Saturday, May 18, 2024

Women’s Championship On The Line Tonight!

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Hurrah! The Women’s Championship will be contested tonight on RAW, between Beth Phoenix and Mickie James. The match will take place before a sold out crowd in my hometown of London, England. Now, I hate to embrace a stereotype but I think British modesty has rubbed off on WWE as they finally begin to stop the wheels on Maria‘s Playboy push and put someone worthy in Beth Phoenix’s warpath!

That said, given the less than exciting matches Beth and Mickie have put on in the past together we can’t really count ourselves that lucky. In fact, it took the injection of Melina into a triple threat match with the pair to add some spice to this rivalry. As I type, RAW is taping so we should have spoilers shortly.

Diva “Booty” Camp

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Kelly, Layla, Melina and Mickie appeared on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp last night and as head instructor said, it was more like booty camp! Check out the Divas, all of whom looked phenomenal I might add, leading a workout (courtesy of Melina-Perez.org):


I’m loving the synergy, all the girls in their “WWE Divas” tees, they looked awesome. Melina looked in her elemental telling the “celebs” what to do and damn, her body is incredible shape… I guess something we take for granted on WWE shows.

TNA LockDown Reminder

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Be sure to check for TNA’s LockDown pay per view tonight, which will feature not one, not two, but three Knockout matches!

Mixed Tag Team Match
Booker T & Sharmell vs Robert Roode & Payton Banks

Women’s Tag Team Match
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs Gail Kim & ODB

Queen of the Cage
Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky vs. Salinas vs. Rhaka Khan vs. Traci Brooks vs. Christy Hemme vs. Jacqueline vs. Roxxi Laveaux

All the matches will be contested in six sides of steel! LockDown airs on pay per view tonight at 8pm ET.

Natalya’s Fighting Words

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Natalya Neidhart, SmackDown!’s newest Diva on the block spoke to WWE.com this weekend and the third generation Diva had some fighting words that should have some of WWE’s less experienced Divas quaking in their boots:

“In The Dungeon, you learn to fight for your life and defend yourself. If you can last in The Dungeon, you’re going to have a grittiness to you that none of the Divas can touch. I’m going to bring that same grittiness to the ring along with my combination of power, of strength, and of execution,” said Natalya, the first Diva to come out of The Dungeon. “My explosiveness in the ring is what will define me as the top Diva in the WWE. You don’t just learn to be physical; you learn that everything in life is a mental game. That’s where I believe I have the advantage over any opponent.”

Now, with the same confidence as the family members who preceded her, Natayla looks to take the SmackDown women’s division by storm.

“The other Divas may say that I’m cocky and arrogant, but I’m not. I am confident in my abilities. I’ve done my homework and am ready to spread my wings. I’m proud of what [my family has] accomplished, but I’m the first Diva of the Hart family to step in the squared circle and defend The Dungeon and what my grandfather taught. I dare any Diva to step one foot in the ring with me.”

We can’t wait to see Natalya put her skills to the test, she certainly sounds like the real deal but will her bite prove as vicious as her bark? Who would win in a match between Natalya and Beth Phoenix?

WWE’s Next Top Model: Finalists Revealed

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Previously on WWE’s Next Top Model… In the casting call, you voted between a variety of 20 WWE Divas, 10 of whom would make it through to the competition.

And now we can reveal the 10 Divas you have chosen to compete for the chance to become WWE’s Next Top Model. 103 votes were cast, so a big thank you to everyone who voted. The Divas in alphabetical order are:

  1. Ashley
  2. Candice Michelle
  3. Kelly Kelly
  4. Layla
  5. Maria
  6. Maryse
  7. Melina
  8. Michelle McCool
  9. Mickie James
  10. Torrie Wilson

The competition begins tomorrow, when you’ll have the power to vote for your favourite Diva and more importantly, the Diva with the most Top Model potential. The Diva with the least votes will have to pack their bags and go home. Who will be WWE’s Next Top Model?

Divas to Whip Z-List Celebs into Shape

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Melina, Mickie, Kelly, & Layla are set to appear on this Sunday’s episode of Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp. For those unfamiliar with the show, it’s basically a fat camp for has-been or never-was celebrities. WWE.com posted an article and a preview video for the show, which is going to air tomorrow at 11 am. and 8 pm. est. on VH1.

The Divas were asked who they felt were the hardest and least hardest working of the contestants, and Layla & Melina had a few interesting things to say about former ANTM contestant Toccara:

But there was one celebrity all of the Divas really clicked with: Toccara. The feisty model is a big fan of WWE Divas and has aspirations to be one of the Sexiest Women on Television.

“My favorite celebrity would probably be Toccara because she’s just got a great personality. She’s vivacious, larger than life and she wants to be a WWE Diva,” Layla said.

Melina said the sassy model insisted she could make it in WWE, so Melina told her to prove herself.

“When I saw that little attitude of hers, I was like… she could totally be a WWE Diva. Let’s get her in the ring. And then she’s got that badonkadonk that she’d totally smush people [with]. That would be her trademark,” Melina laughed.

Well at least, from what they say, Toccara’s stink face would be more powerful than Torrie’s. Sign her up! She’s certainly got the attitude of a Diva, regardez:

Former Diva Hopeful Turns Gladiator

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gladiator1.pngA British female wrestler, who once aspired to be a WWE Diva is now a Gladiator! Following the success of American Gladiators, UK’s Sky One commissioned the return of the British version of the show. 24 year old Jemma Palmer, whose profile on the show’s official websites cites that she was once invited to be a WWE Diva Search finalist, has made the cut and will appear on the show when it premieres in May 2008. Jemma will go by the name of Inferno. Read her profile below:

Jemma is a wrestler, trained by the team behind Ultimate Warrior, having won a scholarship with Ultimate Pro Wrestling. She was also invited to be a WWE Diva Search finalist and was a Musclemania finalist and fitness competitor. Jemma has been a Miss Hawaiian Tropic finalist, a Ms USA Dream Bikini Body finalist, a Maxim Little Black Book UK top three winner and a Miss Maxim UK finalist. She also has a purple belt in submission wrestling.

Upon doing some googling, Diva Dirt found out that Jemma was one of a select few British wrestlers who received a tryout when WWE was doing an overseas tour in the UK in November 2005. In fact, there is an interview with Jemma still on WWE.com, which you can read by clicking here. It’s interesting to note, that one of the other girls also invited to the tryout was Katarina Waters – now known as Katie Lea! Gladiators premieres on Sky One in the UK, in May. For more information on the show click here.

Cherry Split, Anyone?

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One scoop or two? Actually, you better make it two – in fact, you could name them Deuce and Domino. SmackDown! continues it’s creative lead over RAW this week, the blue brand has received much praise from Diva Dirt for it’s story-telling and action in the recent Michelle–Natalya–Victoria feud but the show’s writers to continue to work their magic off screen too.

Capitalising on Cherry‘s rise during the SmackDown! Diva contest, Michael Hayes and co. have created a “WWE.com exclusive”, teasing a split between Cherry and her tag team clients, Deuce and Domino:

Deuce and Domino tell Cherry they are surprised she made it as far in the diva competition as she did.  They also said if she dressed better she could have won the contest.  Then they brought in Maryse, who was all over Domino while Deuce was hawking her too. (Courtesy of PWInsider)

It’s nice to see the blue crew continuing stories and developing them, making use of WWE’s official website rather than dropping the angle altogether (as seems to be the strategy employed by the red brand). There’s only so much you can fit into one and a half hours of television (not including commercials), once again we applause SmackDown! for one of their best weeks of Diva action ever. Let’s just hope that this angle is able to transition onto TV in the coming weeks. Check out the segment by clicking here.

SmackDown! 11/04/08: Michelle vs Victoria

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This week’s Diva action from SmackDown! has found it’s way online and is a pretty good watch, if you ask me! Check out the official introduction of Nattie Neidhart – now known as Natalya Neidhart – as well as a match between Michelle McCool and Victoria.

SmackDown! is officially on the rise people! Both Michelle and Victoria really put their all into this match and the crowd was hot, they were so into it – SmackDown! rules the roost over two matches on RAW this week, in my eyes. And the introduction to Natalya, setting up a feud between her and Michelle was good too. I can’t wait to see how this develops over the coming weeks, it’s going to be good! I have to say, I haven’t been Michelle’s biggest supporter over the years but girl is really coming into her own and if she can pull off matches like that on a weekly basis, she is looking at a long career in the industry. What do you think of Natalya? The match? And do you think SmackDown! has outdone RAW this week?

Is Torrie’s Career Over?

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Torrie Wilson has updated her MySpace page, giving us a sad and shocking update on her back injury. It looks as though Torrie’s in-ring career may be at an end =( Read below:

My health is doing ok as far as back problems. I must say there are days that I wake up and ask myself why the heck I put my body through what I did the last few years but it’s all worthe it. I can never trade all of the awesome experiences that I have had in the WWE and of course all of the great life long friends that I have made along the way. I have been told by 2 back surgeons that I should never set foot in a wrestling ring again if I want to be moving around in a few years on my own. Pretty depressing if you ask me….I don’t even have some awesome memory of what my last match even was or who it was with. Hopefully it was with Victoria and I beat her! (-:  I guess everything happens for a reason for sure.

I hope you’ll join us in wishing Torrie well, I know that she wouldn’t want her career to end this way, she’d want it to be on her own terms. We’re rooting for you Torrie <3

More Melina “Confessions” – Thoughts On Mae Young

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Melina‘s posted yet another Internet Confessions blog, discussing women’s wrestling pioneer Mae Young and her induction into the WWE Hall of Fame:

At ‘Mania and the week leading up to it, emotions ran high and history was made… Do we forget that? Do we take those moments for granted and not realize what we are witnessing and what we are a part of – WWE history? I really hope not.

The Hall of Fame is so incredible and I look forward to it each year. I cry like a baby and I am so overwhelmed with emotions. I am filled with pride and am inspired. When I hear about what the inductees went through in their lives and how they saw the business, I feel for them and it reassures me that they went through the same things that I went through and am going through… And look! We are there celebrating their greatness and thanking them for what they have done. Instantly, I am more motivated than I have ever been before.

I admire each and every one of the Hall of Famers, but I always look forward to the women who are inducted the most. There are so few women in wrestling, so few getting inducted. On that night, you hear stories about their journey and you hear about the person they are and were. I look forward to hearing the women because there is no one better to identify with and to thank for why I am here than those women who made this all possible.

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Playlist: Mariah Carey “E=MC2” Review

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Welcome to another edition of the Playlist, our regularly scheduled music column! This week all eyes are on Mariah Carey as the diva prepares to release her 11th studio album, E=MC2 next week! Check out our review of the album…

mariah.pngIn 2005, Mariah (or should we say Mimi?) was emancipated and now, the world’s biggest selling female artist is unleashing another 14 tracks of fun, bliss and emotion on her “lambs.” E=MC2 is the 11th studio album from the one and only Mariah Carey, whose storied career has spanned nearly 15 years. Still, the diva continues to remain relevant in music today – after all her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi was the biggest selling album of the year, spawning the #1 smash hit We Belong Together which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks. Mariah described her latest offering as the dessert to the main course that was Mimi… and she couldn’t be more right! Though this offering doesn’t quite match her comeback album, Mariah still has it and puts the other rising female artists in their places with a knockout album.

Already the album has made history, it’s lead single Touch My Body became Mariah’s 18th #1 hit in the United States making her second only to the Beatles in terms of artists with the most #1s (the Beatles have 20). But having listened to this album, I can almost guarantee that Mariah will be able to match, if not surpass, the legendary British band. It’s fair to say that every song on the album has single potential, yet all the songs are an eclectic mix.

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SmackDown! Shining On – Spoilers 11/04/08

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It looks like SmackDown! continues to be the “one to watch” having read this week’s spoilers, which can be found below. Highlight to read:

Victoria introduced Natalia Neidhart. They did a video package on her and put over she was Jim Neidhart’s daughter. She cut a promo and did his trademark laugh. Victoria defeated Michelle McCool after Neidhart distracted her.

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Top Model: Keep Voting!

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Keep your votes coming for the casting call of WWE’s Next Top Model here at Diva Dirt. The poll will close on Friday and we will reveal which ten Divas have made it through to the competition! From there, each week you will vote out one Diva until we determine which Diva has the most top model potential.

Unfortunately we couldn’t afford Tyra, but oh well. Click here to vote!

Annie Leibovitz, Is That You?

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WWE.com has posted a new Candice photoshoot – entitled “April Showers” – that just oozes class and subtleness. I mean, the only way these photos could be more dashing is if Candice was wearing a top hat and smoking from an old-fashioned corncob pipe.

Clearly, WWE’s photo direction is on another level of classy, but would they be able to outdo themselves? Luckily, we won’t have to wait long to find out because Maria is scheduled to have her own set of “April Showers” photos released next week. Until then, try and contain yourselves!

Layla Lays Claim to ECW Throne

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It’s no secret that I’m partial to some Layla, the Diva continues to grow and shine in the debilitating women’s division that is WWE’s. I guess top brass doesn’t pay attention to ECW (actually, come to think of it – does anyone?) otherwise they’d probably fire the show’s head writer for God forbid, allowing Layla some screen time and character development. Layla showed just that on last night’s show, proving what I’ve suspected for a while now – she could be one of the best Divas to come out of the Diva Search well… ever!

In fact, I think Layla transcends WWE! Anyone got the number for Usher’s people, so we can get her in his next video? Check out Layla putting Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres in their places on last night’s show:

Gail Kim Interview with Baltimore Sun

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TNA’s Gail Kim talked pretty in-depth with the Baltimore Sun, touching on many different topics. It’s a very insightful piece, some highlights below:

On her WWE release: Yeah, it really did. I remember us talking about a brand new story line at that time that was with me, Trish [Stratus] and Lita, and I actually went in the pre-tape room the day before. And then at Raw that night I did a run-in to start that whole angle, and then the very next day I got the phone call. So, yeah, I was shocked. Johnny Ace [John Laurinaitis, WWE senior vice president of talent relations] called me and basically said that I was released. And then he just tried to hang up (laughs). I wasn’t even upset; I was just in shock, I think. I said, “Hold on, hold on. Can I get a reason for this?” He just said that they wanted to change the direction of the women’s division. And they did; he didn’t lie about that. But everything happens for a reason, and I would never have accomplished everything that I have to this day if that never happened.

On WWE Divas vs TNA Knockouts: I think those girls are very hot and they look great and everything, but I think to succeed in this business you need to have the passion. A lot of girls that are in our company took it upon themselves to go get trained and learn about the business and pay their dues. If the fans watch our show, they can say, “Oh, that’s Awesome Kong, she’s this character. And ODB’s that nutty, crazy character, and Roxxi Laveaux is the gypsy character.” We have characters and we all have our own distinctive look. I think a lot of the time when you just see a lot of beautiful girls it kind of just all blends in together. You want something about yourself to stand out.

I thought those parts were the most interesting, for me personally. A different direction for the women’s division… he sure wasn’t kidding there. We were robbed of what could have been an awesome three-way match between Trish, Gail and Lita. All three have such different in-ring skills but all so talented, it could have been a fun feud. I certainly see where she’s coming from in terms of the Knockouts, they all seem to have their own niche gimmick and it’s great to see the character development among them. The whole interview is a fantastic read, be sure to check it out by clicking here.

Gail will be action this Sunday night on pay per view, be sure to order TNA LockDown for Gail and ODB taking on Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed. Not to mention Booker T & Sharmell taking on Robert Roode and Payton Banks as well as a Queen of the Cage match!

Trish Talks TNA

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The almighty Trish Stratus paid a compliment to TNA’s ever-growing women’s division when she appeared on wrestling radio show, Live Audio Wrestling. The seven time Women’s Champion loves the Knockout division – branding it “amazing” and that she loves the fact all the girls really do work.

Trish also talks of returning to Monday Night RAW, for the 15th anniversary episode:

Why did she come back for Raw’s 15 Anniversary? Simply because it was the show’s anniversary instead of a big storyline. Called it a good feel moment for Trish fans & Lita fans. Her and Amy loved it. WWE was generous on what they wanted to do and eventually came up with a scenario. (Credit to Stratus-Faction.com)

Read a full recap courtesy of our favourite Trish fansite, by clicking here.

SmackDown-ing out of RAW’s Shadow

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Since last June, SmackDown! has seen a surge in Diva activity, largely due to the landing of Torrie Wilson and Victoria during the WWE Draft. Since, Friday nights have put on women’s wrestling on a regular basis – with some matches on par or even exceeding what we saw on RAW that week. Torrie and Victoria often outdid their RAW counterparts in some of their matches last year. Over the past year, SmackDown! has evolved and actually utilised it’s Divas, from Torrie and Victoria often competing, to Kristal’s storyline with Teddy Long and the rise of Michelle McCool. Under the guise of head writer, Michael Hayes, SmackDown! has developed the beginnings of a women’s division. The next step? Establishing SmackDown!’s Divas away from just their usual Friday night on CW confines – and allowing them to shine on pay per view.

Given that a women’s division is RAW’s forte, SmackDown!’s writers have done a solid job over the past year in creating storylines for their Divas and often outdoing RAW, where the actual women’s division and Women’s Championship are meant to be. Over the past couple of months, the blue brand has really established it’s Divas (albeit through a glorified 5-week bikini contest), they have paved the way for Michelle to become the top Diva of the brand, furthered Victoria as a comedic heel, even introduced new Divas into the fold; Cherry, Eve and Maryse have all been utilised in the SmackDown! “women’s division.” And now with the debut of Nattie Neidhart, the division is really coming full circle in terms of talent. They’ve got the girls and now it’s time to concentrate on creating better stories, better feuds – not just flimsy wedding angles (i.e. Kristal-Teddy), they may have been sufficient before but now is the time for change. And with the inevitable Michelle-Nattie feud that will hopefully begin this week on SmackDown!, WWE will be given an option… an option to interchange between the RAW and SmackDown!’s women’s divisions when it comes to pay per view booking.

Every year after WrestleMania, WWE ties up old storylines and begins new ones – often taking risks. This year is no different, with the launch of a JBL-Randy Orton feud and even a Batista-Shawn Michaels feud. Maybe it’s time for Creative to experiment with the Divas also? It’s fair to say that Beth Phoenix as Women’s Champion has been rather lackluster and following BunnyMania, RAW is in a state of change – it’s time to transition (as they do every year) from giving the “flavour of the month” Playboy covergirl a shot at the title and moving back to serious contenders. Last year, straight after WrestleMania – Ashley was dropped after her shot at the title and Mickie was inserted back into a feud with Melina. During that transition period, it couldn’t hurt to give SmackDown! some time to shine on pay per view and with the Michelle-Nattie feud, they could finally have a pay per view worthy feud. Sure, the Women’s Championship isn’t on the line but that wouldn’t make this match any less compelling with a well written story to it. We’re not suggesting they headline WrestleMania, but by giving SmackDown! a few Diva matches on B-shows like the upcoming Backlash and Judgment Day would really give a boost to the growing women’s division on the blue brand.

Not since the days of Torrie Wilson has a SmackDown! Divas feud really been highlighted on pay per view. There were a few Diva matches here and there during the days of the SmackDown!-branded pay per views, but those have since been dropped around this time last year in fact. In that time, no SmackDown! Diva feud has taken precedent over RAW – but now could be the time to do it. There’s nothing too much of importance going on over on RAW right now, until they establish a true contender for Beth Phoenix and her title. With the strong writing over on SmackDown!, I have no doubt that Michael Hayes will be able to create a strong feud between Michelle and Nattie and would be deserving of a pay per view pay-off match possibly at Backlash or Judgment Day.

SmackDown! is developing and it’s going in the right direction. RAW’s women’s division seems to be stuck in a rut, partly due to having to reorganise their entire women’s division every year around Playboy and WrestleMania. Maybe it’s time for SmackDown! to get a shot? Michelle McCool’s rise, I believe, is due in part to her relationship with the Undertaker which could help her cause of SmackDown! finally breaking down that wall and putting on a match on pay per view again. And with the axing of the Cruiserweight title, there could even be room in future for a second Women’s Championship dedicated to SmackDown! But for now we’ll settle for Michelle versus Nattie… on pay per view.

Laugh Out Loud with Layla

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ECW’s Layla is featured in the latest episode of Miz & Morrison’s Dirt Sheet at WWE.com, the Diva can be heard talking “over the phone” giving the WWE Tag Team Champions hell after they voted that Kelly Kelly better than her at the 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony. Just goes to show WWE scripts even video segments for WWE.com, because there is no way Kelly’s dress outdoes Layla’s.

Anyway, the show is pretty funny and just goes to show how much personality Layla has. Check it out by clicking here. Anyone else think Layla should just manage Miz & Morrison to give her some screen time? They could be the new MNM.

Diva Dirt Presents WWE’s Next Top Model

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Diva Dirt is proud to launch a new interactive feature here at the site, WWE’s Next Top Model. I’m sure you’ve all seen Top Model, well we thought we’d let you vote for a Diva version! We’re taking all the Divas and asking you which Diva has the most Top Model potential. Each week, you will be able to vote from the selection of Divas with one “going home” each week.

However, we have a problem – there are more than ten Divas. Therefore, we’re going to have a casting call featuring all the Divas! The ten Divas with the most votes will continue on to the competition. Vote now for your favourite Diva:

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Box Office – Weekend of April 4th, 2008

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Welcome to the Box Office! In this weekly feature, I’ll look at each week’s wide releases, summarize their plots (i.e. pasting from imdb.com), and give my opinion of whether or not they’re worth your 8 dollars (or whatever godawful price they’re charging these days).This week has a few new releases, each appealing to a different set of moviegoers:

“Leatherheads” – starring George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, & John Krasinski
Plot summary – A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America’s nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that’s the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter’s war story. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams.
My take – I saw this movie yesterday, but I’ll spare you from a review. Let me just say that the period aspect of the movie (it’s set in the late 1920s) certainly adds to its appeal to me. I like the vintage styles and the classic look at football that we usually don’t get to see this side of ESPN Classic.

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The Round-Up – April 05, 2008

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theroundup.jpg Get this week’s Diva news rounded up… with commentary! This week we discuss BunnyMania aftermath, a new Diva on the block, Victoria‘s ride, Melina‘s wrath
and more!

• Beth, Melina Prevail
The big news story of the week, Beth Phoenix and Melina defeated Ashley and Maria at the grandest stage of them all – WrestleMania 24. The match saw the involvement of Santino Marella, The King not to mention the Lumberjills (or is that Lumberjacks this year?). After the match, master of ceremonies Snoop Dogg planted Santino with a clothesline – and Maria with a kiss!

Erin: It definitely wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. Not great, but not a disaster. The presence of the Lumberjill/jacks/whatever was totally unecessary. All they did was stand there in their tacky outfits and scramble when the occasional Diva was tossed out of the ring. Not a great representation of the Divas, I’d say. A Women’s Title match would’ve been more fitting, but at least Maria didn’t get the undeserving annual title shot.

Melanie: I, for one, was pretty shocked to see Beth and Melina win. I didn’t see it coming but I’m so glad for it! As I wrote in my review of the match, Melina was the standout and really captured the essence of WrestleMania. Kudos to Ashley and Maria (more so) for putting on a real effort in the ring. This match wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

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Baby, I Swear It’s Deja Vu

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Title in honour of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s wedding!

WWE continues it’s hard sell of Michelle McCool as they try to put her over as the top Diva on SmackDown!, but all this pushing is giving us a severe sense of deja vu (not to mention an allergic reaction). I hate to compare real-life friends and I’m sure Michelle is lovely and sweet, but this transformation into the next Torrie Wilson is not cool.

Case in point, WWE.com has a new article citing Michelle as “SmackDown!’s top Diva”, apparently winning the glorified 5-week bikini contest comes with such a tag. Not to mention the constant mentions of being the “All-American Diva.” There was a time when Torrie was SmackDown!’s top Diva and was seen as the all American girl. It seems Michelle’s current run is pretty much a carbon copy of Torrie. Torrie feuds with Victoria, Michelle feuds with Victoria. Torrie gets attacked by a mystery blonde Diva, Michelle gets attacked by a mystery blonde Diva. Though it can be argued Michelle has had a run of her own with the Chuck Palumbo-Jamie Noble saga.

Had Torrie not been on the injured list, there’d be no doubt in my mind just which of these two girls would sitting on the throne. What does this suggest for Torrie’s return? After all this hard selling of Michelle, is there room for Torrie considering she was considered the top Diva during both her stays on SmackDown? Will she even return to SmackDown? Logically, it would hurt both Michelle and Torrie if they were on the same brand at this point – moving Torrie to RAW would seem wise (not to mention make me break out in songs of joy).

Time will tell if Michelle can fill Torrie’s boots. But Michelle is definitely in favour with WWE Creative right now, it’ll be interesting to see if they continue to rip pages out of the Torrie Wilson handbook in coming weeks and months. For a girl that was a blip on the radar one year ago, see what sleeping with a legend can get ya!

Kelly Kelly Responds to Melina’s Comments

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Catfightttttt! You know you’re truly in the 21st century when feuds aren’t only happening in the ring, but on the Internet as well. ECW’s Kelly Kelly has posted a new blog on her MySpace and has dedicated a paragraph to Melina‘s blog yesterday on WWE.com. Melina wrote:

When I watched as a fan, as a female I wanted someone I could look up to and say I want to be strong like her. Not, I can’t wait to stand around and have people look at me in little outfits. Anyone can just stand around. Girls do that all over the world and it’s not a big deal. If you want to see that, go to the mall! Or watch ECW!

Kelly, in her best English I might add responds however doesn’t name Melina directly hmm:

On another note i was reading another blog that one of the divas had written referring to the ecw divas something along the lines that we just stand around in little outfits and have people look at us and thats all we do…well i may be jumping out on a limb here but im guessing shes talking about me and layla since were the only divas on ecw lol…im going to speak on behalf of layla and myself how much of a load of S**t that is we work our butts off every week and put our heart and soul into our matches and everything else we do on the show we may be beginners at all this but every chance were able to get in that ring to train or work on promos you better bet your ass we do it with 110 % ..to better ourselves and to prove to people like u WRONG!all i have to say is im only 21 im finishing up my college degree and i have and amazing family that supports me.. this person knows who she is and i dont care what u think your opinion means nothing to me..im getting my chance to live my dream to finally prove im not just another pretty face and im laughing in yours all the way up im not letting anything get in my way!!!

I don’t know, it certainly doesn’t seem like a work. Melina’s blogs are usually part character-part shoot. What do you think? Is it a work or is there some backstage tension between these two Divas? And raise your hand if you think Kelly didn’t name Melina because girl knows she’d get her ass handed to her.

SmackDown! 4/4/08: Michelle Wins, Nattie Debuts

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Thanks to the almighty YouTube, we’ve found a clip of tonight’s Diva segment from SmackDown! which features the debut of Nattie Neidhart.

Somewhat reminiscent, though not as affective as Krissy Vaine‘s debut attacking Torrie last September, if you ask me. Though Nattie did look a lot better attacking Michelle McCool; I will never forget Krissy’s hideous outfit lol. Loving Michael Cole slipping up and saying “Torrie” at the end… oh how she is missed! What do you think of Nattie’s big debut? The start of big things to come? Or will she just job to Michelle?

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