Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 18, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees Ivelisse defend her SHINE Championship against Saraya Knight, while plum ties of the undercard include SHINE Tag Team Champions Leva Bates and Mia Yim putting their titles on the line against the Antipodean duo of Madison Eagles and Evie, … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to iPPV this Friday with SHINE 18, headlined by a SHINE Championship match pitting champ Ivelisse against Saraya Knight. Saraya looks to claim gold not long after her daughter Paige won the Divas Championship in her WWE debut. Also on the card is a SHINE Tag Team Championship match in which champions … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’re taking the basis of the Perfect 10 and giving you a say. We’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. This week, as the poll was delayed for WrestleMania … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHIMMER 62, airing tonight on iPPV as part of the WWNLive Experience weekender. The main event and only confirmed match so far sees Cheerleader Melissa put her SHIMMER Championship on the line against LuFisto in a 2 out of 3 falls match, while other wrestlers scheduled to be on … Read more
Both of SHINE’s championships were defended yesterday at A Wrestling Odyssey, as the women of the independent scene made their first contribution to the WWNLive Experience weekender in remarkable fashion. Three matches involving women took place on the show, the most important of which saw SHINE Champion Ivelisse defend her title against Jazz, in a … Read more
In the creation of great artistic projects, it often takes a while before the final brick is laid or the final brushstroke is applied. It is better, many would argue, to start small and add things gradually. Rome wasn’t built in a day, after all. So now, eight months after the SHINE Championship was introduced … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’re taking the basis of the Perfect 10 and giving you a say. We’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday, the winner being … Read more
Tomorrow will see another seminal event in SHINE’s history, as eight teams will compete to become the first ever SHINE Tag Team Champions. The teams will compete in a one-night knockout competition, with a number of newly-formed teams taking part, and the tournament brackets opening up the possibility for some highly-anticipated match-ups as the tournament … Read more
SHINE Wrestling VP of Talent Relations Lexie Fyfe has announced more matches for the upcoming SHINE 17 event. On the promotion’s official Youtube channel, Lexie signed two more matches that will take place in addition to the SHINE Tag Team Championship tournament. The first of those matches announced will be for the SHINE Championship. Due … Read more
Friday night saw journeys end, begin and shift in direction as SHINE’s first show of the new year ended with drastic change and jaw-dropping drama. With her SHINE Championship match against Valkyrie leader Rain imminent, number one contender and fellow Valkyrie member Ivelisse found herself in an internal struggle between her own ambitions and those … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 16, airing tonight on iPPV. In the main event, Valkyrie collides as SHINE Champion Rain defends her title against her stablemate Ivelisse, while elsewhere, Jessicka Havok and Allysin Kay face off in a battle of former friends and Nevaeh and Leva Bates go one-on-one in a beyond-personal grudge … Read more
SHINE returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City and live on iPPV tomorrow night for SHINE 16, with a number of scores to be settled. In the main event, Valkyrie face the biggest threat to their stability yet as SHINE Champion and group leader Rain finds herself defending her title against her friend and stablemate … Read more
It’s that time of year again when the Diva Dirt team compiles our annual wishes and predictions for women’s wrestling in the year ahead. Previous wishes/predictions posts can be seen here (2010), here (2011) and here (2012) and here (2013). 2014 Wishes * Sara Del Rey to appear on on WWE TV. Yes, we … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2014, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2013. Rain and Valkyrie No stable has made as much of an impact in 2013 as Valkyrie. Consisting of leader Rain, the tag … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its third annual Writers’ Choice Awards, the awards that celebrate the year in women’s wrestling, as decided by the editors and contributors of Diva Dirt. The Diva Dirt team has watched hundreds of episode of wrestling television this year, followed a countless number of wrestlers and reviewed tons of matches. Now, as … Read more
A few weeks ago, TNA released its latest One Night Only Pay-Per-View, the World Cup of Wrestling. Video has now emerged online of the night’s Knockouts matches, which saw Mickie James take on Ivelisse Velez and Lei’D Tapa face Hannah Blossom. Watch the matches below: What did you think of the matches?
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 15, airing tonight on iPPV. In the main event, Rain‘s storied career will come to an end – win or lose – as she defends her SHINE Championship one last time, against Amazing Kong, while in the other marquee match of the night two former best friends face … Read more
The complete card has been announced for SHINE 15, which will set out to tie up plenty of loose ends as their last show of 2013. As confirmed at the end of the last SHINE show, SHINE Champion Rain will face Amazing Kong in the main event. With this set to be Rain’s final match … Read more
Last night saw Family Wrestling Entertainment return to internet Pay-Per-View for their Openweight Grand Prix Final. Three women’s matches took place, with Angelina Love and Ivelisse Velez facing off for the number one contendership for Maria Kanellis‘s FWE Women’s Championship in the co-main event of the night. However, after a solid performance from both women … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Who do you think should answer Gail Kim‘s open challenge? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on the … Read more
A hard-fought victory over a plucky international challenger and the callous betrayal of a close friend saw Valkyrie’s dominance of SHINE remain strong, despite a few minor setbacks on the way. SHINE Champion Rain faced a new test in the main event as she defended her title against Japanese star Hiroyo Matsumoto. Because of the … Read more
Family Wrestling Entertainment – FWE for short – held its Openweight Grand Prix event which saw two ladies Three-Way matches, each involving top female athletes. On one side, you had Angelina Love, Cheerleader Melissa and Serena Deeb. On the other there were none other than former TNA Knockout Rosita, former WWE Diva Ivelisse Velez and … Read more
Mere days after the dust settled on SHINE 13, the card for the next SHINE show has been announced – and with a host of international stars set to be in the US at the time for the SHIMMER tapings the week before it looks likely to be one of their most stacked shows to … Read more
SHINE 13 was a night of twists and turns as two best friends found themselves on opposing fronts, while a shrewd and villainous champion looked to continue her title reign against a familiar foe of late. Circumstances out of SHINE’s control meant last month’s show had seen the company enter its second year in somewhat … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 13, airing on iPPV tonight. The main event sees SHINE Champion Rain defend her title against former 5-time TNA Knockouts Champion Angelina Love, while the undercard includes, among others, Valkyrie duo of Ivelisse and Allysin Kay facing Jessicka Havok and Amazing Kong (WWE’s Kharma) in tag team action. … Read more
SHINE Wrestling presents SHINE 13 tonight from Ybor City, Florida. The show is headlined by a match between SHINE Champion Rain and Angelina Love. Also booked is a blockbuster Tag Team match pitting Amazing Kong and Jessicka Havok against Allysin Kay and Ivelisse. The iPPV starts at 9pm ET, and you can order it on … Read more