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
To celebrate Halloween, the WWE has put their own spin on classic horror movies with the help of a few Divas and Superstars. Becky Lynch and Charlotte spoof The Exorcist‘s famous stair spider crawl, Charlotte’s Figure Eight bridge scaring the daylights out of Becky. Brie and Nikki Bella‘s The Shining spoof, originally from a 2013 … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @mimicalacool/Instagram” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: Look who’s got a new … Read more
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: * The latest Taste of Tenille shares Emma’s … Read more
Next week, the WWE Network will premiere two Diva-themed episodes of original programming. First, the second all-Diva episode of Table for 3 will feature a discussion between Charlotte, Natalya and Tamina Snuka. The Network’s description for the episode reads: “Natalya, Tamina and Charlotte share stories of what it was like growing up in sports entertainment … Read more
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating our eighth anniversary of dreaming up Halloween costumes for the women of wrestling. This year, we’ll be splitting up the women into three categories: NXT, TNA/Lucha Underground and WWE. But before you see this year’s picks, be sure to catch up on the past seven years of this feature: 2008 2009: … Read more
Diva Dirt has learned new details about Cheerleader Melissa‘s role in Lucha Underground. Contrary to earlier reports, Melissa will not be portraying the sister of Marty “The Moth” Martinez. She will be playing a different role altogether: one that plays heavily into Lucha Underground’s tribe mythology. We’re told that her character will be an important … Read more
After being sidelined for a few weeks, Group Knockouts make their television return on Impact this week as the World Title Series continues to unfold. In what may or may not have been an attempt to make up for the lack of Knockouts action in recent weeks, TNA President Dixie Carter announced earlier this week … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photos: USANetwork.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tough Enough competitors Gabi Castrovinci and Giorgia Piscina have responded to allegations that “troubling” parts of their pasts have prevented them from being signed by the WWE. GiGi’s involvement in the story came as the result of a mix-up by Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer, who initially stated that she would … Read more
As far as transitionary periods go, this is far from boring. NXT’s Divas division’s new era is still coming together, but you wouldn’t know it by watching this week’s show: Bayley‘s first post-Sasha Banks title challenger is far from a lightweight, Nia Jax is breaking the mold of the “monster” and the Dana Brooke/Emma vs. … Read more
Cheerleader Melissa is joining Lucha Underground for its season season. Melissa, at two-time SHIMMER Champion who previously competed for TNA, is said by the Wrestling Observer to be playing the sister of Marty “The Moth” Martinez, who most recently squared off with Sexy Star in an attempt to claim her Aztec medallion. Melissa started filming … Read more
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating our eighth anniversary of dreaming up Halloween costumes for the women of wrestling. This year, we’ll be splitting up the women into three categories: NXT, TNA/Lucha Underground and WWE. But before you see this year’s picks, be sure to catch up on the past seven years of this feature: 2008 2009: … Read more
To celebrate the release of WWE 2K16 yesterday in North America, WWE has published “entrance mashups”, showing Superstars and Divas making their entrances in someone else’s trademark style. In one of the videos, Nikki Bella‘s entrance is mashed up with John Cena‘s, showing her whipping out his “Never Give Up” towel and charging to the … Read more
Paige is the subject of Michael Cole‘s latest sit down interview for WWE.com, covering topics from the origins of the Diva Revolution and the breakup of Team PCB to the identity of Natalya‘s attacker. When Cole asks her what happened to the Paige who was “respectful and wide-eyed”, she says she’s exactly the same person. … Read more
Ahead of the main event match between Awesome Kong and Gail Kim on tonight’s Impact, Madison Rayne spoke about the importance of the bout and what it means for TNA’s World Title Series. Madison, who is also part of the Series’s Knockouts group, says Gail and Kong deserve this spot because of how their rivalry … Read more
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating our eighth anniversary of dreaming up Halloween costumes for the women of wrestling. This year, we’ll be splitting up the women into three categories: NXT, TNA/Lucha Underground and WWE. But before you see this year’s picks, be sure to catch up on the past seven years of this feature: 2008 2009: … Read more
Spoilers for the October 30th episode of WWE Main Event.
Despite recent setbacks, Ronda Rousey still hopes to compete in a WWE ring one day, setting her sights firmly on the Divas Title. At a press conference for her fight at UFC 193, Rousey spoke about her future goals, expressing her hope to win world championships in boxing and jiu-jitsu as well as the WWE’s … Read more
Paige‘s true colors are shiiiinnning through! She is green with envy and red with how hot the crowd were for the not-so-shocking reveal of her clear intentions. Last night was a rare episode of Raw that was practically fantastic from start to finish, Divas included. Stephanie McMahon kicked off the show by kissing Seth Rollins‘ … Read more
After suffering betrayal at the hands of Paige on Raw, Charlotte and Becky Lynch caught up with Eden on Raw Fallout to share their reactions. Both Divas appear to be at a loss for words, Becky admitting that they should have expected Paige to betray them. Becky says Paige showed her true colors: her black … Read more