ROH is back! The promotion has returned with its Supercard of Honor event after being on hiatus since the end of 2021. Deonna Purrazzo is the current ROH Women’s World Champion but thanks to a scheduling conflict, Purrazzo will be in action for IMPACT’s Multiverse of Matches on the same night. With this in mind, … Read more
An interim ROH Women’s World Championship match is confirmed for this Friday’s return of ROH. It will be Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez at the Supercard of Honor event. On April 1, the promotion will be returning for the first time since the end of 2021 when they went on hiatus. Since then, AEW”s CEO … Read more
A tag team bout has been added to tonight’s AEW Dynamite as this will be the last Dynamite before the Revolution pay-per-view event this Sunday. Thunder Rosa will be teaming up with Mercedes Martinez as they take on AEW Women’s World Champion Dr. Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter. Rosa will be challenging Baker for the … Read more
Jade Cargill is now 27-0 and is still the TBS Champion after defeating A.Q.A on this week’s Dynamite. A.Q.A made a huge statement in her first match on AEW and showed off her skillset against the champion. Despite executing her beautiful shooting star press, A.Q.A wasn’t able to get the pin and the final sequence … Read more
Mercedes Martinez made a huge statement in her official singles debut match for AEW on Rampage. Since officially becoming All Elite to end her 2021, Martinez was the reason why Thunder Rosa never made it to the finals of the TBS Championship Tournament. Helping Jade Cargill, Martinez attacked Rosa in the semi-finals of the tournament … Read more
Thunder Rosa and Mercedes Martinez are finally going to go at it since Martinez made her official debut in AEW. In the last few days of 2021, Martinez shockingly appeared on AEW Dynamite when she attacked Thunder Rosa costing her a shot in the finals of the TBS Championship Tournament. Jade Cargill would win that … Read more
Thunder Rosa fell just short at making it to the finals of the AEW TBS Championship Tournament and was just fingertips away from perhaps becoming the inaugural champion. Her downfall in part can be thanks to Mercedes Martinez. Martinez was the catalyst to Rosa losing against Jade Cargill in their semi-finals match. After the attack … Read more
Mercedes Martinez is officially All Elite. The former NXT Superstar and veteran of the ring for 20 plus years has made her way to AEW. On tonight’s Dynamite, Martinez made her official debut in a big way by costing Thunder Rosa her chance at the TBS Women’s Title. Rosa was in a semi-finals match with … Read more
We are down to two. Either Jade Cargill or Ruby Soho will become the inaugural TBS Women’s Champion one week from today. On the Jan. 5 episode of Dynamite, the flagship show moves to the TBS Network, and a new champion will be crowned in the women’s division. A 12-woman tournament has been in place … Read more
Decay wants the Knockouts World Tag Titles back. At Bound for Glory, The IInspiration made their highly anticipated IMPACT Wrestling debut and in the process became the new Knockouts World Tag Team Champions. They defeated Decay who was just short of 100-days as champion. Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay had their first match in the … Read more
WrestleCade weekend is almost here and the big event has just confirmed a huge match for the upcoming SuperShow. On Nov. 27, a huge Triple Threat Match will be taking place between Mercedes Martinez vs. Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo. The match will be able to be streamed on the Title Match Network at the … Read more
Mercedes Martinez sent a big message to Mickie James on this week’s IMPACT! Despite James coming out to help Martinez, she proved that it wasn’t needed and that she is coming for the Knockouts World Title at Turning Point. Martinez took on Madison Rayne which had nostalgia built in from their encounter during the WWE … Read more
Mercedes Martinez is the next contender for the IMPACT Knockouts World Title and she will get that shot against the champ Mickie James at Turning Point on Nov. 20. Before she gets there though, she will have to battle a former five-time Knockouts Champion in that of Madison Rayne. Rayne recently faced James in a … Read more
Mickie James is still the Knockouts World Champion after successfully defending her title against Madison Rayne on this week’s IMPACT. Two of the pillars in the history of the Knockouts went toe-to-toe. In the end, James came out on top after hitting a Meteora from the top rope to get the pin. After the match, … Read more
Knockouts Knockdown is now in the books for the year and it was a fantastic showing by IMPACT. For the first time since 2016, an all-women’s event came to our screens. The event included Mickie James and Veda Scott on commentary, Melissa Santos as ring announcer, and all-female referees. The event started with some words … Read more
The tension between Mickie James and Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo is at an all-time high, to say the least. Last week, Purrazzo took it upon herself to pay a special visit to James on her farm which led to a barnyard throwdown. The two are set to face each other at Bound for Glory on … Read more
Mercedes Martinez is coming to IMPACT! as she makes her official IMPACT Wrestling debut in a six-Knockouts tag team match. She will be teaming up with Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans to take on the team of Lady Frost, Kimber Lee, and Brandi Lauren. This will be a slight preview of what we will see … Read more
The upcoming Knockouts Knockdown event that will air on Oct. 9 is scheduled to have an eight-woman tournament. The winner will go on to receive a future Knockouts Championship match. The current champion is Deonna Purrazzo who will have a match at this event against an unconfirmed opponent. Purrazzo is also set to face Mickie … Read more
SHIMMER is back! The famous all-women’s promotion will be returning for the first time in over a year on Oct. 31 just in time for Halloween. The promotion has held off on hosting shows due to the pandemic. SHIMMER was last seen at The Collective last October where SHIMMER Champion Kimber Lee retained her title … Read more
Mercedes Martinez is to challenge Deonna Purrazzo for the IMPACT! Wrestling Knockouts Championship in her first post-WWE appearance. Martinez and Purrazzo will clash on October 16 at WrestlePro in Rahway, New Jersey. WWE recently released Martinez from her contract along with a dozen other NXT talent. The slew of releases and rumours that drastic changes … Read more
Mercedes Martinez has issued a statement regarding her shocking release from WWE. Martinez was among the twelve other names of NXT talent let go from the promotion on Friday, Aug, 6. The ‘Latina Sensation’ took to Twitter to thank fans for all the love and support sent over the past few days, and stated she … Read more
It is being reported by Sean Ross Sapp from Fightful that Mercedes Martinez has been released by WWE. She is one of 12 names announced tonight as releases from the NXT brand. WWE has been releasing talent frequently since the week after WrestleMania in April. Martinez is a 20-plus year veteran in the wrestling industry … Read more
Mercedes Martinez took part in a Mixed Tag Team Match on tonight’s NXT alongside Jake Atlas. They teamed up to take on Martinez’s rivals of Tian Sha (Xia Li & Boa).
The match had to be stopped by the referee due to a concerning moment after Li delivered a roundhouse kick to the head of Martinez. Li went for the pin but Martinez couldn’t physically keep her shoulders down although the official was making the count. The official then realized something wasn’t right and she was checking on Martinez as Li backed away. The match was then called.
Concern quickly set in with fans in wanting to make sure that Martinez is okay. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful stated that he would look into it and has received word that Martinez was checked in the back and talent/staff were told that she has been sent to the hospital for further evaluation.
I'll work to find out Mercedes' condition. That was nasty
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 30, 2021
Mercedes Martinez was checked in the back and talent/staff were told she's headed to the hospital for further evaluation
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 30, 2021
Diva Dirt will provide any further updates to this post as the information is provided.
Franky Monet was poised to have the encore of her world premiere tonight. Prior to her heading to the ring, a new face graced our screens as Elektra Lopez made her NXT debut. Lopez, formerly known as Karissa Rivera, was signed by WWE earlier in the year and had her class originally announced in February. … Read more
Shotzi Blackheart returned at this weekend’s NXT TakeOver: In Your House to help her tag team partner Ember Moon and get some revenge in the process. Blackheart has been out for a number of weeks after suffering an attack by Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai. Moon challenged Gonzalez in an attempt to become a two-time NXT Women’s Champion. Despite Blackheart returning and removing Kai from the equation, Moon wasn’t able to put Gonzalez away and the championship stayed put.
Moon hit a huge Eclipse on Gonzalez prior to Blackheart’s return. As the count was heading in Moon’s favor and she was a mere second away from becoming the new champion, Kai inserted herself. Kai placed Gonzalez’s foot on the ropes. The referee saw Gonzalez’s foot but didn’t see Kai do it so the official called for the rope break to keep Gonzalez alive in the match.
Blackheart made her return and chased Kai around the ring slamming her into the plexiglass at ringside. The two then battled back and forth as they made their way to the stage where the In Your House set up was. Blackheart threw Kai into the plants below the set window. The two disappeared as they battled to the backstage area.
Moon tried to capitalize with Kai now out of the picture and she executed a big DDT from the ring apron onto the ramp. She tried for a second Eclipse, however, the champ was able to stop the attempt and grabbed Moon for the one-armed powerbomb to get the pin to retain her title.
The second women’s match from In Your House had Xia Li facing Mercedes Martinez in a very personal match. Li felt disrespected several years ago when Martinez defeated her in the Mae Young Classic. Martinez may have the experience but she knew she was heading into a three-on-one disadvantage because with Li comes the rest of Tian Sha (Boa and Mei Ying).
Li was able to finally get her retribution from many years ago as she came out with the win. As the match approaches its ending, Boa gets in the way of Martinez and the two exchange words before Boa is shoved to the side for Martinez to get to Li. After she is able to get a back drop on Li, Martinez goes for the Air Raid Crash but is unable to execute it as Li breaks free. Li connects with a spin kick to the face of Martinez which is enough to get the pin for the win.
After the match, things get intense as Mei Ying gets involved. Martinez didn’t back down from Ying and said she wasn’t scared of her. She tries to go for the steel chair which she just had to fight off Li and Boa post-match, but that wasn’t enough. Ying grabbed Martinez by the throat and slammed her into the plexiglass. All three members of Tian Sha then regrouped on the ramp as Martinez lays at ringside.
Other notes from the night includes a message from General Manager William Regal. Regal was leaving the building with tears in his eyes saying: “It’s been seven years since I became the GM of NXT and I’ve never seen so much bedlam. It’s complete madness. I think it’s time for a change.”
Could this be the end of Regal as GM? At this time it is just speculation. He will be at NXT this Tuesday to further address his concerns and statement.
The next special event will come in July and it will be the return of The Great American Bash. This event theme returned last year along with several others including In Your House and Halloween Havoc. It will be on July 6 on NXT’s regular night of Tuesday.
It’s that time again for another TakeOver event and this one like most will see two women’s matches on the card. This will be the second In Your House since the theme returned to WWE last year for the first time since the year 1999. First we will see Xia Li representing Tian Sha as … Read more
