SHINE 57 is due out next week on Mar. 16. The event will take place from La Boom in Queens, NY and will feature all three of their titles on the line. Rainbow Bright (Luscious Latasha and Gabby Gilbert) will defend their Shine Tag Team Championships against former champs Twisted Sisterz (Thunder Rosa and Holidead) … Read more
Mercedes Martinez will challenge Allysin Kay for the SHINE Championship at SHINE 57, it was announced late yesterday evening. Kay won the title at SHINE 53 by defeating Martinez in the finals of a tournament for the then-vacant belt. Their match is one of three title defenses scheduled for the event. The title opportunity comes … Read more
SHINE 56 is now officially in the books from La Boom in Queens, NY. The event saw a new talent, a match ending in a no contest and the tag team titles changing hands. The first match of the night saw a newcomer to SHINE by the name of Trish Adora make her debut against … Read more
? Just days before NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, where Ember Moon will defend the NXT Women’s Title against Shayna Baszler, the two came face to face in a sit-down interview on tonight’s (Jan 24th) NXT. Moderator Percy Watson asked why Moon challenged Baszler to a title match. Moon calls Baszler a bully, accusing her of wanting … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHINEWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night, SHINE Wrestling presented SHINE 30 on iPPV, co-headlined by a SHINE Championship match between champ Santana Garrett and Evie and an “Anything Goes” match between Allysin Kay and Saraya Knight Full results below, courtesy of PWInsider: Sparkle Showcase: Aria Blake def. Aspen Rose when she rolls through a … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHINEWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight, SHINE Wrestling presented SHINE 29, headlined by a SHINE Championship match between champ Santana Garrett and Allysin Kay. The night would prove to be disastrous for Allysin, as she would lose both her title shot and control of her stable. Against her wishes, April Hunter and Taylor Made would … Read more
In this modern world of empty excess, round-the-clock news and constant global instability, it’s difficult to find anything truly surprising or shocking nowadays. Indeed, I think the last three or four moments of genuine speechlessness I’ve experienced in my life have all been sport-related (including good ol’ fake sport), and even then they were spread … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 23, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees the brand new SHINE Champion Mia Yim defend her title for the first time against Nevaeh, while topping off a stacked undercard, the SHINE Tag Team Championships will also be defended, as current titleholders Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi … Read more
SHINE returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow night for SHINE 23, with a new champion ready to lead the promotion into the new year. On WWNLive’s tour of China last month, Mia Yim defeated Ivelisse to become the new SHINE Champion. However, her first title defense will be an immediate challenge as … Read more
Tyrants rise to power through good people’s complacency. They whittle you down gradually, sneaking into your psyche, sapping your self-esteem and picking you off one by one. Before you know it, there are more of them than you. That’s what happened last night at SHINE 19, as the villainous Valkyrie found themselves against five of … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 19, airing on iPPV. The main event is a ten-woman elimination tag team match with no time limit, and sees the newly-expanded Valkyrie (Serena Deeb, April Hunter, Allysin Kay, Taylor Made and newest recruit Su Yung) go to war against SHINE Champion Ivelisse, SHINE Tag Team Champions Leva … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to iPPV this Friday with SHINE 19, headlined by a 10-Woman Tag Team Elimination match. SHINE has revealed the full card on its website, announcing matches featuring SHINE Champion Ivelisse, Jessicka Havok, Amazing Kong, Taeler Hendrix and more. Check out the full card below: 10-Woman Tag Team Elimination match: SHINE Champion Ivelisse, … Read more
Pro Wrestling Syndicate will be running its seventh PWS Bomshells event on September 28th, and they’ve just announced that a retired competitor will be stepping back in the ring. Riot – real name April Littlejohn – who wrestled as part of the WOW! Women of Wrestling promotion in 2001, will be facing former TNA Knockout … 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
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
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
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
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: 25-year old Irish wrestler Rebecca Knox returned to wrestling yesterday. For Fight Factory Pro Wrestling, she teamed up with Katey Harvey and B. Cool to take on Lucy Lasso, Danger Dawn and Captain … Read more
This past weekend in Tampa, the WWE held open tryouts at its FCW/NXT arena. Based on their recent tweets, those among the indy talents to try out were Brittney Savage, Gabby Gilbert and Luscious Latasha. The tweets in question can be seen here, here and here. Diva Dirt has learned that in addition to these … Read more
The first two matches for SHINE Wrestling’s third event have been announced! They are: [notice]* The West Coast Connection (Su Yung & Tracy Taylor) vs. Rainbow Bright (Gabby Gilbert & Luscious Latasha) * Santana vs. Sienna Duvall[/notice] This will mark the SHINE debuts for Gilbert, Latasha and Duvall. On that same note, new names have … Read more