“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: Who do you think should be Layla‘s first big challenger as the Divas Champ? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked 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
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
New Divas Champion Layla talks to WWE.com about her Divas Title victory and her return, and things get a little emotional. Watch below:
New Divas Champion Layla has expressed her excitement about her return to WWE last night at Extreme Rules. Layla returned after nearly a year of inactivity following a torn ACL and MCL last year. She was announced as Nikki Bella’s surprise opponent for the Divas Title and captured the gold in her first night back. … 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
LayCool — the team of former WWE Women’s Champions Layla and Michelle McCool — have earned their place in history as the first and only “co-Women’s Champions”, and now thanks to their antics during their run from late 2009 to early 2011, they’ve earned a spot on WWE’s list of greatest tag teams, also. Layla … 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 WWE has been taping overseas the past few days, so we want to know: who do you think is the greatest non-American female wrestler currently … 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: With Brock Lesnar’s shocking return, we want to know: which former Diva would you bring back to the WWE, and how would you book her return? … Read more
She may not be back in the ring yet, but Layla, along with Eve, got a cool WrestleMania moment yesterday as they led a flash mob to surprise music producer, Timbaland, at Fan Axxess. The Divas took charge as they, along with dozens of dancers (including Mike Tyson!), took part in the flash mob dance … Read more
As reported earlier, former Women’s Champion Layla returned to the ring last night at FCW, her first live match since her ACL and MCL tear last year. PWInsider reports that Layla was receiving “high marks” for her performance last night and that she has worked hard in the past few weeks to shake off ring … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion Layla returned to the ring last night at a Florida Championship Wrestling live event. The Diva has been sidelined since May 2011 with a torn ACL and torn MCL. Layla teamed with Audrey Marie to defeat Sofia Cortez and Paige. Usually, main roster talent will work with FCW when they are … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is the new 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: Eve’s heel turn has us wondering: What do you think of how heel Divas are portrayed? Is there a fixation on making a heel Diva … Read more
New reports suggest that Eve Torres may be paired with a male Superstar to feud with Zack Ryder and another Diva. Torres turned heel on last night’s episode of Raw, citing that she was only using Ryder to further her career and planned to use top WWE star, John Cena too. However, her plan was … Read more
Injured WWE Diva Layla has told NBC Miami that she is training for her in-ring return to WWE following an ACL and MCL tear last year, however, there is a chance that she may not be back by WrestleMania 28 on April 1st. The event is set to take place in her hometown of Miami. … Read more
Hiya everybody (insert “Hi, Dr. Nick” reply from you all) and welcome to another one of those rare FCW related segments that does not take place on television. This weekend I attended another thrilling, chilling live event from the developmental territory, which featured some pretty stellar matches and a meet and greet with former WWE … Read more
The people have spoken! In the 2011 Year-End Awards as voted by you, the Diva Dirt masses, Sara Del Rey, Mickie James and Beth Phoenix walked away with the biggest prizes as Independent Wrestler, Knockout and Diva of the Year respectively. Of the trio, Del Rey was also selected as Diva Dirt’s Wrestler of the … Read more
The results are in! Over the past two weeks you have been voting in your thousands for the winners of the 2011 Fan Voted Year-End Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked… Televised Match of the Year The nominees were: Kelly Kelly & … Read more
The results are in! Over the past two weeks you have been voting in your thousands for the winners of the 2011 Fan Voted Year-End Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked… Best Feud The nominees were: Alicia vs Jessicka Havok (WSU) Angelina … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion Layla, who is due to return from a torn ACL and MCL injury in early 2012, is reportedly in line for a Divas Championship feud upon her return. The latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Layla is due to feud with Beth Phoenix over the belt when she … Read more
As 2011 draws to a close, the Diva Dirt writers have each picked a personal highlight to reminisce on the year gone by. Today: Cryssi shares her best moment from 2011 — Kelly Kelly defending the World Heavyweight Championship in a main event match on SmackDown with LayCool, Dolph Ziggler and Edge. My moment of … Read more
It’s that time of the year again! Diva Dirt presents its third annual report card audio specials, reflecting on the year gone by for the WWE Divas and TNA Knockouts. Diva Dirt editors, Melanie and Steven offer their take on how each of the ladies have fared this past year and gave them a grade … Read more
I can honestly say that this will NOT be a Slammy Award worthy edition of the Raw Redux, but if Zack Ryder can win a Slammy for simply trending on Twitter (that was so not scripted, right??), then anything is possible. Alas, I’m not going to hold my breath and coincidentally, there’s really not a … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion Layla, who is recovering from her torn ACL and MCL injuries, was backstage at Raw last night. Also visiting was former WWE Diva, Cherry aka Kara Drew, who was part of the SmackDown brand from 2007-2008. As she has noted on Twitter, Cherry is very close friends with Divas Natalya and … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is the new 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: Rumors about the return of a former Women’s Champ are swirling, so we’re wondering: Which former Women’s Champion would you pick to have a comeback? … Read more