Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS The Crash (June 14th, 2013): Jennifer Blake and Zarco def. Faby Apache and Jonathan. Toryumon Mexico “DragonMania VIII” (June 15th, 2013): Bastet, La Comandante and Mima Shimoda def. Baby Star, Dallys … Read more
Alpha Female etched her name in Joshi history earlier today by becoming the first European to hold a major women’s championship in Japan, when she ended Nanae Takahashi‘s 602-day reign as World of Stardom Champion. After the match, Alpha, who remains undefeated in the promotion, humiliated Takahashi by draping the German flag over her body. … Read more
Earlier this week at Thailand-based promotion Gatoh Move’s latest event, the Pro-Wrestling:EVE title was defended on Japanese shores for the first time in its almost 3-year history. Current champion and Gatoh Move founder Emi Sakura wrestled Hiroyo Matsumoto to a 20-minute time limit draw to retain her championship. In another first, rising Scottish star Kay … Read more
UK’s Pro:Wrestling EVE have posted a picture of Kay Lee Ray arriving in Japan. Their high-flying breakout star is set to make her Japanese debut on December 20 for Emi Sakura’s Gatoh Move promotion, in a match where she’ll team up with teenage sensation Riho against Hailey Hatred and Kaori Yoneyama. Ray has impressed many … Read more
Last Wednesday’s Ice Ribbon event saw two titles change hands in the same match, as Hailey Hatred and Hamuko Hoshi defeated International Ribbon and REINA Tag Team Champions Tsukasa Fujimoto and Hikaru Shida in a match where both titles were on the line. Fujimoto and Shida had only won the International Ribbon belts a few … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: 25-year old Irish wrestler Rebecca Knox returned to wrestling yesterday. For Fight Factory Pro Wrestling, she teamed up with Katey Harvey and B. Cool to take on Lucy Lasso, Danger Dawn and Captain … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: New names are set to debut for SHINE Wrestling at their fourth event on October 19 at The Orpheum: SHIMMER stars Davina Rose, Kellie Skater, Shazza McKenzie and Rhia O’Reilly, as well as … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RingStars announced this morning that Veda Scott will make her Japanese debut on October 7th at Joshi4Hope IV against Yuhi. Veda Scott, an interviewer for Ring of Honor and a regular in SHIMMER … Read more
Due to AIW’s newly introduced point system, Hailey Hatred‘s impressive 8-0 win streak would have meant she would be next in line for a shot at Allysin Kay‘s Women’s Championship. Alas, this is not to be – in a new Tumblr post, Hailey says she is choosing to defer her AIW Women’s title shot because … Read more
Tonight, AIW is holding their seventh “Girls Night Out” show. The show will be headlined by Allysin Kay defending her AIW Women’s Championship against Mia Yim in a Steel Cage match. This grudge match stems from an event at Girls Night Out 5 in January 2012, where Yim broke Kay’s nose in three places with … Read more
In 2011, she became one of the hottest American exports to Japan — Hailey Hatred at one point held six championships at one time. Though originally from the US, her move to Japan — where she made history as the first “gaijin” (foreigner) to win the prestigious JWP Openweight Championship — arguably helped propel her … Read more
Several new names have officially been added to the SHINE roster over at ShineWrestling.com. The additions featured are as follows: Marti Belle, Hailey Hatred, Saraya Knight, Amber O’Neal, Shenaynay, Kellie Skater and Nikki St. John. These names follow the previous new additions announced to debut for the company at their second event, taking place Friday, August 17th at … Read more
Tonight, NCW Femmes Fatales is holding their ninth show in Montreal, Quebec. The show will feature Kalamity defending her Femmes Fatales Championship against Sara Del Rey, LuFisto vs. Mercedes Martinez, and a plethora of debuting talent (including the Midwest Militia, KC Spinelli and Leah Von Dutch). Results from the show are coming to you thanks … Read more
WSU star Allysin Kay became the new AIW Women’s Champion yesterday in Cleveland, Ohio, defeating Mia Yim in a grudge match stemming from her broken nose during their previous bout in January. Full report below courtesy of David Muscarella: Pre-Show: Eric Ryan over Ethan Page. Main Show: (commentators Paul Rodgers and Aaron Bauer) Acting President … Read more
Results from Saturday’s Femmes Fatales show in Montreal courtesy of the promotion: Click the photos to see them in full size, and check out the full gallery at Slam!. Pre Show: Missy eliminates Anna Minoushka in a match that also included Mary Lee Rose and Milouu. 1. Sweet Cherrie was able to pull out the … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: Marcela regained the CMLL World Women’s Championship from Ayumi Kurihara on March 9 in Mexico City. The match was fought under two out of three falls rules, with Ayumi taking the duke in … 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: With the next SHIMMER tapings just around the corner, we want to know: who should Champion Cheerleader Melissa defend her title against at the shows? We’ve … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: Seems as though the wrestler announcements for the SHIMMER tapings to be held on March 17 and 18 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, IL are coming once-a-day now! Not that we’re … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: Former Divas Champion Brie Bella was spotted on the red carpet this weekend at the Head Rush/Unforgiven after party in Las Vegas. • • • • • Two title changes took place at … Read more
NCW Femmes Fatales has announced a pretty big match-up between two of the independent scene’s biggest names right now: SHIMMER Champion Cheerleader Melissa will face former JWP Openweight Champion, Hailey Hatred, in the latter’s Femmes Fatales debut on March 10th. The match is the third in a big triple header which also includes Kalamity vs … Read more
A la TIME’s Person of the Year list, Diva Dirt has compiled a countdown of the women we feel have best embodied the zeitgeist of the year in women’s wrestling. To compile this list, the Diva Dirt team have tracked the headlines here at Diva Dirt over the past 12 months, followed the lively fan … Read more
Absolute Intense Wrestling announced today that it has called off the previously advertised match between TNA Knockouts Champion Gail Kim and Hailey Hatred at its Hell on Earth show on November 25th. Hatred, currently a multiple champion in Japan, will not be appearing on the show after all. AIW released the following statement: When we … Read more
Absolute Intense Wrestling released a video promo from recently crowned Knockouts Champion Gail Kim talking about her upcoming match with Hailey Hatred. The pair will face off at AIW’s Hell on Earth show next Friday, November 25th. Watch below:
Independent wrestler Hailey Hatred, who migrated to Japan and has built up a great career there, is back in the US briefly and will be appearing for SHIMMER and Absolute Intense Wrestling this weekend. Hailey takes on Canadian wrestler Cherry Bomb. Details below: [notice]Absolute Intense Wrestling presents “They Live” 10/2/2011 (This Sunday) 6:30 Pm Bell … Read more
Absolute Intense Wrestling has released a new episode of AIW Intense TV on YouTube. The latest episode features two women’s matches: Cherry Bomb vs Veda Scott, as well as Sara Del Rey vs Hailey Hatred. Watch below:
Four new names — including the debuting Hailey Hatred — have been added to SHIMMER’s October 1st and 2nd tapings. Also debuting in OCTOBER IS JAPANESE WRESTLER Yumi Ohka. Details below: [notice]This week, SHIMMER – WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce the addition of HIROYO MATSUMOTO, NEVAEH, YUMI OHKA, and HAILEY HATRED to its next … Read more