In honor of her upcoming WWE Hall of Fame induction, celebrate the career of Diva Dirt Legacy Award winner Jacqueline with this special Diva Dirt Hype video tribute. With a career spanning three decades, the video relives Jacqueline’s greatest moments from USWA, WCW, WWE, TNA and more. Watch the latest Diva Dirt Hype below: Music: … Read more
WrestleMania I March 31st, 1985 At the very first WrestleMania, Leilani Kai defended her Women’s Championship against Wendi Richter. Both women had a legendary backup in their corners: Wendi brought along pop star Cyndi Lauper, while Leilani recruited the incomparable Fabulous Moolah. It didn’t take long for the villainous Moolah to interfere, but she was … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WrestlingKnockouts.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Angelina Love has parted ways with TNA. The six-time Knockouts Champion, who gave birth to her first child last week, confirmed her free agent status on Twitter tonight, revealing that her TNA contract expired during her pregnancy: 9 days post delivery…this free agent will start posting videos soon of my … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … Read more
Welcome to another Main Event Redux! This week, the storyline development was kicked into high gear, so much so that it penetrated the sacred spoiler wall. As you’ll recall from earlier this week, after a challenge was made for an Eight-Diva Tag Team match at WrestleMania, Team Lana grew by two during Tuesday night’s tapings, … Read more
On this Tuesday’s episode of Total Divas, Brie and Nikki Bella pitch their big idea for a lingerie line that “pays it forward.” The duo meet with an entrepreneur to pitch their line, which would donate a pair of underwear to women in need with every purchase. While the idea doesn’t fall flat, it may … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Jacqueline‘s WWE Hall of Fame inductors have been revealed. WWE.com has announced that Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley will induct the two-time Women’s Champion during next weekend’s ceremony. The WWE.com article notes that the Dudleyz are close friends with Jacqueline, Bubba revealing that they were her first choice for the … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Brie Bella‘s retirement may be imminent. Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that the former Divas Champion will officially retire after this year’s post-WrestleMania Raw. The report notes that Brie’s decision to retire earlier than expected is connected to her husband Daniel Bryan‘s health issues, which recently forced him to pull … Read more
Hello readers! We are less than two weeks away from WrestleMania, and for the first time in a decade we will have two Divas matches (and BONUS for the second not having a pillow fight). This is such an exciting time as on this week’s SmackDown has Boston’s hometown hero Sasha Banks taking on the … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @TheQueenHEEL/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * Becky Lynch, … Read more
On this Tuesday’s episode of Total Divas, Natalya and Mandy Rose hit the ring for some training and pre-vacation bonding. Natalya believes that the trip will help her and Mandy grow closer, but confesses that she worries that the unpredictable behavior of her father, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, may ruin it all. She hopes that … Read more
On this Tuesday’s episode of Total Divas, Brie Bella‘s lingerie designing ambitions are dampened by Nikki‘s insistence that they can’t go at it alone. When Brie tries to dive head-first into designing and producing a pair of underwear on her own, Nikki provides constant critiques. She tries to convince Brie that if they want to … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ImpactWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] TNA has confirmed the signing of its newest Knockout, Cherry Bomb. The signing, which was first rumored earlier this week, has now been announced on TNA’s official website. The article lists Cherry Bomb under her real name, Laura Dennis. Laura is included alongside four other signees: her husband Jesse “Pepper … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s day late Impact Write-Up. After scoring a huge over the Knockouts Champion last week, Maria Kanellis has, somehow, become the unofficial number one contender to Gail Kim‘s title. While most women would be thrilled to have this kind of opportunity, Maria has other motives in mind and … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Dallas is just over a week away, so it’s time to ramp up the action in anticipation of our big title match, in which Bayley will defend the NXT Women’s Title against the undefeated Asuka. On this week’s show, Asuka will square off with her TakeOver: London opponent Emma in an effort to … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Total Divas continued its upward climb in the ratings, drawing 663,000 viewers this week according to Showbuzz Daily. This is up from last week’s 650,000 viewers and continues the show’s rebound from the series low numbers drawn a few weeks ago. In the 18-49 demo, the episode drew a 0.31 … Read more
A dramatic turn of events at last night’s WWE Main Event tapings has added two new Divas to the team of Lana, Naomi and Tamina: Emma and Summer Rae. A WrestleMania challenge prior to Raw put the team at a numbers disadvantage against Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Natalya and Paige, but the tables were turned … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of Joshi Wrestling Weekly! Today we are going to discuss the latest events in Japan, including a big Stardom show, a new ICExInfinity Championship, and Maki Narumiya‘s upcoming retirement! Joshi Wrestling News Photo: battle-news.com After having her last match in Ice Ribbon, Maki Narumiya announced plans for … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Eve Torres is set to guest star on an upcoming episode of Supergirl. CBS has released a synopsis of the show’s penultimate season one episode, which lists the three-time Divas Champion as appearing as Maxima: “Myriad” – Kara must find a way to free her friends when Non (Chris Vance) … Read more
Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to this week’s Raw Redux. While Raw on the whole was – as The New Day would put it – hot garbage, it was thankfully another solid showing for the WWE Divas division. There is nothing rubbish about them, which is fantastic news! The side feud at WrestleMania was unfortunately … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy women’s wrestling event along the way. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Impact Wrestling (3/15/16): Maria Kanellis & Mike Bennett defeat Gail Kim & Drew … Read more
Tonight in the Raw Pre-Show, a challenge was laid down for WrestleMania. In a backstage segment, Alicia Fox, Natalya and Paige confronted Lana, telling her that they were on Brie Bella‘s side in the Divas’ ongoing feud. They went on to challenge Lana, Naomi, Tamina and a partner of their choosing to a Eight-Diva Tag … Read more
Cherry Bomb may be TNA’s newest Knockout. PWInsider is reporting that Cherry Bomb – real name Laura Dennis – has been signed by the company. This would make her one of the five acquisitions hyped yesterday by TNA Executive Bob Ryder: Always tough seeing people go, especially friends like @REALBobbyRoode & @TheEricYoung.Still a great roster … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHIMMER” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] SHIMMER has released new details on its next tournament, which will crown the first Heart of SHIMMER Champion. The tournament, which was first announced in January, will feature the same format as SHIMMER 70’s 12-woman SHIMMER Title tournament. SHIMMER has revealed the tournament’s first six participants: Cheerleader Melissa, Cherry Bomb, … Read more
