Tonight’s a big night for tag team wrestling as the first-ever women’s Dusty Rhodes Classic tournament kicks off with its first match. Advertised for the night is Team Ninja (Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter) taking on Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm. In this first-round match, it seems as though the likely winners may end up … Read more
Former two-time WWE Women’s Champion Nikki Cross has been seemingly missing from television since her loss to Alexa Bliss in November. She rounded out the year with a win on Main Event against Reckoning but hasn’t been used on RAW since. She did make one appearance backstage alongside Torrie Wilson on RAW Legends Night. Since … Read more
NXT announced the signings of three major independent talents, Priscilla Kelly, Lacey Ryan, and Elayna Black. All three stars have been renamed and will now be known as Zoey Stark (Ryan), Gigi Dolin (Kelly), and Cora Jade (Black). They all be making their debuts as part of the history-making women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. … Read more
On this week’s episode of IMPACT, it turns out that Taya Valkyrie was the one who shot John E. Bravo after all during his wedding with Rosemary. This wedding took place at the end of October and had the roster reeling. The crime was originally placed on Larry D but after some detective work and … Read more
Last year NXT Superstar, Mercedes Martinez made her main roster debut as part of the anti-establishment faction RETRIBUTION. However, Martinez’s part of the group was brief, and she quickly vanished from television without explanation. Reports revealed that the wrestling legend personally asked to leave the faction and return to NXT, which WWE granted. Martinez made … Read more
The fallout from Hard to Kill is upon us and it takes place on tonight’s episode of IMPACT. Deonna Purrazzo is still the Knockouts Champion as she held an impressive victory over Taya Valkyrie at that event. Tonight, her tag team partner Kimber Lee and Susan will face the team of Jordynne Grace and Jazz. … Read more
Another week, another typical RAW on record. RAW is still the brand that suffers the most from booking issues. This week shows just that but there were a couple of high moments, in my opinion. Let’s start off with Randy Orton’s response to having the fireball hurled at his face on last week’s RAW by … Read more
As of tonight’s RAW, Peyton Royce, Alexa Bliss, and Shayna Baszler have been added to the list of the Royal Rumble match competitors. Royce was actually announced right before RAW and Bliss declared herself during Alexa’s Playground. As for Baszler, she roughly was announced when Nia Jax was the first declared for the rumble. She … Read more
Tonight’s show is highly advertised around Alexa Bliss. Bliss will be going one-on-one with the RAW Women’s & Tag Team Champion Asuka in a non-title match. She will also be having a follow up to her run-ins with Randy Orton. Lacey Evans has also been getting the best of Charlotte Flair as of late thanks … Read more
STARDOM celebrated their 10th Anniversary show with an action-packed card at Korakuen Hall on January 17th. All singles titles were defended with the World of STARDOM Champion, Utami defending in the main event against Maika. This match was Utami’s second title defence since dethroning Mayu Iwatani in November last year. Utami successfully retained the title … Read more
The “Super Bad Girl” Penelope Ford will step into the ring this Wednesday to take on “Legit” Leyla Hirsch. Hirsch was originally scheduled to face Nyla Rose but Rose is in quarantine due to Covid-19 exposure. Ford and Hirsch both enter the match with some good momentum behind them. Ford is unbeaten in her last … Read more
Huge Japanese professional wrestler star Sareee has made the announcement that she is about to come stateside. Sareee was signed to WWE officially in February 2020 but due to the pandemic, it has hindered her training/debut with the company. Her updated status says that once she finishes up with her commitment with a SEAdLINNNG event on … Read more
Kiera Hogan is now one-half of the new Knockouts Tag Team Champions. At the Hard to Kill pay-per-view this weekend, Hogan and Tasha Steelz made history by becoming the first Black team to win the gold. They are also the start of a rebirth of the championship as well. Prior to this event, Hogan spoke … Read more
Former NXT Women’s Champion, Charlotte Flair was the biggest draw for the brand last year. According to the Wrestling Observer, Charlotte’s controversial run in NXT was a success in terms of viewership numbers. It stated that the “Queen” drew 47,000 new viewers per segment outdrawing Rhea Ripley and Velveteen Dream. Charlotte became the focal point of … Read more
Word has been received that former WWE Women’s and Diva’s Champion Michelle McCool has tested positive for Covid-19. She reportedly has mild symptoms, and had this to stay on Instagram: We at Diva-Dirt wish Michelle a speedy recovery, and everyone’s continued safety. This pandemic has been hard for so many people, so be good to … Read more
Former AEW Women’s World Champion, Nyla Rose, posted on Twitter in quarantine and cannot appear on Wednesday’s Dynamite. Rose revealed that an immediate family member has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now in self-isolation for fourteen days. The “Native Beast” was to take on “Legit” Leyla Hirsch on Dynamite next week. There is no word as of … Read more
Not every title reign can be stellar. Over the course of many decades, we’ve had many great champions-Trish, Lita, Ivory, Victoria, Beth, Melina, Molly and Jazz…but we have had some duds. Who are they? Let’s find out! Debra McMichael, May 10-June 8, 1999. I still do this day have no idea why WWE thought to … Read more
Fire N Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) are the new Knockouts Tag Team Champions after defeating the Killer Death Machines (Havok & Nevaeh). In October, IMPACT announced that they were bringing back the Knockouts Tag Team Championships for the first time since 2013. Since then there has been a tournament featuring eight teams (16-women) … Read more
Rumors were swirling that Madison Rayne was going to officially step back from wrestling and hang up her boots. She had already had her last match on the indie scene at an event for Warrior Wrestling where she faced Kylie Rae. Rayne announced this on the Hard to Kill preshow and in a tearful message, … Read more
WrestleMania officially has a date and a location for 2021. Much as expected and rumored, WrestleMania 37 will take place on April 10 and April 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. This is the location that WrestleMania 36 was supposed to take place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. They announced this breaking news … Read more
IMPACT’s first big pay-per-view event of the year, Hard to Kill, is here and it has three matches that include the Knockouts. This will be the first time since 2012 that IMPACT has two women’s titles that will be on the line. One of the last matches added to the card is an intergender match … Read more
SmackDown this week was a lot like last week with the exception that we did get one match. The match centered around the storyline of Billie Kay “joining” the Riott Squad as Liv Morgan faced Natalya. Kay joined commentary while Ruby Riott was at ringside for Morgan and Tamina for Natalya. Kay said she was … Read more
It was announced during SmackDown this week that Alexa Bliss will be taking on an old rival, the RAW Women’s Champion – Asuka. The match will take place this Monday on the Jan. 18 edition of RAW. At the time of this writing and announcement, the title was not mentioned to be on the line. … Read more
Another SmackDown closer to the Royal Rumble and yet again we still don’t have anything advertised for the women for tonight’s show. Last week the women’s roster received zero matches but did have a few moments on the two-hour show. Bayley and Bianca Belair had a backstage segment in which they both declared themselves for … Read more
NXT legend Bayley expressed her desire to be a part of the first-ever women’s Dusty Classic Tag Team Tournament. The former SmackDown Women’s Champion asked the WWE EVP, Triple H to put her in the Dusty Classic. As a former two-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, Bayley would make an excellent addition to the inaugural … Read more
With the Royal Rumble being a traditional 30-person match, there is no surprise that WWE has to dip into their NXT or NXT UK rosters. This holds especially true for the women’s main roster which is significantly less than its male counterpart. According to research done by Fightful Select, NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee … Read more