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. * Former Impact Wrestling President Dixie Carter announces that she is working on a television project in Ireland. (Twiiter) * Emma announces she … 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: Who would you like to see cast on the next season of Total Divas? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to … Read more
Last night, it was confirmed that RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss would be facing former Champion Bayley in her first title defense at Extreme Rules. The battlefield was still open for all the other ladies as they all seem to be jockeying for their own positions outside the title picture too. Let’s see what happened … Read more
At Extreme Rules, Bayley will challenge Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Title in a Kendo Stick on a Pole Match. #RAW #WomensChampion @AlexaBliss_WWE just showed @itsBayleyWWE exactly what it means to get EXTREME three weeks ahead of #ExtremeRules! pic.twitter.com/qD4ZhUDLkX — WWE (@WWE) May 16, 2017 During tonight’s Monday Night Raw, Bayley interrupted Alexa Bliss’ … Read more
Alexa Bliss recently appeared on Chris Jericho’s “Talk is Jericho” podcast where she talked about feeling anxiety about first turning heel, moving up from NXT to the main roster and growing up a wrestling fan. Highlights of the interview below courtesy of Wrestle Zone. On turning heel: “It’s a lot of fun. Like when I … Read more
via GIPHY The Coronation ceremony to crown Alexa Bliss with her new RAW Women’s Championship reaffirmed her place at the top of division, but showed that there were more than enough women ready to knock her down. This week’s RAW comes from my hometown of London, England and I was in attendance, so I’ll be … 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. This week’s poll will open Sunday and close on Monday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … Read more
Payback saw the landscape of the division change as Alexa Bliss became the new RAW Women’s Champion. With a quick rise to the top of the pecking order following her trade to the red brand, all eyes are on who will step up to the challenge next. The roster is brimming with women ready to … Read more
All eyes are on the red team as RAW are the first to take the PPV stage following WrestleMania and the ‘Superstar Shake-up’. With the RAW women’s division changing its landscape completely, one woman stepped up to the mark to earn her right to take on the Champion. Let’s see how it all went down … Read more
Tonight on Payback history was made as Alex Bliss became the first female Superstar to hold the SmackDown Live and Raw Women’s Title when she defeated Bayley for the Raw Women’s Championship. The only word to describe THIS elbow? MACHO! #WWEPayback #WomensTitle @itsBayleyWWE pic.twitter.com/kca9QoFvK7 — WWE (@WWE) May 1, 2017 Bayley put on a tough … Read more
Tonight at Payback, Bayley defends the Raw Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss. Can Alexa Bliss become the first woman to win both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: It’s Bayley’s hometown, so we’re bound to think that Alexa is gonna win. But we’re gonna need to see Sasha … 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
This week’s RAW is the last hurrah before Payback, which should be an interesting one since we’ve had the fallout from WrestleMania and our ‘Superstar ShakeUp’! Last week, one of our newcomers to RAW, Alexa Bliss, won her right to face Bayley for her RAW Women’s Championship at Payback. Let’s see what happened when the … 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. This week’s poll will open Sunday and close on Monday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … 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. * Taya recaptures the Reina de Reinas Championship in a brutal no DQ match against Ayako Hamada. (Lucha Libre AAA) * MGM Television, … Read more
Last week, the ‘Superstar Shake-up’ sent shockwaves in the RAW Women’s Division as we gained the pocket rocket Alexa Bliss and the resident veteran Mickie James, while losing The Queen Charlotte to the blue brand. A scuffle last week set the new battle lines between this new group of women, leaving us all to question … Read more
Tonight on Monday Night Raw, a new number one contender to Bayley’s Raw Women’s Title was crowned in Alexa Bliss after winning a Fatal Four Way match that included Mickie James, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks. Nia dominated the match early on but it was some sneakiness from Alexa’s part towards the end of the … 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. This week’s poll will open each Sunday and close on Monday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa … Read more
Raw’s first PPV since the Superstar Shake-Up will be Payback, taking place on Sunday April 30th. While no women’s matches have officially been announced for the event, Cageside Seats’ rumor roundup is speculating that the upcoming PPV will feature two women’s matches that include Bayley defending the Raw Women’s Title against Nia Jax as well … Read more
The Superstar Shakeup changed the landscape of the Raw and SmackDown’s Women’s divisions and Alexa Bliss, who was granted a chance to shine on the blue brand, shared her feelings about being sent to Raw in a recent interview with Fox Sports. On finding out when she’d be drafted to Raw: “I found out pretty … 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: Which WWE brand’s Women’s division are you looking most forward to after the Superstar Shake-Up? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best … Read more
Last night Alexa Bliss, Mickie James, and Maryse joined the Raw roster. Tonight will cap off the “Superstar Shakeup” event, further changing the SmackDown roster as we know it. What We Know So Far Last night Nia Jax took down the queen herself in a blow off match. Could Charlotte Flair throw her crown into the … Read more
WrestleMania season is over and this week on RAW was the ‘Superstar Shake-Up’! After almost a year of the new brand extension, we were promised that the rosters were going to be shaken up and boy did that happen! Read on in this week’s RAW Redux! First up this week, our first new RAW recruits … Read more
Below are results for night ONE of the Superstar Shakeup. Click HERE for full results from BOTH nights. Last Monday on the RAW after Mania episode of Monday Night RAW, we witnessed WWE Chairman Vince McMahon make a groundbreaking announcement. The Chairman stated that during this week’s editions of both Monday Night RAW and tomorrow’s SmackDown Live, a … 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: What would you like to see happen during next week’s WWE Superstar Shake-Up? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to … Read more
This week we celebrate the anniversary of the reinstated WWE Women’s Championships! It was one year ago on April 3, 2016 that Lita made the announcement and reveal that the Divas Title and moniker would be retired and a new Women’s Championship with a new linage would be reborn. Since then WWE would also reinstate … Read more