WWE.com followed new Divas Champion Charlotte in the hours leading up to her big win at Night of Champions, capturing the emotion and excitement of her journey to the title. The five minute video features cameos from Bayley, Becky Lynch, Natalya and Charlotte’s father, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, and ends with a post-match … Read more
Cameron has offically launched her anti-bullying campaign, Wrong #, with a new song, lyric video and fundraising merchandise. The lyric video, which features singer Lovely, includes images sent in by fans on social media: On her official website, Cameron explains the motivation and message behind the campaign: I want to invite you to join me … Read more
The main roster Diva Revolution has been lackluster for a while now, but Night of Champions finally made plain to me why that’s the case. It wasn’t a poor match that did it – no, I wasn’t particularly disappointed in the Divas Title match itself. Rather, it was the overall sense the booking gave me … Read more
Tonight at Night of Champions, a new Divas Champion was crowned: Charlotte. The second generation Diva put an end to Nikki Bella‘s record-setting Divas Title reign, overcoming a bad knee and excruciating pain to lock Nikki into the Figure Eight submission and force her to tap out. For much of the match, Nikki was in … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: battle-news.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! This is a special edition of the column, as there has really been one news story that overshadowed everything else this week. On September 20th, 2015, the talented Joshi wrestler Mio Shirai retired from professional wrestling. Joshi News Photo: battle-news.com At … Read more
This weekend, the WWE held tryouts at the Performance Center, drawing female talent from the indy scene and the sports world at large. Squared Circle Sirens has named numerous women as participants in the tryouts, Wrestling Inc compiling them into the following list: * Allysin Kay, top indy wrestler and two-time AIW Women’s Champion. * … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at Night of Champions, Nikki Bella defends the Divas Title against Charlotte. If Nikki loses the match via countout or DQ, she will lose the title. Will her record-setting reign finally come to an end tonight? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Chris: After the high drama (Copyright Michael … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] AJ Lee is set to star in her very first movie. The movie, titled Hellstorm, is described in a press release as an action/horror movie, its plot reading: After the collapse of the world’s financial system and a devastating world war, a group of mismatched survivors are forced to band … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2014, when Paige defended the Divas Title against AJ Lee and Nikki Bella in a Triple Threat match. AJ would win the Divas Title for the third time in … 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: Bayley Bayley … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions tomorrow night, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2013, when AJ Lee defended the Divas Title in a Fatal Four-Way match against Brie Bella, Naomi and Natalya. AJ managed to beat the odds, attacking Natalya when … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Bad news for those hoping to bring the Diva Revolution to WWE 2K16: Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks won’t be playable in the game. The announcement was made by 2K Sports on the game’s official website. In an official statement, they stressed their enthusiasm for the Divas and … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @sashabankswwe/Instagram” align=”alignright” 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: Happy Anniversary! WWE ring announced … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ProWrestlingTees.com” align=”alignright” 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: * WSU World … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions this Sunday, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2012, when Layla defended the Divas Title against Eve Torres. Eve was subbing for Kaitlyn, who had been injured by a mystery attacker and couldn’t compete. Eve would … Read more
Time flies, doesn’t it? We’re again at a “go home” SmackDown, just days away from Night of Champions. Even though she’s got a big Divas Title defense against Charlotte to worry about, Nikki Bella is choosing instead to focus on the milestone she passed earlier this week. It’s Bellabration time!!! Before we can Bellabrate, though, … Read more
Greetings loyal Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. The final battle lines have been drawn as we come to the thrilling conclusion to the TNA vs. GFW storyline that has been taking place throughout the summer. In our main chapter of the story, we have TNA President Dixie Carter forming her representative … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ImpactWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] TNA has announced a big Knockouts match for Bound For Glory: Gail Kim will defend her newly-won Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong. The announcement was made on TNA’s official website, making it the third bout to be confirmed for the Pay-Per-View. Gail won the Knockouts Title on last night’s Impact, … Read more
This week on NXT, the Diva Revolution finally got around to fulfilling the “revolution” part of its mission. After a week spent marking out, we finally got to see the official booking of a humongous match: Bayley will defend the NXT Women’s Title against Sasha Banks in the main event of TakeOver: RESPECT…in a 30 … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ImpactWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Gail Kim became a five-time Knockouts Champion. She won the title in a Fatal Four-Way match, defeating champion Brooke, Awesome Kong and Lei’D Tapa in an incredibly hard-hitting match, each Knockout taking punishment in and out of the ring. In the end, Gail pinned Brooke to … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] When she returns from injury, Lana may be returning to a familiar place: Rusev‘s side. The Wrestling Observer (via WrestlingInc) is reporting that there is “serious talk” about reuniting the pair. According to the report, the feeling backstage is that the two were weakened by their separation and ensuing feud, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night’s episode of Total Divas took a huge dip in the ratings, drawing only 804,000 viewers according to TV by the Numbers. This is a season four low, a distinction previously held by the 920,000 drawn by “It’s a Beautiful Life?”. It’s almost a series low as well, second … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Knockouts Champion Brooke will put her title on the line in a Fatal Four-Way match, pitting her against Awesome Kong, Gail Kim and Lei’D Tapa. Ahead of the match, Brooke and Lei’D Tapa spoke about the challenge before them. Brooke reminds fans that she’s not to be underestimated. Though she admits … Read more
The season premiere of Raw rarely disappoints, and last night’s was no exception. Despite the fact that WWE runs 52 weeks a year and no-one ever views Raw as having a season premiere or finale, the season premiere tagline is always backed up by big time matches, and that is exactly what we got last … Read more
On this week’s episode of Raw, Nikki Bella became the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history. While this marks a huge moment in the history of the Divas division and the title itself, social media seems to be giving someone else credit for Nikki’s reign…and it isn’t the Divas Champion.
