The women’s wrestling community is buzzing about the Mae Young Classic. Rumors continue to make the rounds over the official and unofficial participants. Now Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that WWE is reaching out to a former employee to participate in a potential wrestling redemption story. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, WWE has reached out … Read more
Ever since their departure from Impact Wrestling earlier this year, rumors have been swirling that wrestling power couple Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett were under WWE’s radar. According to a new report from PWInsider (via WrestleZone), fans may soon see the couple on WWE television as early as this weekend! According to the report, the … Read more
WWE.com just released the names of four women that will be competing in this summer’s ‘Mae Young Classic’, airing exclusively on the WWE Network. The names include: Toni Storm (watch on ClickWrestle) Lacey Evans Sarah Logan Princesa Sugehit (watch on ClickWrestle) The four women come from across the globe, including PROGRESS Women’s champion Toni Storm coming from … Read more
[media-credit name=”Lucha Underground” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] The Cueto Cup has officially began in the Temple! While this week’s matches lacked any intergender action, Kobra Moon continued to demonstrate her power over Drago as he faced off against former partner Aerostar! It's Wednesday LUCHA DAYBrand new@LuchaElRey on @Elreynetwork CUETO CUP BEGINS!!!Drago vs Aerostar#LuchaUnderground pic.twitter.com/PqNFeOG9OW — Vinnie Massaro … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this:With Money in the Bank taking place Sunday, we want to know: who would be in your dream Money in the Bank Ladder match? We’ve read your responses on our social media … Read more
It has been over a year since Impact Wrestling star Rosemary made her debut in January 2016. In the course of that year, the Demon Assassin has gone from leading her team of Abyss and Crazzy Steve [The Decay] to high profiled feuds against The Wolves and The Broken Hardys to revolutionizing her character to … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s NXT review! We’re in for some explosive action as Asuka defends her title on a weekly episode, in what feels like ages! Before we get to the Triple Threat Elimination match, however, a video package hyping Ember Moon‘s return is showcased!: Ember faces off against Peyton Royce … Read more
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History will be made at this year’s Money in the Bank PPV event as the SmackDown Women’s Division will take part in the first ever Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match. To help hype up the historic match Natalya, one of the five participants, spoke with ESPN where discussed the importance behind the Women’s … Read more
Ever since the official announcement of WWE’s Women’s Tournament, later named the Mae Young Classic, women wrestling fans have waited and speculated which of their favorite wrestlers would participate in the 32 woman tournament. A report from PWInsider has shed some light on some of the names that will partake in the tournament: Bianca Blair … Read more
Former Team B.A.D. members square off tonight as Naomi and Tamina make their way to the ring for a match. However, before things can kick off, the Ravishing Russian Lana makes her way to ringside… to the tune of “we want Rusev” chants. Ouch. The match quickly follows and begins at a particularly slow pace. There … Read more
Ruby Riot recently spoke with Kayla Braxton on Facebook Live to discuss the impact the Mae Young Classic will have on women’s wrestling and WWE as a whole. During the interview she called the 32-woman tournament “empowering.” “A couple years ago, the thought of there being a full tournament just for the Women’s division was basically … Read more
Congratulations are in order for Worldwide Underground’s “La Wera Loca” and Lucha Underground’s resident rockstar and champion, Taya and Johnny Mundo as the couple announced their engagement. In a series of twitter posts the couple revealed “she said yes!” I said yes!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/XGNk4IGgs2 — TAYA VALKYRIE (@thetayavalkyrie) June 14, 2017 She said yes!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/k0kCPucNh2 — … Read more
After nearly a year out of action due to injury, WWE Superstar Paige is reportedly close to making her long awaited in-ring return. https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/874684344748605440 The former two-time Divas Champion took to Twitter to announce she was receiving the results of her last set of x-rays and a follow-up report from PWInsider adds that if everything … Read more
Tonight on the final SmackDown before Sunday’s Money in the Bank PPV event, Charlotte Flair squares off with Natalya. Read WWE.com‘s preview to tonight’s show below: “With the historic Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match drawing near, Charlotte Flair and Natalya will square off in singles competition tonight on SmackDown LIVE. There is no … Read more
via GIPHY The RAW division has seen its ups and down lately and last week seemed to dawn a new start. Fresh challengers took to the stage and the battle ground was still a bit foggy following Extreme Rules. One thing was clear though, that Nia Jax is still gunning for her title shot. How … Read more
And the reviews are coming in! GLOW, Netflix’s first foray into the world of women’s wrestling, is garnering favorable feedback from critics on the eve of the new show’s release on June 23. According to Entertainment Weekly’s Darren Frainich: Part sports drama, part showbiz satire, part birth-of-the-modern-woman allegory — all heartbreaking glitter-blasted humanity — Netflix’s GLOW … Read more
After last week’s Raw Women’s Title match between Nia Jax and the champion Alexa Bliss ended in disqualification, what will happen on tonight’s show? Read WWE.com‘s preview below: “Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss promised Nia Jax a title opportunity, and Raw General Manager Kurt Angle ensured that the self-proclaimed ‘Goddess of WWE’ honored her word. … Read more
Three-time Raw Women’s Champion Sasha Banks was recently interviewed by the Wrestling News Source Podcast where she discussed her chemistry with Bayley dating back to their NXT days, advice for upcoming wrestling hopefuls and the much anticipated Mae Young Classic. Highlights and transcript of the interview (courtesy of WrestleZone) below. Her chemistry with Bayley: “It was … 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. * Ruby Riot gets five stitches during NXT’s first day at the Download Festival in Derby, England. She was busted open after taking … Read more
When Total Divas returns for their seventh season, Renee Young won’t be among the cast. Renee broke the news that she was dropped from the show on Twitter in response to a fan: Nope I am not, but the new cast will crush it!! https://t.co/nSJu5tX7cO — Renee Paquette (@ReneePaquette) June 11, 2017 Renee joined the … Read more
Raw Superstar Emma has been out of action since May after she suffered a shoulder injury during live house show at Liverpool, England as part of WWE’s European tour. It was previously reported that Emma was expected to make her return mid-June and during a live WWE house show last night in Jackson, Mississippi Emma … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. We are (thankfully) taking a trip away from the Impact Zone and will settle the next month in Mumbai, India all leading up this year’s Slammiversary. We kick off Impact’s tour India with a Knockouts title match as the champion Rosemary defends the belt against … Read more
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, two Raw Superstars are joining the cast of Total Divas! The site has learned Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax were recently added to the cast of season seven and filming is now set to begin in a few weeks. It was previously reported that Eva Marie was bowing out of the spotlight … Read more
Congratulations are in order for Reby Hardy and her husband Matt Hardy who have welcomed a second son to their family. Reby announced on Twitter the baby’s name is Wolfgang Xander Hardy: https://twitter.com/rebyhardy/status/873106684754788352 Matt Hardy also took to Twitter to chime in on the wonderful news: "Wolfie" Wolfgang X Hardy debuted/was born on June 8th at … Read more
[media-credit name=”twitter.com/totaldivaseps” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s NXT review! We’re back after a week off without any women’s action last week. Let’s dive into it. We start off with action between newcomer Sarah Logan, formally known as Crazy Mary Dobson, and one half of the Iconic Duo, Peyton Royce! Despite absolutely no matches last … Read more