Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2016, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2015. The Trainers (Lita, Sara Amato & Sarah Stock) To quote the classic phrase, behind every great man there is a great woman. … Read more
NXT TakeOver: London continued the Divas division’s streak of great, memorable TakeOver matches. For the first time, though, it brought to the table two Divas matches that were equal in hype: NXT Women’s Champion Bayley put her title on the line against the undefeated Nia Jax, while the similarly undefeated Asuka finally clashed with Emma. … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @WWEgames/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] 2K Sports has given fans a sneak peek of its upcoming WWE 2K16 Legends Pack release, which will showcase WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus. Sneak peeks GIFs posted during TLC and Raw showed both Divas in action. Lita’s GIF came courtesy of the WWE Games Twitter account, … 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: What has been the greatest heel turn in women’s wrestling history? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @thenikkibella/Instagram” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, 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 our latest batch: Not only is Lita a … Read more
The latest episode of Renee Young‘s interview series Unfiltered welcomed WWE Hall of Famer Lita to the show to discuss the latest goings-on in her life. Lita confessed that she doesn’t really have a permanent home at the moment and is moving around a lot between Florida to California. She says her dog handles it … Read more
Join Diva Dirt’s Chris, Erin and Jake for a special Halloween edition of Diva Dirt Weekly. We look back at the past two months in the women’s wrestling world, covering the biggest stories we missed during our ongoing hiatus, tossing in plenty of belated Halloween hijinks along the way. Listen below or download by right … Read more
Next week, the WWE Network will premiere two Diva-themed episodes of original programming. First, the second all-Diva episode of Table for 3 will feature a discussion between Charlotte, Natalya and Tamina Snuka. The Network’s description for the episode reads: “Natalya, Tamina and Charlotte share stories of what it was like growing up in sports entertainment … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE.com has compiled a list of its top 10 Diva matches of all time, honoring many acclaimed bouts from the past few years. Topping the list is Bayley and Sasha Banks‘s NXT Women’s Title match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, the bout that awarded Bayley the title and lead to its … Read more
Respect, indeed. Last night at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, NXT Divas received their biggest opportunity yet: a spot in the main event. If that wasn’t enough, there was the added Iron Man stipulation, which guaranteed 30 minutes of wrestling and story that would surely hook the crowd. For me, this was cemented as the most inspiring … Read more
Tonight at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, Bayley and Sasha Banks both made history, but only Bayley left with the NXT Women’s Title. The two took part in the first Divas Iron Man match, battling for 30 minutes in the night’s main event. Move reversals, dirty tricks and battles on the outside of the ring brought the … Read more
Leading up to the historic main event Iron Man match between Bayley and Sasha Banks at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, we’re taking a look back at other moments in which WWE Divas made history. Today, we’re looking back at 2004, when Lita and Trish Stratus main evented Raw in a Women’s Title match. This was the … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] October 7th. Eight years ago today, Beth Phoenix won her first Women’s Championship. I remember the feeling I had that night. This was the start of a resurgence in the women’s division. Beth seemed like the piece that was missing since the departures of Trish Stratus and Lita about a … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Yesterday, Triple H conducted a media conference call to hype tonight’s NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, answering questions about Bayley and Sasha Banks‘s main event Iron Man match, Asuka‘s in-ring debut and the future of the Divas division. Transcript courtesy of PWInsider. Bayley vs. Sasha at TakeOver: Brooklyn: HHH thinks the match … Read more
2K Games has revealed details on their season pass and DLC for WWE 2K16. 2K Games had previously announced that Bayley, Sasha Banks, Charlotte and Becky Lynch would not be included in the game but there is some silver lining. Several Hall of Fame Divas were revealed in today’s announcement. Lita and Trish Stratus will … Read more
Leading up to the historic main event Iron Man match between Bayley and Sasha Banks at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, we’re taking a look back at other moments in which WWE Divas made history. Today, we’re looking back at 2003, when Lita and Victoria became the first Divas to compete in a Steel Cage match. The … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE Hall of Famer Lita has been seen on the road with the WWE quite frequently for the last couple of weeks. According to a new report, this is because Lita is now working full time with the company in a backstage role. According to PWInsider (via Lords of Pain), … Read more
The WWE has released a preview clip of Lita and Trish Stratus‘s episode of WWE Rivalries. The clip shows snippets of their feud and includes commentary from Summer Rae as well as Lita and Trish themselves. Watch the clip below: The Lita/Trish episode of WWE Rivalries premieres on the WWE Network today at 5pm ET. … Read more
The new season of the WWE Network series WWE Rivalries premieres this Tuesday with an episode focusing on the historic rivalry between WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus. The episode description reads: Two women revolutionize sports entertainment and raise the bar for WWE’s growing Diva’s Division en route to Hall of Fame careers. … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @trishstratuscom/Instagram” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, 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 our latest batch: Cameron is unleashing all of … Read more
The latest episode of the WWE’s Table for 3 series featured three major players from distinct wrestling eras: WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze, Ivory and Molly Holly. In the half hour episode, the women told stories from their time in the business, recalling the highs and lows that came with being women in wrestling. … Read more
Trash Talk is a new column from Diva Dirt’s Jake. Got a suggestion for his next column? Send it in. One of the highlights of most wrestling fans’ years is the release of the annual WWE video game. Years ago, we would have several different games come out a year for all of the various … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @realpaigewwe/Instagram” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, 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 our first batch: Lana and Dolph Ziggler may … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] 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. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * Leva Bates, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] New NXT Women’s Champion Bayley recently spoke to WWE.com about her monumental victory at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, sharing her emotional experience before, during and after the big match. Her reaction upon winning the title: “All I could do was cry. I was crying because of everything I’ve been through to … Read more
With the season finale of Tough Enough in the books, it’s time for our final Redux! Finally, we’re at the end of the road! Ten weeks of minimal in-ring training, competitions, drama and more drama, have brought us to the finals of this season of Tough Enough. Amanda and Sara Lee were our two female … Read more