Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy women’s wrestling event along the way. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Impact Wrestling (1/19/16): Gail Kim retains the Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong; Raquel … Read more
A few weeks away from her next NXT Women’s Title defense, Bayley, for once, isn’t fending off a cruel adversary. In fact, she’s doing the opposite, teaming with her soon-to-be challenger. If that sounds unrealistic to you, you must not know the power of Baymella. Carmella aims to prove her worth as #1 contender when … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy women’s wrestling event along the way. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Impact Wrestling (1/12/16): Awesome Kong and Jade defeat Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky … Read more
As if making a pledge to Diva fans that the advancements made in 2015 won’t be forgotten, NXT has bestowed their first main event of the year on the Divas. In a Battle Royal, several Divas will face off for the right to challenge Bayley to the NXT Women’s Championship. Competing in this Battle Royal … Read more
Tonight on NXT, Carmella became the new number one contender to Bayley‘s NXT Women’s Title. In a Battle Royal that included Alexa Bliss, Aliyah, Asuka, Billie Kay, Cameron, Deonna Purrazzo, Emma, Eva Marie, Liv Morgan and Peyton Royce, Carmella picked up a sneaky win after spending much of the last part of match outside the … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2016, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2015. Alexa Bliss Small, but fierce. These three words sum up Alexa Bliss to a T. When Alexa began her run as a … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its fifth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2015, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Best Promotion: NXT For the second year in a row, NXT has proved that future of … Read more
Join Diva Dirt’s Chris, Erin and Jake for a special Christmas edition of Diva Dirt Weekly. We look back at 2015’s biggest women’s wrestling moments and recall some of our favorite bits from the show this year. Listen below or download by right clicking here. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://cdn.media.diva-dirt.com/ddweekly/ddweekly122215.mp3″] Listen to the songs featured on Diva … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @realpaigewwe/Instagram” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] 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: Team B.A.D. don’t discriminate: they’ll … Read more
We’re one week away from NXT TakeOver: London, and our two Diva feuds are making their final approach to the big night. Bayley gets ready to defend her NXT Women’s Title against Nia Jax, while Emma and Asuka prepare to square off for the first time. Next week, both feuds will finally put their intimidation … Read more
The latest episode of WWE Breaking Ground sheds light on a Diva friendship and teases a mid-match injury. Carmella takes the focus of the Divas side of this episode, her relationship with NXT Superstar Colin Cassady and friendship with NXT Women’s Champion Bayley each being explored. We see Bayley and Carmella bond during NXT’s Nashville/Louisville … Read more
The full lineup for WWE’s NXT’s Greatest Matches Vol. 1 DVD and Blu-ray has been revealed. Wrestling DVD News has the full content listing, which has seven Diva matches in total, including two that are Blu-ray exclusives: NXT Women’s Championship Tournament Final: Paige vs. Emma (NXT – July 24, 2013) NXT Women’s Championship Tournament Final: … Read more
The latest episode of WWE Breaking Ground sees NXT Diva Nia Jax step into the spotlight. The reality show explored Nia’s connection to her cousin, The Rock, and allowed her to share the moment she fell in love with wrestling: seeing him make his entrance at WrestleMania 28. The episode follows her on her journey … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @we_are_stardom/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” 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. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * This past … Read more
Surprise! This week’s NXT isn’t just offering you a Women’s Title main event match: it’s presenting you the most Diva-heavy episode yet. We’ve got three (count ’em, three) Diva matches on deck, as well as countless storylines to set up, with twists galore just around the corner. Suddenly, the Diva Revolution doesn’t feel quite so … Read more
In one week, Bayley will make her second title defense as NXT Women’s Champion. This time, the glitz and glamor of a live special main event won’t be there, the the sparkle of Alexa Bliss will be. This week, NXT’s mission is to build to the match and make Alexa a believable threat to Bayley’s … Read more
The latest episode of WWE Breaking Ground wasn’t as Diva-heavy as its predecessors, shifting the lens to the Superstars as the crew headed to Texas for a series of live events. Dana Brooke‘s struggle to beak through saw a bit of focus, but functioned to tie up the previous episode’s cliffhanger. At NXT’s Texas live … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” 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. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * At last … Read more
Welcome, welcome to another NXT Redux! On this week’s show, NXT continued their pattern of booking two enticingly fresh Divas matches, both playing their own role in establishing a new status quo for the division. Everyone’s favorite intimidating Diva Asuka takes on a returning Cameron, while Eva Marie wrestle her first match in a few … 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
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
As far as transitionary periods go, this is far from boring. NXT’s Divas division’s new era is still coming together, but you wouldn’t know it by watching this week’s show: Bayley‘s first post-Sasha Banks title challenger is far from a lightweight, Nia Jax is breaking the mold of the “monster” and the Dana Brooke/Emma vs. … 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
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
[media-credit name=”Photo: @SashaBanksWWE/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] 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: This past weekend, WWE toured … Read more
As NXT’s Divas division continues to evolve into its newest form, this week’s show worked to refine the audience’s perception of some of its biggest players. Alexa Bliss, the unofficial challenger to Bayley‘s Women’s Championship, took on Peyton Royce, looking to live up to the hype she’s built up around herself. Asuka, meanwhile, takes to … Read more