Ahead of tomorrow’s SHINE 12, SHINE Wrestling has released a number of video promos from the women who will be competing at the event. Angelina Love counters Shanna‘s Twitter smack talk with a promise that she will let her wrestling do the talking. Leva Bates, in an effort to get out of her competitive funk, … Read more
Following yesterday’s undercard reveal for SHINE 12, tongues were left wagging about the SHINE Championship picture and if Rain would defend her newly-won title. Rain posted a video message stating that until a number one contender is established, she won’t be defending her belt. Well, those virtuous enough to be patient have now been rewarded, … Read more
With just nine days till the iPPV, SHINE Wrestling has unveiled the first matches taking place on their 12th show, the first since the monumental SHINE 11 that saw Rain crowned the inaugural SHINE Champion. Interestingly, a match for the SHINE Champion has yet to be announced. Rain’s Valkyrie stable members, April Hunter and Ivelisse … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Tara‘s been released by TNA, so we want to know: what was your favorite moment in her TNA career? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some … Read more
It was the night an entire year in the making, and the plan was straightforward: This was going to be the night a young, mighty heroine would rise to the challenge, valiantly seeing off all who stood in her way to be crowned the first-ever SHINE Champion. A fighting champion, a just champion, ready to … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: As part of our SHINE Week leading up to SHINE 11, we want to know: who do you think will win the tournament and become the first ever SHINE Champion? We’ve … Read more
Former TNA Knockout Angelina Love broke bread with WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus today, getting the chance to catch up with the mother-to-be. The former Knockouts Champion tweeted: Sooo great catching up with this beautiful mommy-to-be today!! @trishstratuscom pic.twitter.com/xPvnbf0i8A — Lauren/Angelina Love (@ActualALove) July 5, 2013 While she’s best known for her TNA tenure, … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: Madison Rayne is gone from TNA (for now), so we want to know: what was your favorite moment in her TNA career? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS The Crash (June 14th, 2013): Jennifer Blake and Zarco def. Faby Apache and Jonathan. Toryumon Mexico “DragonMania VIII” (June 15th, 2013): Bastet, La Comandante and Mima Shimoda def. Baby Star, Dallys … Read more
New York-based Family Wrestling Entertainment held its second annual Welcome to the Rumble event last night on Internet pay per view, featuring the reunion of former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Angelina Love and Winter, aka Katarina, and the duo emerged victorious over the team of Maria Kanellis and Ivelisse Velez. Check out results from … Read more
Earlier tonight, SHINE Wrestling revealed the brackets for the upcoming SHINE Championship Tournament, as well as how the two remaining places will be filled. The spots, empty following Jazz and Allysin Kay‘s withdrawals from the tournament, will be contested in two four-way matches featuring a number of losing competitors from previous qualifiers. Made in Sin’s … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS Ring of Honor (June 1st, 2013): Athena def. Barbi Hayden with the O-Face. The show took place in San Antonio, TX, so Athena was hailed as the “hometown girl”. 2CW Girls … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is our interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: This Sunday at Slammiversary, Gail Kim and Taryn Terrell will face off in a Last Knockout Standing match. We want to know: what has been your … Read more
SHINE 10 ended in controversial fashion on Friday night, with a failed sneak attack by Allysin Kay and subsequent suspension giving us the first sign of cracks in Valkyrie’s previously united and dominant front. In the main event, Valkyrie leader Rain faced Angelina Love in a rematch from their SHINE Championship tournament qualifier at SHINE … Read more
SHINE Wrestling are once again at the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow as they present their milestone tenth show, SHINE 10. The event will be broadcast live on Internet Pay-Per-View with three pricing options, the cheapest being just $9.99 (about £6). Click
When we talk of the historic rivalries in women’s wrestling, there are a certain few that spring to mind. From the pioneering battles between Mae Young and Mildred Burke in the 1950s all the way to Lita and Trish Stratus’s rollercoaster rivalry at the turn of this century, there are plenty of classic feuds to … Read more
SHINE Wrestling will take its first steps towards crowning its inaugural champion this Friday at SHINE 9 with the first qualifying matches of the SHINE Championship Tournament. Sixteen wrestlers will compete in the qualifiers, four of which will be held at SHINE 9 and four at SHINE 10 on May 24th. The eight winners will … Read more
The Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once famously said “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet”. However, in the short-fused, attention-bereft world of professional wrestling, that’s a mantra that we often find ourselves questioning. So how refreshing it was at SHINE 8 to see the patience of so many people (including ourselves) pay off in … Read more
Tonight sees SHINE Wrestling return to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for their eighth monthly show, SHINE 8. The main event sees the insurgent Valkyrie members Rain, Ivelisse and Made in Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) go up against the all-star face team of Amazing Kong, Christina Von Eerie, Mia Yim and a … Read more
Forget Mighty Molly and Super Stacy, two new wrestling superheros are on the scene… the movie scene that is. Former 5-time Knockouts Champion Angelina Love and current Champion Velvet Sky have been cast in a superhero movie titled “Faux and Orchard: Little Deaths” – a movie that is the second in a series named the … Read more
Who’d have thought tattoos would be the cause of so much consternation between current and former Knockouts? Following biting cryptic tweets sent by former Knockout Angelina Love and current TNA star Brooke Tessmacher earlier this week, reigning Knockouts Champion Velvet Sky appeared to get involved in the debacle with a cryptic tweet of her own. … Read more
We often hear the “We all love each other!” line in interviews, but Twitter — that oh so magical place where heat-of-the-moment comments can never be taken back — has a funny way of showing people’s true opinions of each other and to the shock of no one, your favorite lockerrooms aren’t as harmonious as … Read more
Is TNA contacting former Knockouts to return for their upcoming One Night Only: Knockout Knockdown Pay-Per-View? Well, they have contacted at least one: former five-time Knockouts Champion Angelina Love. Angelina was asked by a fan on Twitter whether she had been asked to return to the company for the special event, to which she replied: They … Read more
SHINE roster members Kharma (a.k.a Amazing Kong), Angelina Love and Nikki Roxx will be appearing on daytime TV in the US, reports Gerweck.net. The talented trifecta will feature on DISH TV’s “Daytime” show on Wednesday, March 6th. The girls will be promoting SHINE 8, which will feature Angelina’s in-ring debut. Christina Von Eerie, Daffney and Santana … Read more
Family Wrestling Entertainment returned to Internet pay per view last night with three women’s matches, including Maria Kanellis successfully defending her Women’s Championship against Angelina Love. Also in action were Reby Sky, Ivelisse Velez, Gail Kim and Winter. Former Divas Champion Maryse appeared on commentary. Results from the show have come to you thanks to … Read more
I think we can all agree that Beyoncé put on one of the greatest performances of all time at the Superbowl this past Sunday. Who am I kidding? THE greatest halftime show of all time. I mean seriously, just look at her. Not only did Queen B look fierce, sexy and classy all at once, she … Read more