[media-credit name=”Photo: @madusa_rocks/Instagram” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * At a … Read more
Total Divas continued to slip in the ratings this week, drawing 795,000 viewers according to TV by the Numbers. This is down from last week’s season low 804,000 viewers. This makes it the second lowest-rated episode since the season two episode “Red and Gold”. In the 18-49 demo, the episode maintained last week’s 0.4 rating. … Read more
Trash Talk is a new column from Diva Dirt’s Jake. Got a suggestion for his next column? Send it in. One of the highlights of most wrestling fans’ years is the release of the annual WWE video game. Years ago, we would have several different games come out a year for all of the various … Read more
It is safe to say that Paige ruffled a few feathers last night! Following Charlotte‘s Divas Championship win at Night of Champions, Paige had a hell of a lot to say about her (presumably now former) PCB teammate’s impact on the Divas division. Long story short, Paige was all for the revolution only if it … Read more
On tonight’s Total Divas, Naomi calls into question Alicia Fox‘s social media etiquette. When a video of Naomi twerking pops up on Alicia’s Instagram, she confronts her over it, accusing Alicia of intentionally embarrassing her. Watch the clip below: Total Divas airs Tuesdays at 9pm ET on E!. Synopsis for episode 12, “Some Like it … Read more
The main roster Diva Revolution has been lackluster for a while now, but Night of Champions finally made plain to me why that’s the case. It wasn’t a poor match that did it – no, I wasn’t particularly disappointed in the Divas Title match itself. Rather, it was the overall sense the booking gave me … Read more
Tonight at Night of Champions, a new Divas Champion was crowned: Charlotte. The second generation Diva put an end to Nikki Bella‘s record-setting Divas Title reign, overcoming a bad knee and excruciating pain to lock Nikki into the Figure Eight submission and force her to tap out. For much of the match, Nikki was in … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions tonight, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2014, when Paige defended the Divas Title against AJ Lee and Nikki Bella in a Triple Threat match. AJ would win the Divas Title for the third time in … Read more
Ahead of Night of Champions tomorrow night, we’re taking a look back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re going back to 2013, when AJ Lee defended the Divas Title in a Fatal Four-Way match against Brie Bella, Naomi and Natalya. AJ managed to beat the odds, attacking Natalya when … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @sashabankswwe/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: Happy Anniversary! WWE ring announced … Read more
Time flies, doesn’t it? We’re again at a “go home” SmackDown, just days away from Night of Champions. Even though she’s got a big Divas Title defense against Charlotte to worry about, Nikki Bella is choosing instead to focus on the milestone she passed earlier this week. It’s Bellabration time!!! Before we can Bellabrate, though, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night’s episode of Total Divas took a huge dip in the ratings, drawing only 804,000 viewers according to TV by the Numbers. This is a season four low, a distinction previously held by the 920,000 drawn by “It’s a Beautiful Life?”. It’s almost a series low as well, second … Read more
The season premiere of Raw rarely disappoints, and last night’s was no exception. Despite the fact that WWE runs 52 weeks a year and no-one ever views Raw as having a season premiere or finale, the season premiere tagline is always backed up by big time matches, and that is exactly what we got last … Read more
On this week’s episode of Raw, Nikki Bella became the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history. While this marks a huge moment in the history of the Divas division and the title itself, social media seems to be giving someone else credit for Nikki’s reign…and it isn’t the Divas Champion.
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] In a matter of hours, Nikki Bella will become the longest-reigning Divas Champion in history – but she might not hold the title for much longer than that. Nikki managed to escape from Raw with the belt, her Divas Title match with Charlotte ending in a DQ decision. An unsuccessful … Read more
Goodness. Talk about being waaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind in terms of recapping. I won’t apologize because sometimes real life just happens and it gets the best of you. But the one upside to this situation is that you guys are now getting two Reduxes for the price of one! And, just time for this upcoming week’s episode, … Read more
On this Tuesday’s Total Divas, Brie Bella is forced to confront her worries about her husband Daniel Bryan. While on a picnic with Nikki, Brie confesses that she’s worried about Daniel’s future as a wrestler and a husband, given his extensive health problems. Nikki advises Brie to be careful when she tells Daniel how she’s … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: GQ.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Brie and Nikki Bella recently joined GQ in the gym to share their fitness tips, as well as how their significant others have influenced their workout routines. How John Cena influenced Nikki: “Actually, when John and I first started dating, I was coming back from breaking my leg. Before that, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @itsmebayley/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: News broke early this week … Read more
Welcome to another SmackDown Redux! This week, we had a surprisingly stacked show overall. It probably had something to do with that little NFL kickoff game. Regardless of the reason, we had two pretty cool Diva segments that set us up for a potentially explosive week to come. In a rematch to their sort-of-inconclusive match … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Total Divas continues to climb back in the ratings after hitting a season low two weeks ago: this week’s episode drew 1.143 million viewers, according to TV by the Numbers. This is up from last week’s 1.020 million drawn by “Clash of the Divas” and is the second best performance … Read more
Divas Champion Nikki Bella, mere days away from breaking AJ Lee‘s record for longest Divas Title reign, sat down with Michael Cole to talk about her make-or-break title defense against Charlotte, cementing her legacy and more. Nikki calls her current Divas Title reign the best accomplishment of her life. She likens it to training for … Read more
Last night’s Raw was another jam-packed edition for us loyal Diva fans, with two in-ring segments and a great match booked for WWE’s flagship red brand. Tensions rose between Charlotte and Nikki Bella, as the former delivered the latter some no-so-good news for her. Summer Rae also continued to shine on the mic, with WWE … Read more
Tonight’s episodes of Total Divas and WAGS will bring the drama and nostalgia. On Total Divas, Nikki Bella confesses to feeling the pressure of being Divas Champion while talking to Mark Carrano, wondering aloud if she can handle the heavier schedule much longer. He tells her she can ask to alter her schedule, but it … Read more
This week’s SmackDown had quite a few twists up its sleeve – shocker, right? Usually SmackDown puts Diva feuds on cruise control. Here, though, we were treated to significant developments in the Lana/Summer Rae feud and the Divas Title picture. Lana and Summer brought their feud – and Summer’s scandalous accusations – to MizTV, while … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @realpaigewwe/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our first batch: Lana and Dolph Ziggler may … Read more