Greetings everyone, and allow me to first apologize for the lateness of this weeks Impact Write-Up. I could go on with the reasons as to why it got delayed citing the lack of videos and time I had to sit down for more than ten minutes at a time over the past few days, but … Read more
On tonight’s Impact, TNA brought aboard its newest Knockout. Last week, Ivelisse Velez and Lei’D Tapa competed in the ring as part of TNA’s Gut Check challenge. Ivelisse came out with a win, but would that translate into a contract offer? Just the opposite, as it turned out. Early in tonight’s show, Lei’D and Ivelisse … Read more
What’s up Knockout fans and welcome to this week’s Impact Write-up. TNA are back in the Impact Zone following a very entertaining month in the UK, culminating in a second Knockouts Championship win for Velvet Sky. Speaking of the champ, she will be defending her title against the former champion Tara, and she’ll have Jessie … Read more
PWInsider has spoken to former NXT Diva and soon-to-be TNA Gut Check contestant Ivelisse Velez in a video interview posted to their website. The interview, which was conducted before Ivelisse revealed her TNA news, features topics such as Ivelisse’s time on Tough Enough, her NXT experience and the emotional topic of her pursuing a wrestling … Read more
As reported over the weekend, former WWE developmental Diva Ivelisse Velez is set to take part in TNA’s Gut Check Challenge. Today her opponent has been revealed: independent wrestler Lei’d Tapa. The match will take place on this Thursday’s Impact Wrestling.
It seems that the Knockouts division may be gaining a new wrestler. Former WWE Diva and Tough Enough competitor, Ivelisse Velez, has teased that she will appear on Impact Wrestling next week. Velez sent out a tweet stating: “The Huntress will be making an IMPACT this Thursday! #KnowWhatIMean #TuneIn #OnTheRise”. It’s not known at this … Read more
Family Wrestling Entertainment returned to Internet pay per view last night with three women’s matches, including Maria Kanellis successfully defending her Women’s Championship against Angelina Love. Also in action were Reby Sky, Ivelisse Velez, Gail Kim and Winter. Former Divas Champion Maryse appeared on commentary. Results from the show have come to you thanks to … Read more
The lineup for this month’s SHINE 7 iPPV has been announced, with new stable Valkyrie dominating the card. In the main event, Amazing Kong will get the chance to wreak some revenge on Rain, whose interference along with the rest of Valkyrie during Kong’s match against Mercedes Martinez at SHINE 6 cost Kong an important … Read more
New York-based Family Wrestling Entertainment has announced three big women’s matches for its next Internet pay per view, No Limits, on February 16. In a night filled with former Divas and Knockouts, FWE Women’s Champion Maria Kanellis will defend against the former Angelina Love, Angel Williams. Former WWE developmental star and Tough Enough contestant Ivelisse … Read more
Former WWE developmental talent, Ivelisse Velez, formerly Sofia Cortez, will make her MMA debut next year. Details below: DECEMBER 28TH,2012-Chicago, IL Fight Card Entertainment looks to shock the MMA world & the wrestling industry with the signing of former WWE star Ivelisse “The Huntress” Velez to make her MMA debut at FIGHTCARD48:RUTHLESS. The Puerto Rican … Read more
It’s just one week until SHINE Wrestling hosts their fifth monthly iPPV from The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida and a huge tag team main event match has been announced. After being screwed out of the SHIMMER Title at SHINE 4 by Mercedes Martinez and Rain, Jazz demanded that SHINE officials not suspend her rivals … Read more
Former WWE developmental talent, Ivelisse Velez — aka Sofia Cortez — worked a tryout match for TNA this past Thursday in Orlando, Florida. Velez faced veteran Knockout, Tara, in the match. RELATED: Exclusive: Ivelisse Velez (Sofia Cortez) Talks WWE Release, Attitude Rumors, Plans for the Future & More The former Tough Enough contestant was released … Read more
Fans were shocked last month when Ivelisse Velez, aka Sofia Cortez, announced that she had been released by WWE. The WWE developmental talent, who had been considered one of the standout stars in FCW and its successor, NXT, after being signed by the company following her stint on the USA Network revival of Tough Enough … Read more
Hello there everyone, and welcome to another edition of the NXT Watch. Last week, Raquel Diaz graced us all with her presence in the form of a video segment backstage, but what will she have up her sleeve this time around? Plus, Divas return to the ring as Tamina Snuka faces off against the now … Read more
Former WWE developmental talent, Sofia Cortez — real name Ivelisse Velez — has responded to Internet rumors regarding her release. Reports of ‘attitude problems’ began swirling after Velez revealed Saturday that she had been released from her developmental deal. RELATED: Sofia Cortez Released Responding via Twitter, Ivelisse wrote: It amazes me & breaks my [heart] … Read more
Former WWE Tough Enough contestant Sofia Cortez, real name Ivelisse Velez, has revealed that she has been released by WWE. Writing on Twitter, she said: “I, as well, have been released by WWE. Sorry my #Soljas….” Velez, an experienced independent wrestler before joining WWE, rose to fame last year on the USA Network revival of … Read more
We’re back again this week from the newly revamped NXT. Nothing new developing in the “Exfoliating Ugliness Tour”, so we will just assume that Raquel Diaz is sitting in a dark room with photos of each Diva carefully choosing her next victim. This week, we get to see an interesting match that has never happened … Read more
Sigh. Welcome everyone to the first NXT Watch in this “new” season six of the show. Since we last left you, nothing good has come from the formerly yellow, currently black ropes. First, the new format isn’t really my cup of tea despite the fact that I like and/or love the entire cast involved with … Read more
The all new WWE NXT featuring FCW stars debuted in international markets this week and features several of the FCW Divas in the intro package. Divas featured include Caylee Turner, the official ring announcer for NXT, Sofia Cortez, Paige, Raquel Diaz and Summer Rae. The Divas are set to make their in-ring debut on NXT … 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
NXT will enter a new era next week as WWE begins airing episodes from its recent tapings at Full Sail University featuring the stars of FCW. As previously reported, NXT will now become the television show for FCW, while the current FCW series will end in the next few weeks. The FCW Divas — including … Read more
ola everybody, and welcome to another double dose of FCW action. If you’re curious as to why last week’s episode, while on time, was not covered as of yet… well it’s because it only featured a mere minute long segment involving some of the Divas. Since we knew there would be a match the following … Read more
Greetings everybody, and welcome to one of those rare non-TV recap posts I pop up with every now and again. If you somehow didn’t see the topic title or the big photo right above this, allow me to inform you of the purpose of this post. Friday night I attended my first FCW show since … Read more
Helllooooo there, and welcome to an ever so rare FCW Watch! For once, I’m not to blame for the lateness of this article, as the episodes from both this week and the week before just hit YouTube recently. Both weeks feature the claim to fame of fan favorite (yet anti-Diva) Paige! First, she and a … Read more
Greetings everybody, and welcome to another beautiful edition of the FCW Watch. If you’ve kept up with past recaps, you know that I have a great disdain for triple threat matches involving the ladies, but this one could very well break the mold and reignite the burning passion I once had for the match type. … 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: Who do you think should be Layla‘s first big challenger as the Divas Champ? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some … Read more