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: Should the WWE’s commentary team bring a woman on board? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on the … Read more
SHINE Champion Rain, try as she might, was forced to defend her title tonight for the very first time. Jessicka Havok emerged from a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat match with a shot at Rain’s belt, defeating Mia Yim and Ivelisse to advance to the main event. Havok couldn’t beat the numbers game, though, as April … Read more
SHINE Wrestling presents SHINE 12 tonight from Ybor City, Florida. The show is headlined by a Triple Threat match for the number one contendership to the SHINE Championship and a subsequent title match against champion Rain. Also booked is a match between indy veterans Kharma and Mercedes Martinez. The iPPV starts at 9pm ET, and … 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: With a Mixed Tag Team match pitting AJ Lee and Big E. Langston against Kaitlyn and Dolph Ziggler set for this Sunday at SummerSlam, we want to know: what’s your favorite … 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
SHINE Wrestling — which celebrates its one year anniversary this month — is known for its strong contingent of female stars, but there is one male who has an integral part of the promotion since its inception. Here, SHINE’s commentator Lenny Leonard reflects on the one year anniversary of women’s wrestling’s fastest rising promotion. It … Read more
As SHINE Wrestling celebrates its one year anniversary this week, Diva Dirt celebrates one year of SHINE with a series of features all week long, culminating with coverage of SHINE 11 on Friday, July 12. In the fickle, judgmental world we live in today, it takes a great deal of courage, and perhaps a modicum … 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
Daffney has resigned as SHINE hostess (and possibly her commentary position), in order to “be of greater use ringside and in the locker room”. The “Scream Queen” has been hostess since the inaugural SHINE show and has decided to quit the role – in presumably a kayfabe storyline – due to the disrespectful actions of Mercedes Martinez. … Read more
Having started nearly two years ago, it appears as though former Knockout Daffney‘s legal fight with TNA has finally come to an end. The lawsuit stems from injuries Daffney–real name Shannon Spruill–received while working for TNA, most notably ones sustained when she was chokeslammed through a barbed wire table at 2009’s Bound for Glory. Court … 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
Earlier tonight, Daffney posted to her Facebook page the news that she was involved in a serious car accident on Monday. While her car was totaled, she suffered no serious injuries. Read her message below: PLEASE READ… Monday night I was in a car accident. I was driving along I-4 and I hydroplaned at 70 … Read more
Tonight, SHINE Wrestling presents its debut event, SHINE 1, live on Internet pay per view. The debut show from Ybor City, Florida will feature a main event match between Sara Del Rey and Jazz, plus Daffney as live event hostess and a Diva Dirt Legacy Award presentation for Jazz. (Order the event) Diva Dirt presents … Read more
A trio of stars from SHINE Wrestling appeared on local morning show, Daytime, to promote the debut event which airs tonight on iPPV. Former TNA stars Daffney, Christina Von Eerie and Santana Garrett were on the show. Check out a clip of the visit below: You can order SHINE 1, which airs at 8pm ET … Read more
In March 2011, Daffney’s contract with TNA expired and like a bevvy of other Knockouts, she was let go by the company. However, Daffney’s story didn’t end there. First revealing to Diva Dirt that she had filed a lawsuit against the company stemming from injuries sustained during her time in TNA, Daffney has been fighting … Read more
Diva Dirt had the privilege of being joined by the Scream Queen herself, Daffney, in her first exclusive interview since leaving TNA and filing a lawsuit against the company. With her new role in SHINE Wrestling as live event hostess, Daffney talks to us exclusively in a long and emotional interview about her situation with … Read more
Ahead of this weekend’s Destination X pay per view, we take a look back at previous editions of the pay per view. 2010 | Both Daffney and Tara have had their fill of playing crazy characters, but what happens when you have them collide against each other? At Destination X in 2010, Tara put her … Read more
Details have surfaced on former TNA star Daffney‘s — real name Shannon Spruill — lawsuit against TNA stemming from injuries sustained during her time as a TNA Knockout. Daffney announced that she had filed a workers’ compensation claim against the company last year following her departure from the company. The suit is largely to do … Read more
Former WCW and TNA star, Daffney, is among the latest names announced for SHINE Wrestling’s debut show on July 20th. Daffney, who is also involved in official management capacity with SHINE, isn’t expected to wrestle on the show stemming from concussion injuries sustained during her time in TNA. Daffney is currently involved in legal proceedings … Read more
I’m back with more quick hits on the world of women’s wrestling. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts so hit me up in the comments or via Twitter! Let’s hop to it… —– Firstly, it’s been a pretty solid week for women in wrestling in both WWE and TNA. We have a new … Read more
In what seems to be confirmation of a rumor currently going around, PWInsider is reporting that SHIMMER Women Athletes founder Dave Prazak will be teaming up with Full Impact Pro Wrestling’s founder and owner, Sal Hamaoui, to debut a brand new women’s promotion on July 20 in Ybor City, Florida. The promotion will apparently act … 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: Beyonce was recently crowned the “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” by People Magazine, so we want to know: who do think is the most beautiful woman in … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is the new interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, with the recent release of Maryse, we’re asking this: Which Diva or Knockout release bothered you the most? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and … Read more