At last night’s (April 13th) NXT house show in Venice, Florida, international wrestling star Nixon Newell (competing under her real name Steffanie Newell) made her NXT debut when she teamed up with Dakota Kai in a losing effort against the team of Vanessa Borne & Reina Gonzalez. Stephanie Newell AKA @NixonNewell makes her NXT debut … Read more
In a surprise move at what I will call the “Sensational Sherri Memorial Battle Royal”, Naomi was its inaugural winner. She bested the likes of Natalya and Becky Lynch, as well an NXT-heavy field where we saw Peyton Royce, Kairi Sane, Kavita Devi, Dakota Kai, Taynara Conti and Bianca BelAir also compete and dominate the … Read more
WrestleMania weekend is upon us in just a few days. This year WWE will be holding several invitational tournaments – including an NXT Women’s tourney and Progress Women’s Championship match. The tournaments will take place beginning Thursday night during Axxess Day 1 and culminate during Axxess Day 4 with the tournament winners facing their respective … Read more
On this week’s NXT, Ember Moon once again confronted Shayna Baszler, leading to a pull apart fight. ? TM61 were being interviewed about their loss to the Authors of Pain in the Dusty Rhodes Classic. However, as the interview was happening, Shayna Baslzer was seen arguing in the background with newly hired Performance Center coach … Read more
Tonight on NXT, Mae Young Classic Competitors Lacey Evans and Dakota Kai squared off in one on one action. Well THAT was fast! @DakotaKai_WWE stands tall with an impressive victory! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/kZZb3F31Km — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) March 15, 2018 Lacey lived up to her promise from last week, targeting the arm that was previously injured … Read more
The annual PWI Female 50 list has been revealed, and 2017 sees Asuka as the woman to outdo the rest! After completing her run in NXT undefeated, whilst holding the title longer than any championship holder in WWE history, her win doesn’t come as a surprise. And after making her WWE main roster debut at … Read more
Welcome all to the Women of Honor- no wait, the Impact Write- no no, hang on… NXT REDUX?!?! Goodness me, I really am a jack of all trades! So first off, apologies from the Diva-Dirt team for not posting a Redux for last week’s episode. They were busy with things and they didn’t have the … Read more
Hola NXT fans and welcome to this week’s NXT Redux! With the inaugural Mae Young Classic behind us, the time has now come for some of the (already signed) participants to reemerge back on our NXT television screens. This week, we are treated to just that in a match-up featuring MYC participants Lacey Evans taking … Read more
Well, here we are on episode 3 of the Mae Young Classic. Eight of the competing athletes have already advanced to the next round and eight more are expected to do the same. The matches on deck for this installment include Ayesha Raymond from London’s East End versus Australia’s Toni Storm; Kavita Devi, who’s the first … Read more
Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * NXT Superstar Liv Morgan worked a SmackDown live event in Tampa, Florida, as she teamed up with SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi and Becky … Read more
Tonight via Facebook Live, WWE have officially announced the names of all 32 competitors to the Mae Young Classic: Representing Japan: Kairi Sane Representing United States of America: Tessa Blanchard Representing United States of America: Abbey Laith Representing Brazil: Taynara Conti Representing Germany: Jazzy Gabert Representing India: Kavita Devi Representing Australia: Toni Storm Representing Mexico: … Read more