Last night on Raw, the Divas Champion Nikki Bella and NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks faced off for the first time. Despite their hard work in the ring, the Minneapolis audience chanted for hometown hero Brock Lesnar throughout their performance. WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley, who has been outspoken in his praise women’s wrestling … Read more
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[media-credit name=”Photos: IGN.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Two more Divas have been confirmed for the WWE 2K16 roster: Brie and Nikki Bella. The announcement is part of IGN’s “Weekly Roster Reveal”, in which they reveal new names for the game every Monday morning. They join previously announced Divas Emma, Eva Marie, Paige, Summer Rae and Tamina Snuka. … Read more
The first digital “pay-what-you-want” package designed for wrestling fans makes its debut today. The package, known as The Wrestling Bundle, offers “never-before-seen shoot interviews, ebooks and audio books, iPPV wrestling events, video games, subscriptions, exclusive digital art, music, discounts” and more. Fans will name their own price for a base set of products, with premium … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Apologies for missing last week, life got a bit too hectic for a minute there but things have returned to normal. We have a little catching up to do so let’s get to it! Joshi News It has been a slow few weeks for true “news” … 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: Awesome Kong … Read more
Global Force Wrestling will hold its second television tapings this Friday, and another GFW Women’s Title tournament match is on the card. Amber Gallows, Candice LeRae and former WWE and TNA star Katarina Waters will go head-to-head for the chance to advance in the tournament. The first match, taped last month, pitted Christina Von Eerie, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: AIWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night, Absolute Intense Wrestling held its second Battle of the Sexes event, in which women and men of wrestling went head-to-head in eight intergender matches. The main event saw Veda Scott took on AIW Absolute Champion Rickey Shane Page with the title on the line in a Falls Count … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Eva Marie looks to step up her in-ring training by learning a new finishing move. She asks her trainer Brian Kendrick to teach him his signature move: the Sliced Bread #2. Brian warns her that the move – which involves scaling the turnbuckle – is risky, but Eva is determined … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Eva Marie‘s training once again becomes a hot topic amongst the Divas. After watching training videos Eva posted on social media, Alicia Fox explains to Cameron why she has no faith in Eva’s potential as a wrestler. She cites the fact that Eva’s performing her moves on a man and … Read more
WWEShop has debuted a new shirt for NXT fan favorite Blue Pants. The shirt, which displays a simple pair of blue drawstring pants, is in stock now in adult and youth sizes. Click here to order. Blue Pants, who competes on the indies as Leva Bates, has not been officially signed by the WWE, but … Read more
It’s SmackDown time again! This week, we’ve got a kind of rematch on our hands: Charlotte takes on Naomi. Last week, that same match was thrown out and restarted in favor of a tag match. Somehow, I doubt we’ll see that happen again, but there’s no telling what kind of interference Team B.A.D. may cook … Read more
After Tuesday’s eppy of Total Divas, I find myself completely amazed that Nattie and Tyson Kidd are still together. TJ must literally be the most patient man in the world in order to put up with all the crap Nattie dishes out and our favorite Canadian was in fine form this week. The couple has … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @chynajoanlaurer/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Chyna has fired back at an allegation that she caused a scene at the funeral of Roddy Piper earlier this week. The allegation – levied by her ex-boyfriend X-Pac – was that she had “bum rushed” Triple H at the funeral and was nearly removed by security. Chyna has published … Read more
Spoilers for the August 19th – September 9th episodes of NXT.
Tune in to SmackDown tonight at 8pm ET on Syfy. Discuss the show in the comments! RELATED: SmackDown Spoilers: August 13th, 2015
#ShowYourImpact or #JoinTheForce, choose your side! That’s right Knockout fans, this week’s Impact Wrestling show pins an all about war between members of the TNA roster and the invading talent of the GFW promotion. After getting the green light from TNA President Dixie Carter last week, Global Force Wrestling founder Jeff Jarrett has been put … Read more
Hello NXT faithful, and welcome to another NXT Redux! Oh, would you look at that: another NXT with a Divas main event! You’d think this was becoming the norm, huh? The number one contendership for the NXT Women’s Title is on the line in the headlining match, Bayley looking to take the final step towards … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @chynajoanlaurer/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Former WWE star Chyna is being accused of causing a scene at the funeral of Roddy Piper this past Tuesday. The accusations are being made by fellow attendee X-Pac, who initially tweeted that she “crashed” the funeral. He later retracted that statement, but insisted that she caused a scene when … Read more
The return of the Diva Search is currently being restructured, according to a new report. The Wrestling Observer (via Lords of Pain) is reporting that the new season was originally going to be similar in structure to Tough Enough, but those plans have changed after seeing the issues that format has had. The Diva Search … Read more
Tune in to NXT on the WWE Network at 8pm ET. Then, tune in to Impact Wrestling on Destination America at 9pm ET. Discuss the shows in the comments! RELATED: NXT Spoilers: July 22nd – August 12th, 2015 | Impact Wrestling Spoilers: August 12th & 19th, 2015
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night’s Total Divas was the most successful season four episode yet, drawing 1.176 million viewers according to TV by the Numbers. The episode, titled “Good Diva, Bad Diva”, brought in the highest number of viewers since the season three finale. In the 18-49 demo, the episode maintain last week’s … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Sasha Banks recently sat down with Chris Jericho for his Talk is Jericho podcast, discussing her early love for wrestling, getting to FCW, breaking barriers in NXT, the Diva Revolution and more. Being told to “wrestle like a Diva” in the early days: She started out with Paige, Summer Rae … Read more
With the eighth episode Tough Enough in the books, it’s time for another Redux. This week, we bid goodbye to another female competitor. Yet again, the format of the show, with its voting method and arbitrary judging decisions, resulted in an undeserved elimination. Boo hiss. On the bright side, there’s only two weeks left! Yes, … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy event along the way, from NXT to Impact Wrestling to Raw. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Tough Enough Episode 7: “Spinning a Yarn” (8/4/15) … Read more