Tonight on Raw, Brie and Nikki Bella, collectively known as the Bella Twins, made their returns to the WWE. The duo–both former Divas Champions–appeared in a backstage segment, confronting Divas Champion Kaitlyn and claiming that they returned to the WWE because they saw that the Divas division was “lacking”. The Bellas, having left the company … Read more
You might be curious — as were we — what were Diva Dirt’s biggest stories of 2012? For the first time ever, we’re taking a peek behind the curtain by revealing the 10 articles that received more hits than any other in 2012 here at Diva Dirt, based on traffic reporting from Google Analytics. The … Read more
The results are in! Over the past two weeks you have been voting in your thousands for the winners of the 2012 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked… Best Tag Team or Group The nominees were: Angel Orsini & … Read more
Imagine everyone’s faces when you show up to your 10 year high school reunion with John Cena? Former WWE Divas Nikki and Brie Bella, real names Nicole and Brianna Garcia, attended their 10 year high school reunion last week in Scottsdale, Arizona — with WWE stars John Cena and Daniel Bryan as their dates. Brie … Read more
THQ has unveiled a slew of entrance and finisher videos for WWE ’13 ahead of the game’s release at the end of the month. We’ve rounded up some of the recently released videos (and ones we may have previously missed!) so you can get your WWE ’13 Diva fix. Videos include: the Bella Twins, Kharma … Read more
At its root, wrestling has always been about good vs evil, bad guys vs good guys — or in our case, bad girls vs good girls. In a brand new feature at Diva Dirt, we want you to help us pick wrestling’s best mean girl. Now, there is a clear distinction between a mean girl … Read more
The former Bella Twins, Nicole and Brianna Garcia, have announced that they have landed their first movie roles. The pair will film appearances in an independent film, “Confessions of a Womanizer”, in late September to early October. “Can’t wait for the movie to come out and for you all to see it,” they wrote on … Read more
WWE and THQ today unveiled the roster for the upcoming WWE ’13 video game release. With a heavy focus on the Attitude Era this year, the game will feature 9 current era Divas and three Attitude Era Divas. The roster was revealed in a live Internet broadcast from SummerSlam Axxess. The Divas roster for WWE … Read more
Five — count ’em — five former WWE champions got together at Chicago Wizard World this weekend for a big group snap. The former Divas included four-time Women’s Champion, Lita, three-time Women’s and two-time Divas Champ, Melina, two-time Divas Champ, Maryse, and Divas Champions, Brie and Nikki Bella. The former Bella Twins posted the generational … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is our interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: The Beautiful People are living on beyond TNA, so we want to know: who is your favorite duo in women’s wrestling history? We’ve read your responses … Read more
Two generations of WWE women met yesterday as the former Bella Twins, Nicole and Brianna, met with former WWF Women’s Champion Leilani Kai at an autograph signing. The twins posted a picture of their generational moment on Twitter. The former Divas are seen posing with the former WWF Women’s Champion and Women’s Tag Team Champion. … Read more
It’s been two weeks since we lost our Twin Magic on Monday nights, but for the first time since their WWE departure, the Bella Twins — Brie and Nikki Bella, aka Nicole and Brianna Garcia — are opening up to Diva Dirt in a world exclusive interview. For the first time, Nicole and Bri discuss … Read more
“Oh my god, I bet her music’s going to hit,” thought Nikki Bella following her Divas Title loss to Layla at Extreme Rules last month. In this sneak peek of our world exclusive first post-WWE interview with the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, the former Divas Champion reveals that she was on her toes at … Read more
The Twin Magic may have stopped in WWE, but we’re keeping it going right here at Diva Dirt! The former Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki Bella aka Nicole and Brianna, granted Diva Dirt their first exclusive post-WWE interview to discuss their time in WWE, their departure and more. Now this is no ordinary interview: It … Read more
We’ve heard much about it and now finally, we have the pictures! The former Bella Twins, Nicole and Brianna, are on the cover of the latest issue of Maxim En Espanol — and let’s just say that they put the Men in Black to shame. Sorry, Will Smith! Check out some pictures from their muy … Read more
Reports suggest that WWE confiscated signs for recently departed WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella at last night’s SmackDown taping in Roanoke, Virginia. The Bellas left WWE last week after their contracts expired. Thoughts: It sounds like this is just policy to not promote former stars. WWE publicized the twins’ departure more so than they … Read more
Former WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella issued a statement on their official website addressing their WWE departure today. They said that they were taking “time away” from wrestling. The twins, real names Brianna and Nicole Garcia, wrote: What a whirlwind few days. As you all know by now, TwinMagic has decided to take some … Read more
Hello all! This column has been transformed this week, breaking from the traditional one-subject tone to cover some “quick hits” on various things going on in women’s wrestling at the moment. As always, I’d leave to hear what you think, too, so leave a comment! —– Are we on the verge of a new generation … Read more
It’s another happy Monday people and it’s time for another live-blog edition of the Redux that won’t be posted until late tomorrow afternoon. Not my problem, clearly, because I’m not the publisher, but who really cares, right? I expect Raw to be semi-explosive tonight thanks to the awesome title change at last night’s Extreme Rules. … Read more
The now former Bella Twins, Nicole and Brianna Garcia, are once again being advertised for a May 19th autograph session in San Jose Valley, California. This was the very appearance that leaked prematurely a few weeks ago and lead to Diva Dirt’s discovery that the twins were leaving WWE. The advertising was quickly pulled (likely … Read more
WWE has released a video of Executive Administrator Eve Torres ‘firing’ the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, following their match on Raw tonight. In the clip, Eve says that she reviewed their contracts and noticed that they were coming to an end (which is true), and due to “the economy not being so hot and … Read more
The now former Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki — real names Brianna and Nicole Garcia — have commented on their WWE departure via Twitter. The ladies wrote: Bella’s have left the building… Happy ending at the Nutter center??? Well at least we finished it off! #ByeByeBellas Meanwhile, WWE.com has already launched a photo gallery looking … Read more
Former WWE Diva and current TNA star Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, weighed in on the Bella Twins’ WWE departure exclusively to Diva Dirt. Fans will recall that Lisa, who competed in WWE as Victoria, was the Bellas’ first ever opponent and feud on WWE television in 2008. In a quote to Diva Dirt, … Read more
WWE.com is reporting that the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, have been “fired” from WWE. In reality, as reported a few weeks ago, the twins’ contracts expire today — April 30th — and they’ve opted not to renew. Stay tuned for more.
Last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw shocked us all when one half of The Bella Twins, Nikki Bella, pinned “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix to become the new WWE Divas Champion. Nikki had earned the title shot two weeks prior on an episode of SmackDown, when she defeated Phoenix thanks to interference from Kelly Kelly. … Read more
She’s backkk! The flawless Layla returned to the ring after nearly a year of inactivity due to injury and captured the Divas Title from Nikki Bella on her first night back. Layla, who was injured at this very pay per view last year during a physical match with former BFF Michelle McCool, has been recovering … Read more