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SmackDown Redux (December 17th, 2010): Natalya and Beth Send A Message

With TLC just mere days away, the Divas of the WWE were getting into the pay-per-view spirit on this Friday’s rendition of SmackDown. Michelle McCool, Layla, Beth Phoenix, and Diva’s Champion, Natalya, put together a nice little segment that built up their Sunday night showdown pretty darn well. Elsewhere, Kelly Kelly found a new potential soulmate in the form of a six foot six, dreamy blue eyed Scottish lad by the name of Drew McIntyre. Unfortunately for Drew, Kaitlyn the cockblocker showed up and ruined his chances of scoring a date with the WWE’s Barbie girl, but there’s always next week, right?!

Lay-Cool were walking to the ring when SmackDown returned from a commercial break, which set up the most important part of the show in my humble opinion. The two-time Slammy award winning duo were dressed in matching outfits and wore matching expressions of irritation on their faces. They had microphones and Michelle started us off. She said that what we were witnessing was the official protest of the Diva’s tables match at TLC this Sunday. She said that the match was not going to happen and Layla said that the match was completely barbaric. Michelle agreed and then Layla asked the crowd who in their right mind would want to see them go through a table? The crowd cheered which did nothing but piss off Lay-Cool. Michelle began to rant that no one seemed to understand what “diva” was. She said the crowd knew nothing about it and that the girls in the back knew nothing about it as well. Layla spoke up and said that being diva meant being flawless, and both Michelle and Layla gestured to themselves. Michelle declared that the table match at TLC was off and they stood their ground as Natalya’s music starting blaring across the PA system.

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Impact Write-Up (December 16th, 2010): Now That’s a ‘Knockout’ Victory…

It is that time once again, folks. Time to dive back into a total recall of full throttle action by TNA’s Knockouts. Last week, we saw an epic cage match between Mickie James and Tara, The Beautiful People advanced in the newly announced Knockouts Tag Team Title tournament and our resident Scream Queen, Daffney returned to the Impact Zone. This week, the tournament continues. Who will go on to face Angelina Love and Velvet Sky for the gold? I know you are all chomping at the bit to find out what happened this week so onward we go!

Our first, earth shattering glimpse of TNA beauty comes in the form of Cookie this week. She escorts her slick haired guido, Robbie E. to the ring in an X-Division Title rematch against Jay Lethal. I am still not sure about these two. I have never been a fan of the Jersey Shore and everytime I see them, I feel like I am being forced to watch bad MTV reruns. Nonetheless, Cookie is sporting all black with the purple streaks. Love a curvy woman being on the roster but that outfit was not flattering, Cooks.

The match starts off quick, as does Cookie’s interference in the match-up. She easily flattens Lethal with an ankle grab, sending him to the mat. This prompts the flaming firecrotch, Christy Hemme to charge the ring, wasting little time taking the Guidette to the ground. Christy, barefoot and dressed like she stepped out of a Knockouts Christmas card, whips out a silver set of handcuffs. Yes, this is definitely a Jersey Shore rerun. With a little effort, Christy manages to cuff herself to Cookie, who is not happy at all. Ladies and Gents, I do believe we have a ‘Situation’ on our hands.

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Tara Releases Statement on Fire at Her Business, Black Widow Customs

Following yesterday’s report of a suspicious fire at Knockout, Tara’s business Black Widow Customs in Louisville, Kentucky, the former champion issued a statement via her MySpace page.

Tara — real name Lisa Marie Varon — writes:

I just want to reach out to everyone who has expressed their concern over the fire at Black Widow Customs. First, thanks so much! The most important thing is that no one was hurt. Also, our window tinter Justin walked in on the fire. He acted heroically by first warning the neighbors, then attempting to put it out himself, and assisting the fireman as they scrambled to the scene. And for those who weren’t aware, there was an ice storm the previous night, and the roads were covered in sheets of ice, but the fire department arrived very quickly and kept it from being a VERY bad situation. So much thanks to them as well. The damage looks a lot worse than it is. The weeks leading up to Christmas are obviously a very busy time of the year for any retailer, and BWC will reopen ASAP. It may be as soon as Monday, although we’ll know better later today.

A local news station has also focused on an unhappy customer recently. I know the guys at BWC work hard and and take pride in what they do. I’m confident that they did the right thing, and anyone who knows me knows that I believe that the best defense is a good offense. You’ll be hearing more on this once BWC takes action.

More importantly right now, BWC has some hard working, dedicated employees that are suddenly out of work ten days before Christmas through no fault of their own. I will personally make sure that their hard work is rewarded, and that they have a happy holiday season.

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In Video: Customer at TNA Knockout Tara’s Black Widow Customs Claims He Was Ripped Off

In a further update to the news of a ‘suspicious fire’ at TNA Knockout, Tara’s business Black Widow Customs this morning, the business was featured on WHAS11 News’ Consumer Watch yesterday with a customer claiming that the business had ripped him off. News story below: The WHAS11 website writes: A Kentucky football player looking to … Read more

Reby Sky Says She Turned Down WWE Offer

Lucha Libre USA star, Reby Sky posted on Twitter that she turned down an offer from WWE due to her contract with the MTV2 show. She writes: “Weird day. Just had to turn down WWE (per my Lucha Libre USA contract). Very weird day.” Thoughts: I’m assuming Reby is talking about a developmental deal offer. … Read more

Diva Dirt LIVE: December 15th, 2010 | Show at 10pm ET | Chat at 9.45pm | Call 347-989-8156

Join Diva Dirt for the only weekly women’s wrestling radio show every week as we go live all over the world with Diva Dirt LIVE. Tune into Diva Dirt LIVE exclusively here at Diva Dirt and BlogTalkRadio from 10pm ET every Wednesday night! Plus, you can call in and talk to the team — David, Cryssi, Jason & Melanie — and take part in our fun and games!

Tonight: Kristin Astara joins us to discuss her WSU debut this Saturday, plus fiance Conor O’Brian’s debut on NXT last night. We’ll also take your calls for Kristin and discuss Sunday’s Final Resolution pay per view, as well as the release of Hamada and possibly departure of Taylor Wilde.

Interact with us throughout the show by calling in to have your say! Call in with your thoughts on our topics tonight or join the chat room below. For full details on how to interact click here.

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Mr. Glamazon’s Hitting the Ropes: Glam Slam Mailbag #4 + Glam Slam Reader Profile

Happy holidays everybody!  I hope you enjoy my “Hitting the Ropes” Glam Slam holiday mailbag and let’s make 2011 a year to remember! 

Once again, thanks to all of you who submitted questions!

Reader: The_JM

“After seeing the whole season of NXT do you think it was a good thing? Or do you think just a regular debut on Raw or Smackdown would have been fine?”

Mr. G – Overall I enjoyed the Diva’s season of NXT.  As the show progressed I found myself invested in the characters and hoping that several of them would find themselves on the main roster.  We’ve seen from previous seasons you don’t have to “win” the show to get a WWE contract, so I hope we see Kaitlyn, Naomi, and AJ (at least) added to the roster, which would infuse some much needed energy to the Divas division.  I thought Aksana was hilarious although I am not in love with her as a wrestler.  In any case I was happy to see the girls get their own show and I think it was an effective was to present them to the WWE Universe.  It allowed the WWE to “market test” the girls and it appears several of them cultivated a nice fan base, which I think would have been difficult to do had they just been booked straight to Raw or Smackdown.

Now…that being said, there were problems with the show.  The constant berating and belittling from the announcers was way over the top.  Whatever you think about the Divas, these girls are still trying to do their best, and this is still their careers.  I didn’t understand WWE allowing that type of verbal abuse from their own employees.  After a while it became mean-spirited.  Also, switching to WWE.com was disruptive and I’m still disappointed that Isis the Amazon was not allowed on the program.

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Exclusive: Former WWE Diva Jillian Speaks on Her Release, Her Transition to FCW Trainer, Being Unhappy in Her Position & Much More

Joining us for her first post-WWE interview, former WWE Divas Champion speaks to Diva Dirt about her release and much more. We spoke to Jillian about her release, the story behind her requesting her release, working as a trainer in FCW and much more. We discuss Jillian’s career from the independents to OVW, to SmackDown … Read more

Why WWE is Doing Divas Tables Match

According to the Wrestling Observer, last night’s surprise announcement of the first ever Divas Tag Team Tables Match is a response to TNA’s main event cage match last Thursday night between Mickie James and Tara. The Divas Tag Team Tables match between Lay-Cool and Natalya/Beth Phoenix airs this Sunday on WWE’s TLC pay per view. … Read more

Raw Redux (December 13th, 2010): Lay-Cool are Slammy Queens

This week Raw hosted The Slammys, the night the Superstars and Divas wait all year for. After last year’s upset win by Maria in the category of ‘Diva of the Year, how could WWE top that? That’s right, a battle royal! But first, BFFs Lay-Cool won the “Knucklehead Moment of the Year award”. Check out their acceptance speech and the match below:

Let’s kick things off with the award. To be honest, it was more of the same from Lay-Cool in this segment. I would really love to see some kind of change in Lay-Cool in the new year, because this ‘Mean Girls’ schtick is really being run into the ground. It was amusing at for a while, but like most things in WWE, it’s being overdone at this point. Also, I thought it was very fitting that Layla accepted this award, as she’s the personality of this tandem. After making their speech, Lay-Cool says their about to win another Slammy and head to the ring for the battle royal.

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Rosa Mendes Wins a Slammy

It’s all coming up Rosa! As well as picking up the Queen of FCW crown last night on FCW television, Rosa can now call herself a Slammy Award winner! Rosa won a ‘Supplementary Slammy’ on WWE.com for ‘Best Use of Exercise Equipment’ thanks to her use of a Shake Weight. Check out the results here.

Raw Response: December 13th, 2010

Tonight’s Raw is the WWE’s annual Slammy Awards, and is a 3 hour event. Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at a special start time of 8pm ET on the USA Network. Be sure to tune in to the Post-Raw Show LIVE at 11pm ET following Raw! Discuss the … Read more