SHINE 13 takes place tomorrow night on iPPV, and the company has released a plethora of promos hyping the show. In the first, Allysin Kay hyped her return to SHINE following her 90 day suspension: SHINE SHINE Vice President of Talent Relations Lexie Fyfe subsequently booked her in a huge Tag Team match teaming her … 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: With rumors swirling that Mickie James has left TNA, but we want to know: what should TNA do to turn things around with the Knockouts? We’ve read your responses on our … Read more
SHINE management have given the returning Allysin Kay a not-so-warm welcome back to SHINE, putting her in a gargantuan tag match in her first appearance for the company since her suspension at SHINE 10 back in May. In a video by SHINE Vice President of Talent Relations Lexie Fyfe posted earlier today, it was announced … 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: A Fatal Four-Way for the Divas Title has been booked for Night of Champions, so we we want to know: what has been your favorite multi-woman match in wrestling history? We’ve … Read more
SHINE Champion Rain, try as she might, was forced to defend her title tonight for the very first time. Jessicka Havok emerged from a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat match with a shot at Rain’s belt, defeating Mia Yim and Ivelisse to advance to the main event. Havok couldn’t beat the numbers game, though, as April … Read more
SHINE Wrestling presents SHINE 12 tonight from Ybor City, Florida. The show is headlined by a Triple Threat match for the number one contendership to the SHINE Championship and a subsequent title match against champion Rain. Also booked is a match between indy veterans Kharma and Mercedes Martinez. The iPPV starts at 9pm ET, and … Read more
Ahead of tomorrow’s SHINE 12, SHINE Wrestling has released a number of video promos from the women who will be competing at the event. Angelina Love counters Shanna‘s Twitter smack talk with a promise that she will let her wrestling do the talking. Leva Bates, in an effort to get out of her competitive funk, … Read more
Following yesterday’s undercard reveal for SHINE 12, tongues were left wagging about the SHINE Championship picture and if Rain would defend her newly-won title. Rain posted a video message stating that until a number one contender is established, she won’t be defending her belt. Well, those virtuous enough to be patient have now been rewarded, … Read more
With just nine days till the iPPV, SHINE Wrestling has unveiled the first matches taking place on their 12th show, the first since the monumental SHINE 11 that saw Rain crowned the inaugural SHINE Champion. Interestingly, a match for the SHINE Champion has yet to be announced. Rain’s Valkyrie stable members, April Hunter and Ivelisse … Read more
SHINE star Ivelisse has a lot to be proud of, but apparently there’s one thing she regrets: a crotch tattoo. Ivelisse is appearing on tomorrow’s episode of SPIKE’s reality series Tattoo Nightmares, on which she’ll get certain “firey” tattoo covered up. Her nether-regions tattoo is actually of a phoenix, but she claims that most people … Read more
It was the night an entire year in the making, and the plan was straightforward: This was going to be the night a young, mighty heroine would rise to the challenge, valiantly seeing off all who stood in her way to be crowned the first-ever SHINE Champion. A fighting champion, a just champion, ready to … Read more
Tonight at SHINE 11, Rain stood alone, besting 13 other women to become the first ever SHINE Champion. In the culmination of an epic night that saw the entirety of the tournament run its course, Rain faced Mia Yim in the finals. When VP of Talent Relations Lexie Fyfe banned Rain’s Valkyrie team members Ivelisse … 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: As part of our SHINE Week leading up to SHINE 11, we want to know: who do you think will win the tournament and become the first ever SHINE Champion? We’ve … Read more
Diva Dirt’s Fast 5 will take on a theme and present to you–in no particular order–five related things from the world of women’s wrestling. This week, with SHINE 11 taking place this Friday, we’re looking back at five matches that have defined SHINE in its first year. Click on the arrow below to see our … Read more
New York-based Family Wrestling Entertainment held its second annual Welcome to the Rumble event last night on Internet pay per view, featuring the reunion of former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Angelina Love and Winter, aka Katarina, and the duo emerged victorious over the team of Maria Kanellis and Ivelisse Velez. Check out results from … Read more
Earlier tonight, SHINE Wrestling revealed the brackets for the upcoming SHINE Championship Tournament, as well as how the two remaining places will be filled. The spots, empty following Jazz and Allysin Kay‘s withdrawals from the tournament, will be contested in two four-way matches featuring a number of losing competitors from previous qualifiers. Made in Sin’s … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS Ring of Honor (June 1st, 2013): Athena def. Barbi Hayden with the O-Face. The show took place in San Antonio, TX, so Athena was hailed as the “hometown girl”. 2CW Girls … Read more
As announced during the SHINE 10 broadcast, a match between Mia Yim and Ivelisse Velez has been added to the EVOLVE 22 card. The show will take place on on June 2nd at The Orpheum in Ybor City, FL. Outside of SLAMMIN’ Ladies, this will be the first singles meeting between the two. They previously … Read more
SHINE 10 ended in controversial fashion on Friday night, with a failed sneak attack by Allysin Kay and subsequent suspension giving us the first sign of cracks in Valkyrie’s previously united and dominant front. In the main event, Valkyrie leader Rain faced Angelina Love in a rematch from their SHINE Championship tournament qualifier at SHINE … Read more
SHINE Wrestling are once again at the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow as they present their milestone tenth show, SHINE 10. The event will be broadcast live on Internet Pay-Per-View with three pricing options, the cheapest being just $9.99 (about £6). Click
“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: AJ Lee has been using her Black Widow submission a lot lately, so we want to know: what is your favorite submission hold in women’s wrestling? … Read more
When we talk of the historic rivalries in women’s wrestling, there are a certain few that spring to mind. From the pioneering battles between Mae Young and Mildred Burke in the 1950s all the way to Lita and Trish Stratus’s rollercoaster rivalry at the turn of this century, there are plenty of classic feuds to … Read more
SHINE Wrestling will take its first steps towards crowning its inaugural champion this Friday at SHINE 9 with the first qualifying matches of the SHINE Championship Tournament. Sixteen wrestlers will compete in the qualifiers, four of which will be held at SHINE 9 and four at SHINE 10 on May 24th. The eight winners will … Read more
The Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once famously said “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet”. However, in the short-fused, attention-bereft world of professional wrestling, that’s a mantra that we often find ourselves questioning. So how refreshing it was at SHINE 8 to see the patience of so many people (including ourselves) pay off in … Read more
Tonight sees SHINE Wrestling return to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for their eighth monthly show, SHINE 8. The main event sees the insurgent Valkyrie members Rain, Ivelisse and Made in Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) go up against the all-star face team of Amazing Kong, Christina Von Eerie, Mia Yim and a … Read more
With so much attention on who wouldn’t be part of the show, it was certainly curious to see who would actually appear at the TNA One Night Only: Knockout Knockdown pay per view taping in Orlando, Florida today. Diva Dirt can confirm exclusively that joining the current Impact Wrestling stars are former TNA Knockouts Cheerleader … Read more