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Systematic Breakdown of Judgment Day

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It’s that time once again, welcome to our monthly “systematic breakdown” of the night before. Last night, WWE held it’s annual Judgment Day pay per view, accentuated by a Women’s Championship bout featuring Mickie James, Beth Phoenix and Melina. Let’s review:

Thoughts & Reactions
I got exactly what I expected last night, a solid, hardworking match from all Divas involved. This match was very strong, all the girls got to showcase their talents and each had their own standout moment during the match. My only woe is I wish it was longer!!! For a Women’s Championship match involving such talented Divas, this match should have gone longer, it was really that good. Mickie James picked up the victory, to the shock of no-one, I expected the finish but the match itself outweighed the outcome.

Last night belonged to Beth Phoenix and Melina by a mile, Mickie James may be the champ, but Beth and Melina really stood out and enhanced this storyline. The opening segment where Beth told Melina to get the hell out of her ring, only for Melina to kick her through the ropes was superb and showed Melina’s fiery passion. Many considered Melina the “odd one out” in this match, but WWE did a great job of showing that Melina would and could stand up to Beth Phoenix and was not scared and would not back down from the fight. Meanwhile, Beth Phoenix really came over as an effective uber-heel here, it’s interesting how much charisma and personality she’s showing since losing the Women’s Championship! Where was this when she had the damn belt?! Beth really made you want to hate her, she came across as bitchy, strong and dominant for the first time in a long time. The intimidation tactic to Melina was fab and then of course, we had an amazing spot where she picked up both Mickie and Melina… wow. Fantastic stuff.

We all knew that Melina would be the one doing the job to Mickie, no surprise there. The question now is will WWE continue to use Melina in this feud (please, yes!) or will they just go back to Beth-Mickie? I really love the injection of the fiery A-List Diva to this slowly dying feud. Melina getting involved couldn’t have happened at a better time and added a new, must watch dynamic to the rivalry. Please, WWE don’t drop Melina and go back to a singles match. Though Melina did the job last night, I don’t think that’s hurt her at all – because her beef is with Beth Phoenix. I fully expect a Melina vs Beth match tonight on RAW, let’s see what happens!

All in all, this was a great match-up, I wasn’t expecting anything less. In what must be a first, for the past three months WWE has actually delivered good Diva matches on pay per view. Granted, no-one expected BunnyMania or the 12-Diva tag to be good but this one, I expected to be good and I wasn’t disappointed.

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Diva of the Week: May 12 – May 18, 2008

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Welcome to Diva of the Week, we aim to recognise and honour the gold standard among the Divas, Knockouts and women of wrestling based on the week’s shows, news and more. This week was a hard one to pick but ultimately, I decided to award this week’s “Diva of the Week” to Gail Kim. As … Read more

SmackDown!: War of Two Worlds

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A day late, but whatever. This week on SmackDown! we were treated to a rare sight on WWE television – two Divas matches. While neither were the equivalent of culinary delights, they were pretty good given who was involved! First up was the All-American Diva, Michelle McCool who has been on quite a roll in WWEverse over the past six months as she faced off against Layla.

Given the experience levels of these two Divas, this match was slightly sloppy but still very good. It was interesting to see Michelle work and guide her opponent rather than being the one guided. With two quasi-experienced Divas in the ring, this was a lot better than I expected wrestling wise. However, this match was pretty boring, I remember these two hooking up a few months back and that was a fun match. These two Divas are easily the best products of the Diva Search to date, with no Victoria or Natalya in action this week – there wasn’t that strong competetive edge to this match or the later match, but was a passable 4 minutes.

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Style Showdown: Judgment Day Divas

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Welcome to Style Showdown, a new feature to cure weekends of slow news! In Style Showdown, we take two Diva rivals from the past or present and put them in a battle of a different kind – in a battle of “Who looks better!” Previously on Style Showdown: We pit SmackDown!’s duelling Divas, Michelle McCool … Read more

Pillow Fights, Bikinis & Lingerie “Are for Divas”

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TNA continues to ride on WWE’s coattails, this time using the Knockouts. One of the signature pieces of TNA, if not the most thriving portion of the company, why stoop so low and lower yourselves to taking pot shots at the WWE Divas? That’s exactly what TNA does in it’s latest “Cross the Line” promo … Read more

WWE’s Top Golden Model

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America’s Next Top Model may have wrapped it’s tenth cycle last night, but it is just the 10th Top Model getting a golden opportunity – Mickie James is too! The Diva is seen posing with her Women’s Championship belt in her latest WWE.com photoshoot. Now, usually I’m not too keen on Mickie’s photoshoots, but I … Read more

DJs Are a Matter of Life or Death

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WWE.com has an article up in which they question Superstars and Divas on what they would put in their own personal “survival vault”. The answers from the Divas range from the trivial (a DJ?) to the sentimental (friends and family): “I’d definitely put an iPod in there with me singing,” noted Raw’s tone-deaf songstress, Jillian. … Read more

Diva Legends Immortalised Once More?

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Last week, WWE announced that they are working on a new video game, Legends of WrestleMania featuring some of the most historic stars of WWE past. Diva Dirt is already speculating which Divas, if any, we would like to see on the game! Who wouldn’t love to see Trish Stratus once more immortalised for Xbox … Read more

Roxxi’s Hair Woes

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According to the dudes at PWInsider.com, Roxxi Laveaux was the logical choice for having her head shaved this past Sunday at Sacrifice because she was looking to have her hair cut anyway: One of the reasons Roxxi Laveaux was tapped to have her head shaved at the Sacrifice PPV was that she was open to … Read more

Oops… Melina Did It Again

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Yes, even I am kicking myself for choosing a Britney title, but in my defence it felt fitting. I would have left it to Erin to report on this photoshoot but I couldn’t resist when I stumbled upon the above picture. Melina looks as though she’s just let out a fart however to be honest, … Read more

Ashley *Hearts* Anyone for the Right Price

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Yeah, I know.. That was harsh. Can you blame me, though? I mean, everyone knows that a new WWE.com photoshoot must mean time for a few laughs (and potshots, but that’s a given). Honestly, it’s too easy to make fun of this – “escort” scandal or not. The fact that the Lita “thong” look was … Read more

RAW Redux – May 12, 2008

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This week on RAW: The Divas were packed to the rafters as we saw memorable segments including Lilian Garcia singing “Respect”, Mickie James possibly making a lurve connection with John Cena and Beth Phoenix beating the crap out of Melina!

Thoughts & Reactions
Now that is how you do it! See, WWE’s writing team are capable of creating great storylines for the Divas… so why don’t they do it more often?! Last night’s RAW was very much eclectic and very memorable for the Divas as more girls than ever before were utilised in the two hour broadcast making for a really fun show with Divas at every turn! Lilian Garcia and Mickie James kicked things off in the opening segment, which actually made me sit through the beginning because usually I record/download it and skip through to the parts I want to watch. I was forwarding through the opening segment till Mickie popped up! This was pretty cool to have a Diva involved in ongoing storylines (in this case, William Regal’s storyline) and not just the Superstars coming out and doing the opening promo bit. Lilian then belted out an amazing rendition of “Respect” by Aretha Franklin, which I loved every second of!

Could WWE be angling towards a romance between Mickie and John Cena? I don’t know how I feel about that, I’m 50-50 but I’m leaning more towards “bad idea.” The backstage segment between these two was pretty fun to watch too although I didn’t really sense much chemistry between them; the chemistry between Cena and Maria back in the day was electric however. The tag team match itself was nothing to write home about, but it wasn’t really a match per se, I look at it as more of a segment to advance storylines and it did a great job. Beth sold incredibly well, the intensity in her eyes as she glared at Melina. Great stuff!

And to cap off the evening, we have an intense backstage brawl between Beth and Melina which was the highlight of the entire show, for me. Sure, Beth is the strong, dominant Glamazon but they did a great job of building Melina up and not making her look weak, by having her strike the first blow. This showed Melina wasn’t afraid of Beth and sets up this feud nicely. I can’t wait for the triple threat match at Judgment Day! Though one thing I don’t understand is why Jillian ran away to get the referees, did she forget that she’s a wrestler too? Jillian and Melina could easily have teamed up to take out Beth.

A very mixed bag of action, kudos to WWE for utilising all of the Divas in a useful way that contributes something to the show rather than useless segments. And extra kudos for keeping Ashley off the show entirely. I really loved all the different Diva action last night, the variety of matches, backstage segments etc. I wrote last week in my SmackDown! thoughts, that RAW usually just throws the girls out there for a match and rarely varies it up by having in-ring segments, backstage segments etc. They really did a great job with that this week.

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YouTube Classics: Lita vs. Victoria in a Cage Match

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Welcome to the YouTube Classics! Following last night’s “memorable” hair match at TNA’s Sacrifice PPV, this week’s theme will be “Bag of Tricks” – celebrating the moments where women’s wrestling has delved into those unique gimmick matches that are decidedly “masculine” in nature. Today, we have Lita vs. Victora in the WWE’s first women’s cage … Read more

Stacy and Boyfriend Out of Jobs

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Former WWE Diva and Dancing With the Stars alum, Stacy Keibler and her boyfriend Geoff Stults can consider themselves jobless. As is being buzzed by the press, ABC is expected to announce that it is axing the series October Road this week at the network’s upfront presentations. Stacy’s lover is a series regular on the … Read more

Fit Tips from Mickie

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WWE.com is taking part in National Women’s Health Week by offering “fit tips” from the Divas. I know we all love our Divas and respect their athleticism (well most of them, anyways), so why not take health tips from them? Mickie kicks off the week with her own advice:

First, you have to love yourself because if you don’t, then how do you expect anyone else to love you?

Second, I would say for everyone, it’s important to be healthy. I’m big on going green right now, so try to recycle and be as environmentally friendly as possible.

I think that exercise is amazing for anyone and everyone. And people make a lot of excuses not to, like, “Oh, I don’t have time.” Well, you have to make time. I don’t often have the time, but I make it.

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TNA’s Backward Logic Continues

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It’s been a dark day for the TNA Knockouts, in addition to my earlier post about Sacrifice – we have read even more bad news regarding the women’s division. Remember a couple of weeks ago when Cheerleader Melissa and Daisy Haze, out of nowhere, had a match on iMPACT? Well if you thought that was … Read more

Brighten Up Your Monday with Lolz @ Ashley

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If you guys out there are anything like me, you just hate Mondays. Start of the week, back to work, school, college, uni… whatever. Take the edge off today, with a piece of news that has been floating around the Internet for quite some time now. I saw this mentioned on many forums and stuff … Read more

Torrie Says Goodbye… Sort Of

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Now ex-Diva, Torrie Wilson has finally updated her MySpace with her first public statement since retiring from WWE and professional wrestling, last week: Happy Mother’s Day! Well, I guess by now you have heard the news that I have severed my ties to the WWE. I would like to say that I have enjoyed 7 … Read more

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