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
Good day readers and welcome to this week’s Main Event Redux! It’s been well over a year since I’ve covered a women’s match from WWE’s C+ program but this week we’re back and treated to a match-up pitting Raw Superstars Mickie James and Emma against each other. Let’s see how the action unfolds. The match … Read more
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
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
WWE has taped the second half of their Mae Young Classic Tournament. Spoilers below. Click here to view the non-spoiler brackets of the Mae Young Classic Tournament
Two years have now passed since Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch all made their WWE main roster debuts in what is considered to be the launch of the ‘Divas/Women’s Revolution’. In an interview with FOX Sports Australia, Sasha Banks looks back on how the Women’s Evolution came to be, first arriving to the … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
WWE has taped several weeks worth of NXT leading up to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. Spoilers below.
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network at 8pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments!
Jayel Cotto, a Puerto Rican born, and New York raised talent, has been a fan of the wrestling industry since childhood. With a wrestling fanatic as a brother, and living in a tough neighbourhood, wrestling has almost been a way of life for the rising talent. Diva Dirt recently sat down with Cotto, as we … Read more
Two more names have officially been announced for WWE’s Mae Young Classic, just one day shy of the first set taping. International stars Kay Lee Ray and Ayesha Raymond now join the growing list of the already announced competitors which include Kairi Sane, Tessa Blanchard, Abbey Laith, Taynara Conti, Jazzy Gabert, Kavita Devi, Toni Storm, … Read more
Tonight on SmackDown Live, a number one-contender five-way elimination match has been announced for Battleground. The winner of the match will go on to face the SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi at SummerSlam next month. .@MsCharlotteWWE vs. @BeckyLynchWWE vs. @NatByNature vs. @LanaWWE vs. @TaminaSnuka in a 5-Way #EliminationMatch at #WWEBattleground! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/wQtfVQELsg — WWE (@WWE) July … Read more
WWE’s Battleground is less than two weeks away and the SmackDown Women’s division is to looking to hype up the upcoming PPV. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: “The blue brand Women’s division is more explosive than ever, with SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi standing on the top of the mountain and the first-ever Ms. … Read more
Women wrestling fans are all anticipating the summer premiere of WWE’s Mae Young Classic Tournament! Tapings for the 32-women tournament are set to take place later this week on July 13th and 14th at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. So far, fifteen names have been officially announced for the tournament which include Kairi Sane, Tessa … Read more
via GIPHY It’s getting warmer out there (well not so much in the UK), but the Great Balls of Fire event certainly has ignited the spark as we head into our hottest event of the year, Summerslam! There was some unleft business, there was tea being spilled and I finally felt intrigued as a RAW … Read more
Though Season Three of Lucha Underground is currently airing on the El Rey Network, there are still scarce details about the status of the show and the probability of a Season Four. Current episodes airing were taped a year ago and talent are squirming to get any details at all. Daniel Tibbets, President of El … Read more
Below are spoilers for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event, airing internationally and on Hulu.
One night after WWE’s Great Balls of Fire, Sasha Banks looks to earn a Raw Women’s Title rematch against Alexa Bliss after the champion took a loss via count-out. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: “Sasha Banks technically defeated Alexa Bliss at WWE Great Balls of Fire, but The Boss still fell short of … Read more
For weeks, we have laughed and poked fun at the WWE’s newest PPV title, but last night’s inaugural ‘Great Balls of Fire’ was a surprise shocker. Our gutsy Sasha Banks has stepped up to the plate to take on our cunning RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. So, what happened and where are we left now? … Read more
Today, SHIMMER gave wrestling fans the final two tapings of SHIMMER at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Chicago, IL. Here are the full results courtesy of @ProWresLand on Twitter. SHIMMER 94: RISE Showcase: Aja Perera defeated Laynie Luck RISE Showcase: Stefany Sinclair defeated Jewells Malone Jessicka Havok defeated Kikyo Cheerleader Melissa defeated Samantha Heights Cherry Bomb defeated Angel Dust, Kay Lee Ray, & Taeler Hendrix Madison Rayne defeated Veda Scott Sienna defeated Dynamite DiDi … Read more
Tonight at WWE’s Great Balls of Fire, Alexa Bliss was able to hold on to her Raw Women’s Title against Sasha Banks via a count-out victory. A strange… twisted… BRILLIANT means of distraction by the champ! @AlexaBliss_WWE @SashaBanksWWE #WWEGBOF pic.twitter.com/1UlI1MqKeB — WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 10, 2017 At the start of both Superstars traded blows … Read more