Despite being ‘fired’, WWE still had Kelly Kelly make a public appearance this past week at the WrestleMania 28 press conference in Miami.
At the event, Kelly spoke to the Miami Herald on her star turn on SmackDown last week, when she main evented the show and helped Edge retain the World Heavyweight Championship. On that pivotal moment she said:
A not so appropriate title for this week’s SmackDown Redux would be “The Hangover Edition” but that’s incredibly unfair to the newly crowned Diva’s Champion, Eve, and her opponent on this week’s episode of the A-List show, Layla. However, after last week’s epic episode, I truly felt like this week was nothing more than a buzz kill. The match itself was okay, and so was the backstage segment that featured Michelle McCool and Vickie Guerrero (…and Dolph Ziggler). But unfortunately it just failed to live up to the high expectations that last week set.
Of course, I’m getting ahead of myself. This is not the time to talk about my personal opinion. This is merely the introduction so let me get all generic on you people and say…
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO HEREEEEEEE’S SMACKDOWN!
Tonight’s Diva portion of the show kicked off with a segment. Lay-Cool are walking backstage with Layla dressed to wrestle. They’re chatting about the Royal Rumble and Michelle calls Eve a snake. They agree that she didn’t deserve to be in that match at the Rumble and Michelle says that it’s all because it was Lay-Cool’s rematch. They can’t decide how Eve got into the match and Michelle seems a little annoyed that no one ever seems to help them out like that. They agree that Eve’s victory was nothing more than a fluke and Michelle makes the statement that had the referee been doing his job correctly that she would be the new Diva’s Champion. Layla stops them and goes “don’t you mean we?” Michelle just looks at her and goes “yay, whatever Lay.” This insults Layla and rightfully so, but before she can reply, the door to Vickie’s office swings open and out walks the woman herself.
Last night’s Impact saw the debut of a new Knockout, Rosita, who was introduced as the ‘cousin’ of Sarita. How would the newcomer measure up in her debut night? And how would TNA give Mickie and Madison’s big title match this Sunday one last push? Let’s find out…
Earlier in the evening, we catch Angelina Love’s cohorts, Velvet Sky and Winter arguing backstage before she proceeds to shut it down and try to get them on the same page. Obviously, that’s not going to work. Anyone who’s been torn between a friend and a lover who don’t like each other can probably attest to that. Which begs the question – who is the ‘friend’ and who is the ‘lover’ in this scenario? Winter or Velvet? You decide.
Anyhoo, it’s match time and we are ready to meet our new Knockout! Regardez:
Sarita is out first and her cousin Rosita is not far behind. The duo salsa down the ramp before doing a little skit in the ring. Next out is the team of Tara & Madison Rayne. On the babyface side, the BPs and Winter come out which leads to a funny yet awkward situation as Winter, like Velvet, tries to crawl through Angelina’s legs for her entrance. Angie acts violated while Winter looks rather pleased with herself. Next out is Hardcore Country herself, Mickie James. By my count, that’s eight Knockouts — okay, we’re ready to go!
As this week’s edition of WWE Superstars kicks off, we are treated with an opening bout that pits former Divas Champions Natalya and Alicia Fox against each other. Watch below:
First out, is the Queen of Harts herself, Natalya heading down to the ring sporting her signature pink and black attire. The girl really seems like she can work any shade of pink so kudos to her. She plays up the crowd really well as a babyface, awaiting her opponent’s arrival.
And speaking of her opponent, out next is Alicia Fox strutting out fiercely down the entrance ramp, sporting her own signature Tina Turner-esque pom pom skirt and near matching tiger print top. Of course, the Rihanna weave deserves honorable mention as well. It takes bold women in this world to pull off and actually rock that particular color and style. I can wholeheartedly say that Foxy does.
Check out footage of Eve Torres addressing the press at the WrestleMania 28 press conference earlier this week below. Torres represented the Divas division by speaking to the crowd, noting that they look forward to hitting the beaches of Miami next year. Watch below: Thoughts: Many people question why WWE pushes Eve and put the … Read more
New Divas Champion, Eve Torres spoke to the Miami Herald this past week when she was in town for the WrestleMania 28 press conference.
Speaking on being the new Divas Champ, she says:
Pro-Wrestling: EVE has announced a training camp for female wrestlers in the UK on February 19th and 20th. The camp will be lead by Ricky and Saraya Knight.
Full details below:
Europe’s only dedicated all female professional wrestling promotion
Pro-Wrestling:EVE presents a FEMALE ONLY professional wrestling training
camp to take place on the weekend of February 19/20 in Norwich, England.The camp will be taken by legendary professional wrestling promotion WAW
lead by 26 year veteran “Rowdy” Ricky Knight and his wife & 19 year
Professional Saraya Knight.“Rowdy” Ricky Knight has wrestled all over the world both with and against
some of the biggest & best stars to ever grace a wrestling ring from
Dynamite Kid & Jushin “Thunder” Liger to Giant Haystacks & Finlay and
everyone in between – The Rowdy Man has nothing left to prove to anyone
and is a fountain of knowledge that every aspiring wrestler be they male
or female should desire to train with.
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Get your weekly dose of Knockouts action on tonight’s Impact. To watch, tune into Spike TV from 9pm ET. Discuss the show in the comments!
Our Unwrapped feature is making its return! Every Thursday, coinciding with WWE.com’s weekly photoshoot updates, we’ll take a look at the newest Diva photoshoot and give you the opportunity to voice your opinions on it. Let’s unwrap this week’s eye candy..
NXT Season 3 winner Kaitlyn is finally emerging in the “big time” SmackDown, so it’s fitting that this week she’s premiered her first official photoshoot as a Diva. It may look familiar to you (actually it should look familiar), since photos from the studio portion of the shoot were released at the beginning of her NXT run. However, there’s still enough new stuff to unwrap..
The Look: Okay, so this outfit is nothing new–it dates back to the NXT rookies’ first photoshoots, so your reaction’s down to whether you liked it or not way back then. 
In terms of wrestling gear, I like it–it’s tough, with its black leather top and boots, but it’s cut the right way to fulfill the sexiness quota it seems like every Diva’s gear has to reach. Not to mention, it highlights her two most flattering features: her sculpted arms and legs. This gives Kaitlyn her own signature look, with the top and shorts being the base of it. I like this shoot’s version a lot more than some of her other variations of the look–I wasn’t a fan of the denim and cheetah print one. The black and dark camouflage print looks a lot sleeker, and I have to say the camo shorts are a lot more flattering than those skin-tight, ovary-crushing denim shorts.
The Poses: Kaitlyn exudes a calm, confident manner throughout the entire shoot, her poses relaxed. I like it, as it feels real and not as put-on as the more smiley, happy poses other Divas may utilize. Her poses next to the steel beam are particularly interesting. While these poses aren’t all that different from the ones from her other shoots, you have to consider that they were all probably taken around the same time, when she wasn’t exactly in the flow of WWE photoshoots yet. Even so, I really like the feel of this photoshoot.
Move over Kourtney and Khloe! Alicia Fox and Divas Champ, Eve Torres stormed Miami yesterday for the WWE WrestleMania 28 press conference. As reported yesterday, next year’s event will be held in Miami and the Divas were on hand for the official announcement along with Vince McMahon, John Cena and others. Both Divas looked drop … Read more
If you listen to Diva Dirt LIVE, you know that I get fired almost every week. I really do try my best but inevitably I screw something up – either by calling someone the wrong name, or messing up the switchboard, or making some lame joke that not even my co-hosts will sell. Whatever the reason I always find myself on shaky ground, which stinks because I really do love hosting the show. Interacting with the callers and special guests is a lot of fun and if I can learn something about the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” along the way, all the better! Fortunately for me Melanie usually has a change of heart during the week and lets me keep my job, so basically I’m working on a series of 1-week contracts (although what Melanie doesn’t know is that I’m kind of like a stray cat…feed me once and I’m hard to get rid of.) So I never know how long this gig will last, but Diva Dirt LIVE has been on the air since June 2010 and I’m extremely proud of that.
Now, if there ever WAS a reason for Melanie to fire me it was during this past Royal Rumble in Boston (and no, I’m not talking about the plaid shirt I wore.) I admit, I dropped the ball…big time. See the WWE sold t-shirts at the event that advertised the Divas Championship as a fatal 4-way match, which is fine except no one was supposed to know that before the “anonymous general manager” changed the match at the last minute. As Natalya was all set to defend her Divas title vs. Lay-Cool in a handicap match, Michael Cole received an email essentially adding a fourth competitor.
Of course I would have already known that had I just read the back of my son’s t-shirt. UGH!
The legendary Manami Toyota will return to CHIKARA in April, it has been revealed. Toyota, who made her US debut for CHIKARA last year, will be part of the annual King of Trios tournament in Philadelphia from April 15-17th. More information and tickets can be found here. Thoughts: Toyota’s debut last year in New York … Read more
Saturday’s Diva Dirt & ChickFight match is now available on ClickWrestle! The match took place at Pro Wrestling Revolution in San Francisco and served as Taylor Wilde’s retirement match when she faced Alissa Flash. Diva Dirt’s David served as special guest ring announcer. For free footage of Taylor’s retirement speech click here. For her post-match … Read more
Tune in for another edition of Diva Dirt LIVE tonight at 10pm ET! We’ll have all the gossip from this past weekend’s ChickFight match, plus we’ll also discuss last week’s SmackDown including Kelly Kelly’s big win & firing, next Monday’s Divas Title match, Maria’s passion for wrestling, the debut of Rosita to TNA and more. … Read more
Diva Dirt reader Billy James sent in his live report and pictures from TNA’s house show in Pensacola, FL this past Saturday. The event saw a rare house show appearance from Sarita facing Angelina Love.
Before the show started, I was to get both Angelina and Sarita’s autographs. Both ladies were very nice especially Sarita as I had the chance to briefly talk to my second favorite Knockout. I told her that loved her matches with Mickie James as they have great chemistry together and I hope that she feuds with Mickie over the Knockouts Title. Sarita that she hopes so too as she wants a run with the belt. I also had the chance to tell her about the nickname that I and some of my wrestling friends have for her, “The Salsa Mama” which she liked. Angelina got the win over Sarita with Botox Injection. I had an eraser board with me on which I wrote: “Sarita: The Salsa Mama” when Sarita came out for the match. Let me say that Sarita is just as good live as she is on TV. I found out after the show that it’s rare for Sarita to do TNA house shows due to her obligations with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico.
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Next year’s WrestleMania, the 28th edition, will air live from Miami, FL on April 1st, 2012. Divas Champion, Eve Torres was on hand for a press conference today in Miami. The news is notable because it had previously been reported that Toronto was being considered as a possible location, leading to rumor that Trish Stratus … Read more
Former NXT Divas, AJ and Naomi made a surprise return to the show last night helping out Matt Striker in a challenge for the current season four rookies. Watch their return to NXT below: Skip to 06:25 While we reported that AJ was on the road with the Raw brand this past week, we have … Read more
Former WWE Diva, Maria Kanellis has responded to criticism that she isn’t passionate about professional wrestling.
Writing on her Facebook page, Kanellis wrote:
I want to make a comment about the wrestling world because a lot of people are saying that I’m not passionate about wrestling because I am not still trying to wrestle. I was completely in love with wrestling and would have done it for the rest of my life if it had a retirement/family plan and fulfilled me creatively.
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Spoilers for Friday’s SmackDown below:
On this week’s edition of Raw, WWE gave us yet another tag team match, this time featuring Tamina, Gail Kim and Divas Champion Eve against Melina and The Bella Twins. As an added treat, we got the #1 Contender, Natalya as a special guest commentary. Can Eve pick up her first as the newly crowned champ? Check out the match below and find out:
First out is the babyface team and I can’t take my eyes off Tamina’s gear… but I wish I could. Melina and The Bella Twins are out next, and strangely enough they get separate entrances. I guess WWE were gracious enough to spare a couple of extra seconds for the Divas tonight. We are not worthy.
Muy Caliente aka Sarita is coming for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships and what better way to get started than by facing one half of the champions, Winter? Check out their match on Xplosion below:
Three more originals announced for SHIMMER:
SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce the addition of three more of the SHIMMER originals to next month’s tapings! Nikki Roxx, Ariel, and Allison Danger will be a part of the SHIMMER Volumes 37-40 tapings, which will take place on Saturday & Sunday, March 26th & 27th, 2011 at the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL, just outside Chicago! Visit http://www.shimmerwrestling.com/ to order your tickets if you haven’t already.
In 2005, eighteen women gathered in Berwyn, IL to, in their own small way, try to make a positive change in the how women’s professional wrestling is viewed in North America. With the addition of Nikki, Ariel, and Allison to the March events, we are happy to have eight of those original SHIMMER eighteen participating in Volumes 37-40, five and a half years later.
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Our friends at Kayfabe Commentaries have released their new DVD, starring former WWE Women’s Champion Ivory (Lisa Moretti) today.
‘Timeline: History of WWE’ looks at a year in WWE with each DVD release as told by one of the wrestlers. Ivory looks at 2001 in WWE in this shoot-esque DVD.
More info below:
Former Divas Champion, Natalya will invoke her rematch clause for the belt next Monday night on Raw against Eve Torres.
Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network. Be sure to tune in to the Post-Raw Show LIVE at 11pm ET following Raw! Discuss the show in the comments!
Spoilers for Superstars on Thursday: