TNA Knockout Daffney is doing okay according to the company’s president, Dixie Carter on her Twitter page. Dixie wrote: Daffney has been released from the hospital. She has a deeply bruised sternum & a severe stinger (temp spinal trauma) but no nerve damage. Daffney was hurt prior to last night’s Impact tapings in a tryout … Read more
Diva fans could be getting their wish of seeing the Divas in a more physical match this Sunday when Beth Phoenix challenges the Women’s Champion Michelle McCool for the belt at Extreme Rules. The stipulation hasn’t been made explicit as of yet however, judging by the spoilers — and this is a minor spoiler in … Read more
F4WOnline.com (by way of PWPix.net) is reporting that the WWE is set to release the first all-Diva DVD since 2006’s “Divas Do New York”. Apparently, it will be formatted like the DVDs of the past, with on-location photoshoot segments dominating the feature, accompanied by a compilation of matches. If this report is true, I’m glad … Read more
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Spoilers for next week’s episode of TNA Impact are below. The show airs at 8pm on Spike against the WWE’s three-hour Draft show.
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Reports are circulating that Daffney has been injured in a tryout match prior to tonight’s Impact taping (to air next Monday). The following report is courtesy of WrestlingNewsWorld.com: TNA Knockout Daffney was seriously injured in a tryout match prior to the start of tonight’s Impact taping from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Daffney was working … Read more
SHIMMER star and NCW Femme Fatales co-founder, LuFisto suffered a stroke last week — just days after performing at the SHIMMER Volume 29-32 tapings, reports the Wrestling Observer. The website reports that LuFisto, who is 30 years old, is doing fine and is to undergo further tests. The news is extremely shocking and saddening given … Read more
WITH THE FIRST PICK IN THE 2010 DIVAS DRAFT, RAW SELECTS….
We all thought my friend Matt was the crazy one. Each April at Gettysburg College we would be out celebrating SpringFest – a college-wide party filled with live music, dancing, games, great food, and adult beverages. The party started early and lasted all day. It is one of the best memories from school each year. (Funniest SpringFest memory – my girlfriend (now wife) wanted to step into the inflatable boxing ring with me. I kept saying “no” but after I had had enough of her nagging, I climbed into the ring, put on the giant boxing gloves, and proceeded to punch her right through the ropes and out onto the grass. We laugh about it now, but I remember sleeping alone that night. Truthfully though I had little remorse, “hey babe, don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time”. I officially retired with a 2-1 record after some guy challenged me later that same day and turned me into Mankind.)
As fun at SpringFest was every year, my friend Matt always chose to skip it to “prepare” for the NFL draft. He was dead serious. The NFL draft was his favorite day of the year and it usually fell on the day of the party. I can’t tell you how much fun we made of him for this. Aside from being a Bengals fan (which is bad enough), he would compose multiple mock drafts and stress about which trades or picks each team should make, and then watch the draft for 10 straight hours. It was a little bizarre – he didn’t even take his actually classes that seriously. We graduated in 1995. Fast forward to today. He has now been working as a scout in the NFL for 14 years and wears a Super Bowl ring (1999-2000 St. Louis Rams). I’m not even sure how it happened…but he met the right person who introduced him to another person and so on. Next thing you know he is working for the Rams, scouting college football games, and hanging out with the players at summer BBQs. Pretty good for a kid who never really played football. Guess he wasn’t so crazy after all!
I was thinking about Matt the other day as I was piecing together my 2010 Divas Draft. Seemed pretty ironic to me that now I was the one looking at stats, making predictions, and stressing about match-ups and trades. Plus I felt like Stephen King with writer’s block. I kept putting thoughts down on paper, shaking my head, and then dramatically throwing the paper into the trash. This killed several hours at work, which is OK to admit because I’m 145% sure my boss doesn’t read this column (he barely reads the reports I turn). I felt a sense of purpose to get this right. After all, the WWE claims “For the eighth time in WWE history, the WWE Draft promises to realign the stars within the cosmos of the WWE Universe.” The cosmos of the WWE Universe?!? What the hell does that mean? Sounds important though huh?!
For all the crappy booking we’ve been forced to watch on TNA as of late, this past Sunday’s Lockdown was a refreshing treat. The cage match between The Beautiful People and Angelina and Tara signaled the end of some old angles and the beginning of some fresh ones. We were privy to a Tara turn, a brand new Knockouts Champion, and the culmination of the Beautiful People who have now reached their highest peak. The thought of a face Angelina and pyscho Tara feud was salivating to say the least and the announcement of a Knockouts Tag Team Championship match for Impact with the stipulation that Daffney would have a mystery partner led to plenty of afternoon speculation of just who that could be. Impact looked promising and the Knockouts seemed to be floating leisurely up, up, up.
Then Impact aired and what we got was a horribly short, stupidly booked match that made little if any sense. An injured competitor made her return and it went unnoticed because she wasn’t given a ring entrance. Angelina and Tara were left off the show which lead to much shaking of the head. How can you have such a dramatic angle the night before and not have it picked up or even mentioned on the next show? We got to watch Lacey Von Erich wrestle instead of Madison Rayne, who’s Knockouts Championship win wasn’t given the proper respect. Then we had to watch a big, powerful woman go down to an aerosol can of spray and get pinned for her team. There wasn’t really anything good about Impact. There wasn’t anything bad, either. It was all ugly considering everything that could have been done.
As I stated earlier, Daffney and ODB weren’t given entrances. This random ass pairing is pretty ridiculous in my opinion. It’s great that they decided to use someone different, but to pair her with Daffney? These two have nothing in common and to my knowledge, no previous interaction with one another. Maybe TNA were going for the comedy effect by making these two oddballs a team but it simply didn’t work. They were already in the ring as the pre-match glitz came to fruition which made it even more strange because TNA went out of their way to promote this match as something that could potentially be interesting. Whatever, right?
As the Beautiful People come to the ring it’s clear that the new Knockouts Champion isn’t going to be wrestling tonight. Madison is dressed in a little black dress with strappy wedge sandals. Despite all this, the ring announcer says she is going to be in the match anyway, while Lacey is the one at ringside. Madison didn’t even try to hide the can of what we’re going to call hairspray for the sake of this recap. I mean you can just see it and tell she is going to use it and that’s how the match is going to end. After TBP did their thing, Daffney and Lacey are two who decide to start the match off. It takes all of two seconds for Lacey to change her mind about that and she tags out to Velvet Sky before the match even properly begins.
Former Divas & Women’s Champion, Melina has become one of the most talked about Divas on the Internet in the past week, a fact that is alluded to in her latest blog on the WWE Universe website. From her comments on Eve Torres’ Divas Title win to comments exchanged between her and former Diva Maria Kanellis, stemming from our interview with the latter, you have all been buzzing about the A-List Diva. And given that she is out with an injury and not even on TV at the moment, the buzz is all the more impressive. Melina certainly knows how to get the world talking!
However, also in her latest blog, the former champion discusses her fellow Divas individually, in what she describes as being almost like a yearbook. Read below:
We all know Jillian is my best friend. I treasure her with all of my heart and she has such great talent. I wish everyone could see. My heart wants to show the world what she is capable of, what a wonderful woman she is and how much she contributes to not only wrestling but the people around her. I want to give her everything she deserves in wrestling and in life. I am blessed to have her in mine.
Mickie is always so bubbly and chipper! She cracks me up. I am so proud of her on so many levels and I am thankful to know her and have her in my life as well. Her work speaks for itself and I can not tell you enough how I loved having our feud together as well as having her as my partner. She’s my Mick’ James!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beth is an incredible woman who’s work also shines. Just like Mickie and Jillian, her beauty is incomparable and stands out. I absolutely loved working with her. There is no one in this company like her and it is so beautiful to see. I am so proud of their work on SD and I am a fan of it!
Gail. I have the Utmost respect for everything she has gone through and accomplished. She is a remarkably talented woman and person. It would be an honor to have a singles match with her. I truly hope that I get the opportunity.
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PWInsider is reporting that tonight, former WWE ring announcer Lilian Garcia will be returning to her Raw announcing post for one night only. Regular ring announcer Justin Roberts is stuck overseas with the rest of the Raw brand, and Lilian was available to replace him since Raw is taking place within an hour of her … Read more
Tonight’s Raw will… not really be Raw. As you’ve probably read, volcanic ash has grounded European flights, and thus the majority of the Raw brand is stuck overseas. SmackDown will be pinch hitting for them, so expect things to look a little different tonight. Ryan Phillippe, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig from the film “MacGruber” … Read more
Impact is going live tonight, so be sure to watch to see The Beautiful People take on Daffney and the partner of her choosing in a Knockouts Tag Team Title match. To see all the Lockdown fallout, tune in at 8pm ET on Spike TV. Discuss the show in the comments!
It’s definitely a beautiful world these days when it comes to TNA. Last night on Lockdown, quintessential Beautiful People jobber, Madison Rayne, shocked the wrestling world as we know it and became the new TNA Knockouts Champion. The surprising win came just weeks after the title had changed hands in the controversial Lockbox segment. With the way TNA works these days, nothing should come as a surprise, but putting the title on Madison Rayne definitely made for great television last night in St. Louis. Lets take a look back at Madison’s historic win, as well as the long anticipated heel turn of Tara.
The Knockout portion of Lockdown begins with a video package highlighting the hot mess that has been the intertwining storyline these five women have found themselves in over the past couple of months. A rundown of the rules also takes place and the Beautiful People are the first team out. These three women look absolutely stunning. The best part of pay-per-views is the new ring attire that always debuts, and TBP did not disappoint. Between their amazing fashion and lesbian-like entrance, fashion gurus and pervs alike were satisfied. Not surprisingly, Tara and Angelina were given separate entrances. Tara was out before the Knockouts Champion and she took the time to pose with a guy who was holding a sign that read “Tara’s Future X-Husband.” Amazing. Tara was sporting a St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball cap (gag) and she had her precious baby with her as well. Tara gives a disgusted So Cal Val the spider, tosses the baseball cap to the crowd, and makes her way into the ring where TBP are just chillaxing. Angelina Love is out last and Velvet Sky starts to mock her ex-BFF by running around the ring with her hands behind her back mimicking being handcuffed.
Angelina pays no attention and starts pose, basking in her championship glory. She holds the belt up, showing it off, and finally gets into the ring in her own beautiful person style. She hands the title off to the referee, who shows off all three belts. Angelina and Tara don’t really seem to agree on who will start the match off, but Angelina eventually does and she takes Velvet down with a nice, girly spear. Velvet ends up getting beat on for a few seconds before she escapes, but since she’s not Houdini, she can’t make herself disappear. Angelina easily catches her and connects with an elbow, taking Velvet to the mat. Velvet is clearly flustered and scrambles to her corner while begging the referee for a time out. There’s no time outs in wrestling so Velvet smartly makes the tag and we get out first look at Madison.
The Beautiful People including new Knockouts Champion, Madison Rayne vs Daffney and a partner of her choosing has been announced for tonight’s live Impact. The show airs at 8pm ET on Spike TV. I wonder if said partner will be a newly-heel Tara? Given all the stunts they’ve pulled of late, why not throw two … Read more
In a big shocker, The Beautiful People’s Madison Rayne was just crowned the Knockouts Championship moments ago at TNA’s LockDown pay per view. Rayne, who is also one half of the Knockouts Tag Team Champions with Velvet Sky, pinned Tara in a tag team match with all the gold on the line. The finish came … Read more
The Knockouts take to the steel cage tonight at LockDown. The Knockouts & Knockouts Tag Team Championships are on the line between The Beautiful People and Angelina Love & Tara (Tarangelina). Who will win and hold all the gold? Discuss the show in the comments!
Tonight, the TNA Knockouts Championship and Knockouts Tag Team Championships are on the line in a ‘Winner Take All’ tag team match set in a steel cage. Who will hold all the gold — The Beautiful People’s Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky or Angelina Love & Tara? The Diva Dirt writers weigh in: Cryssi: I … Read more
Former Divas Champion, Maryse posted the following on her official website French Kiss Maryse: wow just one freaking word, WOW… Traveling is sometime easy and sometime hard, but this tour was unbeleivable, its one after an other….and its not done yet, im still in Ireland…not back to New York til a few hours maybe a … Read more
As has been widely reported over the past week, a volcano eruption in Iceland has led to air travel stoppages in many countries including the United Kingdom and has left the WWE’s Superstars & Divas stranded in Europe. The stars have had to travel rather laboriously through other means [i.e. long bus journeys] to make … Read more
After an awesome one hour interview with SHIMMER co-founder Allison Danger prior to SHIMMER weekend, last Sunday I got to catch up with Danger to film an on-screen followup.
New Divas Champion, Eve Torres is featured in this ‘Over the Ropes’ video feature on WWE.com showing off her other passion, jiu-jitsu. We’ve seen Eve show off some impressive moves in the ring of late including that armbar from the top turnbuckle and now we see where she all gets it from — the legendary … Read more
Upon flicking through some of the photos on WWE.com from the current European tour, the above photo stood out to me. Inititally because it was one of the first pictures of Eve Torres as Divas Champ since winning on Monday night, but then I looked around and noticed the spectacle surrounding Eve. Looks like WWE … Read more
It’s the end of the week and it’s time to have some fun! Join us every Friday night for a brand new show featuring the whole gang called The Diva Dirt Happy Hour. Just what is the ‘Happy Hour’? Well, many of you have given us your positive feedback to The Post Raw & Impact … Read more
Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool and her now former rival, Mickie James dusted off their heated feud for one more outing this week on an edition of SmackDown from London. And the result was perhaps one of the best Divas matches on TV so far this year. It’s no secret that Michelle has rarely wrestled a singles match on SmackDown in the past few months but I guess an international TV taping is a good a reason as any. Watch below:
So, Mickie is back from her little hiatus due to injury and she’s back in the ring with the woman who took the Women’s Championship from her back in February. Despite having surgery and everything, Mickie was on fine form as she skipped and hopped to the ring for her match followed by McCool with Layla and Vickie Guerrero in tow.
The former Women’s Champion gives McCool a little sly wink as she steps onto the ring apron for her signature pose, suggesting that she has not forgotten any of the animosity between them. As the bell rings and the match begins, the two Divas lock up but it’s Michelle who gets the better of the exchange, using her leverage to hit sort of an overhead throw on her. The arrogant champion then segues into press ups which become one-legged press ups, as Layla and Vickie cheer her on. Much to her surprise though, Mickie drops down opposite her and struts her stuff too leading to a nice showdown. Michelle looks surprised and confused as she says, “I didn’t know she could do that” to the crowd. Best to keep your eyes on your opponent Michelle, as James hit a great low dropkick on the champ and goes for the pin but no three count. Mickie goes for another pin attempt, this time sweeping the legs and jumping into a bridge but Michelle kicks out yet again.
Last weekend at SHIMMER, one of the stars I caught up with was the Super Hardcore Anime herself — LuFisto! LuFisto is not only one of the stars of SHIMMER but the co-founder of Canada’s NCW Femme Fatales, plus she’s a Diva Dirt fan which is of course an added bonus! Unfortunately no Pegaboo, but … Read more