via GIPHY It’s the home straight to WWE’s second biggest event of the year Summerslam and following Bayley’s injury, everyone is still waiting to see who will challenge Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship. After last week’s double set of triple threats, two women stood at the front of the race. This week, we … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Sasha Banks faces Nia Jax in a number one contender match to determine the new challenger for Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at this Sunday’s SummerSlam event. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s go-home show below: “Bayley’s out of contention with a separated shoulder, and so Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss … Read more
Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * NXT Superstar Liv Morgan worked a SmackDown live event in Tampa, Florida, as she teamed up with SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi and Becky … Read more
NXT Superstar Asuka continues to break records and is on the verge of setting a new milestone in her reign as NXT Women’s Champion: 500 days as champion! After that, Asuka will only be a few days away from the second longest reigning Women’s Champion in WWE history, only behind The Fabulous Moolah. In an interview … Read more
Angelina Love has parted ways with GFW. The six-time Knockouts Champion has announced on Twitter that she has been granted her release from GFW writing the following: I asked for my release from @IMPACTWRESTLING and it was granted today. Thank you for the years of fun and much love to all my fans!!! I asked for my release … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s GFW Impact Write-Up! We are less than a week away from GFW’s special live episode of Destination X and already announced on the card is a Knockouts Title match pitting the current reigning champion Sienna against Gail Kim. Could Gail’s inevitable title win before her official retirement … Read more
Current Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss was recently interviewed by ESPN’s Cheap Heat podcast to discuss defending her championship against at SummerSlam, her friendship with Nia Jax and working with Sasha Banks. Highlights of the interview below. Receiving cheers from fans: “I’ve noticed that lately and its actually been quite shocking because for the longest … Read more
During Pro Wrestling: EVE’s Dangerous Woman show last month, UK based wrestling star Charlie Morgan publicly came out as gay during an in-ring promo. In an interview with PinkNews, Charlie discusses her decision of coming out in the ring and on the current lack of LGBT representation in the wrestling business. On coming out as … Read more
Former WWE Superstar Eva Marie spoke with Rolling Stone to discuss her recent WWE departure, hopes to crossover to mainstream and whether she feels she was put on camera too soon. Highlights of the interview below. On her WWE departure: “I have such a great relationship with Vince [McMahon], Paul [“Triple H” Levesque] and Stephanie … Read more
Lucha Underground stars are joining Wrestlefest 8 this weekend in Romeoville, Illinois and among the anticipated matches is Taya vs Gail Kim! Taya had this to say about her upcoming match: Come check me out this Saturday at Wrestlefest 8 w @BLITZwrestling vs the amazing @gailkimITSME!! Bell time 6pm! #weraloca #lucharoyalty pic.twitter.com/aVM4kIjZx8 — TAYA VALKYRIE … Read more
Fans of Netflix’s GLOW series have a reason to celebrate: Netflix has renewed the 1980s inspired wrestling comedy for a ten episode second season! Here we #GLOW again… Season 2 is coming. pic.twitter.com/LXF8OIxcNG — GLOW (@GlowNetflix) August 10, 2017 Read the series’ official synopsis below: “GLOW tells the fictional story of Ruth Wilder (Brie), an … Read more
Tonight on GFW Impact Wrestling, a Knockouts Title match was announced for next week’s live episode of GFW Impact, which is being dubbed as this year’s Destination X special. What will happen #LIVE next week at #DestX when @gailkimITSME challenges @Sienna for the #KnockoutsTitle #IMPACTonPOP pic.twitter.com/O1WATakvD3 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) August 11, 2017 The announcement … Read more
Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review! We are back after a lengthy hiatus, which coincidentally coincided with my absence due to illness, but none the less we’ve got some intense integender action and some new developments in the Temple regarding Captain Vazquez‘s interest and stakes in the mystical happenings in Boyle Heights. Let’s get … Read more
Tonight on GFW Impact Wrestling, the GFW Knockouts Champion Siennais looking for answers and an opponent one week shy from their special live episode of Destination X. Read ImpactWrestling.com’s preview to tonight’s show below: “The Unified GFW Knockouts Champion Sienna wants answers. She wants these answers from Karen Jarrett and Sienna plans on shutting down … Read more
Earlier this month, there were speculations that Brandi Rhodes had parted ways with GFW after her active Knockouts profile was removed from the promotion’s website. In an interview with Chuck Carroll of CSB Sports, Brandi confirms and explains her GFW departure, debuting for Ring of Honor’s Women of Honor division and missed opportunities during her … Read more
View post on imgur.com Hola NXT fans! I’m going to be filling in for Stephanie on NXT duty for the time being. Unfortunately, in the shuffle, we missed out on two highly praised episodes of NXT. We know, something like this shouldn’t have happened when we are just days away from NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, … Read more
WWE Hall of Famer Lita recently spoke with Jim Varsallone at Florida Supercon in Fort Lauderdale to discuss various topics including getting started with the WWE, her reaction to the Mae Young Classic and which NXT Superstar stood out to her in the tournament. Highlights of the interview below. Starting her pro wrestling journey: “So … Read more
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The past few weeks for the women’s division on the blue brand has been tense – opportunities have been popping up and each woman is ready to step up to the mark. This week is no different, as we once again see the women trying to climb to the top of the ranks. Let’s see … Read more
Last week on Lucha Underground Fenix, with Melissa Santos cheering him on, defeated Pindar from the Snake Tribe and move forward in the Cueto Cup. Marty “The Moth” Martinez vowed to unmask him to show Melissa how ugly he is. LU has released this preview for tonight’s episode: “Chaos reigns supreme on the all new … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live, the SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi takes on Ms. Money in the Bank Carmella following last week’s tag team contest. Read WWE.com’s preview to tonight’s match below: “SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi continued to assert her dominance over the division last week, forcing Carmella to submit in tag team action. Though she’s preparing … Read more
We are less than a month away from the premiere of WWE’s Mae Young Classic! To help hype up the much anticipated event, the WWE have released several videos of some of the participants of the tournament to share their stories of their wrestling careers and what the Mae Young Classic means to them. Sage … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax earned their respective spots to next week’s number one contendership match after Bayley was forced to withdraw from this year’s SummerSlam PPV event due to injury. .@SashaBanksWWE is one step closer to #SummerSlam and the #RAW #WomensTitle… @EmmaWWE @AliciaFoxy @AlexaBliss_WWE pic.twitter.com/VxmfgB8pFH — WWE (@WWE) August … Read more
Earlier today, it was announced that Bayley would longer be able to compete at SummerSlam due to a shoulder injury. To determine a new number one contender to Alexa Bliss‘ Raw Women’s Title, two triple threat matches will take place tonight. The winner of those matches will face-off next week for the right to challenge … Read more
After her match against Nia Jax last week, there was much speculation as to whether Bayley would be able to compete at SummerSlam after suffering a shoulder injury. As seen in the video above, WWE is now confirming that Bayley has been pulled from her Raw Women’s Title match against Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam after an evaluation revealed that Bayley has separated … Read more
SmackDown Superstar Charlotte Flair recently spoke with the Ottawa Citizen to discuss how she got into wrestling, her reaction on fans hating her when she debuted and transition from Heel to Babyface. Highlights of the interview below. On first giving wrestling a try: “It was April 2012, when The Four Horsemen were inducted (into the … Read more