Carmella may be heading to the main roster soon. A new report from Wrestling Inc states that Carmella may soon be making her main roster debut alongside Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, whom she has managed since her NXT debut in 2014. According to the report, the trio have been present at several recent main … 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: Asuka Asuka … Read more
We’re one week away from Bayley‘s NXT Women’s Title defense against her BFF Carmella. The bright lights of a TakeOver special won’t be on the bout, but you can bet the match means the world to both Divas. With plenty to prove and momentum to build, Carmella spends her final week as number one contender … Read more
We’re two weeks away from Bayley‘s next NXT Women’s Title defense, but you wouldn’t know it, judging by this week’s show. That’s not a bad thing, though: while the champ was completely absent from the program, the set-up was still there. NXT, as it’s known to do, has found a creative way to build hype … 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 (1/19/16): Gail Kim retains the Knockouts Title against Awesome Kong; Raquel … 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: Bayley & … 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
[media-credit name=”Photo: @WWE/Instagram” 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: * NXT has … 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
The penultimate episode of WWE Breaking Ground‘s first season prepares Bayley for her history-making main event match at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, follows Nia Jax as she makes her television debut and gets personal with Dana Brooke when she suffers an injury scare. The episode opens by showing Bayley attend Night of Champions backstage, where she … Read more
The latest episode of WWE Breaking Ground explores the new challenges thrown at Divas Bayley, Dana Brooke and Nia Jax, as Bayley prepares to main event a TakeOver special, Dana looks to meet the challenge of new competition head-on and Nia gets ready to make her television debut. The episode kicks off where the last … 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
NXT TakeOver: London continued the Divas division’s streak of great, memorable TakeOver matches. For the first time, though, it brought to the table two Divas matches that were equal in hype: NXT Women’s Champion Bayley put her title on the line against the undefeated Nia Jax, while the similarly undefeated Asuka finally clashed with Emma. … Read more
This week’s episode of WWE Breaking Ground followed Carmella on her journey back from an injury scare, checked in on Aliyah‘s progress in her character development and took us behind the scenes for the biggest moment in Bayley‘s career thus far. The episode started where last episode left off, with Carmella being tended to after … 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
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] NXT Diva Carmella recently appeared on the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast, discussing her wrestling roots, choosing between wrestling and managing, her childhood wrestling idol and more. Transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc. Carmella talked about growing up in wrestling, as her father Paul Van Dale worked as enhancement talent for the … 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
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