This weekend SHIMMER returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois to film the next set of its DVD series. Volume 59 results below, courtesy of Jennifer. SHIMMER Volume 59: * ThunderKitty def. Miss Natural via a sleeper hold. * Christina Von Eerie def. Saraya Knight, Melanie Cruise and Su Yung after Cruise hits … Read more
This weekend SHIMMER returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois to film the next set of its DVD series. Volume 58 results below, courtesy of Jennifer. SPARKLE: * JK Kennedy (formerly Jessie Kaye) def. Midianne via a second rope flatliner. * Angie Skye def. “Crazy” Mary Dobson via the Unprettier. SHIMMER Vol 58 … Read more
Diva Dirt kicks off Female Fight Season with live coverage of Bellatrix 7: Bellatrix vs. SHIMMER, airing on iPPV today. Three championship matches take place tonight tonight, as Liberty defends her RQW European Championship against Sammi Baynz, Erin Angel puts her Bellatrix British Championship on the line against Penelope and Mercedes Martinez makes her UK … Read more
Bellatrix World Champion Courtney Rush has announced that she has suffered a serious collar bone injury that will keep her out of action for the rest of the year. Courtney, who won the Bellatrix belt back in March, took to Twitter to break the news. She tweeted: I don't know how to say this so … Read more
The card for October’s upcoming Bellatrix vs. SHIMMER event has been announced, with three major championships up for grabs during the show. In the first of three transatlantic main events, Canada’s Courtney Rush will defend her Bellatrix World Championship for the first time since winning it at NCW’s “Femmes Fatales XI” in March, against the … Read more
Current NCW: Femmes Fatales Champion Mercedes Martinez is the latest name to be announced for the upcoming Bellatrix vs. SHIMMER event. Martinez joins Christina Von Eerie, Bellatrix World Champion Courtney Rush and LuFisto as the fourth name to be revealed for the event. As is the case with the other three women, Bellatrix vs. SHIMMER … 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
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
Yesterday, NCW Femmes Fatales XII took place in Montreal. We’ve got detailed results from the show, courtesy of Diva Dirt reader Dave Muscarella: Dark Match: Jody Milo squashed Diane Hall. Match was short and Hall got in basically zero offense. 1) Lufisto pinned Kimber Lee via Burning Hammer in a fantastic opener. Very good match. … Read more
With one week to go until SHINE 11 and the inaugural SHINE Championship Tournament, SHINE Wrestling today revealed the first pictures of the title belt that the winner will be presented with. The belt, pictured above, features the SHINE logo on white leather with outlines of the Americas and Europe on either side to represent … Read more
TNA’s Gut Check Challenge has been tarnished by several technical difficulties throughout its existence and controversy has struck again in the final round. “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” Shanna had been neck-and-neck with “Bad Bones” John Klinger in the winner’s bracket round all the way through, but Klinger came out on top in the end. He will … Read more
Indy veteran LuFisto has announced that her protégé Kalamity is taking an indefinite amount of time away from the ring. LuFisto made the announcement on her Facebook fan page today, saying that the former NCW Femmes Fatales Champion “won’t be wrestling anymore, at least for an undetermined period.” No further details were given for her … Read more
It looks like Shanna finally has some company in the second round of TNA’s Gut Check Challenge, as LuFisto and Nikki Storm have also advanced to the next stage. LuFisto won Bracket 11 with 192 votes to 105. Pro Wrestling: EVE Champion Storm topped Bracket 13 with 165 votes to 101. The two join “Portugal’s … 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: Mickie James recently admitted that she thinks TNA needs more Knockouts, so who do you think they should hire? We’ve read your responses on our social … Read more
European independent wrestler Shanna has won Bracket 2 of TNA’s Gut Check Challenge. The challenge, which has been plagued by a series of problems, was re-started on April 4th. Wrestlers vying for an opportunity for a live Gut Check on Impact Wrestling were split into 16 polls, each of which will last three days. The … Read more
Unfortunately, we have to add another to the injured list: LuFisto suffered a serious knee injury at SHIMMER 53 in Secaucus, NJ last weekend. She injured her knee when attempting a moonsault from the top rope to the outside of the ring during her four-corner tag team bout. LuFisto posted an open letter on her … Read more
After over seven years as one of the world’s top female wrestling promotions, with a host of international stars at every show and arguably the most prestigious women’s championship in the business today as its crown jewel, it’s a wonder that it took SHIMMER so long to broadcast their first Internet Pay-Per-View. They’ve had their … Read more
Last night NCW Femmes Fatales held their eleventh show at the Centre Saint-Barthelemy in Montreal, Quebec, where three major women’s wrestling championships from around the world were set to be defended. See below for results of the show: * Sweet Cherie def. Sassy Stephie (w/Madamoiselle Rachelle) * Kira def. Jewells Malone. Post-match, Saraya Knight came … Read more
The dream match pitting Jessicka Havok against Cheerleader Melissa will, for now, remain just a dream, as their NCW: Femmes Fatales XI match has been cancelled. The WSU Championship bout was scheduled to take place this Saturday as one of the event’s four title matches. However, Havok has had to pull out due to a … 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, Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) held their first show since their October event titled “Full Steam Ahead”, as part of a double-header with Combat Zone Wrestling. Weather related issues caused the cancellations of the likes of Allysin Kay, Sassy Stephanie, Marti Belle, Lexxus, Tina San Antonio and Nikki Addams. The show was forced to make … Read more
TNA’s online fan-voted Gut Check Challenge has been suspended. The tournament allowed fans to vote for their favorite wrestlers who had previously taken part in unsuccessful Gut Check tryouts. Recently, rules were slightly altered and it was announced that the top three wrestlers voted for in each of the sixteen brackets would advance to the … Read more
The lineup for this month’s SHINE 7 iPPV has been announced, with new stable Valkyrie dominating the card. In the main event, Amazing Kong will get the chance to wreak some revenge on Rain, whose interference along with the rest of Valkyrie during Kong’s match against Mercedes Martinez at SHINE 6 cost Kong an important … Read more
Impact Wrestling officially announced their new online gutcheck competition a few weeks ago, which would pit over 300 names from the independents against each other in a set of 16 tournament style brackets where each winner would advance on with one name ultimately getting an opportunity at the televised gutcheck during a future date. Today, … Read more
February 9th sees Women Superstars Uncensored joining forces with Combat Zone Wrestling for a huge hardcore double-header. WSU’s half of the festivities is called “An Ultraviolent Affair” and will be headlined by Jessicka Havok defending her WSU World Championship against Athena, who Havok handpicked to be her opponent. Later in the evening, CZW will hold … Read more