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NXT Lay-Kav-Ool Watch (June 15th, 2010): He’s Cute. He’s Cuddly. He Lost To A Douche. He’s Kavaaaal!

Hello and welcome to another fantastic edition of the Diva Dirt WWE NXT recap! I am your host, the one and only… Cryssi! I wish I could say I’m cute and cuddly, but I’d be lying and I don’t really feel the need to do that because lying is wrong. But what I do feel like doing is going on record as saying that Matt Striker has really gorgeous blue eyes. Anyway, last week season two of NXT officially kicked off and all of us were given a small sample as to what we should expect for the remainder of the season. Smackdown mean girls and co-Women’s Champions, Layla and Michelle McCool, are the mentors of Kaval, and we got to sample that mixed up relationship very briefly. It was enough of a tease to leave the majority of us wanting more and this week we got more. So sit back, relax, and enjoy!

Blue Eyes himself is standing in the ring to greet us as the show gets underway. As usual, we were treated to a video package highlighting the debut episode of season two, and now Striker wants to have all the unanswered questions, answered. He says they’re going to bring everyone out and that’s just dandy. He announces the rookies first and NXT’s resident frat boy, Alex Riley struts out. He doesn’t really impress anyone because he looks like a love child produced by a DJ Gabriel/Mike Mizian one night stand. Following behind Riley is El Freaky, Eli Cottonwood, and then the adorable Husky Harris. Harris certainly gets a better introduction this week since the bland Cody Rhodes isn’t speaking and that makes me happy because I quite fancy Husky. He’s precious. Our boy, Kaval, is fourth and I love that Josh Mathews mentions that the most intriguing pairing is Kaval and Laycool. It really is. Percy Watson comes out and dear Lord. I still have issues with this person but he took a step in the ring direction this week by wearing puple. I can handle purple a lot better than I can handle red and he doesn’t really stick out like Megan Fox’s deformed thumb this week. Michael McGillicutty, the extremely hot and pretty Lucky Cannon, and Titus O’Neil round out the rookies.

The pros are announced next and Mr. Beautiful gets the coveted position of walking out first. As good as JoMo looks in his ring gear, he looks even better in street clothes, and the dapper button down tie-dye looking shirt he is wearing tonight is simply stunning. The man should be a model. He’s just that perfect. Behind Morrison, is none other than Cody Rhodes but really, who cares? It’s Cody Rhodes. The reason we watch NXT, Laycool, is out third and like usual, they look FLAWLESS! Michelle and Layla are both sporting minidresses again this week and they’re of similar style. Michelle’s is more my thing, but Layla is rocking the hell out of hers. Loving it! MVP, the Intercontinental Champion and my fellow Celtics fan Kofi Kingston, and Mark Henry all come out.

And then Zack Ryder comes out.

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Women of Wrestling Podcast Episode 10 with Mercedes Martinez

The Women of Wrestling podcast returns with the WSU World Womens Champion, “The Latina Sensation” Mercedes Martinez. We preview the upcoming “Icon vs Icon” match at WSU’s Uncensored Rumble III in Union City, NJ on June 26th, and take the opportunity to discuss the career of one of the finest wrestlers in the world today, … Read more

Diva Dirt LIVE Tonight at 10pm ET with Cheerleader Melissa: Line-Up & How to Interact

We’ve got another jam packed episode of Diva Dirt LIVE tonight at 10pm ET (9pm CT/7pm PDT/3am UK)! Here’s what’s coming up tonight and how you an get involved…

Tonight: We welcome our first ever special guest on Diva Dirt LIVE, the Future Legend Cheerleader Melissa will be in the house! Melissa will be taking your calls and answering your questions as well as talking about her fantastic new charity endeavor, taking part in Aids Walk San Francisco. Plus, we discuss the tumultuous week for the Knockouts with ODB and Roxxi out the door and we’ll also preview this Sunday’s Divas Title match at Fatal 4-Way!

And in this week’s call-in quiz, we have another chance to win the Collector’s Edition of SHIMMER Vol. 1 and 2 on DVD. Make sure you call in at around 10.15pm ET to take part and win!

All the details you need to call in, tweet and comment are after the cut:

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Pro-Wrestling: EVE Training Camp & Free Show in UK This Weekend

Pro-Wrestling: EVE have announced a training camp this weekend led by veteran British wrestler, Sweet Saraya. The two-day training camp will result in a free women’s wrestling show on Sunday. Read the press release below: Pro-Wrestling:EVE are teaming with veteran British wrestling promotion WAW as EVE Professional and WAW Co-Founder “Sweet” Saraya Knight takes a … Read more

Mia Yim Receives TNA Tryout Match?

Do we have a possible new Knockout in Mia Yim? Yim reportedly worked a dark match at tonight’s Impact tapings, losing a match to Taylor Wilde. These dark matches often turn out to be tryout matches, and if Rosie Lottalove is any indication, these can lead to being signed by the company. For a bit … Read more

WWE Shop Releases Divas T-Shirt

WWE has finally released some new Diva merchandise with a Divas t-shirt featuring Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly and Michelle McCool. You can pick up the new tee for $14.99 by clicking here. What do you think? Will you be buying?

In Video: Maryse Creates Her Own Dance Trend? (Must Watch)

Oh yes! You’ve heard of voguing and there’s even something called the ‘Migraine Skank’ these days, but former Divas Champion Maryse debuted her own dance this past weekend at the Raw house shows. Diva Dirt reader Frank sent these links in. Watch below!

Watch another clip after the cut.

Can anyone think of a name for Maryse’s dance trend?

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The Artist Formerly Known as Katie Lea’s Short & Snappy Tales of Greatness – Issue #1

Diva Dirt is honored to welcome former WWE Diva, Katie Lea aka Kat Waters to the team as she brings her column ‘Short & Snappy Tales of Greatness’ to our readers. Welcome, Kat!

So a few weeks ago (OMG, times goes fast when you‘re fabulous!), as many as you clever, clever people who follow me on Twitter know (it’s @dawgkilla for all you poor backwards people who don’t), I was watching the very interesting movie ‘Rollerball’. Now I am not about to turn this into a full-blown movie review- as, first of all, the movie is not new and has probably been reviewed to death, but second of all- I really couldn’t figure out what it was all about.

What I did want to mention, however, was the fascinating discovery that this film about a crazy roller derby/basketball mix featured not only Paul Heyman (in a prominent role), but also Shane McMahon (in a smaller part) and an extra that looked just like Justin Roberts… Imagine my surprise! And here I was, thinking I had invented the roller derby-wrestling connection courtesy of my very excellent, downright amazing rollerderbyist sister, @nuke_leah (again, Twitter-speak… follow her everybody!).

So, turns out, roller derby is nothing new. Be that as it may, it is of late experiencing somewhat of a new wave, a renaissance quasi- in fact, it has been referred to as the up-and-coming sport, the one to watch, the bandwagon to jump on. Which means of course that I, the notorious dawgkilla, am hereby pressing my finger firmly down on that pulse. And in timely manner, by a stroke of luck I finally got to watch my sis live and in colour, skating rollers and kicking ass… And thus figured out what makes this sport so special.

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April Hunter Says She Turned Down TNA Offer

Independent wrestler, April Hunter has said that she turned down the opportunity to become a TNA Knockout and says she is ‘continually disappointed’ in the way that TNA has treated its Knockouts division. She writes: While I’m in a chipper carb depleted mood, I thought I’d mention something. I’ve been holding my tongue for far … Read more

Raw Redux (June 14th, 2010): Fatal Four-Way, Now in Tag Team Form!

After a few lackluster weeks of Raw (1, 2) and an entertaining few weeks of WWE Superstars (1, 2), it was inevitable that those two paths would cross, and they have, in the form of both a match made for this Sunday’s Fatal Four-Way PPV and a tag team match tonight.

This Sunday, Eve Torres will be defending her Divas Championship in a fatal four-way against Maryse, Gail Kim, and Alicia Fox. This, in a sense, is converging two parties that are on opposite paths: Eve and Maryse, whose feud is treading serious water, and Gail and Alicia, whose match last week was more entertaining than anything going on in the Divas Championship feud. Likely, this was just becuase of the “fatal four-way” theme of the event, but I’d like ot think that the WWE was impressed with Gail and Alicia’s work and wanted to reward them. If that’s the case, they certainly didn’t show that tonight, as Gail teamed with Eve and Alicia teamed with Maryse for some tag team action:

Before the match can begin, Maryse gets a shove in on Eve and skirts away before she can retaliate. She decides to start the match for her team, though, and gets a leg up on Eve with a series of forearms that back her into the ropes. Once she lets go, Eve kicks her in the stomach and slams her to the mat by her head. She runs the ropes, but Alicia stops her by grabbing a fistful of hair. Eve turns and takes a wild swing at her, but Alicia manages to stay out of reach. The moment Eve turns back around, Maryse nails her with a wild kick, hitting her square in the neck. She attempts a pin, but Eve kicks out at 2.

She tags in Alicia, and they double-team Eve with a face plant. Alicia goes for another pin, but Eve kicks out a 2 again. Alicia hits a suplex that she bridges into a pin, getting a 2-count. Showing considerably more frustration than Maryse, Alicia pounds Eve’s head a bit and jams her knee into the side of it. She has some words (or rather, just a look) with the referee before snapping Eve up in a sleeper hold. She holds onto the move aggressively, practically mounted on Eve’s back. Eve manages to fight out with some wild elbows, but before she can truly free herself Alicia slams her down.

Alicia drags her by the hair to her corner, tagging in Maryse. Alicia holds Eve prone while Maryse lays a kick into her midsection. She grabs Eve by the hair and slams her face to the mat. Apparently, this is enough for her, and she tags Alicia back in, holding Eve up for a kick from Alicia.

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Another Former Diva in New Shoot Interview

This somehow managed to escape my attention but Maria isn’t the only Diva in a shoot DVD at the moment — former Women’s Champion, Ivory also stars in a recently released shoot interview for RF Video. Synopsis below: We were fortunate enough to sit down with one of the original women in the world of … Read more

Summer of Swag: Week 3 (Plus Week 2 Winner Announced)

This summer, Diva Dirt is giving away prizes every single week and every single month in our Summer of Swag. Over the next 13 weeks, we are giving our readers the chance to win hundreds of dollars worth of goodies courtesy of our friends at ClickWrestle.com and Highspots.com.

Each week, we will be giving away one free download (valued at $5) courtesy of ClickWrestle.com in our weekly sweepstake. By entering our weekly sweepstake, you will also automatically be entered into our monthly sweepstake for the chance to win a $25 gift certificate at Highspots.com. No separate entry required. For more details click here.

Week 2 Result

Thank you to everyone who entered week two of the competition but we could only have one winner for the weekly sweepstake. Congratulations to Aiden Hughes (username: aiden123) for winning the free ClickWrestle download!

Remember, all of you that entered the week two sweepstake will automatically be put into the draw for the monthly prize, a $25 gift certificate at Highspots.com. And don’t forget, even if you didn’t win the weekly prize last week, there’s still 11 more chances to win! Now time for the week three sweepstake!

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Maria’s YouShoot on Sale Now

Kayfabe Commentaries’ YouShoot with Maria Kanellis is on sale today. Last month, the trailer for this highly anticipated interview led to a lot of buzz and it’s finally here! I received an advance copy for review and will have something up hopefully later today. Check out the press release below: YOUSHOOT: MARIA KANELLIS RELEASED TODAY … Read more

Raw Response: June 14th, 2010

Tonight’s Raw is hosted by “Royal Pains” star Mark Feuerstein. Tune in at 9pm EST 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.

ODB Quits TNA

Three time Knockouts Champion, ODB has just posted on her Twitter page that she has quit TNA Wrestling. She writes: thanks tna fans for all the support but tna and odb have parted ways.it was a decision I made.bamm bitches Yet another blow to a division that has been on a downward spiral of late. … Read more

In Review: “Diva Diaries with Maria Kanellis” (Shoot Interview)

It’s been about five months since Maria Kanellis was released from the WWE but boy, what a busy five months it’s been. From ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ to her debut EP, ‘Sevin Sins’, Maria has been juggling several projects. The latest of her projects are two shoot interviews: one for Highspots.com and one for Kayfabe Commentaries. … Read more