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
With the announcement of a Superstar Shakeup taking place on RAW, it may be safe to say that it’s officially the end of an era. Although I don’t expect the women’s division to change dramatically, we’ll more than likely no longer have the original squad together. And that’s a pretty big deal. But before we get onto … Read more
The WWE has announced that SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi will defend her title against Alexa Bliss for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live!. BREAKING: @AlexaBliss_WWE has evoked her rematch clause & will challenge #SDLive #WomensChampion @NaomiWWE TONIGHT! https://t.co/fIEYWZ16Qb pic.twitter.com/1liAYSJyCq — WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2017 Naomi won the SmackDown Women’s Title at Sunday’s WrestleMania 33 event … Read more
Last year’s WrestleMania seemed like the most magical night in the history of the women’s division in the WWE. Many wondered if the follow-up could deliver. This year boasted two title matches and a high profile mixed tag team match. Let’s see how the women fared in “The Ultimate Thrill Ride”. Our first matchup was … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania 33, a new SmackDown Women’s Champion in Naomi when she defeated Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Carmella, Mickie James and Natalya in a Six Pack challenge. The match started off in an all out brawl between the women with most of the competitors spilling to the outside, leaving Mickie and Becky to battle one-on-one inside … Read more
Tonight at WrestleMania 33, every available woman on the SmackDown roster has a chance at Alexa Bliss‘ Women’s Title. Will a new champion be crowned? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Abir: The women here all have a connection to each other. Nattie has history with Becky, whom has history with Mickie, whom has history … 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. * Emma teases her in-ring return, talks training at the Performance Center and reveals she’ll be watching the WrestleMania 33 competition from backstage. … Read more
Today 12 women will compete in three separate matches at WWE’s grandest stage of all, Wrestlemania! WWE is highlighting many events throughout the day into tonight’s big lead up, including the arrival of some Superstars. WWE’s YouTube just uploaded several videos highlighting the SmackDown women as they get ready for tonight. First up is Mickie … Read more
Diva Dirt Hype is back! Get hyped for WrestleMania 33 with Diva Dirt Hype, highlighting the 6-Pack match for the SmackDown Women’s Title, 4-Way Elimination for the RAW Women’s Title and the Mixed Tag. Check out the Diva Dirt Hype clip below: Music: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Lorde WWE.com previews for Wrestlemania 33: RAW Women’s Championship, Four … Read more
After months and months of waiting if the WWE would create a women’s tournament in the same style of the critically acclaimed Cruiserwieght Classic of last fall, we finally have an answer. In a press conference with SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss, RAW Women’s Champion Bayley and NXT Women’s Champion Asuka, WWE COO Triple … Read more
Just days after it was initially announced that the SmackDown Women’s Title was to be defended at this year’s WrestleMania Kickoff show, WWE have seemingly reversed their decision. WWE.com has updated the line-up to this year’s WrestleMania card and have removed the “Kickoff Match” tag from the SmackDown Women’s Title match. The update also lists … Read more
Wrestlemania is RIGHT around the corner! Can you believe how quickly time has gone? It feels as though just two months ago Lita pulled that red sheet away and unveiled the initial Women’s championship. It doesn’t feel as if Brie Bella took her final bow almost a year ago whilst Lana made her in-ring debut. The time … Read more
Since the brand split has happened, one brand’s women’s division has been given the benefit of having current stars with months of build. The other brand has had to raise their women from scratch, as they have had to bring up newbies and redevelop forgotten characters. For the past year, the women of the blue … Read more
As previously announced, Alexa Bliss will defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship in an open challenge against “every women available on the SmackDown roster” at Sunday’s WrestleMania 33. As of now, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Mickie James and Carmella have all been announced as participants to the match, although more names are expected and rumored to be … Read more
It’s beginning to feel a lot like ‘Mania! With just two more SmackDowns left until the big night, the women of the blue team are gearing up. With the Women’s title on the line and a heated battle of the couples on the horizon, ‘Mania could be a pretty big one for our Tuesday night gang. … Read more
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 line – is now available. … Read more
Just over a fortnight to go, and the ladies of SmackDown Live are ready to fight. This week’s SmackDown Live gets onto the fast-lane for Wrestlemania as one match is updated and another is added. Exciting times, exciting times… We start things off for the ladies as Becky Lynch takes on Natalya in a Singles contest! The … Read more
Getting right into it: SmackDown wasn’t the best this week. Whilst it had its moments, this week’s episode of “the B show” didn’t quite live up to what previous weeks did. So let’s see where things went wrong. The women start off the night during the anticipated in the “interspecies match” of Nikki Bella and … Read more