Former WWE icon Chyna revealed some major news today in an appearance on The Howard Stern Show — she wants to return to the WWE! Chyna, who has had a busy year with a guest spot in TNA and a fledgling career in pornography, reveals that she wrote a letter to Vince McMahon asking if … Read more
TNA Knockout Gail Kim will face Hailey Hatred on November 25th at Absolute Intense Wrestling. Hatred, who now lives in Japan where she’s picked up several major championships, will put three (yes, three!) belts on the line against Gail — the TLW Championship, the Hybrid Fighting Championship and the JWP Open Class Championship. Also on … Read more
WWE.com has a new piece looking at Beth Phoenix and Natalya‘s pin-up strong movement and pondering whether their pin-up strong message may be hypocritical following their actions in recent months. From their changing look to their bully antics, WWE.com asks if pin-up strong has become “pin-up wrong”? The article says: If you follow @TheBethPhoenix and … Read more
Diva Dirt recently caught up with former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion, Nicole Matthews, to talk about her recent ventures in the Australian and Japanese wrestling scenes, losing her ECCW Supergirls Championship to KC Spinelli and her actions at the end of SHIMMER Vol. 44. The result was a very entertaining, and at times, hilarious interview. … Read more
Why does all the fun stuff happen off camera? Similar to all of the babyfaces — including Beth Phoenix — hitting their finishers on a heel CM Punk a few months ago, WWE has made The Miz the target this time. On the current European tour, they’ve been doing spots where Miz is cornered by … Read more
CHIKARA has revealed the first match for its three-night JoshiMania extravaganza from December 2nd-4th. Sara Del Rey will face off against Meiko Satomura on Night 3 (December 4th) in Manhattan, NY. For tickets and more information click here. As previously announced, Manami Toyota will receive the Diva Dirt Legacy Award on Night 1 in Philadelphia, … Read more
Welcome to Diva Dirt’s Five to Watch 2011! This annual list compiles five rising talents in the world of female wrestling that we think have what it takes to be the next big thing. From their in-ring abilities to their unique personalities, we aim to spotlight some of the upcoming female talent that you may … Read more
It’s back! The Diva Dirt Perfect 10 makes a return as we look at the movers and shakers of the Divas and Knockouts division this past week a la WWE.com’s Power 25. Which femme fatales impressed on Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Superstars, Impact Wrestling and FCW? (Note: Pay per views will be counted the following week.) … Read more
Some quick news bullets: * Mia Yim made her in-ring debut for Ring of Honor tonight in a losing effort against MsChif. Mia, who is part of the Embassy in ROH as Princess Mia, has been with the company since January. Of the match, Mia tweeted: “Lost against mschif at roh today. Its OK, it … Read more
Welcome to the second ever SHIMMER Roundtable! On this Diva Dirt exclusive audio, we look back at the SHIMMER weekend on October 1st and 2nd, giving our opinions on our favorite matches, best moments, debuts and much, much more. Joining Diva Dirt’s Steven on the SHIMMER Roundtable is the founder of independent wrestling website, Dirty … Read more
Hello there, and welcome to the first of hopefully many TNA Xplosion Watches. It’s been some time since there was a Knockouts match on the internationally syndicated program, but this week the curse was finally broken, as we got to see knockouts, Madison Rayne and Brooke Tessmacher, square off in one-on-one competition. Not only that, … Read more
Welcome to Diva Dirt’s Five to Watch 2011! This annual list compiles five rising talents in the world of female wrestling that we think have what it takes to be the next big thing. From their in-ring abilities to their unique personalities, we aim to spotlight some of the upcoming female talent that you may … Read more
Why, hello there. If you’re wondering why I, Bobby, loyal supporter of Miss Karen Jarrett, have hijacked the SmackDown Redux this week, well, let’s just assume Steven’s computer has another case of anal bleeding and is in worse condition than Jerry Lawler. Nonetheless, this week on SmackDown, we had a fast paced singles bout between … Read more
WWE held a kick-off party for WrestleMania 28 in Miami yesterday as tickets for the extravaganza finally went on sale, five months for ‘Mania rocks the Sun Life Stadium on April 1st. Several Divas were on hand including the muy caliente Rosa Mendes, who is not often seen on TV. Rosa told the Miami Herald … Read more
Asia One Sports has a news story covering yesterday’s All Japan Pro Wrestling press conference in Taipei, Taiwan that saw a brawl break out between Cheerleader Melissa and Japanese wrestler Makoto. The two will face off in the first ever female singles match on Taiwanese soil tomorrow, after competing in a six-person tag bout today … Read more
WWE.com caught up with AJ and Kaitlyn, collectively known as the Chickbusters, to talk about the raging debate in the Divas division of “models vs wrestlers”. The former NXT graduates feel that they don’t fall into either category, with AJ saying that she doesn’t understand why Beth Phoenix and Natalya have labelled them as models. … Read more
With the recent buzz about former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler and her new Hollywood heartthrob beau, celebrity tabloid show The Insider invited three former Divas Champions onto the show to talk about their jobs and show host Brooke Anderson a few moves. It’s pretty much the standard piece — why did you want to be … Read more
Welcome to Diva Dirt’s Five to Watch 2011! This annual list compiles five rising talents in the world of female wrestling that we think have what it takes to be the next big thing. From their in-ring abilities to their unique personalities, we aim to spotlight some of the upcoming female talent that you may … Read more
Tune in to Friday Night SmackDown to see what the blue brand Divas will be up to this week. Watch at 8pm ET on Syfy. Discuss the show in the comments! RELATED: SmackDown Spoilers: November 4th, 2011
Female wrestler Faye Palmer was evicted from the British version of Big Brother tonight. 19-year-old Palmer lasted 57 days in the competition since entering the house on September 9th. Faye managed to survive eviction last week, however, didn’t escape the vote a second time. She didn’t appear surprised when her name was called out as … Read more
Welcome everyone to another thrilling edition of the Impact Write-Up. It’s been a fun-filled night of Knockouts action, only this time there wasn’t too much of it spread throughout the show. Tis fine, as to make up for that fact, the gods at TNA have awarded us a Knockouts Tag Team Championship match. The self … Read more
Ahead of their history-making bout this weekend in Taiwan, a fight broke out today between Cheerleader Melissa and Japanese star Makoto. The fight occured at a press conference for All Japan Pro Wrestling’s “Pro Wrestling Love in Taiwan” in Taipei which takes place tomorrow, November 5th and Sunday, November 6th. Melissa is due to team … Read more
TNA has released a promo package for the upcoming Gail Kim vs Velvet Sky match at Turning Point. They really do these video packages well and it gives the matches more importance, I think. In this promo, Gail notably says that the Knockouts Championship is “waiting for its mommy”. Watch below:
Future WWE developmental Diva Tenille is the star of a new short film documentary. Fittingly entitled “Tenille. The Wrestler.“, the documentary is produced by her brother, Rhett Dashwood. In it, she discusses injuries in wrestling, support from family and friends, dietary and fitness requirements, and her WWE tryout in March. The video is well worth … Read more
TNA crowned new Knockouts Tag Team Champions on tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling when the returning Gail Kim and Madison Rayne picked up the belts. The win marks a fast turnaround from return to title win for Gail, who made her comeback on Impact just three weeks ago. The new champions defeated previous champions Tara … Read more
