Hey everyone! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. For Americans, today marked not only a new episode of NXT but also our Independence Day Holiday. We happen to be just three days behind Canada, who recently celebrated their Independence Day holiday on Sunday. If you have celebrated a holiday throughout the past couple of … Read more
AXS TV, known for broadcasting NJPW’s English commentated events, will bring a women’s wrestling show to its network. The company will partner with WOW-Women of Wrestling, Jeanie Buss, Mark Burnett (also Lucha Underground producer), and the original GLOW Founder David McLane and MGM Television to broadcast WOW events. AXS TV, which is a partnership between Mark … Read more
It wasn’t very long ago when the Knockout division in TNA was a place where women wrestlers wanted to step foot in the ring. There was a time where WWE could not, or rather would not, put on quality matches for the women. A lot of TNA Knockout matches from years past were miles ahead … Read more
The Cauliflower Alley Club has announced that former SHINE champion Santana Garrett will be awarded with their 2018 CAC’s Women’s Wrestling Award at the 2018 CAC Reunion. This is Garrett’s second time receiving a CAC award, her first being the Future Legend Award in 2014. She now joins the lineage of recipients such as Gail Kim, Beth … Read more
The annual PWI Female 50 list has been revealed, and 2017 sees Asuka as the woman to outdo the rest! After completing her run in NXT undefeated, whilst holding the title longer than any championship holder in WWE history, her win doesn’t come as a surprise. And after making her WWE main roster debut at … Read more
Welcome all to the Women of Honor- no wait, the Impact Write- no no, hang on… NXT REDUX?!?! Goodness me, I really am a jack of all trades! So first off, apologies from the Diva-Dirt team for not posting a Redux for last week’s episode. They were busy with things and they didn’t have the … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: With the rise of awareness for Ring of Honor’s Women of Honor division. As well as their partnerships with promotions such as STARDOM and CMLL. There are more names who are appearance for one-offs, or … Read more
East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) has announced they will host their fourth annual Super 8 Chickfight Tournament. The eight women who will enter into this year’s Super 8 Chickfight Tournament include: Allie Recks, Christina Marie, Deonna Purrazzo, Kaitlin Diemond, Karen Q, Samantha Heights, Santana Garrett, and Skylar Marie. Some of the names entered seem to … Read more
Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Current plans, which could all change if Vince McMahon decides otherwise, call for Asuka to win the Raw Women’s Championship upon debuting … Read more
Well, here we are on episode 3 of the Mae Young Classic. Eight of the competing athletes have already advanced to the next round and eight more are expected to do the same. The matches on deck for this installment include Ayesha Raymond from London’s East End versus Australia’s Toni Storm; Kavita Devi, who’s the first … Read more
We are less than a month away from the premiere of WWE’s Mae Young Classic! To help hype up the much anticipated event, the WWE have released several videos of some of the participants of the tournament to share their stories of their wrestling careers and what the Mae Young Classic means to them. Sage … Read more
Tonight via Facebook Live, WWE have officially announced the names of all 32 competitors to the Mae Young Classic: Representing Japan: Kairi Sane Representing United States of America: Tessa Blanchard Representing United States of America: Abbey Laith Representing Brazil: Taynara Conti Representing Germany: Jazzy Gabert Representing India: Kavita Devi Representing Australia: Toni Storm Representing Mexico: … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Who would you like to see participate in WWE’s Women’s Tournament this upcoming summer? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! As per Karen Jarrett last week, a mixed tag match was booked for this week’s show pitting Allie and Braxton Sutter taking on the cousin team of Sienna and KM. With everyone involved having so much to say to one another in the last few … Read more
Earlier today, SHIMMER was a part of the WWN Experience at WrestleCon with their 91st volume. Here are the results courtesy of Tom Richards on Twitter. Cherry Bomb def. Alex Windsor Britt Baker def. Veda Scott, Samantha Heights & Neveah LuFisto def. Leva Bates Shayna Baszler def. Santana Garrett Jessicka Havok def. Cat Power Nicole Matthews def. Shotzi Blackheart Vanessa Kraven & Tessa Blanchard def. Mia Yim & Kay Lee Ray to retain the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: RingsideCollectibles.com” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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. * A new Charlotte Flair action figure – from Mattel’s WWE … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE’s Charlotte Flair is officially on top of the PWI Female 50 list! This simply adds on to Flair’s long list of accomplishments from this year. These achievements include being the last Divas champion, first and 3x RAW Women’s champion, first woman in 12 years to have a main event match on … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Twitter/@gailkimITSME” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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 what we found from this week: Melina and … Read more
[media-credit name=”British Empire Wrestling” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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. * British Empire Wrestling teams up with Revolution Championship Wrestling … Read more
[media-credit name=”AWS Pro Wrestling” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] This past weekend, Alternative Wrestling Show held their second installment of Ladies Night at American Legion Post #335 in South Gate, CA. Full results below, courtesy of SoCalUncensored.com. Results: Holidead defeated Buggy Nova via Pump Kick [6’36] Laura James defeated Shotzi Blackheart via YP Plex [6’58] LuFisto defeated Thunder Rosa via Burning Hammer [13’28] Tyler Bateman defeated Shigehiro Irie via Spinning Elbow Strike … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo credit: Twitter/@RealSummerWWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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 what we found from this week: Natalya … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome to this week’s NXT Redux! What a frantic and emotional week for women’s wrestling in WWE. Bayley made an immediate impact on the main roster when she teamed up with Sasha Banks at Battleground. We then saw The Boss become the new WWE Women’s Champion, achieving her dream and proclaiming … Read more
[media-credit name=”AAA” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] AAA concluded their Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 this past weekend. During the women’s elimination rounds, Team Mexico (Mary Apache, Faby Apache and Lady Apache) qualified for a spot in the final round after defeating Team USA (Cheerleader Melissa, Santana Garrett and Sienna) while Team Japan (Aja Kong, Sumire Natsu and Yuki Miyakazi) … Read more
[media-credit name=”AAA” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight from Mexico, AAA held their second annual Lucha Libre World Cup. This year saw four female teams compete for the first time in the event. As previously announced, teams include female performers from Japan, Mexico, Canada and United States. During the semi-final elimination round, Team Mexico squared off against Team … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @reneeyoungwwe/Instagram” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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 what we found from this week: Traci Brooks … Read more
[media-credit name=”Lucha Libre World Cup” align=”alignnone” 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. * Lucha Libre’s World Cup tournament kicks off tonight … Read more