Team Lay-Cool may be WWE’s current ‘Flawless’ pair but here’s two blasts from the past that are representing the Divas of yore in that department. The Celebrity Apprentice’s Maria Kanellis and former Dancing with the Stars star, Stacy Keibler attended the 11th annual Maxim Hot 100 party last night. Loyal readers will know that I … Read more
When TNA signed newcomer Betsy Ruth two weeks ago, many saw it as a move to replace the recently departured former Knockouts Champion, Awesome Kong. Speaking on the Women of Wrestling Podcast, Kong speaks on the comparisons between the two: “She [Betsy] is a lovely person, lovely girl. She has great skill. Just because we … Read more
In a new article on WWE.com speaking about her ACL injury, The Glamazon Beth Phoenix provided a rare compliment to the new WWE Women’s Champion, Layla. She says: “In some way, I’m proud of Layla for stepping up and taking an opportunity to become the new Women’s Champion. She is one of the hardest working … Read more
Former Women’s Champion, Mickie James will be performing live in Nashville today to celebrate the release of her debut album, ‘Strangers & Angels’. The event takes place at the Red Rooster in Nashville from 5.30pm. Click here for the address. Fans in the Nashville area can attend by RSVPing with her publicist Don. Drop an … Read more
Following her incredibly successful re-debut to Ring of Honor in New York earlier this month, Awesome Kong will be returning to action for the company in July this year, as first revealed on the Women of Wrestling Podcast. Kong will be in action on July 23rd in Colinsville, Illinois and on July 24th in Chicago … Read more
Spoilers from tonight’s TNA Impact tapings below:
Yes, listeners, it’s not that long since Kong was here on Diva Dirt for an interview, but please join us now for “Amazing Kong 2: Electric Boogaloo”, as the Women of Wrestling Podcast delves further into the former multiple time women’s champion Amazing Kong. Yes, we said Amazing Kong. Hear for yourself Kong’s thoughts on … Read more
Looks like former Knockouts Champion, ODB may have stepped into some doo-doo with TNA management when she made these comments last month. At the time she wrote, “WTF is happening to our division?” The Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes that ODB wasn’t brought in for this week’s Impact tapings where they’ll be taping a month’s worth … Read more
Former — or should that be half current? — Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool says she wants to earn respect for her work in the WWE, speaking in a new interview with her official website. McCool also notes that she ‘fights for the Divas division’ and wants to see it flourish. She says: I want people … Read more
Online wrestling store, Highspots has released the first part of its shoot interview with former WWE Diva, Maria Kanellis via Highspots.tv. The interview was filmed this past weekend. Highspots.tv paid subscribers can watch the first part here. The second part should go up tonight or tomorrow. The interview will be released in four parts. I’m … Read more
A smörgåsbord of Divas and Knockouts, from past and present, attended the ‘Legends of the Ring’ convention this past weekend in Monroe, New Jersey. Among them included The Celebrity Apprentice star Maria Kanellis, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne and one half of the Knockouts Tag Team Champions, Velvet Sky. Other names part of the event … Read more
Having already entered the top 10 yesterday, Mickie James‘ debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ has now broken into the top five of iTunes’ top country music albums in the UK, currently at #4. Meanwhile in the US, it is at #64 at press time. Congrats to Mickie! If the upward swing continues, she could … Read more
TNA continues its three night filming spree today at the Impact Zone. Click the ‘show’ link for spoilers:
TNA may have turned her down but Wrestlicious seems keen to resurrect Ariel. Former Diva and Knockout, Shelly Martinez has tweeted that the company is interested in bringing her in as their new vampire character, a role that Martinez is already familiar with. She writes: ps wrestlisous is interested in me being their new vampire … Read more
The Glamazon sure has left some mighty big shoes to fill. According to the Wrestling Observer website, WWE is ‘desperately’ looking for a steady hand to come in and replace the injured former Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix on the SmackDown brand. Looks like we may be seeing someone new on Friday nights in the coming … Read more
On its first day of release, Mickie James‘ debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ currently sits at #61 on the US iTunes country music chart at press time. In neighboring Canada, it charts at #34. Meanwhile in the UK, the record has zoomed into the top 10, currently sitting at #9. A pretty great start … Read more
The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix underwent surgery at 7am ET this morning and has tweeted, presumably from her hospital bed, that she is doing fine and that the surgery was successful. She writes: “All done!! They said they used extra parts from RoboCop’s knee surgery and spare tissue from a Liger [sic]. I feel great!!” Beth … Read more
I think, if tonight’s Raw taught us one thing, it was this: less commercials means more Divas. Of course, that’s a bit of a leap in logic, but that fact is that tonight’s show, whilst being commercial free, featured more Diva face time than we’ve seen in a long time: 2 (count ’em, 2) matches, a backstage segment, and 2 faux-commercials. That adds up to a load of Divas being utilized, including 2 Divas that aren’t even technically apart of the brand. That’s a kind of efficiency I was beginning to think that the WWE didn’t know existed (that string of 1-minute-and-less matches didn’t help). Let us observe:
The beginning of our Diva-filled night was signaled by the appearance of a familiar face, home-country girl Trish Stratus. Unfortunately, that face was printed on a magazine cover rather than being flesh and bone, and we soon saw that Maryse was the face behind it. It was a slick move to get fans excited while risking disappointment, but it was smart to make Maryse be the one to “break the news”, so to speak. Let her be the one to put out the Trish Stratus bait and yank it back. It is a neat heat-generating maneuver that worked. Talking to the makeup woman, she details how Canadians suck and that fact that she’s French Canadian is a completely different thing. She starts trash talking Eve, and if summoned by the gods, Eve appears behind her, grabbing some baby powder and pouring it over Maryse’s head.
A makeup table fight ensues, with Eve smashing Maryse’s face against it a few times before the girls are separated. The fire in this feud continues to burn, and in this segment they showed real intensity. I mentioned this in the Post-Raw show, but I feel like whenever the WWE needs to inject some intensity in to a diva feud, they have the girls fight at the makeup station. But hell, it works! It allows the Divas to have a real, scrappy fight and makes the heat feel that much more real. It’s worked for countless Divas feuds before, and this one was no exception.
The UK Sun’s wrestling section has an article up today on Britain’s own Layla winning the WWE Women’s Championship last week. And wait, did I mention that I wrote it? Layla + Diva Dirt… it’s a winning combination. So what are you waiting for? Check it out right now by clicking here. Now, while you’re … Read more
Former WWE Diva and 5-time Women’s Champion, Mickie James has released her debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ worldwide today.
The album can be purchased via countryshowcase.com or digitally via iTunes for $9.99.
You can get a look at Mickie’s album cover in full by clicking here.
If anyone picks up the album and would like to send in a review, please feel free to email us at [email protected].
Tracklisting after the cut:
Tonight’s Raw will be hosted by legendary American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon (following that Neil Armstrong fellow). To watch the show, tune in at 9/8 CST on the USA Network. Discuss the show in the comments!
The Divas Championship will be on the line at this Sunday’s Over the Limit pay per view when Eve Torres defends against Maryse. Eve defeated Maryse for the belt last month on an episode of Raw emanating from London, England. Join us Sunday at 7.45pm ET for our Over the Limit live blog.
Spoilers for Thursday’s episode of Impact below. Click the ‘show’ link to see:
Melanie’s thoughts ater the cut:
This is a bittersweet day for me and I’m sure a lot of readers will share my sentiments. The Knockouts division is on a decline and last night it lost one of its best performers. We knew it was coming, but that didn’t help dull the sting. Tara put her career on the line against Madison Rayne‘s Knockouts Championship and the champion walked away with the victory. Our last TNA images of Tara will forever be her being escorted from the ring by a security guard but the effect and impression she left on us fans will always be remembered.
The Knockout portion of Sacrifice begins with the Knockouts Tale of the Tape. They have a cute little joke up about how these BP spill gold, not oil. For some reason, I didn’t laugh. Maybe it’s because the oil spill has basically threatened all the businesses in my little town and that indirectly threatens my job, and yeah. Oil spill jokes equal not funny. They also mention that this is Madison’s chance to prove herself and that this could be the last time we ever see Tara. Speaking of, the former Knockouts Champion is the first woman to make her way to the ring. Now in my opinion, she already seemed a little emotional. I don’t know if it’s just me, but she seemed to sense that this was it, basically, and you could tell in her face and in her eyes. She savours her ring entrance and then her music is cut and replaced by that belonging to the Beautiful People.
The lovely trio makes their way to the ring and for once, all three look classy and gorgeous (ignore Velvet’s bra straps showing, plz). Lacey wows me in her maxi dress and I really like Madison’s top. They do their usual shtick must to Tara’s annoyance and once that’s all said and done, Madison decides to send the girls to the back. She wants to go at this alone and Velvet’s unsure. Madison reassures them both that everything is fine and as Lacey and Velvet are trying to leave, Tara attacks Madison from behind and sends her spilling out of the ring. It takes a second for Madison to gather her bearings but she does just in time and bounces up to fight back at Tara. She punches her a few times and then sends her back into the ring. Madison looks fairly confident and takes her time getting back in the ring. Tara greets her, rudely, but Madison is able to get control back and she levels Tara with a vicious kick to the face.
Spoiler for an upcoming taping of TNA Impact below:
