[media-credit name=”Photo: @Spike/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Former TNA Knockout and current GFW talent Lei’D Tapa will fight inside the octagon for the first time on New Year’s Eve. Tapa has been announced for Japanese MMA promotion Rizin Fighting Federation’s New Year’s Eve event, where she’ll face Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout Gabrielle Garcia. Both will be making their … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” 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: * At last … Read more
Welcome to week five of the TNA World Title Series, Knockout fans. Hard to believe that it has already been over a month since the start of this World Title Series! During this month period, Group Knockouts have taken part in three qualifying group play matches that saw Brooke, Gail Kim and Awesome Kong each … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WrestlingKnockouts.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Former Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrell recently spoke to Fox News about her newfound Christianity, shedding light on how the lifestyle may affect her future in wrestling. Taryn first came forward with her new faith via a YouTube video titled, “The Beginning of My Journey With Christ,” which lead some to … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] New NXT Diva Nia Jax recently spoke to WWE.com, sharing how she overcame self doubt to pursue wrestling, who gave her the push she needed to try out for the WWE and more. Despite coming from a wrestling family and counting The Rock as a cousin, Nia revealed that she … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Pro Wrestling Illustrated” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s annual Female 50 issue has been released digitally, revealing the entire 2015 list. As announced yesterday, Nikki Bella tops the list, followed by Paige, Sasha Banks, Santana Garrett and Gail Kim. View the full list below. Last year’s placement is in parenthesis: 1. Nikki Bella … Read more
Last night on NXT we were treated to not one but two Divas matches on NXT. Any women’s wrestling fan would be cheering but many last night actually expressed their disgust that Eva Marie and Cameron were the highlighted Divas competing. Most of the complaints I saw were about how these women aren’t wrestlers and … Read more
Welcome, welcome to another NXT Redux! On this week’s show, NXT continued their pattern of booking two enticingly fresh Divas matches, both playing their own role in establishing a new status quo for the division. Everyone’s favorite intimidating Diva Asuka takes on a returning Cameron, while Eva Marie wrestle her first match in a few … Read more
The latest episode of Renee Young‘s interview series Unfiltered welcomed WWE Hall of Famer Lita to the show to discuss the latest goings-on in her life. Lita confessed that she doesn’t really have a permanent home at the moment and is moving around a lot between Florida to California. She says her dog handles it … Read more
The latest episode of Table for 3 brought together Charlotte, Natalya and Tamina Snuka for a conversation about the pressures of living up to their famous relatives and blazing a path for themselves in the WWE. The Divas started off the conversation by sympathizing with each other for not being comfortable with traditional Diva roles. … Read more
On January 7th, SmackDown will make the move to the USA Network, placing the WWE’s two main shows on the same American channel for the very first time. USA Network’s official press release confirmed that the show will remain on Thursday nights for the time being, debunking rumors of a live airing on Tuesdays. Reports … Read more
To hype her World Title Series match against Brooke on tonight’s Impact, Madison Rayne spoke about the Knockouts division and its impact on women’s wrestling as a whole. Madison credits the division with putting TNA on the map and starting the revolution that’s taken hold of women’s wrestling. She says the revolution has been happening … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated has revealed the woman atop its annual Female 50 list: Nikki Bella. The magazine revealed their pick on Twitter: Nikki Bella is No. 1 in the #PWIFemale50! Listen to her reaction on the @OfficialPWI Podcast at https://t.co/Ip3ocrA39F and iTunes Store. — PWI (@OfficialPWI) November 4, 2015 She … Read more
The second episode of WWE Breaking Ground continued to pull the curtain back on the inner workings of the WWE Performance Center, showing fans the highs and the lows of Diva life, from the very beginning of the journey to the end of the road. The episode opened with the firing of Devin Taylor, who … Read more
Last night on Raw, four Divas were in the spotlight as a new #1 Contender to Charlotte‘s WWE Divas Championship was cemented. Becky Lynch, Brie Bella, Paige and Sasha Banks clashed in a Fatal-4-Way match for the right to face Miss Flair for the silver and pink bling at Survivor Series. And of course, there … Read more
Join Diva Dirt’s Chris, Erin and Jake for a special Halloween edition of Diva Dirt Weekly. We look back at the past two months in the women’s wrestling world, covering the biggest stories we missed during our ongoing hiatus, tossing in plenty of belated Halloween hijinks along the way. Listen below or download by right … Read more
Paige will face Divas Champion Charlotte at Survivor Series with the title on the line. She became the number one contender to the title by winning a Fatal Four-Way match, which pitted her against Becky Lynch, Brie Bella and Sasha Banks. After a lengthy, grueling match that elicited “This is Awesome!” chants from the crowd, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Nikki Bella may be taking time off from the road to rehab a nagging injury. The former Divas Champion tweeted a photo this afternoon at Physical Chiropractic in Tampa, Florida, calling it her “home” for the near future: My home 4 awhile. Injuries can only keep u down 4 a … Read more
The WWE has announced a Fatal Four-Way match for tonight’s Raw, with the winner going on to challenge Charlotte for the Divas Title at Survivor Series. Competing for the right to face the champ will be Becky Lynch, Brie Bella, Paige and Sasha Banks. The match was announced in a video posted to the WWE’s … Read more
Just over two weeks ago, former WWE Diva Melina made a surprise return to the ring, wrestling her first match in over three years. The match, which took place at STARDOM’s Covina, California show, saw her team with SHINE Champion Santana Garrett to take on Hudson Envy and Thunder Rosa. Today, the match is available … Read more
Ronda Rousey recently spoke to Rolling Stone about her pro wrestling aspirations, revealing her interest in helping change the landscape for women in the WWE. This follows recent comments that revealed her desire to win the Divas Championship, which prompted a response from current champion Charlotte. The UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion addressed Charlotte’s response, saying … Read more
Paige has responded to a challenge issued by WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze, possibly opening the door for their social media feud to make the leap to television. The exchange, which originated with Alundra’s Instagram post deriding the Divas Revolution and a follow-up clarifying that her remarks are made in character, led to Paige … Read more
Hello, Diva fans! I’m going to be filling in for Eleri on Superstars/Main Event duty for the time being. Unfortunately, in the shuffle, we missed out on last week’s Main Event, which featured a great match between Brie Bella and Sasha Banks. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here. This week, Brie … 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: Charlotte Charlotte … Read more
Monday night on Raw, Paige revealed herself by attacking Charlotte and Becky Lynch after a loss from Team Bella and Summer Rae, with new beau Tyler Breeze, had V.I.P. seats. Let’s see what happens in this post-Hell in a Cell landscape for the Divas on SmackDown! Our first appearance of the night was from everyone’s … Read more
