Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Indy Insider, where you will find independent women’s wrestling news right here. On October 22nd, SMASH Wrestling will roll out another installment of the Courtney Rush/Cherry Bomb rivalry by making them fight inside a steel cage at this year’s CANUSA Classic. The only announcements that they’ve made is that … 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. * WSU announces that Leva Bates will defend her Spirit Championship against Su Yung at Resurgence … Read more
Hallelujah! Can’t you feel the uplifting spirit for TNA this week for Knockout fans? Of course, things like having a semi-live program, a debuting Aron Rex (formerly known as Damien Sandow) and the announcement that Bound for Glory will take place on October 2nd are all great but, as it would appear, we are also … Read more
After overcoming her first challenge in Madison Rayne last week, Gail Kim confidently laces up her wrestling boots for her next opponent; or rather opponents, as we later find out. All of this, of course, is part of Gail Kim’s journey in becoming Knockouts Champion for a record six-times. Outside the Knockouts title picture, we … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. After demanding a shot at the Knockouts title last week, Gail Kim begins her awaited journey of defeating every Knockout standing in her way. Though Madison Rayne was the first Knockout to strike Gail with a blind attack, can the Queen Bee go on to … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up! TNA has moved back to Thursday nights for the first time in nearly two years and though they are now on an hour earlier, there are still plenty of Knockouts to look forward to. Sadly, the women of TNA are out of a match this … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. Our TNA Knockouts Champion Sienna has really been MIA ever since winning the gold back at Slammiversary. Sure a quick cameo and small video package is tolerable but we want to see more from the rising Knockout! Thankfully, the champion is front and center in … Read more
SHIMMER has concluded tapings for their upcoming 84 and 85 DVD volumes. Results below, courtesy of @pwponderings via Twitter. Volume 84 * Nixon Newell defeated Veda Scott in a rematch from Volume 81. * Yumi Ohka and Melanie Cruise defeated Solo Darling and Scarlett Bordeaux after Cruise tombstones Bordeaux. * Arisa Nakajima defeated Rhia O’Reilly … Read more
Taping is underway for Shimmer 81 – 85 this weekend in Chicago, Illinois. Here are results for the 81 – 83 events courtesy of 411Mania and PWInsider. SHIMMER Volume 81: * Veda Scott defeated Nixon Newell * Shayna Baszler defeated Rhia O’Reilly * Kellie Skater defeated LuFisto, Shazza McKenzie and Vanessa Kraven in a four … Read more
SHIMMER kicks off their three day weekend event in Chicago tomorrow, June 24th, with SHIMMER 81. In addition to the match-up between Jessicka Havok and a debuting Viper, three championships will be on the line. https://twitter.com/SHIMMERwomen/status/745811125309104129 SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles will defend her title against Courtney Rush. Tonight has us in a foul mood.. Good … Read more
Fresh off their Slammiversary PPV on Sunday, TNA had big plans of bringing fans a special “live” episode of Impact on Tuesday night. Sadly, it wasn’t meant to be, as technical difficulties from Pop TV! and/or TNAÂ production team caused a near two hour delay! Poor TNA can’t seem to catch a break. Also unfortunate for … Read more
The next live events for Shimmer Women Athletes will take place on June 24th, 25th, and 26th in the Chicago area. The events on Friday, June 24th and Saturday, June 25th will be held at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, and the event on Sunday, June 26th will be at the Eagles Club in Berwyn. … Read more
For a company that always seems to have a dark cloud floating around them, with periodical reports of it nearly closing their doors, TNA has pulled through with their annual Slammiversary PPV for another year. For their twelfth edition of Slammiversary, two Knockouts matches would grace the card. One would be a Knockouts title … Read more
Tonight at Slammiversary, a new Knockouts Champion was crowned. What was supposed to have been a one-on-one match between Knockouts Champion Jade and Sienna became a triple threat match when executive manager Billy Corgan inserted Gail Kim to the title match. This after he favored Maria Kanellis not being able to compete in Gail’s original match against Maria. … Read more
We are less than a week away from Slammiversary. For Knockouts fans, it can be said that there is a feeling of cheer in knowing that two Knockouts matches will take place on this year’s event. On one side, we have Gail Kim, at last, getting her chance to get her hands on her oppressor … Read more
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) earned their spot with … Read more
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 USA while Team Canada … 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. * Lucha Libre’s World Cup tournament kicks off tonight with elimination rounds, with the final rounds … Read more
Goodbye May and hello June! And hello to my fellow Knockout fans! As we learned from last night’s episode of Impact, Maria Kanellis will indeed have to lace up her wrestling boots to square off against Gail Kim when the two meet at Slammiversary. Aside from having to deal with Gail Kim, Maria also has … Read more
If you weren’t aware, we are on the road to Slammiversary! Hooray for an actual live PPV to look forward to Knockout fans! Not to take anything away from the One Night Only PPVs, of course, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that we look more forward to live action over … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. I would first like to apologize for missing last week’s Impact Write-Up. Time was working against me between my work schedule and final exam preparations but nevertheless, we are back for our weekly dose of Knockouts action! On this week’s program, TNA Knockout enforcer Sienna … Read more
AAA has announced the addition of Team Canada to participate at this year’s Lucha Libre World Cup. As previously reported, the tournament will feature competitors from different parts of the world, all from different wrestling promotions. Representing Team Canada this year include Lucha Underground star and AAA Women’s Champion Taya Valkyrie, TNA’s Allie and independent star … 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: * Dixie Carter announced on her Facebook page … Read more
TNA’s newest Knockout appears to have her new character name. The artist formerly(?) known as Cherry Bomb will be known as Allie in TNA, judging by her new Instagram profile name. Real name Laura Dennis, the Canadian appeared to have changed her Twitter handle too – judging by the below picture and tweets sent by … Read more
Today in Dallas, Texas, SHIMMER presents SHIMMER 80 on iPPV. Headlining the show is a 12-woman tournament that will crown the first ever Heart of SHIMMER Champion. Live results below: First round match: Cheerleader Melissa def. Leva Bates with the Kudo Driver. First round match: Candice LeRae def. Cherry Bomb with a crucifix pin. First … Read more
SHIMMER has revealed the full field of competitors that will battle to become the first Heart of SHIMMER Champion at this Saturday’s SHIMMER 80 iPPV. Previously announced were Cheerleader Melissa, Cherry Bomb, Crazy Mary Dobson, Heidi Lovelace, Nicole Matthews and Veda Scott. The final six to join the tournament are Candice LeRae, Jessicka Havok, Kimber … Read more