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So much wrestling available with so little women being utilized

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We are currently in the midst of the biggest wave of wrestling content ever. With WWE (including NXT), AEW, IMPACT, and NWA all having weekly shows on TV or online there has never been a better time to be a wrestling fan. However, despite this “boom” period there seems to be a severe lack of … Read more

Blanchard fails to capture the X-Division Title & Valkyrie retains Knockouts Title

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IMPACT’s Bound for Glory is all complete for the women that had many huge opportunities Tessa Blanchard came into the night with a clear cut plan. She was unable to face Brian Cage for the Impact World Championship thanks to Sami Callihan defeating her at Slammiversary. Tonight was her chance to become the first woman … Read more

Tessa Blanchard stakes claim on becoming the first woman X-Division Champion

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After losing a number one contenders spot for the Impact World Championship to Sami Callihan at Slammiversary, Tessa Blanchard still has her sights on making history. Heading into Bound for Glory, Blanchard has made an emphatic statement.

She explains in a backstage interview that she is no stranger to ladder matches. Her participation in the X-Division Championship Ladder Match tonight to her is just another day at the office. She is also used to having the odds stacked against her as she has been the brunt of oVe’s numerous attacks.

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Blanchard declares that she has had a plan and a goal to reach the “pinnacle of professional wrestling.” This started back at Slammiversary. She vows no one is going to stand in her way and she will become the first female to win the X-Division Championship.

After she takes out Jake Crist, she has her sights set on Sami Callihan next. The one person that has continued to best her.

Do you think Tessa will make history tonight? Will this open the doorway for her to become Impact World Champion? Leave your comments below.

Tessa Blanchard qualifies for X-Division Championship Ladder Match

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Tessa Blanchard has punched her ticket to Bound For Glory as she qualifies for the X-Division Championship Ladder Match. Blanchard will join the champion, Jake Crist in a five-way battle. She is the first to qualify with the other three to be determined at a later date. She advances by defeating Dave Crist from this … Read more

Tessa Blanchard & Ricochet vs. Bea Priestley & Will Ospreay 01/07/17

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Today’s Free Match Friday doesn’t date too far back as it took place at the start of 2017. The match took place with the WCPW British promotion.

For fans of intergender wrestling, this is a must-see. Between the chewing gum spot as well as both women hitting a Canadian Destroyer on their male opponents at the same time, this match had its entertaining moments.

Check the video out above to see which team walked away with the victory and if the women were involved with the result of the match.

Discuss your thoughts in the comment section below and check back in next Friday for another Free Match.

Tessa Blanchard is unable to capture her shot at the Impact World Title

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IMPACT featured their Unbreakable live event last night on IMPACT Plus. Heading into the event was Tessa Blanchard’s chance to become the number one contender for the Impact World Championship. Standing in her way was her rival Sami Callihan. During their last encounter at Slammiversary in the main event, Blanchard sought out to dominate over … Read more

Intergender Wrestling – A woman’s thoughts

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In this day and age where intergender wrestling is hot on the independent scene, many have strong opinions on this topic. Some support it because it shows women are equal to me in the ring. Others have a completely different mindset, comparing it to abuse. No matter what side of the coin, people are still … Read more

Tessa Blanchard didn’t know she was going to main event Slammiversary

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Tessa Blanchard recently spoke on the Busted Open podcast with Dave LaGreca and Bully Ray. During the podcast, they discussed her highly respected main event slot at Slammiversary. Not only did she receive the honor to be placed in it, but it was an intergender match against Sami Callihan. She wasn’t aware that she was … Read more

Slammiversary Results, Taya Valkyrie retains Knockouts Title

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IMPACT Wrestling’s yearly pay-per-view event Slammiversary took place today. Taya Valkyrie emerged still as your Knockouts Champion. After a brutal four-way Monster’s Ball match involving Havok, Su Yung, and Rosemary, the champion raised her title in victory.

The match didn’t take long to bring out the weapons and start producing some hardcore action. Chairs, trashcans, and other objects are brought into the match. Yung and Havok attempt to keep their partnership going by teaming up throughout the first half of the bout. This teamwork ends later when Yung applies the mandible claw on Havok on several occasions.

Heavier artillery in the form of a ladder is then introduced into the match. Valkyrie, Rosemary, and Yung take a suplex spot on Havok who was laying on the ladder in the middle of the ring.

Rosemary brings in a bag of thumbtacks. Bringing the tacks into the match backfires on Rosemary as Valkyrie takes advantage and stomps her face-first into them.

A table was then set up outside the ring. Valkyrie sends herself and Rosemary through the table from the ring apron. The thumbtacks weren’t finished with quite yet. Havok hits a massive tombstone on Yung from the ropes onto the tacks. Havok went for the pin, but the champion hits her with a chair and takes the pin on Yung to retain the Knockouts Championship.

In the main event of the evening, Tessa Blanchard earned this moment in her intergender match with Sami Callihan. This feud has received a tremendous build-up and has become quite personal between the two. It being placed in the main event is well deserved. The crowd was firmly behind Blanchard throughout the match.

Some highlights of the match include the following:

  • Blanchard is powerbombed on the ring apron
  • On the ramp, Callihan attempts another powerbomb but she counters and hits a cutter.
  • He attempts a piledriver, but Blanchard counters and hits a DDT for a two count
  • Blanchard back elbows the referee knocking him out. Callihan grabs his bat and hits her with it. Receives a two count as a result of a second referee and then he attacks him.
  • She ends up spitting in his face and delivers a low blow when he attempts to hit her again with the bat. She gets a bat of her own and hits him.
  • Blanchard hits Magnum from the top rope for a count of two. She turns it over into a crossface where Callihan almost taps. He counters and hits a package piledriver where she kicks out.
  • He hits a second piledriver and picks up the win.

After the match, Callihan looked like he was going to attack her with one of the bats again. Instead, he hands her one of the bats and heads to the back.

What did you think of these matches from Slammiversary? Did you want to see Taya Valkyrie retain? Should Tessa Blanchard have won her match? Discuss your opinions in the comment section!!

Intergender match set for Slammiversary XVII

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Slammiversary is quickly approaching for IMPACT Wrestling and they have added another match to its growing card. Previously it was reported that there will be a four-way Monster’s Ball match for the Knockouts Championship. Now we have an intergender match featuring Tessa Blanchard as she goes one-on-one with Sami Callihan in singles action. Blanchard has … Read more

Knockouts Battle Royal announced for Friday’s IMPACT

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IMPACT Wrestling has announced a Knockouts Battle Royal to take this place on this Friday’s episode of IMPACT. Announced competitors so far include Tessa Blanchard, Jordynne Grace, Alisha Edwards, Kiera Hogan and Madison Rayne, with more competitors expected to take part in the match, as well. Blanchard is a former Knockout’s Champion, and may in … Read more

Warrior Wrestling crowned their first women’s champion

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At Warrior Wrestling 5, the indie promotion crowned their inaugural women’s champion. On Sunday night, the match for the vacant title featured Jordynne Grace, Tessa Blanchard, and special guest referee, Nora Greenwald—better known as Molly Holly. The match was a result of the finish of Britt Baker vs. Kylie Rae at the Warrior Wrestling 4. … Read more

Jordynne Grace becomes first-ever WSW Women’s Champion

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Jordynne Grace WSW Champion

A worldwide phenomenon is the best way to describe Jordynne Grace. As previously reported, Grace is the current PROGRESS Women’s Champion, which checks off Europe from her world domination. She can mark off one more continent on her checklist as she is now the first ever World Series Wrestling Women’s Champion. She is the only … Read more

First look at this week’s WOW on AXS TV

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In just a few shorts weeks since Tessa Blanchard captured the vacant WOW Championship, she is feeling the heat. All eyes are on her title as Jungle Grrrl will continue to claw her way back to the gold. Jungle Grrrl has the longest reign of the title’s history, and is out to snag a second reign.

One of the upcoming matches for the new episode includes the Monster Of Madness, Havok, taking on the energetic Eye Candy. Eye Candy is currently healing up from neck surgery, and we here at Diva Dirt wish her a healthy recovery. Fans who would like to keep up with her recovery can visit her on social media @w_nightingale_ and @wow_eyecandy. Episodes of WOW were filmed last year, explaining the difference in Eye Candy’s health.

Other matches on this episode include Jessie Jones vs. Chantilly Chella, The Temptress vs. Fire, Azteca vs. Kobra Moon, and The Beverly Hills Babe vs. Jungle Grrrl. Jungle Grrrl has Blanchard in her sights, but is she focused enough on her current challenger to get that chance?

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Check out a first look of the newest episode in the video at the top of this article!

Check out new episodes of WOW every Friday on AXS TV, starting at 9 p.m. EST.

Check back with Diva Dirt on further action and news from the Women of Wrestling! Who will be after Tessa’s title next?

Intergender match set for Impact Wrestling’s United We Stand

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Back in January, Impact Wrestling announced they would be collaborating Major League Wrestling (MLW) for their event, United We Stand, during WrestleMania weekend. Today, Impact confirmed some of the matches on the card, including a special intergender match. Former Knockouts Champion, Tessa Blanchard, will go one-on-one against former Impact World Heavyweight Champion, Eli Drake. The … Read more

WSU returns with Something Entirely New event

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Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU) returns in March with their first event since June. Their last event, Breaking Barriers V, saw both the WSU Championship – as well as the WSU Spirit Championship – change hands. The WSU Champion is Tessa Blanchard, who defeated Mercedes Martinez and ended her 490-day reign. Jordynne Grace defeated Kiera Hogan … Read more

Women wrestlers speak out about intergender wrestling

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Intergender Wrestling

Intergender wrestling, wrestling that occurs when a male and female wrestler compete against each other, has been a hot topic since wrestling’s birth. Every few years, the debate comes full-circle, and we see discussion on intergender wrestling pop up on television, the internet, and in print. In like any debate, clear battle lines are drawn, … Read more

ICYMI: Taya Valkyrie’s street fight defense vs. Tessa Blanchard

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In case you missed it, Impact Wrestling aired its Uncaged event; which was essentially a free pay-per-view show. The show itself was headlined by Johnny Impact’s Four Way title defense, but the big takeaway coming out of the event is its opening title match. That match was a Street Fight between Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie and the challenger, Tessa Blanchard.

The match served as Taya’s very first title defense since winning the title at Homecoming last month. It was only fitting that her first defense was not only against the former champion who she beat for the belt, but a woman who she’s been embroiled in a bitter rivalry with since September.

The match is being hailed as an early contender for Match of the Year and with good reason. Both Knockouts traded slaps, chops, spears and chair shots for several minutes until Taya stomped Tessa through a table to retain her Knockouts Championship.

In case you missed it, Impact posted a Top 5 highlight reel of the match’s most insane moments to their YouTube page. Check out the video above.

New episodes of Impact Wrestling can be viewed every Friday night at 10 p.m. ET/PT either on the Pursuit Channel or on Impact’s Twitch livestream.

Abilene Maverick of WOW discusses meeting with AEW

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Abilene Maverick

Abilene Maverick, also known as Barbi Hayden on the independent circuits, is a 28-year-old star talent with already 10 years of professional wrestling under her belt. Kristen Ashly of Diva Dirt had the opportunity to once again sit down with The Governor’s Daughter to discuss her role in Women of Wrestling (WOW), how she dropped … Read more

First look at second episode of WOW on AXS TV

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Last Friday, Women of Wrestling (WOW) debuted their first episode of the season on AXS TV, marking their return to network television for the first time since 2001.

The premiere episode was a success, with fans and critics expressing their eagerness for more episodes of WOW.

This season, Tessa Blanchard, the former Impact Knockouts Champion and legacy, makes her debut on WOW for their fifth season, and it’s clear from the first episode, Blanchard will play a huge part in the title landscape. As seen in the above video promo, Blanchard is out for WOW Champion Santana Garrett’s blood.

Ahead of their second episode, set to air Friday, Jan. 25 at 9 p.m. EST, WOW and AXS TV released a first look at Tessa Blanchard’s backstory and official in-ring debut. In the video, Blanchard aims to refute the claim that she’s only in wrestling because of her family, stating that as a “born legend”, she still has to “back it up.”

“If people get in my way, I steamroll through them,” Blanchard says. “Here at WOW, I want that Championship.

Blanchard can also be seen in the video in ring fighting The Beverly Hills Babe, Amber O’Neal.

Take a peek at the first look below:

Diva Dirt will return will full coverage of this week’s upcoming episode. Check back for news throughout the fifth season.

Did you watch the first episode of WOW? Will you return for more, this week?

Taya Valkyrie on her title, Kross, Tessa, Austin Aries and Lucha Libre

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Taya Valkyrie had an incredible 2018, and 2019 is starting off with more triumphs. In her personal life, Valkyrie married her boyfriend of two years, John Morrison, known as Johnny Impact in the ring, last summer. Valkyrie has been heating up the indie circuit, but Impact is where she’s made her biggest mark in 2018. … Read more

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