The Women of Honor championship tournament has begun and from February 21st-February 23rd, Ring of Honor released four 1st round matches on their YouTube channel. Diva Dirt has gathered all these videos into one article for your viewing pleasure. WOH Championship Tournament Round 1: Karen Q vs Brandi Rhodes Karen Q makes her presence felt … Read more
Madison Rayne made her impressive in-ring return to Women of Honor after several years away from the promotion. She takes on Deonna Purrazzo in her return match. This matchup has a lot of friendly feelings built into it as Rayne and Purrazzo have been tag teaming together throughout the indies. Purrazzo met Rayne 4 years … Read more
At the young age of 23 Deonna Purrazzo has already achieved numerous career goals but that hasn’t stopped her momentum. Deonna is no stranger to international travel, and her career has taken her to the UK, Japan and even to the WWE for extra work. Deonna is one of the brightest and hottest stars on … Read more
At Revolution Pro: Live at the Cockpit 25, RPW crowned their very first Women’s champion. The tournament was announced in November 2017, consisting of eight women. The preliminary rounds included: BRACKET A Deonna Purrazzo (Winner) vs Sammi Jayne Zan Phoenix vs Zoe Lucas (Winner) BRACKET B Nina Samuels vs Jinny (Winner) Millie Mckenzie (Winner) vs … Read more
Tonight (Dec 15th) at Ring of Honor’s Final Battle PPV, the company unveiled a new Women of Honor Championship. During the announcement, it was revealed that first champion would be determined in 2018 via a 16 WOH tournament although there are currently no details when the tournament would start or who will partake in it. … Read more
From Impact, to a WWE Tryout, back to Impact, and now… to the Women of Honor? After a mention of this on an Impact Wrestling Instagram Live interview by her husband Josh Matthews, it is officially confirmed that former Impact Wrestling Knockout, Madison Rayne, will be making her return to Ring of Honor, as well … Read more
So, this is it Women of Honor readers. One of the recent rivalries that will be entering it’ss first much anticipated confrontation. Two former friends and training partners, battling it out all due to petty jealousy. The undefeated Karen Q faces against the Virtuosa, Deonna Purrazzo at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Let’s see how these … 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 WOH fans, to another Diva-Dirt Write-Up, of the Women of Honor! This week’s match represents a historic point in the division as it is the FIRST EVER Women of Honor match to air live on iPPV! This is explained by the commentators for the night, Ian Riccaboni, and The Wrestling Podcast’s Host and Ring of … Read more
Hello Diva-Dirt Dirters, or whatever you call yourselves, ‘dirters’ sounds wrong on so many levels. The Women of Honor are back this week with another match from Global Wars in Buffalo. This time it was Jenny Rose taking on her Dojo Sister, Mandy Leon, who came back from a successful tour with STARDOM. We are joined … Read more
Welcome one and all, to another Women of Honor match up! This is the first Global Wars bout that look place in Buffalo. On this edition, we have Deonna Purrazzo facing off against WOH Veteran Sumie Sakai. It was mentioned that Sumie was replacing Stella Grey as she got injured somehow, shame as that would … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: With the rise of awareness for Ring of Honor’s Women of Honor division. As well as their partnerships with promotions such as STARDOM and CMLL. There are more names who are appearance for one-offs, or … Read more
East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) has announced they will host their fourth annual Super 8 Chickfight Tournament. The eight women who will enter into this year’s Super 8 Chickfight Tournament include: Allie Recks, Christina Marie, Deonna Purrazzo, Kaitlin Diemond, Karen Q, Samantha Heights, Santana Garrett, and Skylar Marie. Some of the names entered seem to … Read more
Time for your weekly dose of Women of Honor action! This week, we have the new undefeated streak of the WOH Division, Karen Q, squaring off against near day 1 Veteran, Sumie Sakai. It’s a battle of the Asian’s tonight, and I won’t further describe it like that, else I risk sounding like Jinder Mahal… … Read more
Time for the second edition of Diva-Dirt’s new Women of Honor Write-Ups! (I can’t believe this is actually happening still). On this week’s Women of Honor, we have a match between two of the top stars of the division. The former undefeated streak at over 500 days, ‘The Gatekeeper’ Kelly Klein, taking on ‘The Virtuosa’ … Read more
Today, SHIMMER gave wrestling fans the final two tapings of SHIMMER at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Chicago, IL. Here are the full results courtesy of @ProWresLand on Twitter. SHIMMER 94: RISE Showcase: Aja Perera defeated Laynie Luck RISE Showcase: Stefany Sinclair defeated Jewells Malone Jessicka Havok defeated Kikyo Cheerleader Melissa defeated Samantha Heights Cherry Bomb defeated Angel Dust, Kay Lee Ray, & Taeler Hendrix Madison Rayne defeated Veda Scott Sienna defeated Dynamite DiDi … Read more
Yesterday, SHIMMER taped its 92nd and 93rd volumes at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Chicago where the Heart of SHIMMER Championship changed hands. Here are the full results courtesy of @ProWresLand on Twitter. SHIMMER 92: RISE Match: Dynamite DiDi defeated Stefany Sinclair RISE Match: Kikyo defeated Aja Perera Thunderkitty defeated Charli Evans Allysin Kay defeated Samantha Height Ashley Lane defeated Taeler Hendrix Cheerleader Melissa defeated Savannah Evans Shotzi … Read more
Last night, RISE 3 kicked off SHIMMER Weekend with not only the return of former SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa, but also fans are treated to a Dog Collar Match for the Phoenix of RISE Championship. Here are the full results courtesy of @ProWresLand on Twitter. Deonna Purrazzo defeated Cheerleader Melissa Kikyo defeated Jewells Malone Hudson Envy defeated Savannah Evans Stacy Shadows defeated Valentina … Read more
It’s official, the Female Terminator will make her return to Berwyn. It’s been announced on social media that at RISE 3 – MEDIC this coming Friday night, 2-time SHIMMER Champion and star of El Rey Network’s hit series Lucha Underground Cheerleader Melissa will make her RISE debut to take on one of the faces of Women … 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. *In an Interview with Amarillo Becky Lynch thinks WWE is a year or two away from a women’s Royal Rumble match and she … Read more
Surprise Knockout fans as I welcome you to the first 2017 edition of Xplosion Write-Up. It certainly has been awhile since we’ve last had one of these recaps coming from Impact’s alternative show – in fact, this very match between Laurel Van Ness and guest star Deonna Purrazzo was taped back in January but nevertheless its … Read more
Hola Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-Up. After her sit-down interview last week, the returning Brooke Adams is ready to lace up her boots this week for her in-ring return! Of course, as seen during a mini-hype clip, Maria Kanellis isn’t looking forward to seeing old names make their way back to … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Twitter/@NatByNature” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s what we found from this week: It was … Read more
[media-credit name=”TNA” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] TNA continue to ring 2017 with surprises! Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that one of TNA’s founder, Jeff Jarrett, will be returning to TNA as an “Executive Consultant”. Jeff Jarrett, along with his wife Karen Jarrett and former TNA creative consultant Dutch Mantel (aka WWE’s Zen Colter) are all reportedly backstage for … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its sixth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2016, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Independent Wrestler of the Year: Deonna Purrazzo When it comes to dominance in women’s wrestling, especially … Read more
Former and multi WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James is expected to make her return to the WWE soon as part of the SmackDown roster. A new report by Wrestling Observer (via PWPNation) details current plans in place for Mickie’s return and who her first feud will be against. According to the report, the character “La … Read more