Spoilers for this Friday’s episode of SmackDown are below:
Thoughts after the cut:
TNA Impact Tapings: Spoilers from Night #3
Spoilers from tonight’s TNA Impact tapings below:
Women of Wrestling Podcast Episode 7 with Awesome Kong
Yes, listeners, it’s not that long since Kong was here on Diva Dirt for an interview, but please join us now for “Amazing Kong 2: Electric Boogaloo”, as the Women of Wrestling Podcast delves further into the former multiple time women’s champion Amazing Kong. Yes, we said Amazing Kong. Hear for yourself Kong’s thoughts on … Read more
Report: Knockout’s Words Come Back to Haunt Her
Looks like former Knockouts Champion, ODB may have stepped into some doo-doo with TNA management when she made these comments last month. At the time she wrote, “WTF is happening to our division?” The Wrestling Observer Newsletter notes that ODB wasn’t brought in for this week’s Impact tapings where they’ll be taping a month’s worth … Read more
Michelle McCool Wants Respect; Says She Fights for Divas Division & More
Former — or should that be half current? — Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool says she wants to earn respect for her work in the WWE, speaking in a new interview with her official website. McCool also notes that she ‘fights for the Divas division’ and wants to see it flourish. She says: I want people … Read more
First Part of Maria Kanellis Shoot Interview Released
Online wrestling store, Highspots has released the first part of its shoot interview with former WWE Diva, Maria Kanellis via Highspots.tv. The interview was filmed this past weekend. Highspots.tv paid subscribers can watch the first part here. The second part should go up tonight or tomorrow. The interview will be released in four parts. I’m … Read more
In Pictures: Past & Present Divas, Knockouts at ‘Legends of the Ring’
A smörgåsbord of Divas and Knockouts, from past and present, attended the ‘Legends of the Ring’ convention this past weekend in Monroe, New Jersey. Among them included The Celebrity Apprentice star Maria Kanellis, TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne and one half of the Knockouts Tag Team Champions, Velvet Sky. Other names part of the event … Read more
Mickie James Album Breaks Country Top 5 in UK
Having already entered the top 10 yesterday, Mickie James‘ debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ has now broken into the top five of iTunes’ top country music albums in the UK, currently at #4. Meanwhile in the US, it is at #64 at press time. Congrats to Mickie! If the upward swing continues, she could … Read more
TNA Impact Tapings: Spoilers from Night #2 (New Knockout Debuts)
TNA continues its three night filming spree today at the Impact Zone. Click the ‘show’ link for spoilers:
Is Shelly Martinez Wrestlicious?
TNA may have turned her down but Wrestlicious seems keen to resurrect Ariel. Former Diva and Knockout, Shelly Martinez has tweeted that the company is interested in bringing her in as their new vampire character, a role that Martinez is already familiar with. She writes: ps wrestlisous is interested in me being their new vampire … Read more
Wanted: New Diva on SmackDown
The Glamazon sure has left some mighty big shoes to fill. According to the Wrestling Observer website, WWE is ‘desperately’ looking for a steady hand to come in and replace the injured former Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix on the SmackDown brand. Looks like we may be seeing someone new on Friday nights in the coming … Read more
Mickie James Chart Updates for ‘Strangers & Angels’
On its first day of release, Mickie James‘ debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ currently sits at #61 on the US iTunes country music chart at press time. In neighboring Canada, it charts at #34. Meanwhile in the UK, the record has zoomed into the top 10, currently sitting at #9. A pretty great start … Read more
Beth Phoenix Undergoes Successful Surgery
The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix underwent surgery at 7am ET this morning and has tweeted, presumably from her hospital bed, that she is doing fine and that the surgery was successful. She writes: “All done!! They said they used extra parts from RoboCop’s knee surgery and spare tissue from a Liger [sic]. I feel great!!” Beth … Read more
Raw Redux (May 17th, 2010): Nothing (and No One) Wasted
I think, if tonight’s Raw taught us one thing, it was this: less commercials means more Divas. Of course, that’s a bit of a leap in logic, but that fact is that tonight’s show, whilst being commercial free, featured more Diva face time than we’ve seen in a long time: 2 (count ’em, 2) matches, a backstage segment, and 2 faux-commercials. That adds up to a load of Divas being utilized, including 2 Divas that aren’t even technically apart of the brand. That’s a kind of efficiency I was beginning to think that the WWE didn’t know existed (that string of 1-minute-and-less matches didn’t help). Let us observe:
The beginning of our Diva-filled night was signaled by the appearance of a familiar face, home-country girl Trish Stratus. Unfortunately, that face was printed on a magazine cover rather than being flesh and bone, and we soon saw that Maryse was the face behind it. It was a slick move to get fans excited while risking disappointment, but it was smart to make Maryse be the one to “break the news”, so to speak. Let her be the one to put out the Trish Stratus bait and yank it back. It is a neat heat-generating maneuver that worked. Talking to the makeup woman, she details how Canadians suck and that fact that she’s French Canadian is a completely different thing. She starts trash talking Eve, and if summoned by the gods, Eve appears behind her, grabbing some baby powder and pouring it over Maryse’s head.
A makeup table fight ensues, with Eve smashing Maryse’s face against it a few times before the girls are separated. The fire in this feud continues to burn, and in this segment they showed real intensity. I mentioned this in the Post-Raw show, but I feel like whenever the WWE needs to inject some intensity in to a diva feud, they have the girls fight at the makeup station. But hell, it works! It allows the Divas to have a real, scrappy fight and makes the heat feel that much more real. It’s worked for countless Divas feuds before, and this one was no exception.
The Sun Covers Layla’s Title Win
The UK Sun’s wrestling section has an article up today on Britain’s own Layla winning the WWE Women’s Championship last week. And wait, did I mention that I wrote it? Layla + Diva Dirt… it’s a winning combination. So what are you waiting for? Check it out right now by clicking here. Now, while you’re … Read more
Mickie James’ Album ‘Strangers & Angels’ Out Now
Former WWE Diva and 5-time Women’s Champion, Mickie James has released her debut country album ‘Strangers & Angels’ worldwide today.
The album can be purchased via countryshowcase.com or digitally via iTunes for $9.99.
You can get a look at Mickie’s album cover in full by clicking here.
If anyone picks up the album and would like to send in a review, please feel free to email us at [email protected].
Tracklisting after the cut:
Raw Response: May 17th, 2010
Tonight’s Raw will be hosted by legendary American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon (following that Neil Armstrong fellow). To watch the show, tune in at 9/8 CST on the USA Network. Discuss the show in the comments!
Divas Title Match Set for Sunday’s Over the Limit PPV
The Divas Championship will be on the line at this Sunday’s Over the Limit pay per view when Eve Torres defends against Maryse. Eve defeated Maryse for the belt last month on an episode of Raw emanating from London, England. Join us Sunday at 7.45pm ET for our Over the Limit live blog.
TNA Impact Spoilers: May 20th, 2010
Spoilers for Thursday’s episode of Impact below. Click the ‘show’ link to see:
Melanie’s thoughts ater the cut:
Sacrifice in Review (May 16th, 2010): Down Came the Rayne and Washed the Spider Away
This is a bittersweet day for me and I’m sure a lot of readers will share my sentiments. The Knockouts division is on a decline and last night it lost one of its best performers. We knew it was coming, but that didn’t help dull the sting. Tara put her career on the line against Madison Rayne‘s Knockouts Championship and the champion walked away with the victory. Our last TNA images of Tara will forever be her being escorted from the ring by a security guard but the effect and impression she left on us fans will always be remembered.
The Knockout portion of Sacrifice begins with the Knockouts Tale of the Tape. They have a cute little joke up about how these BP spill gold, not oil. For some reason, I didn’t laugh. Maybe it’s because the oil spill has basically threatened all the businesses in my little town and that indirectly threatens my job, and yeah. Oil spill jokes equal not funny. They also mention that this is Madison’s chance to prove herself and that this could be the last time we ever see Tara. Speaking of, the former Knockouts Champion is the first woman to make her way to the ring. Now in my opinion, she already seemed a little emotional. I don’t know if it’s just me, but she seemed to sense that this was it, basically, and you could tell in her face and in her eyes. She savours her ring entrance and then her music is cut and replaced by that belonging to the Beautiful People.
The lovely trio makes their way to the ring and for once, all three look classy and gorgeous (ignore Velvet’s bra straps showing, plz). Lacey wows me in her maxi dress and I really like Madison’s top. They do their usual shtick must to Tara’s annoyance and once that’s all said and done, Madison decides to send the girls to the back. She wants to go at this alone and Velvet’s unsure. Madison reassures them both that everything is fine and as Lacey and Velvet are trying to leave, Tara attacks Madison from behind and sends her spilling out of the ring. It takes a second for Madison to gather her bearings but she does just in time and bounces up to fight back at Tara. She punches her a few times and then sends her back into the ring. Madison looks fairly confident and takes her time getting back in the ring. Tara greets her, rudely, but Madison is able to get control back and she levels Tara with a vicious kick to the face.
Spoiler for This Week’s TNA Impact
Spoiler for an upcoming taping of TNA Impact below:
Gail Kim Movie Set for July DVD Release
A movie starring Raw Diva, Gail Kim which was filmed in 2005 when she was still with TNA, is finally getting a DVD release in the United States on July 20th. Ninja’s Creed, previously titled Royal Kill, will be available on DVD from July 20th. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.com. The movie stars … Read more
Recap of Celebrity Apprentice Episode 10 with Maria Kanellis
Recap of last night’s episode below, courtesy of our friends at Maria Kanellis Online. Please head over there for more including pictures and videos from the show!
This week’s week’s episode started with the 5 remaining contestants in the suite, celebrating. Sadly the celebration didn’t last long because Mr. Trump asked everyone to come back to the boardroom almost immediately. Once everyone was good and seated, Mr. Trump congratulated everyone for making it this far, then followed up by saying that someone was going to be fired right now. The 4 remaining players will then be interviewed by last year’s winner, Joan Rivers and the first ever Apprentice winner Bill Lansing before 2 more people are also fired.
Mr. Trump then began asking each of them why they shouldn’t be fired, Maria butted in during Curtis’ speech where he mentioned going out on his own at 21. Saying that they all started working for their dreams at a young age, then mentioning how she began modeling at 15. When Trump asked her if she should be fired, she quickly told him no because she’s not afraid of working hard and wants to keep fighting til the end. Almost everyone was then asked who they thought the weakest player was, Holly quickly answered that she thought Maria was the weakest. She said that she believed that Maria doesn’t come from the purest of places, that she never hesitates to basically throw everyone under the bus to save herself in the boardroom. Maria seemed to let her comments roll off her back, saying that she never says anything that isn’t supportive and then going on to say that she knows Holly has had a hard life and that she respects her. Sharon also thought Maria was the weaker player.
Indy Wrestler to Receive Tryout at Raw Tonight
Canadian wrestler, Cherry Bomb is to get a tryout before WWE’s Monday Night Raw taping tonight. Cherry Bomb, real name Laura Dennis, is 23 years old and has previously wrestled at SHIMMER events on the pre-show, SPARKLE. Tonight’s Raw emanates from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, home of Gail Kim and the legendary Trish … Read more
Unwrapped: Eye Candy for the Week of May 10th, 2010
Welcome to this week’s edition of Unwrapped! As always, we will be grading all of the new photoshoots (or “eye candy”, as we like to call them) from the week gone by, judging them like so:
Sweet (Great) • Bland (Iffy) • Sour (Awful)
You, the reader, will also get the chance to grade the “eye candy” yourself by giving your opinion on each shoot and voting for your favorite out of the whole bunch. Now, dive in!
Beth Phoenix’s Lady in Red
Grade: Sweet. Beth Phoenix may have had a short stint as the current reigning Women’s Champion, but at least she left a pretty decent photshoot in her wake! This attire is possibly the most appealing Beth has in her repertoire. Luckily, the red-and-black combination photographs just as well as it looks on television. A couple of the poses are more imaginative than your typical stone-faced vogue-ing. These bits of playfulness and cheerfulness show a different (and more pleasant) side to the Glamazon.
• Click to see the rest of the photoshoot.
Natalya’s Change of Hart
Grade: Bland. The title of this photoshoot may serve to be ironic as there appears to be little to no variety between Natalya’s photos. This is your typical series featuring Natalya donning her Hart badge of honor. It is not quite ‘sour’ as she earns points for consistency (not to mention color coordination)! However, what Natalya’s portfolio could use is a little less pink and a little bit more imagination.
• Click to see the rest of the photoshoot.
Tara’s TNA Career Comes to an End
Former Knockouts Champion, Tara‘s career in TNA came to an end tonight when she lost a Career vs Title Match against the reigning Knockouts Champ, Madison Rayne. This marks the end of Tara’s one year stint in TNA which began on the May 28th episode of Impact last year. She leaves the company as a … Read more