Congratulations are in order for Angelina Love and Velvet Sky, as their highly anticipated reunion as The Beautiful People last week scored the highest rated segment on Impact according to ProWrestling.net. Ang and Vel-Vel, as well as Madison Rayne, all cut extremely strong promos on last week’s show followed be an equally exciting catfight. The … Read more
A couple of new video interviews have surfaced. The first is Brie and Nikki Bella at San Diego Comic Con earlier this month, and secondly, another red carpet interview with Melina at the SmackDown vs Raw 2011 community event also earlier this month.
Watch below:
Melina after the cut:
TMZ is reporting that prescription pills and ‘snorting straws’ have been discovered in the home of Luna Vachon’s mother, where Luna passed away last Friday. The tabloid site has obtained a police report filed by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, with officers claiming to have found a box of Oxycodone near a ‘blue, chalky debris … Read more
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: 50 Sexiest Divas 2010 is here! All summer long, you have been voting for your favourite Divas in a hopes of getting them featured on the list and now the results are here. Check back over the next five days as we reveal the countdown. Today, … Read more
Tonight’s the 900th episode of Raw and for our Divas, it may be as well be retitled ‘Deal or No Deal’, because SmackDown’s Lay-Cool have a mystery offer~ for Divas Champion, Melina. But what will it be? We’ve listed a few possible options. Take part in our poll below…
Weekend house show results from this past weekend, including the road return of Melina, below:
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Raw
Gail Kim, Nikki Bella & Brie Bella def. Maryse, Jillian Hall & Rosa Mendes.
The girls were allowed to wear much more revealing bathing suits than they did on Raw a few weeks back. No offense to the ladies, but it was a fairly typical Divas match. I will say this, I had a blast watching this match because it seemed like all six ladies were having fun – even the heels. (Source: TheSteelCage.net)
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Raw
Melina def. Alicia Fox to retain the Divas Championship.
It was a decent women’s match that went about 10 minutes. (Source: ProWrestling.net)
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You can now listen to Trish and Lita’s appearance on Live Audio Wrestling below. The former Divas were on the show last night to unveil their new project. Full details can be found here. [slaudio:http://diva-dirt.com/audio/trishlitalaw.mp3] To listen to the full show, click here.
Former WWE Divas, Trish Stratus and Lita appeared on Live Audio Wrestling just moments ago. Read our recap below:
They are asked what they’re up to. Trish says they’ve been talking for a while about ideas to do together. Amy says they both knew they were retiring and wanted to go out with a bang. They went to many different roadside attractions like Graceland & the Alamo. Would joke and say, “What are they going to do? Fire us?” Traded DVDs with each other, especially Mexican horror films and Mexican wrestling films. Trish says she called Lita and they’re working towards doing a wrestling movie together — an homage to Mexican wrestling films. Opportunity just came up suddenly. Lita says she wants to expose modern wrestling fans to this genre. Host says you get matches in these movies, that they’re like superhero wrestlers vs monsters. Very over the top and campy. Lots of chatter about different Mexican wrestling films. Trish says they will be the wrestling women in the movie. Made mention of a wrestling move done by an actress in Iron Man 2. Lita says the project is in very early stages.
They next take phone calls. Britney wants to wrestle, but has been told she’s too little, even though she’s about Rain’s height. Advice? Trish says things might hurt a little more but she’s not too little.
Email from Stephanie about decline in WWE women’s division, what needs to be changed in WWE to give the remaining women a chance? Lita says do some research instead of modeling. Trish says there needs to be a screening process, solid wrestling background. Make the moment yours to stand out. Look at Daffney, she’s made herself stand out. Lita says you need a boot camp like Funkin’ Dojo to see who really wants it & who doesn’t. Trish feels like the women are using wrestling as a stepping stone to something else, they need to leave if it’s not their passion. Lita thinks there should be a requirement to know wrestling history, do research/homework. Both feel very strongly about knowing wrestling history and having a solid background as a requirement.
Big FCW post for you… we’ve got a fan report, pictures and video footage from Friday’s FCW live event in Fort Myers. Diva Dirt reader Bobby Lea Burchill sent us the following:
Before the show, I got to meet Christina Crawford, Isis the Amazon and Ricki Vaughn (formerly known as Celeste). All three were very nice and friendly, Christina especially. As reported earlier, Isis asked if it was alright before she took pics with fans, but she was nice about it. Ricki looks really good, and she shared the ring announcing duties for the night, not doing a bad job at all. Christina looks almost identical to Alicia, just with a darker color to her hair.
Onto the show, the Divas match was the third match of the show, and it was announced as a tag match. When Ricki introduced the team of Naomi Night & Aksana, I thought they were gonna run around the ring and slap hands, etc… but they came out in full on heel mode. They scowled at fans, refused to slap hands, and posed as they walked around the ring. Not only that, but Night ditched her braids and had purple bangs. And then out came Liviana and AJ Lee, to new music (no more Trinity theme), who were faces. This had me wondering if they really are being groomed for NXT, because AJ has been changed back to a face for the show, and more boldly, Naomi didn’t have her braids, but changed it to a normal hairstyle for Divas.
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UK newspaper, The Daily Record, ran a story today regarding SmackDown Diva, Tiffany‘s arrest and suspension with comments from WWE and an ‘insider’. “WWE are aware of the situation and have taken appropriate disciplinary action,” says a WWE spokeswoman to the Record. Meanwhile, an ‘insider’ in WWE tells the newspaper: “Taryn has been kept off … Read more
Wrestling radio host Arda Ocal from Right After Wrestling bumped into former WWE Women’s Champion, Lita, last night at an event in Toronto. He writes to Diva Dirt: Last night Lita, accompanied by Trish Stratus, attended a local event in Toronto, Ontario headlined by legendary Luchador el Hijo Del Santo. After the event, Right After … Read more
With the finale of NXT season two on Tuesday (vote Kaval!), attention turns to season three, which if last season is any indication, should begin the very next week. And like the first season, we can probably expect the season three rookies to be announced on the second season finale on Tuesday.
Speculation has been mounting since earlier this month that next season will include Diva rookies for the first time ever. According to a report by the Figure Four Weekly newsletter, season three will feature four male rookies and four female rookies. Well, using our super-sleuthing and powers of deduction, we think we may know who is set to be part of the next season. Our clues below…
Syfy cameras at FCW taping: Reported by PWInsider, Syfy had its cameras at the FCW taping on Thursday night, which pretty much confirms that season three is a go. (I’m assuming that Syfy’s cameras were there to film footage for the little introductory video packages that they show.) On that night, AJ Lee, Aksana, Liviana and Naomi Night were part of the taping, as well as Jamie Keyes who already has an announcing spot on NXT.
Friday in Fort Myers: FCW held a show yesterday in Fort Myers which was attended by our friend, Bobby Lea Burchill, who offers up some more clues. At that show, once again, there was a camera crew filming the whole event including a Divas tag team match. Who was part of that match? The same suspects as above. AJ, Aksana, Liviana and Naomi Night.
But there’s more…
Anarchy Championship Wrestling has released the following free match online between Athena (soon to be seen at the SHIMMER pre-show, SPARKLE) and SHIMMER and soon to be ROH on HDNet star, Rachel Summerlyn. Check it out below:
A couple of notes on Diva legends, Trish Stratus and Lita to go along with the earlier post today. The pair are said to be working on a project together which they will be discussing tomorrow when they appear on Live Audio Wrestling. That’s right! Trish and Lita back on the airwaves together (albeit radio) … Read more
Former WWE Diva, Serena, posted the following on her Twitter page: To each and every one of my extraordinary fans, I would like to thank you for your love and support. The past year of my life has been an amazing journey. The people I’ve come to know will always be in my heart and … Read more
Holy crap! Anyone else feel like the earth just moved? Because arguably the two biggest icons in Diva history, Trish Stratus and Lita are in the same place, at the same time, as we speak! Trish and Lita were reunited in Toronto today for FanExpo Canada, four years after their final battle in September 2006 … Read more
Europe’s all-female wrestling promotion, Pro-Wrestling: EVE has released it’s first ever DVD. Filmed on May 8th, the first DVD titled ‘Episode 4: A New Hope (Chapter 1)’. The main event features Britani Knight vs Blue Nikita. Shipping is free worldwide until October 16th. Click here to purchase.
We are honoured to share this article from Dr Mike Lano, Pro Wrestling Illustrated photographer and columnist since 1966, with all of you. Mike was kind enough to send Diva Dirt his tribute to former WWE star, Luna Vachon, who passed away yesterday.
The Beatiful “Monster” with a Huge Heart
By Dr Mike Lano
I’d known Luna Vachon (we still called her Angel) since ’85 and we kept in touch during her up and down years from the Kevin Sullivan 80’s period angle on. At the last Cauliflower Alley reunion we saw her at (and she absolutely loved coming and seeing all her peers and “family” as she said), she was so proud, “overwhelmed” were her words again at being one of our top honorees. She cried and was so taken with emotion after getting her plaque and crystal trophy as our female wrestler of the year and had to have Papa Paul help her at the podium, as she was so full of emotion seeing Harley Race, Nick Bockwinkel, Manny Fernandez, and many other people she cited later.
She was equally proud of how long she’d been clean and sober, and this is an especially tough loss for everyone. What a sweetheart, which was at odds with her outward appearance she cultivated. Just a big heart, so sweet to everyone. She was the first person calling me after Penny Banner’s passing; one of the top top legends male or female in the industry and a class person and big CAC supporter. Luna worked everywhere after Florida. Briefly for NWA/WCW, a few long runs with WWF/WWE, the real ECW, SMW, Japan, Puerto Rico, Memphis for Jerry Jarrett, all over Canada, you name it and she did it. And she was always gracious in helping train others, a fact she and Bret Hart talked about in Vegas a few years back. She was very proud of her family but also other terrific Canadian wrestling families like the Harts, Sharpes and Burkes.
Independent wrestler, Isis the Amazon was once again spotted at an FCW event last night in Fort Myers, FL. Earlier this month, a picture surfaced of Isis in the FCW Arena with referee, Daniel Skyler. At last night’s FCW show, the 6’9″ tall wrestler was spotted with FCW staff and talent, including Alicia Fox’s sister, … Read more
It’s been nearly 24 hours since the heartbreaking news that former WWE star, Luna Vachon has passed away at the age of 48. In the last 24 hours, we’ve seen an outpouring of blogs and tweets from the wrestling world. Here’s just a selection:
WWE Hall of Famer, Jim Ross, has written his own tribute to Luna on his blog. He writes: “Luna Vachon had a unique and often times challenging life but even with the issues that she battled she had many friends who, as will I, always look back upon the good days that we shared.” Read the rest here.
Wrestling veteran, Missy Hyatt wrote: “People fail to forget what a great worker Luna could be at times. I remember Luna worked an indy show against Alicia towards the end of her career in 2007. Luna put on a brawl that was reminiscent of Bruiser Brody in the 1980s in which they tore the building apart.” Read the rest here.
Our own Allison Danger has a blog up here, also. “Luna — thank you for being a warm and wonderful person to me outside the ring. Wherever you are, I hope you are at peace. Bless you, my friend,” says Danger.
Hart Dynasty Diva, Natalya, was the first Diva to pay tribute to Luna via Twitter. She wrote: “RIP Luna Vachon… you were loved by many. My heart goes out to you.” She later added, “Yeah, I’m just so saddened- my heart goes out to Luna Vachon and her whole family. She will be missed and always remembered.”
Former Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool tweeted: “Just heard about Luna… my heart goes out to her fam & friends!”
Hall of Famer, Shawn Michaels said: “My prayers go out to the family of Luna Vachon. God bless you, Luna.”
WWE.com has acknowledged the release of SmackDown Diva, Serena, tonight. They write: WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Diva Serena. We wish Serena the best in all future endeavors. News of Serena’s release first broke on Monday night. WWE waited until her final appearance on SmackDown aired tonight before making the … Read more
There’s really not much to talk about this week in the SmackDown Redux because there wasn’t any Divas action. Sorry Lay-Cool fans! Instead, you can get your fix of those two Monday night on Raw.
Tonight’s episode of SmackDown, however, was Serena‘s final appearance on WWE television. Shortly after this episode was taped last Wednesday, Serena was informed of her release. The news broke this past Monday and quite eerily, it makes Serena’s final moments all the more poignant:
After picking up a win over JTG, CM Punk brings his minions into the ring for a dressing down. Perhaps I’m watching that much more closer since I know that Serena’s been let go, but interestingly, she was the only of the three disciples not to raise her arm in salute to their Straight Edge Savior. Defiant!
More eerily, when Punk bellows: “Be better or be gone,” he’s pretty much looking at Serena. ‘Be gone’? Well, that she certainly did do. I expect that they’ll explain next week that Serena caved and couldn’t handle it anymore — if they explain her absence at all.
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Celebrity news site TMZ is reporting that law enforcement in Florida believe that ‘no foul play’ was involved in the death of former WWE star, Luna Vachon. TMZ’s sources within the local authority also reveal that Luna’s mother discovered her body at 10am this morning and that an autopsy is due to take place tomorrow. … Read more
As the world mourns the loss of Luna Vachon, both WWE and the TMZ, the world’s most notable celebrity tabloid website, have covered her passing. WWE.com has made Luna’s passing it’s top story on their website. You can see their article here and view classic photos of Luna during her WWE career at this link. … Read more
It is with great sadness that we report that former WWE Diva, Luna Vachon passed away this morning. According to the Wrestling Observer website, Vachon, 48, was found dead at her mother’s home. Vachon was recently in the news after a house fire destroyed much of her old wrestling memorabilia. Mick Foley started a campaign … Read more
This week on TNA Reaction, we go behind the scenes of the awesome in-ring confrontation between the original Beautiful People and Madison Rayne and Mystery Biker Chick. Plus, see those controversial comments first hand… Skip to the 03:30 minute mark As in previous weeks, I’m really enjoying this show and the behind the scenes look … Read more