Tonight is Raw’s go home show before Great Balls of Fire where Sasha Banks will square off against Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship. WWE‘s preview for tonight’s show is as follows: “Sasha Banks emerged triumphant in Raw’s historic first Women’s Gauntlet Match, earning the right to challenge Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s … Read more
Tessa Blanchard 5’5’’, 125, Charlotte 2016 PWI Female 50 Ranking: 38 Previous wrestling identity: n/a Bio: Third-generation grappler is the daughter of Four Horseman Tully Blanchard and the granddaughter of wrestler/promoter Joe Blanchard, though she was raised by her stepfather, wrestler Magnum TA. That’s a lot of wrestling in the family, and Tessa has absorbed … Read more
Hello Knockout fans and welcome to Diva Dirt’s Slammiversary Review! While Slammiversary is already in the books, the future of the newly re-branded Global Force Wrestling is starting to look a little bit promising as we have seen a new Unified GFW Women’s Champion as well as feud that should have a closing chapter. Let’s go … Read more
A tale as old as time, two former friends turn on each other and all hell breaks loose. Tonight on Slammiversary Davey Richards and Angelina Love and Eddie Edwards‘ and Alisha Edwards‘ feud gets turned up a notch as they compete in a mixed tag Full Metal Mayhem Match. Which team of lovebirds will walk … Read more
Tonight at Slammiversary TNA Impact Women’s Champion Rosemary will face GFW Women’s Champion Sienna in a Women’s Title Unification Match. It’s out with the old and in with the new as TNA rebrands itself as GFW, affecting all titles tonight. Who will walk out a unified champion? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: With … Read more
It’s official, the Female Terminator will make her return to Berwyn. It’s been announced on social media that at RISE 3 – MEDIC this coming Friday night, 2-time SHIMMER Champion and star of El Rey Network’s hit series Lucha Underground Cheerleader Melissa will make her RISE debut to take on one of the faces of Women … Read more
To prepare for the Mae Young Classic, WWE is holding a few qualifier matches allowing up and coming talent from NXT to join the 32 women tournament. This week WWE uploaded its first qualifying match pitting NXT rising talent Aliyah against newbie Bianca BelAir. The match also introduces to new female referee Kennadi Brink. The … Read more
It’s that time of the month, and the GLOW girls find that they’re all on the same cycle … except for Ruth. After some back and forth on the merits of tampons versus pads (especially when applying head-scissors), the girls plan a birthday party for Sheila the She-Wolf. Ruth sneaks out to buy a pregnancy … 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. *In an Interview with Amarillo Becky Lynch thinks WWE is a year or two away from a women’s Royal Rumble match and she … Read more
After Anthem Sports announced that it purchased Nashville-based Global Force Wrestling, the company is now confirming that TNA will no longer exist. Anthem Sports, the Canadian company that also owns the Fight Network, will rebrand its wrestling league as GFW and Nashville native Jeff Jarrett will helm the creative aspects of the promotion. Its staple weekly … Read more
After alleging that Tuesday’s loss wasn’t legal, Lana is being granted another title opportunity. I obviously did NOT get pined! I want a FAIR title match! Clearly the ref & all of @WWE are cheaters & favor @NaomiWWE over me! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/puUUrbWIap — CJ Perry (@TheCJPerry) June 28, 2017 Daniel Bryan took to twitter to … Read more
Episode 7 opens with an uncharacteristically nervous Bash smoking a cigarette and grilling Sam Sylvia on outstanding expenses, including Sam’s video camera that has turned up missing. Sylvia is taken aback at his producer’s newfound frugality (this is a far cry from the guy with the drug-dispensing robot and the private chopper we saw a … Read more
Additions for the Mae Young Classic are picking up steam. Today WWE announced the inclusion of Kairi Hojo, Evie, Viper, and Bianca Belair. WWE had this to say about the participants: Twenty-eight year-old Kairi Sane, nicknamed “The Pirate Princess” in her home country of Japan, where she is one of the most celebrated women’s wrestlers … Read more
[media-credit name=”twitter.com/totaldivaseps” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Hello Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! Slammiversary is this coming Sunday and the road to the Championship Unification matchup between Sienna and Rosemary is starting to take shape. On the last Impact from Mumbai, India and the final one before Slammiversary, we had a taste of … Read more
[media-credit name=”Lucha Underground” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s Lucha Underground! The Cueto Cup continues this week with Taya taking on Joey Ryan. Before we get to the tournament, however, we check in with the Mistress of Macabre, Catrina. She stands by with Mil Muertes. She says tonight begins his journey to getting back the … Read more
Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax aren’t the only ones who may be making their way to Total Divas, it’s now rumored Carmella is joining the cast as well. The Wrestling Observer is reporting that Paige will not be returning when the seventh season rolls around. Instead WWE is looking to replace her with Ms. Money in the … Read more
We hit the midpoint of the season with Sam Sylvia’s dream match slowly becoming a reality as Debbie (Liberty Belle) now has a perfect foil in Ruth’s Soviet sympathizer. The only problem is that Debbie isn’t particularly fond of the idea of working with the former best friend that boinked her husband. The affair between … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome, welcome, welcome to this week’s NXT review! We have an action packed episode in store for us, with glimpses of the old NXT we know and love returning to form. I’m excited, you’re excited, let’s jump into this! Asuka and Nikki Cross‘ rivalry has been brewing in the background for … Read more
Emily Read, owner and promoter of the all female wrestling company Pro Wrestling Eve, took to Twitter to discuss the treatment of women (and other issues) within the industry. Read, known for her constant push for gender equality within professional wrestling, used the firm’s Twitter account to address some issues regarding women within the industry. … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”1400″][/media-credit] Tonight is the night for vengeance. It’s time for the women to take what was supposed to be theirs, and make it memorable. All five competitors Before the night begins, some of the women are interviewed about the night’s main event. Charlotte Flair is the first to be interviewed. The former … Read more
Tonight marks the first ever Last Woman Standing match as Asuka puts her title on the line against Nikki Cross. WWE‘s preview for tonight is as follows: “NXT Women’s Champion Asuka will put her coveted title on the line against the crazed Nikki Cross tonight on NXT. The title showdown will be a historic Last Woman … Read more
So Ruth has finally established her wrestling persona, and it turns out to be a bad Yakov Smirnoff impression. Inspired by the neglectful hotel manager at The Dusty Spur, Ruth unveils a Soviet shtick at the opening of a new Patio Towne store (the number-two purveyor of indoor/outdoor lifestyle in Southern California). The franchise owner … Read more
The Cueto Cup continues tonight and it’s Taya‘s turn to prove herself against the more seedy characters of the Temple. She’ll take on Joey Ryan who has a special message for her: By using innuendos he says that he’ll defeat Taya tonight as he makes his way to the Lucha Underground Championship. Additionally, LU has … Read more
As stated last week by Daniel Bryan, a Money In The Bank Ladder match took place. The match included Carmella, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Tamina and Charlotte Flair. James Ellsworth was not present as Bryan had banned him from the arena earlier in the night. In tonight’s contest, Carmella won the Money In The Bank contract, and became … Read more
Last week, Lana demanded a rematch against champion Naomi for her title. The champ, whom is never one to back down from a challenge, schedule the bout for tonight. In the singles contest, Naomi defeated Lana via a split-legged moonsault and thus retained the SmackDown Women’s championship. Before the match began, Lana attacked Naomi from … Read more
Tonight’s SmackDown is all about the women’s division as five competitors will compete in the second ever Money in the Bank Ladder Match following the controversy at MITB last week. WWE‘s preview for tonight is as follows: “The women of SmackDown LIVE will get another opportunity to make history tonight in the second-ever Women’s Money … Read more