Hello Lucha fans! It is Jack here and I welcome you to a Lightning Lucha edition of the Lucha Underground Analysis! An exciting way of saying that we’re going to have a speed run of this week’s action. You have to jazz it up a little though don’t you?! This week, we first saw Catrina … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Who has left the most lasting legacy on women’s wrestling? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on the … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are said to be big supporters of changing the way women in WWE are featured, according to a report from The Wrestling Observer (via WrestleChat). It is said that much of the reasoning behind this comes from UFC’s incredible success with Ronda Rousey. While Stephanie … Read more
Last night at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, NXT continued one trend and started another: embarrassing those booking the main roster Divas and doubling its Divas offering by showcasing two women’s matches. Yes, for the first time ever, two Divas matches inhabited the card. Also for the first time ever (that I can tell), the NXT Divas … Read more
According to a report from the Wrestling Observer (via Gerweck.net) Destination America has decided to drop all TNA programming. This decision was made after Impact announced they would be moving to Wednesday nights. TNA programming is scheduled to end on Destination America at the end of the third quarter of this year, which would be … Read more
Tonight at NXT Takeover: Unstoppable, Sasha Banks overcame a bad arm and Becky Lynch‘s lightning-quick style to retain the NXT Women’s Title. Becky’s fast-paced move set kept Sasha on her toes, but some well-placed offense – including a face plant directly onto the ring apron – allowed the Women’s Champion to slow her opponent down. … Read more
Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, Bayley and Charlotte proved themselves to be “Huggably Superior”. The duo defeated the team of newcomer Dana Brooke and main roster Diva Emma. Dana and Emma managed to isolate Bayley for much of the match, but the tides turned once former Women’s Champion Charlotte was tagged in. She would eventually … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable airs live tonight at 8pm ET on the WWE Network. Tune in to the pre-show at 7:30pm. Sasha Banks will be defending the NXT Women’s Title against Becky Lynch, while the team of Bayley and Charlotte take on Dana Brooke and Emma. Also, tune in to Lucha Underground tonight on the El … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, Sasha Banks defends the NXT Women’s Title against Becky Lynch. Will The Boss lose the belt? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Chris: This one I’m super excited for! Although some questioned the Becky Lynch face turn I really enjoyed the contract signing segment and … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, Bayley and Charlotte team up to take on Dana Brooke and Emma. Are Bayley and Charlotte truly Huggably Superior? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Chris: I wasn’t quite expecting a tag match on this live special but I’ll take it! It’ll certainly be interesting … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Heading into her huge NXT Women’s Title match against Sasha Banks at tonight’s NXT Takeover: Unstoppable, Becky Lynch has spoken to WWE.com about getting into the wrestling business, leaving it and eventually rediscovering her passion for it. Surprisingly, she reveals that wrestling wasn’t always her passion: “If you can believe … Read more
Both WWE and TNA have made recent additions to their women’s wrestling merchandise, debuting two t-shirts. Ahead of her Women’s Title match at tonight’s NXT Takeover: Unstoppable, Becky Lynch has received her first t-shirt. It reads “Lass Kicker” on the front and “Maiden Ireland” on the back. The Dollhouse – the group comprised of Taryn … Read more
A Divas Title match will be announced for the Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View on this week’s SmackDown, according to reports. Lords of Pain is reporting that a Triple Threat match between Divas Champion Nikki Bella, Naomi and Paige will be confirmed on the show. Like last week’s Payback match announcement, this wasn’t mentioned in early spoiler … Read more
Hey everyone! Raw was pretty monumental for the Divas, right? If you haven’t seen Raw yet and are catching up via my Redux, then *SPOILER ALERT*, the show was pretty awesome for the Divas last night. The last few weeks have been a little more subdued yet this week’s episode is steering us in a … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] NXT has given Sara Del Rey a big promotion. Del Rey, real name Sara Amato, has been named NXT’s new Assistant Head Coach. She had previously held the position of an Assistant Coach. In the announcement on WWE.com, it was revealed that in addition to coaching at the WWE Performance … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Terri Runnels may have not seen much action inside the ring, but she certainly made her mark outside of it. A legendary wrestling manager in both WCW and WWE, Terri was an indispensable asset for wrestlers like Goldust, Val Venis, The Hardy Boyz, Perry Saturn and more. Her skills even … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: MastersofRingEntertainment.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] This Saturday in Wilmington, North Carolina, Masters of Ring Entertainment will showcase the first ever women’s wrestling expo: the Women in Wrestling Fan Expo, headlined by WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus. They will be joined by legendary Divas Victoria, Ivory, Terri Runnels, SHINE Champion Santana Garrett and … 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: NXT (5/13/15): Alexa Bliss defeats Carmella. Sasha Banks … Read more
Get hyped for NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable with an exclusive Diva Dirt Hype video package highlighting both the NXT Women’s Championship match between Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch, as well as the tag team match between Bayley and Charlotte vs. Dana Brooke and Emma. Check out the latest Diva Dirt Hype below: Music: “Little Monster” by … Read more
Tune in to Raw on the USA Network at 8pm ET, as well as the pre-show on the WWE Network. Discuss the show in the comments!
A mid-week match announcement and half-assed buildup aren’t exactly the makings of an exciting Divas Pay-Per-View match. Payback, by all indication, was set up to be forgettable event in Diva-land, and depending on your viewpoint, it may as well have been. For me, though, the match pitting Naomi and Tamina Snuka against Brie and Nikki … Read more
Following their win over Brie and Nikki Bella at Payback, Naomi and Tamina Snuka positioned themselves for total Divas division dominance. In a WWE.com exclusive interview, Naomi said she has proven herself worthy of another Divas Title shot multiple times. She goes to challenge champ Nikki to a match at Elimination Chamber in two weeks, … Read more
Tonight at Payback, the new combination of Naomi and Tamina Snuka proved to be a winning one. The pair defeated Brie and Nikki Bella in just their second outing as a tag team, Naomi pinning Nikki after pulling her off the top rope. Naomi and Tamina managed to strategically isolate the legal Bella at all … Read more
