Awesome Kong is denying reports that she’s retiring from wrestling. In a statement to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the two-time Knockouts Champion says all she’s retiring at the moment is her Amazing Kong moniker, which she uses on the indies and in Japan: “Amazing Kong is retired from wrestling, but Awesome Kong has further obligations to … Read more
Is Awesome Kong retiring from the ring? Japanese wrestling site Battle News is reporting that Kong – real name Kia Stevens – has been advised by her doctor to retire from wrestling after being pulled from a tournament at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall for health reasons. It is believed that these issues stem from the back … 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: Awesome Kong … Read more
After five long round-robin style matches, Group Knockouts have at least reached their final match to determine who will move on to the final sixteen of the World Title Series. As we’ve learned on last week’s show, Gail Kim (along with Matt Hardy and Ethan Carter III) has already qualified to advance to the final … Read more
Greetings, Knockout fans, and welcome to another One Night Only recap. This month, we take a look back TNA’s World Cup of Wrestling that originally aired back in August; just one month after the United States Women’s National Team won this year’s World Cup! (I just had to plug in that victory again!!!) Okay, so … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s annual Female 50 issue has been released digitally, revealing the entire 2015 list. As announced yesterday, Nikki Bella tops the list, followed by Paige, Sasha Banks, Santana Garrett and Gail Kim. View the full list below. Last year’s placement is in parenthesis: 1. Nikki Bella (24) 2. Paige (1) 3. Sasha Banks … Read more
To hype her World Title Series match against Brooke on tonight’s Impact, Madison Rayne spoke about the Knockouts division and its impact on women’s wrestling as a whole. Madison credits the division with putting TNA on the map and starting the revolution that’s taken hold of women’s wrestling. She says the revolution has been happening … 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
After being sidelined for a few weeks, Group Knockouts make their television return on Impact this week as the World Title Series continues to unfold. In what may or may not have been an attempt to make up for the lack of Knockouts action in recent weeks, TNA President Dixie Carter announced earlier this week … 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
Ahead of the main event match between Awesome Kong and Gail Kim on tonight’s Impact, Madison Rayne spoke about the importance of the bout and what it means for TNA’s World Title Series. Madison, who is also part of the Series’s Knockouts group, says Gail and Kong deserve this spot because of how their rivalry … Read more
The Knockouts will do battle in the main event of this week’s Impact as Awesome Kong and Gail Kim go head to head in TNA World Title Series. The news was announced by TNA President Dixie Carter today on Instgram: Proud to present Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong as the main event on this Wednesday's … 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. Note: Events from this weekend’s SHIMMER tapings will be included in … Read more
The show must go on… for now anyway. That’s right Knockout fans, even with a predicted expiration date going around for TNA to be kicked off Destination America airwaves, the company has managed to pull out a lifeline to keep them momentarily afloat. That lifeline would turn out to be the start of a brand … Read more
Despite future uncertainty, rumors of a television deal coming to an abrupt end and the threat of an unwanted visit from Hurricane Joaquin, TNA has managed to weather through yet another year to provide fans with their biggest event of the year, Bound For Glory! Unlike last year, the event was live and held within … Read more
Tonight at Bound For Glory, Gail Kim extended her Knockouts Title reign by overcoming an old foe: Awesome Kong. The hard-hitting match saw Gail take a great deal of punishment, the champ taking an Implant Buster onto a steel chair. Her husband, celebrity chef Robert Irvine, watched as Gail battled back, fighting through thwarted Eat … Read more
Tonight at Bound For Glory, Gail Kim defends the Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong. Will Kong become a three-time Knockouts Champion? The Diva Dirt team weighs in: Chris: Back in January when Kong returned to TNA this is the match I said I wanted to see at BFG. However, I’m utterly disappointed at how thrown … Read more
Happy Bound For Glory season Knockout fans! We’re just a few short days from what is considered to being TNA’s biggest event of the year. Can’t you just feel the excitement!? No really, can you? Because there seems to be this missing spark of excitement for me this year, in terms of how this year’s … Read more
After conquering through the storm that was GFW, TNA can peacefully sail their way to Bound For Glory, which is quickly approaching us! As we’ve learned from last week’s announcement, newly crowned Knockouts Champion Gail Kim will put her title on the line against long time rival Awesome Kong at the upcoming event. But first, … Read more
Trash Talk is a new column from Diva Dirt’s Jake. Got a suggestion for his next column? Send it in. One of the highlights of most wrestling fans’ years is the release of the annual WWE video game. Years ago, we would have several different games come out a year for all of the various … Read more
Greetings loyal Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. The final battle lines have been drawn as we come to the thrilling conclusion to the TNA vs. GFW storyline that has been taking place throughout the summer. In our main chapter of the story, we have TNA President Dixie Carter forming her representative … Read more
TNA has announced a big Knockouts match for Bound For Glory: Gail Kim will defend her newly-won Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong. The announcement was made on TNA’s official website, making it the third bout to be confirmed for the Pay-Per-View. Gail won the Knockouts Title on last night’s Impact, defeating Awesome Kong, Brooke and … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Gail Kim became a five-time Knockouts Champion. She won the title in a Fatal Four-Way match, defeating champion Brooke, Awesome Kong and Lei’D Tapa in an incredibly hard-hitting match, each Knockout taking punishment in and out of the ring. In the end, Gail pinned Brooke to win the belt, blocking a … Read more
Tonight on Impact Wrestling, Knockouts Champion Brooke will put her title on the line in a Fatal Four-Way match, pitting her against Awesome Kong, Gail Kim and Lei’D Tapa. Ahead of the match, Brooke and Lei’D Tapa spoke about the challenge before them. Brooke reminds fans that she’s not to be underestimated. Though she admits … 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: Awesome Kong … Read more