Tonight at Night 1 of JoshiMania, Queen of Wrestling Sara Del Rey fulfills a career-long dream to face legendary Japanese star Aja Kong, who she cites as her idol. Earlier this week on DD360, we talked to Sara about the buzzworthy encounter, which headlines tonight’s opening night of JoshiMania in Philadelphia, PA, as well as … Read more
WWE.com has a new article up looking at the disension between the Chickbusters, AJ and Kaitlyn, pondering whether the former NXT winner is jealous of her pint-sized BFF. The article reads: Kaitlyn knows AJ’s dream – ever since sitting in Madison Square Garden with her father (READ), AJ has wanted to become a Diva. Best … Read more
Diva Dirt is proud to announce our first DVD release in conjunction with ChickFight, just in time for the holiday season! “ChickFight: On the Road, Volume 1” is available exclusively on Amazon right now! Pick it up at this link. Full details below: [notice]“CHICKFIGHT: ON THE ROAD, VOLUME 1” DVD NOW ON SALE! Presented by … Read more
The wait is over! JoshiMania finally begins tonight and will continue over the weekend in a three-day extravaganza presented by CHIKARA. Tonight, JoshiMania kicks off in Philadelphia, PA, headlined by Sara Del Rey vs Aja Kong. Tonight will also see the Diva Dirt Legacy Award presentation for Manami Toyota live in the ring. Tomorrow, the … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is the new interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: Rumors about the return of a former Women’s Champ are swirling, so we’re wondering: Which former Women’s Champion would you pick to have a comeback? … Read more
Get your weekly dose of Knockouts action on tonight’s Impact. To watch, tune into Spike TV from 9pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments! RELATED: Impact Wrestling Spoilers: December 1st, 2011
In late October, WWE fans were shocked when the company announced the release of one of its most popular Divas, Maryse Ouellet. The whirlwind surrounding her release, including a release party celebrating her departure, has led to much speculation. Did she request it? Was it mutual? Is she done with wrestling? Well, in an exclusive … Read more
Having ruled over the independent scene in North America for the past several years, Sara Del Rey is looking for a new challenge — WWE. Sara, who has earned her moniker as “Queen of Wrestling” through her work in promotions like SHIMMER, CHIKARA and ROH, says that the one thing that’s eluded her is a … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! NXT has put another episode into the books of this (thankfully) never-ending season, which produced one of the greatest segments I’ve ever seen as a fan… but we’ll get more into that later. The main story we have tonight is a match pitting one of my favorite … Read more
Author, actress and television host Maria Menounos will once again step into a WWE ring — for a good cause! Menounos, who is also the executive producer of the Afterbuzz network which features several former Divas, first wrestled when she was special guest co-host for Monday Night Raw in 2009. Maria impressed in a six-Diva … Read more
Diva Dirt welcomes guest contributors Leslie and Hanan from our partner site, Dirty Dirty Sheets, who will be bringing us a series of articles looking at the incredible career of Manami Toyota, the 2011 Diva Dirt Legacy Award recipient. Legacy Award series: – Legacy Award Feature: A Look at Manami Toyota’s Historic Career Manami Toyota … Read more
Ring of Honor may soon be rivaling WWE and TNA in the TV stakes with its own women’s division, reveals Queen of Wrestling, Sara Del Rey. Speaking to Diva Dirt exclusively on last night’s episode of DD360, Sara spoke about her current status with ROH and recent discussions with the company, including the prospect of … Read more
As fans will have seen in recent weeks, former NXT winner Kaitlyn has been showing off a new attitude and even ditched her Chickbusters tag team partner, AJ, following their tag team loss to Beth Phoenix and Natalya on SmackDown last week. According to the Wrestling Observer, there has been talk of adding Kaitlyn to … Read more
The trailer for the new season of World of Hurt, which airs on the Cave network in Canada, has been released. Replacing Lance Storm as trainer is WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy Piper. The female cast includes recently signed WWE talent Taya Valkyrie, KC Spinelli, who appeared in Season 1, plus Sammy Hall and … Read more
As reported at the start of the month, Cheerleader Melissa had the honor of competing for All Japan Pro Wrestling, one of Japan’s top promotions, during their annual tour of Taiwan. AJPW rarely features female wrestlers, let alone American females, thus making it all the more prestigious. Melissa and Japanese wrestler Makoto (Tajiri’s SMASH promotion, … Read more
Yes…I know what you’re all thinking; resident Redux jacker, Bobby, has taken over once more because of Steven’s computer and its anal bleeding mishaps. But it’s my duty to inform you that you would be incorrect this time. I mean let’s be real…did you really think I was going to let Steven cover SmackDown when … Read more
WSU has announced the full line-up for its January 21st joint show with NWS. The event will be main evented by former WWE Divas Champion Jillian facing off against TNA Knockout Traci Brooks with former WWE star Molly as special guest referee. The company has also released a partial line-up for the 5th Anniversary Show … Read more
A new rumor suggests that a former WWE Women’s Champion may be returning to the company for a new storyline. F4WOnline (via Lords of Pain) reports that WWE is close to bringing a name from the past to feud with current Divas Champion Beth Phoenix and Natalya. However, it’s unknown who the Diva in question … Read more
Japanese legend and former WWE Women’s Champion Bull Nakano was backstage visiting at a Raw brand live event in Japan earlier today. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix tweeted a picture of herself with Nakano (see left), writing: “Myself and the legendary Bull Nakano…one of my greatest female inspirations. Loving Japan.” Nakano unofficially retired in 1996 but … Read more
Spoilers for the 12/8 episode of Impact on Spike TV below.
Tonight, WWE airs a live episode of SmackDown at 8pm ET on Syfy. Tune in to find out what the blue brand Divas will be up to. Discuss the show in the comments!
Per Amber O’Neal: Several independent females will be on hand signing autographs and taking pictures this Saturday, December 3rd, in Essington, PA, representing ArenaChicks. On hand will be Mia Yim, Sassy Stephie, Jenny Rose (formerly Jamilia Craft making her first US appearance under new gimmick), Annie Social and Kimber Lee. In addition, several TNA Knockouts … Read more
If the WWE is giving us the gift of amazing Diva matches this holiday season, then they fell short on Raw this week. I’d like to sit here and say that what was offered to us was short, sweet, and to the point, but it was just short. There was no point that I could … Read more
Mistletoe, Santa hats and bikinis — it can only be that time of year! TNA has unveiled several prospective Christmas-themed commercials for ShopTNA.com featuring all of our Knockouts. The company wants you to vote for your favorite, with the winning commercial airing next week on Impact. Watch them below and vote here. Which one are … Read more
WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella are featured on TMZ today for a recent visit to troops at the West Point military academy in New York. The twins filmed footage for WWE’s Tribute to the Troops show which airs next month. TMZ reports that “the twins had to race through the official course that cadets … Read more