Capping an incredible rookie year, it was announced earlier this week that young Rosita — real name Thea Trinidad — has been crowned 2011’s Inspirational Wrestler of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. And it has indeed been an inspiring year for the 20-year-old Impact Wrestling star, who in September mourned the 10th anniversary of … Read more
The profile for Leah West (Irena Janjic) has been removed from the FCW roster page, which usually indicates a release. However, recently departed Eden Stiles’ profile still remains online, so one has to be curious if this was simply a mistake. Janjic was signed to a WWE deal earlier this year after training under Lance … Read more
As previously noted, TNA in assocation with Endemol is producing a new television series for the Indian market. Tapings took place this week with former Knockouts Champion Mickie James and Cheerleader Melissa on hand. The show will be titled Ring Ka King (King of the Ring in Hindi) and air on the Colors network from … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
The “wrestler vs model” debate has plagued women’s wrestling fans for as long as I can remember. Being the editor of Diva Dirt for the past four years, I’ve seen a wide spectrum of opinions from wrestlers, writers and most importantly, fans. For it’s the fans who use their ability to have a say on … Read more
WWE ring announcer Eden Stiles revealed on Twitter last night that she requested and has been granted her release from the company. Eden, real name Brandi Alexis Reed, joined WWE earlier this year and was quickly called up to the road as the new ring announcer for WWE Superstars, and occasionally appeared on SmackDown also. … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
Due to the fact that I’ve basically been in a coma for the last 12 hours or so, watching Raw live last night was something that didn’t exactly happen for me. I’m sure the majority of you have already seen it, formed thoughts about it, and are so excited to read my thoughts on it … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
The WWE Divas DLC pack for WWE ’12 is out today. You can now add Alicia Fox, the Bella Twins, Kharma, Trish Stratus and Vickie Guerrero to your roster. The following press release was sent to us: [notice]THQ ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF NEW DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT OFFERINGS FOR WWE® ’12 Former and Current WWE Divas Trish Stratus, … Read more
Knockouts Champion Gail Kim as well as former champion, Velvet Sky, are featured on the official poster for next February’s TNA Against All Odds pay per view. Gail has been on a roll since her return to TNA earlier this year and being utilized in a key marketing campaign — something that would have likely … Read more
Divas Champion Beth Phoenix gave fans a fright last night after it was spotted that she had a nasty lump on the side of her head following her match with Alicia Fox on Raw. Fans tweeted their concern for the Glamazon last night as a trainer was spotted running to the ring after the match … Read more
Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network. Discuss the show in the comments! Note: Unfortunately, we’re still experiencing technical issues so won’t be able to host Diva Dirt Live tonight. Apologies!
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
TLC has many meanings. From tender loving care, to T-Boz, Chilli and Left Eye, to the focus of last night’s WWE pay per view, and that is tables, ladders and chairs. Granted, none of these came into play during the Diva related segments, but we should all be fortunate that we even got to see … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
Former Knockouts Tag Team Champion Rosita has won this year’s Inspirational Wrestler of the Year award from Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine. TNA President Dixie Carter posted a picture of Rosita with the award and congratulated her. Dixie wrote: Congrats to Rosita, who won Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Inspirational Wrestler Of The Year! Rosita w/ award: twitter.com/TNADixie/statu… … Read more
Another year has come to a close and another set of women have grabbed the headlines, broken barriers, entertained, and had women’s wrestling fans talking. As the world’s leading source for female wrestling, we felt we needed to honor the year’s biggest movers and shakers by compiling our first annual Women of the Year list. … Read more
WWE.com has official gotten into the Christmas spirit! New photos of Divas in the Christmas costumes they wore during last month’s live SmackDown special (remember when they had Christmas a month early?) have cropped up, featuring AJ, Aksana, Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Kaitlyn, Natalya, Nikki Bella, Rosa Mendes and Tamina. Take a look at the … Read more
It’s back! The Diva Dirt Perfect 10 makes a return as we look at the movers and shakers of the Divas and Knockouts division this past week a la WWE.com’s Power 25. Which femme fatales impressed on Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Superstars, Impact Wrestling and FCW? (Note: Pay per views will be counted the following week.) … Read more
Talk about an eleventh hour addition! In an unadvertised Divas Championship bout, Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly once again did battle, rehashing their long rivalry over the summer and early fall, as 2011 comes to a close. The match stemmed from this past Monday’s Slammy Awards where Kelly and Beth had an altercation after Kelly … Read more
Though there isn’t a Divas match announced, feel free to discuss tonight’s WWE TLC pay per view in the comments below.
WSU has released an emotionally charged video from WSU World Champion Mercedes Martinez regarding her current state of health following injuries sustained last month at the Breaking Barriers II Internet pay per view. As we reported earlier in the week, Mercedes did in fact suffer a rather serious concussion has forced her to be pulled … Read more
Diva Dirt is excited to reveal the nominations for our fourth annual Year-End Awards! Taking into consideration your suggestions, as well as discussing amongst the Diva Dirt team, we’ve compiled the nominations looking back at the best of women’s wrestling in WWE, TNA and the independent scene (predominantly North American). Voting is now open and … Read more