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: * At last night’s WrestleMania 32 on sale … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s annual Female 50 issue has been released digitally, revealing the entire 2015 list. As announced yesterday, Nikki Bella tops the list, followed by Paige, Sasha Banks, Santana Garrett and Gail Kim. View the full list below. Last year’s placement is in parenthesis: 1. Nikki Bella (24) 2. Paige (1) 3. Sasha Banks … Read more
Last night on NXT we were treated to not one but two Divas matches on NXT. Any women’s wrestling fan would be cheering but many last night actually expressed their disgust that Eva Marie and Cameron were the highlighted Divas competing. Most of the complaints I saw were about how these women aren’t wrestlers and … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated has revealed the woman atop its annual Female 50 list: Nikki Bella. The magazine revealed their pick on Twitter: Nikki Bella is No. 1 in the #PWIFemale50! Listen to her reaction on the @OfficialPWI Podcast at https://t.co/Ip3ocrA39F and iTunes Store. — PWI (@OfficialPWI) November 4, 2015 She made a huge leap this … 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
Nikki Bella may be taking time off from the road to rehab a nagging injury. The former Divas Champion tweeted a photo this afternoon at Physical Chiropractic in Tampa, Florida, calling it her “home” for the near future: My home 4 awhile. Injuries can only keep u down 4 a little bit. Time 2 get … Read more
Hello, Diva fans! I’m going to be filling in for Eleri on Superstars/Main Event duty for the time being. Unfortunately, in the shuffle, we missed out on last week’s Main Event, which featured a great match between Brie Bella and Sasha Banks. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here. This week, Brie … Read more
To celebrate Halloween, the WWE has put their own spin on classic horror movies with the help of a few Divas and Superstars. Becky Lynch and Charlotte spoof The Exorcist‘s famous stair spider crawl, Charlotte’s Figure Eight bridge scaring the daylights out of Becky. Brie and Nikki Bella‘s The Shining spoof, originally from a 2013 … Read more
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: Look who’s got a new haircut! The ever stylish Alicia … Read more
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: * The latest Taste of Tenille shares Emma’s … Read more
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating our eighth anniversary of dreaming up Halloween costumes for the women of wrestling. This year, we’ll be splitting up the women into three categories: NXT, TNA/Lucha Underground and WWE. But before you see this year’s picks, be sure to catch up on the past seven years of this feature: 2008 2009: … Read more
To celebrate the release of WWE 2K16 yesterday in North America, WWE has published “entrance mashups”, showing Superstars and Divas making their entrances in someone else’s trademark style. In one of the videos, Nikki Bella‘s entrance is mashed up with John Cena‘s, showing her whipping out his “Never Give Up” towel and charging to the … Read more
Paige is the subject of Michael Cole‘s latest sit down interview for WWE.com, covering topics from the origins of the Diva Revolution and the breakup of Team PCB to the identity of Natalya‘s attacker. When Cole asks her what happened to the Paige who was “respectful and wide-eyed”, she says she’s exactly the same person. … Read more
Paige‘s true colors are shiiiinnning through! She is green with envy and red with how hot the crowd were for the not-so-shocking reveal of her clear intentions. Last night was a rare episode of Raw that was practically fantastic from start to finish, Divas included. Stephanie McMahon kicked off the show by kissing Seth Rollins‘ … Read more
Nikki Bella is the latest Diva to share her experience with the paranormal for WWE’s Superstar Ghost Stories series. Nikki’s story centers on a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. When she returned from celebrating Vickie Guerrero‘s birthday, Nikki noticed a chill in her room, despite the A/C being off. When she went to the bathroom to … Read more
From the outset, the Divas Title match booked for Hell in a Cell seemed like a stopgap in Charlotte‘s reign. As it turns out, it was just that: a box to check, something to get past to we could move on to the next thing. Nikki Bella needed her rematch, and for some reason, it … Read more
Tonight at Hell in a Cell, Charlotte‘s first Divas Title defense was a successful one. She took on Nikki Bella – the woman she defeated for the title at Night of Champions – in the official rematch. Nikki, without Alicia Fox or Brie by her side as per an official ruling that banned all outsiders … Read more
Tonight at Hell in a Cell, Charlotte defends the Divas Title against Nikki Bella. Will Nikki prevail in her rematch? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Chris: I really don’t have anything to say because these two haven’t really been “feuding”, Team Bella has been working mostly with Team B.A.D. and Charlotte has been focused … Read more
Leading up to Hell in a Cell tonight, we’re looking back at memorable Diva moments from the history of the Pay-Per-View. Today, we’re looking to 2013, when Divas Champion AJ Lee defended her title against Brie Bella. This was the second PPV in a row in which Brie challenged AJ for the belt. Much like … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … Read more
Hey Divas fans! I’m back from my holiday on Monday’s Raw Redux to give you the rundown on SmackDown. Raw gave us Divas Champion Charlotte getting a win over Brie Bella, Summer Rae getting her emancipation from Rusev and Paige telling off Renee Young after getting a series of grueling questions about Natalya‘s attack on … Read more
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: * NXT Divas recently took part in this … Read more
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 much-hyped rematch in the main … Read more
Hey guys! It’s Kyle here, venturing from the Thursday night show to fill in for Jack. Last Thursday on SmackDown, Summer Rae cost Rusev his match with Dolph Ziggler as the special guest referee, Natalya and Paige made amends, Paige made the save for her PCB teammates following a victory in a tag team match … Read more
Every Diva entrance to be included in WWE 2K16 has been revealed in a new video. The video shows the entire Diva roster, excluding DLC characters, making their entrances in the game. Judging by the video, it appears as though Nikki Bella will be the default Divas Champion and Paige will be the default NXT … Read more
What up, ladies and gents? I know, I know, twice in one weekend?! This week’s Main Event picks up from Raw, where it was Nikki Bella vs. Naomi in singles action. After Nikki came away with the win, it’s time for Team B.A.D to get some payback on Team Bella. It’s Nikki and Brie vs. … Read more