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
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHINEWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight, SHINE Wrestling presented SHINE 29, headlined by a SHINE Championship match between champ Santana Garrett and Allysin Kay. The night would prove to be disastrous for Allysin, as she would lose both her title shot and control of her stable. Against her wishes, April Hunter and Taylor Made would … Read more
This week’s SmackDown had quite a few twists up its sleeve – shocker, right? Usually SmackDown puts Diva feuds on cruise control. Here, though, we were treated to significant developments in the Lana/Summer Rae feud and the Divas Title picture. Lana and Summer brought their feud – and Summer’s scandalous accusations – to MizTV, while … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @realpaigewwe/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 first batch: Lana and Dolph Ziggler may … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.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: * Leva Bates, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tough Enough finalist Amanda may already be on the WWE’s radar. Amanda, who came in second to Sara Lee in the final vote over a week ago, has reportedly been training at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. According to PWInsider (via Lords of Pain), Amanda was also in attendance … Read more
Happy September Knockouts fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. September is a fun month as it’s the start of the cool fall season, pumpkin flavored coffee, a fresh start for returning students and just happens to be my birthday month. For TNA, there is a sense of importance behind the September month this … Read more
Summer Rae is featured in the September issue of Iron Man magazine, which hit newsstands earlier this week. To celebrate the big feature, WWE.com spoke to Summer about the shoot and took us behind the scenes in a video featurette. On booking the shoot: “‘Iron Man’ loved my message about having a healthy lifestyle. I … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] New NXT Women’s Champion Bayley recently spoke to WWE.com about her monumental victory at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, sharing her emotional experience before, during and after the big match. Her reaction upon winning the title: “All I could do was cry. I was crying because of everything I’ve been through to … Read more
Following their shocking reunion on last night’s Impact, Angelina Love, Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky – also known as The Beautiful People – spoke about why they joined forces again. Angelina mused that they gave the world exactly what they wanted by reuniting. Madison took issue with people classifying it as a “repackaging” of The … Read more
This week’s NXT took its first bold post-TakeOver step towards the future, showcasing two of the Divas division’s future stars: Alexa Bliss and Eva Marie. With a new Women’s Champion and a clear path to the top, both Divas had big opportunities to make their case for stardom. Alexa took on Blue Pants, seeking revenge … Read more
The WWE may be making the final moves to secure a handful of new talents. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain), Kana and Nikki Storm are scheduled to take the final WWE medical tests in October, which would indicate that both are on the verge of signing, if not … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WAGS star and former Divas Champion Kelly Kelly was recently a guest on the Stone Cold Podcast, where she discussed a variety of topics including the bizarre origins of her “exhibitionist” character in ECW. On the gimmick, which had her strip nearly naked in front of the crowd, Kelly revealed that … Read more
Madison Rayne is a married woman. The five-time Knockouts Champion married TNA commentator Josh Mathews late last month, the news being announced on Josh’s podcast and reported by TNA Insider. The pair were congratulated prior to their nuptials by TNA exec John “Big” Gaburick: All the best to two great kids! @realjoshmathews and @MRayneTNA — … Read more
The new season of the Diva Search may be over before it even begins. The Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain) is reporting that the revival of the Diva reality competition may not happen after all. The reason behind this uncertainty is said to be the troubles encountered by Tough Enough. The issues with Tough … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] This week’s Total Divas bounced back in the ratings, drawing 1.020 million viewers according to TV by the Numbers. This is up from last week’s season low 920,000 viewers for “It’s a Beautiful Life?” and is among the higher numbers drawn this season. The episode also returned to its season … Read more
Still riding high from being crowned the number one contender to the Divas Title, Charlotte spoke to Michael Cole in this week’s WWE.com sit down interview, talking about her title shot at Night of Champions, Divas Champion Nikki Bella, the pressure the comes with being a second generation wrestler, the Diva Revolution and more. She … Read more
Spoilers for the September 4th episode of WWE Main Event.
On paper, WWE booking three Divas matches last night, all under three and half minutes would normally be a sentence that would turn a Divas fan’s stomach. In the past, we would have just been thankful that it was three matches and not one. Fast forward to 2015 and in the midst of a Diva … Read more
Hello Diva Dirt community, Today we posted news about a shooting at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Very quickly there were over 1,500 comments on the post that ranged from jokes to death threats to some even speculating that some would “kill” for their favorite Diva. This was a very serious issue and it … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] The Divas Championship match for Night of Champions has been set: Nikki Bella will defend her title against Charlotte. Charlotte earned her shot at the title by winning the first-ever Divas Beat the Clock challenge on Raw, besting the times set by rest of Team PCB. Becky Lynch was the … Read more
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On tomorrow’s new Total Divas, Paige takes to the ring at the WWE Performance Center to help Cameron fine-tune her wrestling skills. As NXT Divas and NXT Assistant Head Coach Sara Amato look on, Paige becomes increasingly frustrated with Cameron’s mistakes. She eventually tells her she’s “dangerous”, leading to a scuffle between the two in … Read more
Details are emerging on a shooting incident that took place this afternoon in the parking lot outside of the WWE Performance Center. PWInsider is reporting in the incident, which resulted in the shooting of a man who had been turning up on WWE property continuously for the past month due to his “fixation” on a … Read more
NXT Diva Zahra Schreiber has been released by the WWE, according to a report from TMZ. This follows the exposure of a series of offensive social media posts – which included Nazi imagery and racist comments – that were published prior to her WWE signing. This wasn’t the first time offensive tweets from Zahra were … Read more