out to accept.

ANGEL ORSINI d. JAMILIA CRAFT to retain the AGNG Championship
In a competitive match, Orsini put away the newcomer. However the story of the match was that Craft did hold her own against one of WSU’s best.

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Results & Pictures from River City Wrestling (December 11th): Alissa Flash & Mercedes Martinez in Intergender Action

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River City Wrestling held a show yesterday in Texas with Alissa Flash and Mercedes Martinez on tap. Results and pictures below courtesy of Brandon.

Last night, everyone expected some intergender action from Alissa Flash as she was suppose to take on Jax Dane and Ray Rowe for the RCW title. Frankly, that wasn’t the case. The night started off with RCW founder Brandon Oliver, and co-commissioners Jeremy Sage and Ray The Voice the ring. Ray the Voice, along with Ray Rowe, announced that Alissa Flash was removed from the title match because he want no “broads” to represent the company as champion. He had paperwork to where Flash can’t compete for the title. That enraged Sage, and he turned heel, quit his job as commissioner and stormed out. Oliver agree to make the match “No Countouts and No DQ” for Jax Dane vs. Ray Rowe. BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

After the first match, Ray the Voice was in the ring, and out comes Alissa Flash, all pissed off. She said that Ray screwed her out of the title, twice now, and either demands to compete with any male talent or Ray himself. Ray responded by having a team of male wrestlers fight Flash and a partner of her choosing, but claims that there is no one in the back that wants to pair up with her. Correction, there is one – Mercedes Martinez! Her music started playing and she got the mic and told Alissa that she had some great matches with her, and it would be her pleasure to team up with her, and face two MEN in a tag match. She also stated that “women are the stronger sex” and whoever Voice picks for them will step in the ring with the best wrestlers in the world.

Fast forwarding to the match, Mercedes and Alissa (sidenote – came out to “My Chick Bad” by Ludacris. lol) wrestled the team of “Mr. Beautiful” Rudy Russo and his partner “Playboy” Andy Dalton. Lots of comedy spots in this match. Dalton struts like Ric Flair and shows his body to the crowd (insert puke). They had a “Sex Off” to see who shows more sex appeal, and obviously Alissa and Mercedes won that battle. Then they had a knip-up battle to see who kips up better. Flash did hers flawlessly, but Dalton stumbled twice, until Russo came in and assist him, but the women haters got double clotheslined by Flash. The girls then struck the boys in the back with chops, which sails them out to the floor, then come charge at them, pump the brakes, and chop them to their backs. The girls tried it again, but Alissa slides out to the floor, which scared the boys back in to the ring, where Mercedes is right behind them, and double chops them to the back, and give them a double clothesline.

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New Queen of FCW Crowned

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On tonight’s episode of Florida Championship Wrestling which just aired moments ago, SmackDown Diva Rosa Mendes became the new Queen of FCW.

Rosa defeated former NXT Rookie Diva, AJ who had held the crown for quite a while.

The Queen of FCW crown is not to be mistaken with the FCW Divas Championship which is still held by Naomi.

Diva Dirt’s Stars of the Week: Week of December 6th, 2010

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It’s time to hand out some proverbial gold stars! Based on the week’s TV and news, each of the Diva Dirt team members have picked one female who they deem to be their ‘Star of the Week’. Read below…

April: I am going to be unbiased in my opinion here and give Mickie James huge props for her determination. I may not be her biggest fan but she put on a hell of a show this past week on Impact. She and Tara both gave the cage match their all but I think Mickie really stood out. It isn’t everyday that we see female wrestlers in a cage match. The match kept my attention, in spite of the slow moments and the high risk Lou Thesz from the top of the cage was the perfect exclamation point. Major thumbs up to Mickie James for her presentation this week. I applaud her aggression and again, her determination as a wrestler.

Cryssi: Is it possible to have two stars of the week? I make my own rules, haha, so yes. I’m picking two. Lets call it a tie. Anyway, we often gripe about TNA and accuse them of turning into the WWE in regards to their Knockouts division. We have seen crappy short matches in the past and rather pointless happenings that basically mean nothing to the division. But as of late, they’ve sorta picked things up and this week on Impact, two highly respected Knockouts headlined the show and competed in the main event. Mickie James and Tara faced off against each other in a steel cage match which saw some vicious spots and one hell of an ending that had Mickie leaping off the top of the cage. For the fact Mickie would go for a bump like that and Tara would take it makes them both stars in my beautiful hazel eyes. So yes, here’s to you Mickie and Tara. May the Knockouts division continue to deliver action like this.

David: My Star of the Week is Mickie James. After a deflating loss to Tara at “Final Resolution”, Mickie exacted sweet revenge on this week’s TNA Impact. First she broke up Tara’s brutal performance of “Broken” (which could have won her my award all by itself) and then she defeated Tara in an exciting steel cage match. I thought it was cool this was the main event of the show and it featured some solid wrestling action. I feel badly that Tara got injured in this match; hopefully she’ll be OK soon. In the end, Mickie’s Lou Thesz Press off the top of the cage was incredible, proving for one week at least that she is indeed…Hardcore Country.

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Serena Heading to Japan

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Former WWE Diva, Serena Deeb will be heading to Japan in January to compete for the promotion, SMASH which is run by former WWE star, Tajiri.

Tajiri made the announcement via his Twitter page that Deeb will be part of the January 29th show.

Thanks to John Hyperion for the tip.

Tribute to the Troops Spoilers

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Spoilers for next week’s Tribute to the Troops show below:

Spoiler
* Natalya, Kelly Kelly & The Bella Twins def. Lay-Cool, Alicia Fox and Melina. Melina worked as a heel in this match. Kelly Kelly picked up the victory.

Judging by these spoilers, we can probably expect WWE to make Melina’s heel turn permanent on Raw this coming Monday. This show will air 6 days later.

Tribute to the Troops Pictures & Notes, Divas to Appear on ‘The View’

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WWE taped its annual Tribute to the Troops special today in Ft. Hood in Texas. The special will air next Saturday on NBC.

As usual, the Divas donned their sexy Santa outfits for the annual event. Pictures can be seen below via Joey Styles’ Twitter.

Styles also confirmed that Eve Torres and Rosa Mendes taped a segment with special guest Sherri Shepherd which will air on ‘The View’, the show she appears as co-host on.

Tribute to the Troops will air next Saturday, December 18th at 9pm on NBC. Additionally, an extended two hour version will air on Wednesday, December 22nd at 9pm on USA Network.

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‘Diva of the Year’ Slammy to be Determined with Battle Royal

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Monday’s Slammy Awards special episode of Raw will see a Divas battle royal to determine who wins the ‘Diva of the Year’ Slammy.

Elsewhere, Beth Phoenix eliminating Great Khali from the Royal Rumble match in January and Mae Young defeating Lay-Cool on ‘Old School’ Raw are both nominated for ‘Knucklehead Moment of the Year’.

Full nominations here.

Thoughts: Although the Slammys mean very little in terms of actual recognition (they are storyline devices), WWE did a great job in giving it to Beth in 2008 and incorporating into her character and making her seem that much more important. Yet this year as well as last year are pretty much a joke. The Slammy could be used to enhance storylines as it did with Beth, but nope.

Live SmackDown During Christmas Week

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WWE will be serving up a live episode of SmackDown during Christmas week, according to PWInsider.

But that’s not the only change: the day, time and network will also be different.

SmackDown will go live on Tuesday, December 21st at 9pm on USA Network instead of Syfy. Airing the episode a few days early means that it won’t have to have a first-run airing on Christmas Eve when audiences are generally lower for television shows.

With a live pay per view on the 19th, a live Raw on the 20th and now a live SmackDown on the 21st, it’ll be a fun few days for WWE fans before Christmas.

SmackDown Redux (December 10th, 2010): Lay-Cool Humbled. For Now.

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So this week on WWE television we were treated to a double dose of Lay-Cool (Layla and Michelle McCool for those of you who are new to WWE wrestling…) as the former co-Diva Champions appear on Raw and their home show, SmackDown. On Raw, we were privy to their innermost thoughts as they joined the team of Jerry “The King” Lawler, Josh Matthews, and CM (God) Punk for commentary. Post Natalya/Melina match, Lay-Cool treated the champ to a beatdown. Typical Lay-Cool, eh? Well on SmackDown, Natalya made sure the same fate didn’t await her as she took on Layla in a singles match. The hot Canadian Diva brought a partner down to the ring with her.

Beth Phoenix, the Glamazon. Lets take a look at what went down.

Lay-Cool head to the ring first and can I just break kayfabe here for one second and say, my damn Michelle looks fierce tonight?! At times, she truly does put other women to shame. But anyway, Lay-Cool are walking to the ring and up on the Titan Tron a video package highlighting what went down between Lay-Cool and Natalya at the conclusion of Monday’s match against Melina started to play. Lay-Cool were quite proud of their actions and Layla even started to stroke her imaginary beard as the girls got settled inside the ring. Natalya’s music hits and the WWE Diva’s Champion makes her way onto the stage. She pauses and smiles (while she wears my favorite outfit of hers) and she looks down at the ring. That smile gets even brighter when Natalya’s music fades and the Glamazon’s music hits. Beth walks out and joins Natalya, much to the chagrin of Lay-Cool, and both blonde beauties walk down to the ring.

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More TNA Impact Spoilers

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More spoilers from tonight’s Impact taping. Unsure when this will air as they’re taping so much out of sequence; it will either be December 30th or January 6th.

Spoiler
*Madison Rayne and Sarita (with Tara) defeated Mickie James and Velvet Sky. Sarita pinned Velvet. (Source: PWInsider)
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