Texas based promotion, ACW, has crowned a new American Joshi Champion in Barbi Hayden. Hayden claimed the title at the company’s 100th event Sunday night, “From Innocence to Insanity 6” and ended the reign of Angel Blue in doing so. The match contested was a four way, also involving former holders of the title, Athena … Read more
Hello again all, and welcome to the final FCW Watch as the show has effectively been removed from the Brighthouse Network and shall be replaced with NXT. Let me again apologize for the lateness, but honestly I just seem to never have the right moment to sit down and write one of these. I guess … Read more
Backstage at last night’s 1000th episode of Raw, former WWE Divas Lita and Trish Stratus spoke to WWE.com about reuniting at the show (if not on the show), their historic main event Women’s Title match and if they think any current Divas can match them. It’s a fun little tongue-in-cheek bit, from toasting with mini … Read more
Wow. That’s all I can really say right now. It takes a lot to truly leave me speechless, but the 1,000th episode of Raw did a damn good job of doing just that. From top to bottom, this episode was stacked with delightful surprises that never in a million years could I have predicted. Honestly, … Read more
Sara Del Rey has certainly been a hot topic at the moment, and now you can check out her official return to Ring of Honor from this past weekend’s episode. (Note: The episode was taped last month, prior to speculation of her being WWE-bound surfaced.) Del Rey ran out to the ring to stop the … Read more
Congratulations go out to Jackie Haas, whom gave birth to her fourth child – and second son – last night! Husband Charlie confirmed the arrival of their new baby boy on his Twitter account, writing: Charles D Haas III. Born at 11:18 pm. July 23rd. Welcome to the World. Thank you everyone for the all … Read more
Hot on the heels of Angelina Love recently departing TNA, a report suggests that her former Beautiful People partner Velvet Sky could soon be following suit. PWInsider reports that Sky “has either finished or will be finishing up with TNA shortly”, describing her status with the company as “tenuous”. The report states that Sky has … Read more
Pro Wrestling Womens Alliance (PWWA) has officially announced the date of their next event to take place on Saturday, October 6th at the Casula Powerhouse in Sydney, Australia. PWWA is the only all female promotion emanating from Australia, and has featured the likes of Madison Eagles, Kellie Skater and Jessie McKay to name just a … Read more
“If you want it come and get it, because I won’t be around for long…” Former WWE Diva, Maxine, aka Karlee Perez’s entrance music in WWE was an eerie foreshadowing of her career trajectory in the company. After a brief but strong run in WWE, Perez announced her departure from WWE last month–and now she’s … Read more
Talk about a swerve! Instead of saying “I do” to Daniel Bryan, the Diva of the moment, AJ said “Yes, yes, yes” to a job offer from Vince McMahon — to become the new General Manager of Raw. It all went down when AJ and Daniel were due to tie the knot, but before the … Read more
Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight on the USA Network. Tonight, Raw moves permanently to 3 hours and a start time of 8pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments!
Former WWE Women’s Champion Lita, real name Amy Dumas, has won the fans’ recognition as the Greatest Raw Diva Ever. In a poll commissioned by Diva Dirt to celebrate the 1,000th episode of Raw, visitors narrowed down 32 women, each who the Diva Dirt staff had helped shape Raw’s near-two decades on air, to just … Read more
Tonight, WWE celebrates its 1,000th episode of Raw. Since 1993, that Monday night factory has been chugging and spurning out match after match, segment after segment, and all the rest in between. Of course, with the good (and there’s been plenty of that) there’s the not so good (there’s been a whole lot of that, … Read more
The females will finally be stepping into the squared circle for Ring of Honor, as the Queen of Wrestling Sara Del Rey and the First Lady of ROH Maria Kanellis face off in a mixed tag team match on the company’s next iPPV, Boiling Point. Ring of Honor revealed on their website earlier today that … Read more
WWE will be debuting a new logo for Raw tonight on the 1,000th episode of the show. As first revealed by TVLine, the new logo marks the next era for Raw as it shuttles past the four-digit episode mark, making it the longest running weekly primetime series ever. What do you think of the new … Read more
Absolute Intense Wrestling has posted a shoot interview in their “Behind the Curtain” series featuring Sara Del Rey. In the interview, she discusses how she embarked on her wrestling career, the proliferation of all-women’s companies, women in wrestling being objectified, “model” wrestlers, her WWE aspirations and much more. Watch the full interview below:
Many have remarked on the unique role that AJ has been playing (including former Diva Maxine) and now AJ herself has commented on how her role differs from the norm and why she thinks the fans are responding to it. In an article with USA Today, she says: “I love the in-ring work, but as … Read more
TNA Knockout ODB‘s appearances on Impact Wrestling have been scarce as of late, leading some fans to speculate about her future with the company. In response to such a question on Twitter, ODB confirmed on Friday that she has signed a new deal with TNA: “@scousewrestling: @TheODBBAM do you still wrestle in tna have not … Read more
In her first exclusive interview since leaving WWE last month, former WWE Diva Maxine, real name Karlee Perez, speaks exclusively to Diva Dirt about her time in the company and her decision to call time on her time on her wrestling career. Exclusive Sneak Peek: Maxine on Leaving WWE The full interview with Karlee, logging … Read more
In her first exclusive interview since leaving WWE last month, former WWE Diva Maxine, real name Karlee Perez, speaks exclusively to Diva Dirt about her time in the company and her decision to call time on her time on her wrestling career. The full interview with Karlee, logging in at an hour, will be available … Read more
With the finals of the Greatest Raw Diva Ever competition underway, Diva Dirt TV looks back at the careers of the two finalists — Trish Stratus and Lita. Both women, who were great friends, better enemies, have etched their names in WWE history with multiple title reigns, historic matches and more. However, fans can only … Read more
Former Divas Champion, Kelly Kelly, who has been taking time off from WWE over the past couple of months, is returning to the road and will be present for tomorrow’s 1,000th episode of Raw. Kelly tweeted: “On the road again. Can’t wait to see everyone at the #raw1000.” No word yet on if Kelly will … Read more
SHINE Wrestling, who just held their debut show on Friday to positive reviews, will return to The Orpheum in Ybor City, FL on Friday, August 17th. The show will once again be broadcast on iPPV through WWNLive.com. Former TNA Knockout Daffney will return as the live event hostess, alongside many other talent who will make … Read more
At last weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, a few Divas and a Knockout got their fill of geek culture. Divas Champion Layla and Alicia Fox interviewed celebrities and fans for WWE.com while AJ‘s husband-to-be Daniel Bryan sought out the perfect gift for his fiance: ——— Layla was interviewed by WrestlingFigures.com, discussing her experience at Comic-Con, the … Read more
While there may not have been much Divas action in the ring this week on SmackDown, we were treated to a special edition of ‘The Peep Show’ with special guests Daniel Bryan and his bride-to-be, AJ. Will the newly engaged power couple give us cavities with their rekindled love or will this get uglier than … Read more
Diva of the moment, AJ, took part in a brief radio interview today with sports columnist Mark Madden to discuss a number of topics about her recent rise to fame amongst the WWE ranks. Asked why she feels WWE chose to utilize her in such a high profile way as of late compared to the … Read more