Heading into tonight’s SmackDown, there are still two women that have to be added for the traditional Survivor Series match for the blue brand. Survivor Series is this Sunday, so with this being the last show, the two in question will most likely be announced. A lot of speculation has occurred with who one of … Read more
Jade Cargill is AEW’s latest signing and she certainly turned heads with her big debut last Wednesday on AEW Dynamite. Cargill sat down with Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone on the AEW Unrestricted podcast. In the interview, Cargill spoke about how Chyna empowered her and gave her more confidence. “Growing up I’ve always been muscular … Read more
Liv Morgan announced on Twitter that she is to feature in a WWE Chronicle on Nov, 29. The tweet mentions that cameras have been following her for sixteen months and will show us what life is like as a WWE Superstar. Morgan has had a rollercoaster year this year experiencing many twists and turns. At … Read more
There haven’t been many words from Nidia since her retirement from the wrestling industry in 2005. Nidia Guenard, who co-won the first season of WWE’s Tough Enough, was released by WWE in 2004 and only spent another year on the indie scene afterward. Fightful Select has an upcoming big feature on the former WWE talent … Read more
AEW Dynamite gave us an amazing match and several interesting developments within their women’s division on this week’s show. Serena Deeb successfully defended the NWA Women’s World Championship against Thunder Rosa. Britt Baker would make her presence felt and newcomer Jade Cargill gave Brandi Rhodes a receipt for the verbal assault last week. The Dark … Read more
What an explosive night for the women of NXT! Heading into this week’s show we knew we were going to have two great matches. What we ended up having was three. Plus it was announced that NXT WarGames is back and it showcased the women in its promo. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell defeated Kacy … Read more
In a promo from AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, he has announced that his wife, Renee Paquette (Good) is pregnant. This will be the couple’s first child. Paquette, formerly known as Renee Young, recently left WWE in August with SummerSlam being the last event she would appear at. She wore many hats with the company … Read more
NXT TakeOver: WarGames has been announced and will be taking place on Dec. 6. The promo shown hyping up the event focuses around the women and has Shotzi Blackheart wanting revenge against Candice LeRae. Blackheart warns LeRae that she better get herself an army. Last year’s WarGames was a launching pad for storylines that preceded … Read more
NXT has two big matches set up for this week’s show that could propel us forward in the black and gold women’s division. First, we will see a tag team match between Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez vs. Ember Moon & Toni Storm. Ever since both Moon and Storm have returned to NXT, they have … Read more
It is being reported by Fightful Select that Chelsea Green almost had a new ring name. Or at least an update to it. Green made her long-awaited debut on SmackDown last week in a Fatal 4-way against Natalya, Liv Morgan, and Tamina. Unfortunately for her, she encountered an injury in that match which took her … Read more
The Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament kicked off on IMPACT this week and we have the first team to advance.
Havok and Nevaeh took on the makeshift team of Tenille Dashwood and Alisha. Dashwood became a team with Alisha after both of them had failed attempts to make a partnership work with Jordynne Grace.
Havok and Nevaeh were able to use some teamwork in putting away Alisha as Havok pins her for the three count. According to the brackets, they will face the winning team from Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace and her partner.
Speaking of Grace, it still hasn’t been revealed who her partner will be. In a promo video, Grace is seen talking on the phone with her mystery partner. She is thankful that her partner was able to give the tournament a shot and team up with her. It is mentioned that whoever this woman will be, she is retiring.
AEW Dark presented a nice group of matches for its show this week. There were five women’s matches that were showcased that were a mixture of signed and unsigned talent. Within those matches was a big match for Thunder Rosa. Rosa recently lost her NWA World Women’s Title and has every intention of winning it … Read more
The Knockouts Tag Team Championship is back. New champions will be crowned in January at IMPACT’s Hard to Kill event. Leading up to that event we will see 16 women (8 teams) battle it out in a tournament to get to the finals. It is my prediction that Taya Valkyrie and Rosemary will win the … Read more
Becky Lynch took to Instagram to share pictures from first her pregnancy photoshoot. The photos show a glowing Lynch rocking a darker hair colour in an array of different outfits. Along with her fiance, Seth Rollins, Lynch posed for several beautiful photos showing off her baby bump. Becky Lynch rocked the wrestling world earlier this … Read more
On last night’s RAW, Adam Pearce made the announcement that Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke are no longer part of Survivor Series. WWE made the decision due to the storyline injuries the duo suffered on the show. However, it seems as though Rose has a legitimate injury, which is the real reason for their removal … Read more
Marti Belle is no longer under contract to NWA. Belle announced the news on Twitter and thanked the company for the opportunity. She would also state that she’s not sure where she will end up next but excited to find out. Belle signed with NWA last year and made her debut on the third episode … Read more
As of tonight’s RAW, Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose are no longer on Team RAW for Survivor Series. They were pulled from the match as a result of sustaining “injuries” from an attack they received early on in the show. Rose’s injury happened during the six-woman tag team match. It was Rose, Brooke, and Asuka … Read more
Tonight’s RAW is the last show for the red brand heading into Survivor Series this coming Sunday. For the members of Team RAW things have been chaotic, to say the least. A team of five made up of two tag teams and Lana simply does not get along. The expectation will be what we have … Read more
Brandi Lauren, who recently signed with WWE in late August, reportedly has a new ring name. According to PWInsider who originally reported her signing is stating her new name will now be Skyler Storey. Lauren has been seen during some moments recently in WWE programming including the now-defunct RAW Underground. She was a participant in … Read more
Last week the shocking news broke that WWE had released Zelina Vega from her WWE contract with immediate effect. Since then fans and outlets alike assumed that the release was due to her refusal to close her Twitch account. In September, WWE told all talent with outside revenue streams such as Twitch and Cameo must close them … Read more
Survivor Series is now less than a week away and like most things this year, it feels a bit different. Due to the most obvious reasons, there hasn’t been any type of “invasion” type of build-up this year. Instead, the teams are focused on their own brands. Both RAW and SmackDown have down two different ways to showcase their talent heading up to the event.
One thing both rosters have in common is they are focused around one woman on each brand. RAW’s focus is on Lana as she is the only woman who had to qualify for a spot on the team. The team itself implodes every week with the members fighting amongst each other and ending up with Lana going through the announce table by the hands of Nia Jax. SmackDown’s focus is a little different from who they are focusing on, Natalya, who hasn’t earned her spot yet.
Natalya has been involved in three different matches to try and qualify for a spot on Team SmackDown. The storyline is panning out in the aspect that she keeps getting cheated out of the win and keeps having to try and qualify for a spot every week. Her being self-proclaimed as the “Best of All Time” is infuriating her that she can’t earn her spot. The main difference between how the brands are handling the build for their teams is that the blue brand is actually putting on weekly qualifiers.
Ironically the fact that Natalya is being put in this position leads to looking into the history of women in traditional Survivor Series matches. She is the only woman out of the 33 year-long history of the event that has been last standing in a Survivor Series outing more than one time. She sits at surviving two.
The first win occurred in 2013 where she survived with Nikki Bella in the Total Divas vs. True Diva match. The second was in 2014 where she survived with her whole team in a total sweep alongside Alicia Fox, Emma, and Naomi.
Survivor Series has not been kind to the women as a whole when it comes to the historical reference of the event. For the 33 year history, there has only been a total of 10 all-women traditional matches (11 – after this year). Below is a list of the years and the survivors of each match:
There was a match in 2000 which involved Chyna. She joined Billy Gunn, K-Kwik, and Road Dogg in a losing effort against The Radicalz.
Natalya also holds the most times in a Survivor Series match at six. She is followed by both Naomi and Alicia Fox with five appearances each.
This year’s match is current shaping up as follows:
Team RAW – Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, and Lana vs. Team SmackDown -Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and two more names to be announced.
Do you think that Natalya will end up making it on Team SmackDown? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
Check back in with Diva Dirt for all news, rumors, and results from this year’s Survivor Series event.
WWE’s Chief Brand Officer, Stephanie McMahon has been named one of the most powerful women in sports by Adweek. McMahon took to Twitter thank Adweek for including her in the list and congratulating all of the other honourees. The list includes XFL owner Dany Garcia, LA Lakers president Jeanie Buss, Erika Nardini of Barstool Sports … Read more
Congratulations are in order for Alexa Bliss and Ryan Cabrera after the couple announced their engagement. Cabrera posted a picture on his Instagram story that showed him on one knee in front of a shocked Bliss. The image also has the quote “Tonight was the best night of my life!!! And it’s just the beginning!!!” … Read more
It didn’t take long for Deonna Purrazzo to get her Knockouts Title back in her grasps. Every moment since losing to Su Yung in October at Bound for Glory, Purrazzo has been on a mission to win back the title. At Turning Point, she did just that. The match was No Disqualification as their last … Read more
An exciting time for IMPACT’s Knockouts division is upon us. The tag team tournament kicks off this coming week and we now have 15 out of the 16 names that will make up the eight teams. The finals will take place at Hard to Kill in January. The teams include 11 currently signed Knockouts, while … Read more
AEW has given us five great reasons to tune into this week’s Dark as there will be five women’s matches taking place. The first match will see “Legit” Leyla Hirsch make her return to AEW to face Tesha Price. This match will be Hirsch’s fourth match on AEW since her debut last month. Her opponent, … Read more
