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GFW Impact Wrestling Discussion Post: July 20th, 2017

Tonight on GFW Impact Wrestling, reigning GFW Women’s Champion Sienna will not only be in action but she also has intentions on delivering a special message on tonight’s show. Read ImpactWrestling.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: “The current reigning GFW Women’s Champion, Sienna, will be in action inside the six-sided ring on Thursday’s episode of … Read more

WWE and Mattel announce the launch of new girls’ product line

During today’s kick-off at Comic-Con in San Diego, the WWE along with Mattle Toys have announced the launch of a new girls’ line. The line will feature the first-ever fashion dolls of WWE Superstars Nikki and Brie Bella, Sasha Banks, Natalya, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Alicia Fox and Eva Marie. Read WWE’s full press release … Read more

Paige potentially charged with battery following incident with Alberto El Patron

According to a report from Pro Wrestling Sheet, police have suggested that WWE Superstar Paige be charged with battery after her domestic violence incident from earlier this month involving Alberto El Patron in an Orlando airport. The decision of whether Paige will be charged will be determined by the State Attorney’s office who is reviewing the … Read more

SmackDown Redux (July 18th, 2017): Putting everyone on notice

The women’s division have their eyes on the prize – and this Sunday one of them shall be one step closer to it. But for now, we need some filler to get us there. Let’s see what happened last night! The ladies competing in this Sunday’s match are all in Shane McMahon’s office, awaiting their orders for … Read more

NXT Discussion Post: July 17th, 2017

Tonight on NXT, Ruby Riot and Ember Moon square off to determine who is deserving of a future NXT Women’s Title opportunity. Read WWE.com’s preview to tonight’s show below: “With NXT Women’s Champion Asuka making it clear on social media that she is waiting for a challenger that is deserving of her time to step … Read more

Taya leaves AAA amid controversy over the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship

Taya, who was stripped of the Reina de Reinas Championship title earlier this month, is now leaving AAA after the promotion performed its own “screw job.” Taya was stripped of the title because she used a choke during her No-DQ match with Ayako Hamada months earlier in April when she won the belt. Earlier this … Read more

New plans for Raw Women’s Title match at SummerSlam?

On this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, it was announced that Sasha Banks and Bayley would go one-on-one on next week’s show to determine which one of them would face the Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam on next week’s show. Originally, it was rumored that the Raw Women’s Title would be defended … Read more

SmackDown Discussion Post: July 18th, 2017

Tonight is SmackDown’s go home show before Battleground where a Five Way Elimination match between Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Lana, Natalya and Tamina will take place to determine who will face SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi at SummerSlam. Despite not being in the match, Carmella still has her sights on the SmackDown Women’s Title: Despite the … Read more

Taylor Wilde reveals she was considered to participate in WWE’s Mae Young Classic

Last week, WWE officially revealed the names of all 32 participants to their Mae Young Classic tournament. Since then, former Knockouts Champion Taylor Wilde has revealed via Twitter that she almost came out of retirement as she was considered to partake in the women’s tournament. However, due to an injury she suffered while training, she … Read more

Raw Discussion Post: July 17th, 2017

WWE’s SummerSlam is a month away and the Raw Women’s division is looking to hype up the upcoming PPV. Read WWE.com’s preview to tonight’s show below: One week after Nia Jax rendered Bayley unable to compete when The Huggable One teamed with Sasha Banks against the juggernaut and Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss, Bayley pinned … Read more

Week ending July 16th, 2017

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. * Triple H takes a moment to honor WWE’s Performance Center assistant head coach Sara Amato during the Mae Young Classic. (Twitter, Instagram) … Read more

Gail Kim comments on upcoming retirement

On this week’s episode of GFW Impact Wrestling, Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer Gail Kim announced that she would officially be retiring from in-ring competition by the end of the year 2017. Gail has taken to Instagram to comment on her upcoming retirement writing the following: “I’ve had 17 AMAZING years in pro wrestling and … Read more

GFW Impact Write-Up (July 13th, 2017): Ins and Outs

Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact… or hmm… rather the very first GFW Impact Write-Up!? First off, I’d like to thank Matthew for covering the last two episodes of Impact Wrestling and Slammiversary during my short break. And my what an episode to come back to: the company formerly known as TNA … Read more

Mae Young Classic Spoilers, Episodes 1-4

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WWE has taped the first four episodes of their Mae Young Classic Tournament. Brackets and spoilers below. Mae Young Classic Brackets: Princesa Sugehit vs. Kay Lee Ray Vanessa Borne vs. Serena Deeb Zeda vs. Shayna Baszler Piper Niven vs. Santana Garrett Mia Yim vs. Sarah Logan Xia Li vs. Mercedes Martinez Rhea Ripley vs. Miranda … Read more

Mae Young Classic profile and analysis – Gabert, Nevin, Kai

By Dan Murphy Jazzy Gabert 6’2’’, 190, Berlin 2016 PWI Female 50 Ranking: NL Previous wrestling identity: Alpha Female Bio: The Berlin-born “Alpha Female” made her pro debut in 2001, training under Joe. E. Legend and Murat Borporus. An absolute powerhouse of a competitor, she thrived in numerous European promotions, including Pro-Wrestling EVE, where she … Read more

WWE officially announces all 32 competitors to Mae Young Classic

Tonight via Facebook Live, WWE have officially announced the names of all 32 competitors to the Mae Young Classic: Representing Japan: Kairi Sane Representing United States of America: Tessa Blanchard Representing United States of America: Abbey Laith Representing Brazil: Taynara Conti Representing Germany: Jazzy Gabert Representing India: Kavita Devi Representing Australia: Toni Storm Representing Mexico: … Read more

Lucha Underground Analysis (July 12th 2017): Taya serves up some brutality before Sexy Star gets her revenge

Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground review, believers! Last week Taya got involved in Sexy Star‘s Cueto Cup Match to help her Worldwide Underground comrade PJ Black. This week Taya takes on Jeremiah Crane in a second round Cueto Cup match. Before the two meet in the ring, however, Taya issued this warning: She promises … Read more

NXT Redux (July 12th, 2017): Vanessa Borne makes her way to the Mae Young Classic

Welcome to this week’s NXT review. Last week we saw a dejected Billie Kay and Peyton Royce call out the rest of the locker room for not celebrating Billie’s birthday. An underwhelming birthday celebration has The #IconicDuo feeling DISRESPECTED… but it appears @AndradeCienWWE has woes of his own! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/MYK339u4B7 — WWE (@WWE) July 6, … Read more

SmackDown Redux (July 11th, 2017): Taking down the Queen

Backstage in Mr Shane McMahon’s office, we see the SmackDown Live Commissioner talking to Naomi. The champ asks about who her next challenger will be, with the hope that it isn’t Lana, yet again. Charlotte Flair then walks into the room, sharing the same feelings as Naomi about Lana. Becky Lynch is the next woman in the … Read more