Each week, 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 what we found from this week: It was the first week of 2017 … Read more
TNA continue to ring 2017 with surprises! Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that one of TNA’s founder, Jeff Jarrett, will be returning to TNA as an “Executive Consultant”. Jeff Jarrett, along with his wife Karen Jarrett and former TNA creative consultant Dutch Mantel (aka WWE’s Zen Colter) are all reportedly backstage for TNA’s first set of … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its sixth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2016, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Independent Wrestler of the Year: Deonna Purrazzo When it comes to dominance in women’s wrestling, especially … Read more
Former and multi WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James is expected to make her return to the WWE soon as part of the SmackDown roster. A new report by Wrestling Observer (via PWPNation) details current plans in place for Mickie’s return and who her first feud will be against. According to the report, the character “La … Read more
Each week, 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. * Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett speak with Huffington Post to reflect back on their 2016, share … Read more
This episode of SmackDown is pretty special. Not because of the fact that Deonna freaking Purrazzo showed up. But, it’s more to do with the fact that we saw our first Tuesday night women’s match in three weeks! I mean, it’s not necessarily something to brag about, but it happened! The ladies started off the night when Natalya … Read more
Could ROH’s Women of Honor division soon be fighting for a new Women’s title? According to a report from PWInsider, Ring of Honor are currently in the works of introducing a new title for their female roster and crown its first women’s champion in the upcoming year. The report also adds the company plans to … Read more
According to a report from PWInsider, the WWE is moving forward with their plans of an all women’s tournament for the WWE Network – similar to that of their Cruiserweight Classic from earlier this year. The report details that the current plans are to have the series taped at Full Sail Live during the early … Read more
This past weekend, Women’s Wrestling Revolution held this year’s Tournament For Today along with Beyond Wrestling in Providence, RI. Below are the results, courtesy of @WrestlingHaze on Twitter. First Round: Taeler Hendrix def. LuFisto with help from Alexxis Nevaeh Deonna Purrazzo def. Alexxis Nevaeh Kimber Lee def. Sonya Strong Veda Scott def. Jessicka Havok Semifinals: Veda Scott def. Deonna Purrazzo Kimber Lee def. Taeler … Read more
On Sunday, Women’s Wrestling Revolution along with Beyond Wrestling will host “Tournament For Today” event in Providence, RI. The lineup is stacked it might be a great event all around. The first round matches are as follows: Kimber Lee vs. Sonya Strong Deonna Purrazzo vs. Alexxis Jessicka Havok vs. Veda Scott Taeler Hendrix vs. LuFisto Later that … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. This week’s poll will open Sunday and close on Monday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Allie After … Read more
This year’s ECWA Super 8 ChickFight Tournament wrapped up last night on a historic fashion. Results below, courtesy of Squared Circle Sirens. ROUND ONE: Kiera Hogan defeated Maria Manic via swinging neckbreaker. Britt Baker defeated Faye Jackson (replacing an injured Rachael Ellering) via modified famouser. Karen Q defeated Aja Perera via an amrbar. Deonna Purrazzo defeated Tasha Steelz with a Fujiwara Armbar. ROUND TWO: Karen Q defeated Britt Baker … Read more
Earlier this week, ECWA did a profile of four individuals for this year’s ECWA Women’s Super 8 ChickFight Tournament and so far the lineup looks stacked. Here’s a look at the participants courtesy of the ECWA: Deonna Purrazzo: “The ECWA faithful should be no stranger to this hard nosed beauty. Trained by Rip Rogers at … Read more
Each week, 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. * WWE.com catches up with Eve Torres in the latest episode of “Where are they now? … Read more
Ring Of Honor’s Women Of Honor division has been on fire as of late, and now this Friday night September 16th, they will be showcased in a six-woman tag team match in Pittsburgh. The match will include the undefeated Kelly Klein teaming up with Veda Scott and the debuting Britt Baker, who is coming off her RAW appearance, up against ROH Dojo … Read more
ChickFight, the sister promotion of Diva Dirt, along with the East Coast Wrestling Association will host the third annual 2016 Super 8 ChickFight Tournament on October 22nd in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey. On the card is the 2015 Super 8 ChickFight Tournament Champion and reigning ECWA Women’s Champion Deonna Purrazzo, second generation athlete Rachael Ellering, Jewells Malone, Kiera Hogan, Maria Manic, Britt … Read more
Each week, 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. * Sasha Banks and Stacy Keibler are featured in Fox Sports list of “15 amazing photos … Read more
Deer Park, New York’s New York Wrestling Connection has made history by announcing their first professional wrestling LGBT (and ally) dominated event, “A Matter of Pride”. This show will feature a variety of talents like Deonna Purrazzo, Sammy Pickles, and WSU Hall of Famer Alicia! There will also be the first ever LGBT … Read more
Welcome to this week’s NXT Redux! Bayley is back and better than ever this week as she takes on one of the busiest indy darlings out in the field, Deonna Purrazzo. We’ll also see the return of Nia Jax after losing her match at TakeOver, so she’s back and deadlier than before. But before we … Read more
Each week, 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 what we found from this week: Starting off the week, we saw some … Read more
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. * WWE.com has compiled a Superhuman Superstar gallery of a few female WWE Superstars in their … Read more
Howdy everyone and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux! After a few weeks of NXT women like Alexa Bliss and Bayley putting their arguments forward as to why they should be the next Number One Contender to Asuka‘s title, it is Nia Jax‘s turn to step up to the plate and stake her claim this … Read more
With mere weeks separating us from NXT TakeOver: Dallas, we finally know how NXT Women’s Champion Bayley will be spending that night. She will defend her title against the phenom Asuka, presenting us with an intriguing scenario: will Bayley lose the title, or will Asuka suffer her first loss? Before that match could be booked, … Read more
Welcome to another NXT Redux! This week, we take a slight break from the Women’s Title scene and check in with Emma and Dana Brooke, who are out to prove that they’re the most dominant duo in the division. The other pair claiming dominance – Eva Marie and Nia Jax – make a quick appearance, … Read more
Last week, Bayley managed to hang on to the NXT Women’s Title when she defeated her bestie Carmella in the night’s main event. With yet another challenger thwarted, the division is rapidly regrouping, the Divas jockeying for position in the hope to be the next woman to get a shot at the belt. On this … Read more
Indy wrestlers Deonna Purrazzo and Jayme Jameson were among a host of talent taking part in tryouts last week at the WWE Performance Center, according to Squared Circle Sirens. Deonna, the 2015 Super 8 ChickFight tournament winner, has already competed in several matches on NXT television. Jayme currently holds SHINE Tag Team Championships with TNA … Read more