Season two of NXT continues tonight at 10pm ET on Syfy. Tune in to see any goings-on with Lay-Cool and their rookie Kaval. Discuss the show in the comments!
A big congratulations to former WWE Women’s Champion, the wonderful Nora Greenwald aka Molly Holly who will be getting married later this month. Nora’s pending nuptials were announced via White Bear Press, based in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, near where Nora lives. Greenwald will marry Geno Benshoof, a recovered drug addict, whom she says is … Read more
After a week long hiatus, we are back with the ROH Recap! Two weeks ago, we seen the impressive rookie, ‘Jumpin’ Jamilia Craft, take her mentor, Daizee Haze, to the limit. This week she faces a bigger (literally and figuretively) task, having to grapple with one of the strongest women in the business, Sara Del Rey.
The bell rings as Jamilia proceeds with the code of honor, extending her hand to Sara, but instead gets a huge boot upside her head. Sara takes advantage of a dazed Jamilia by hooking her from behind and delivering a belly to back suplex, keeping her fingers locked for the pin. Is the match over already? Jamilia doesn’t think so as she rolls her shoulders off the mat before the three count. Sara’s jaw drops in disbelief and her facial expression screams “This b!tch did not just kick out?!”. Sure enough, she says “This bitch?!”. Sorry Sara, but it’s going to take more than that to keep this woman down.
Sara gets up and kicks at Jamilia like she’s dirt on the side of a road. Sara then takes her to the ropes, shoving her head through the middle, and proceeds to choke Jamilia out with the most pressure coming from her legs. While this is happening, Sara and her cronies taunt the crowd.
Sara decides to make her way to the apron and delivers multiple kicks to the chest of Jamilia. Jamilia crumbles to the mat as Sara goes for another quick pin. Jamilia shows she still has some fight left as she kicks out again.
After losing yet another title match at Money in the Bank, Eve Torres is set out to redeem herself against former Divas champion, Maryse. Check out the match below:
Out first is Eve in her orange and gold gear from Money in the Bank. Unlike my colleagues, I really like this color on her. The gold is a bit much, but I think she looks great. Next out is Maryse, who is being accompanied my Ted Dibiase. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Ted DiBiase is bland as all get out and Maryse is really outshining him in this pairing. I’m actually having trouble distinguish which of them is the eye candy here.
Before the match starts, Maryse removes her expensive jewelry (Why did you wear it to the ring in the first place?) and gets in Eve’s face in her usual arrogant fashion. Apparently, Eve isn’t in the mood for Maryse attitude tonight, so she piefaces her to kick things off. Eve tries to capitalize but is taken down by a kick to the gut and a slap to the face. Maryse then kicks Eve towards the ropes and chokes her out from behind.
While Maryse is pummeling poor Eve, Ted makes sure to let the commentary team and that Maryse is NOT a golddigger (very convincing) and that this is also a #1 contender’s match. Good to know… halfway into the match. *Sigh*
Ninja’s Creed, the movie starring WWE Diva Gail Kim as well as Pat Morita [of Karate Kid fame] and Eric Roberts, is out today on DVD in the US. The movie was filmed five years ago while Kim was still in TNA. You can pick it up at Amazon by clicking here. Lionsgate has sent … Read more
Get your Monday night Divas fix by tuning in to Raw tonight at 9pm ET on the USA Network. Discuss the show in the comments! Also, be sure to join us for The Post-Raw Show live at 11pm ET.
Check out the latest episode of WSU Uncensored below, featuring a profile piece on former WWE Women’s Champion, Jazz and some news on Mickie James’ WSU debut:
Former Divas Champion, Eve Torres is this year’s featured Diva on the Super Big Gulp cups at 7-Eleven, following in the footsteps of Kelly Kelly. You can get your WWE-themed cups from 7-Eleven stores in the US now. I don’t know why you’d want to, though.
Tonight sees yet another women’s match on ROH on HDNet, as newcomer Jamilia Craft takes on the veteran Sara Del Rey. Craft made her ROH debut a couple of weeks ago against her mentor, Daizee Haze. The episode airs tonight at 8pm ET on HDNet.
Both the Divas Championship and Women’s Championship are on the line tonight. Who will make bank? The Diva Dirt team weigh in:
Divas Championship: Alicia Fox vs Eve Torres
Cryssi: This match is weird to me because honestly, it shouldn’t even be happening. Eve did nothing to deserve this title shot, and the reasoning behind the booking of this is just stupid. The only bright side to this is that it’s given us an unprecedented two diva matches on the same pay-per-view. That’s not happened since Night of Champions, when they’re REQUIRED to give us two diva matches. Alicia and Eve have proven that they don’t exactly equal magic in the ring. Eve is boring and needs to find a personality before she is given the belt again. As far as Alicia goes, it would be ridiculous for the WWE to take the title from her at this point because she’s actually bringing something to it that we haven’t seen since Maryse’s first run with the thing. I beliEVE in Alicia Fox as Diva’s Champion and I’m counting on the WWE to do the right thing tonight and keep that championship on her. Get it done, Foxy.
David: Tonight’s “Money in the Bank” PPV is a big opportunity for the Raw Divas. Eve gets a rematch with Divas Champion Alicia Fox as mandated by AOL (“You’ve Got Mail!”) and I’m hopeful the WWE gives these girls enough time to showcase their in-ring talents. I have enjoyed watching both of them lately and, although I’m not sure I love the “Alicia injury” angle, I think there has been decent build for this match. With Maryse out of the title picture for the moment, this is an important opportunity for both girls to show that the next generation of Divas can be counted on under the bright lights. I expect Alicia Fox to retain the title in a match that hopefully ends with her monster axe kick (a move that deserves its own “don’t try this at home” PSA) and not a soft continuation of the “injured” champion storyline.
Erin: Alicia’s being painted as the cowardly heel as of late, and with this match Eve seems to be getting Alicia right where she wants her. But to me, for Eve to “get” Alicia so soon would be to run to the payoff way too quickly. In my opinion, Alicia’s still got plenty of steam in her title reign, despite the WWE booking her weakly, and there’s no real reason for Eve to win the title back so soon. Let Alicia Fox have some more fun with it.
(Apologies for the belated Xplosion report! This one slipped by me. Apparently it happened a day before the street fight we saw on Impact.)
It was bound to happen. Not content to keep their implosion behind the scenes, we finally see Sarita take on her former tag team partner Taylor Wilde tonight. Their similar styles and exciting ring work together makes me anticipate this all the more. Who’ll come out on top?
Out first is Sarita, in a blue and lime green one piece outfit. She’s taking a page from the Zack Ryder playbook however…there’s a piece missing from her right shoulder down to her upper arm. Okay. Brimming with confidence, she smugly makes her way down the ramp. It’s all about Sarita now! Next comes Taylor Wilde in her silver and black bikini top and skirt. Very cute! After a pose for the crowd, Taylor has her game face on as she marches to the ring, pointing at Sarita. Any hesitation Taylor may have felt about facing her former partner is gone, replaced by a focus that is pin point.
As she climbs into the ring, Sarita has her hands up in a “hold on” gesture. She…apparently wants to shake hands with Taylor? At first, Wilde isn’t buying it. But Sarita is insistent…Taylor takes her hand and both women shake, then separate. Huh. This is a far cry from the ruthless, cold woman that we’ve seen the brunette morph into. Interesting. The bell rings and the two circle each other.
It’s back! Welcome to the third annual 50 Sexiest Divas competition! What is your definition of sexy? Each year, we find out in our countdown of the sexiest women in wrestling as voted solely by you. For the past two years, WWE’s Melina has taken the top spot — will she make it a three-peat? … Read more
As teased on the RCW Twitter page earlier in the week, Alissa Flash aka Cheerleader Melissa responded to being stripped of the RCW Championship in a new video posted last night. Check it out below: You can wipe that drool away now, boys (and Shanti)!
Speaking to SLAM Wrestling, former Divas Champion Eve Torres passed along some interesting comments on NXT. She says: “When they told all of us about the idea of NXT, for the Divas that was our first question — will there be women on the show?” she says. “[There’s] a lot of value that could add … Read more
Here’s some fan filmed footage from Wednesday’s FCW show in Orlando featuring Melina. The A-List Diva stripped down to her bikini along with the rest of the FCW Divas. And I must say, her body still looks banging!
Tonight sees the premiere of Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors featuring Reby Sky, Amazing Kong and Tigresa Caliente (Rhaka Khan). Tune in at 10pm ET on MTV2. Discuss the show in the comments!
AAA Women’s Champion, Sexy Star has reportedly been in contact with WWE about joining the company. Star is a lucha libre wrestler known for wearing a mask, very unlike WWE’s current crop of Divas. She would definitely be a diverse signing. For more information on Sexy Star, visit her Wikipedia page. Thanks to everyone who … Read more
A lot of fans, myself included, were absolutely horrified at the hot mess that was the Victory Road pay-per-view. The Knockouts match had one shit-tastic ending and I don’t know about you, but I made the decision then and there to write TNA off. It’s hard enough to watch it these days anyway, but when you end a title match in such a ridiculous fashion, it’s enough to turn a fan off for good. Fortunately, my Diva Dirt duties require me to watch the KO action every Thursday and wow! I’m super glad I had to do just that this week. In addition to a pretty good match, we got a massive segment featuring the new champ, the Beautiful People, and that not so mysterious mystery biker chick. I know it’s probably hard for all of y’all to fathom that Impact was actually a good watch, but believe me it is. I even double checked it myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. The proof lies within the confines of this Write-Up so stop wasting your time reading this pointless introduction and watch the videos!
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The Knockouts waste no time getting down to business tonight. Sarita and Taylor Wilde are shown backstage, and according to Taz, the ladies are scheduled to meet in a street fight later on tonight. It seems like both girls have decided to start the match early, because Sarita slams Taylor into one of the backstage walls. The fight is on and Sarita is basically dominating it. She’s screaming at Taylor that she’s finally getting rid of the dead weight, and that now, everything is going to be about her. Taylor takes several stiff shots, but she fights back hard. She gets Sarita down and begins to punch and choke her. Sarita is back up soon enough and the fight spills into another part of the backstage area. Sarita throws Taylor into several walls, and eventually Taylor is able to muscle Sarita off of her. The ex-Knockouts Champ throws Sarita into a door and takes off. She’s seemingly searching for some type of weapon, but comes away empty-handed. That brings Taylor back to a waiting Sarita. The sexy brunette takes her turn bouncing off the wall, and then gets knocked into a piece of equipment. While Sarita is doubled over, Taylor starts to beat on her. Sarita is able to gain the advantage back and she starts telling Taylor that she has always been better than her, and that everyone knows it. Taylor is thrown into a piece of backstage furniture, and then kicked down to the ground.
Taylor bounces back up and grabs a steel pipe, which she swings wildly. Sarita, thankfully, ducks and the pipe slams into the wall above Sarita’s head. Sarita gets up and kicks Taylor away, but the blonde grabs a chair and starts to smack her former tag team partner with it. Sarita is momentarily stopped by this, but it doesn’t last long. She overpowers Taylor and throws her into the photo shoot area. Taylor has her head slammed into the ground and Sarita gets down with her. She finally locks Taylor into a submission move and starts bitching at her some more.
Diva Dirt‘s own Women of Wrestling Podcast co-host, Stew Allen has written a feature article on TNA Knockout, Madison Rayne in the latest issue of Fighting Spirit Magazine which is out now. The piece features quotes from Madison and covers the young Knockout’s rise to the top of the division. Stew has provided Diva Dirt … Read more
As reported last week, WWE has signed Christina Crawford, the sister of Divas Champion Alicia Fox to a developmental deal. For those curious, here’s a few pics of Christina sent in to us by reader, Jeff. [nggallery id=394] Definitely cute as a button!
SHIMMER’s milestone 30th DVD release is out today! SHIMMER Volume 30 features the return of Sarah Stock aka TNA Knockout, Sarita as well as a grudge match between our own Allison Danger and Portia Perez. Full card below: 1. Leva Bates vs. Malia Hosaka 2. Rachel Summerlyn & Jessica James vs. Melanie Cruise & Annie … Read more
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like TNA will be picking up independent wrestler, Mia Yim at this time. Mia, who had a tryout with TNA last month, wrote on her Twitter page: No open spots for me at TNA :( Its ok, keep an eye out for me because I am just getting started…who knows what … Read more
Allow us to officially introduce you to wrestling’s newest siren: Reby Sky. This 23-year-old bombshell is best known for her work as a model — credits include Playboy — but she’s also a huge sports fan, particularly pro wrestling. Reby has already dabbled in the industry, co-hosting Sirius XM’s Busted Open every Wednesday, but tomorrow night she begins a new journey as backstage interviewer and commentator for MTV2’s Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors.
With the premiere of the new series just 24 hours away, we caught up with Reby — who, quite wisely, is a fan of Diva Dirt *cough* — to get all the scoop on her exciting new role! Read all about it below…
How did you get involved in Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors?
I was covering an indy wrestling convention in New York and got the chance to interview Marco Corleone (Mark Jindrak of WCW, WWE). In the interview he told me about his experience wrestling in Mexico and gave me the scoop on his newest project: a lucha libre show for MTV2. A few weeks later, I got an email from a producer over at MTV asking me to fly in for an on-camera tryout, saying Marco had recommended me for the show. Needless to say, I was shocked! I actually cancelled an already booked trip to Paris for the tryout and thank goodness I did, because I’m so excited to be on board for this show!
What is your role on the show?
I’m a backstage interviewer and color commentator for the matches.
In your own words, as a fellow wrestling fan, what can we look forward to with this show?
Definitely a different pace of action. It’s nice to see more than just a little tease of the high-flying lucha libre style for a change. The guys genuinely have a passion for the business and that comes through in their matches. I follow a lot of wrestling and have never seen some of the things these guys can do. With rudos, technicos, chicastars, minis and everything in between (exoticos!), there’s something for everyone to enjoy and plenty of surprises to keep you glued to your TV.
Former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout, Shelly Martinez hosts Fun Time Radio every Thursday at 6pm ET (3pm PDT/11pm UK) here at Diva Dirt and via BlogTalkRadio. Each week, she’s joined by her sister Danielle. Tune in for stories from Shelly’s world, her opinion on what’s going on in wrestling, special guests and much more. … Read more
As well as Christina Crawford (sister of Divas Champion Alicia Fox), it looks as though WWE has signed another new Diva to a developmental contract. The mystery blonde appeared during last night’s bikini contest at the FCW live event in Orlando, wearing an ODB-esque green outfit and cap. (See above). We hope to have some … Read more
