Welcome to this week’s NXT review. Last week we saw a dejected Billie Kay and Peyton Royce call out the rest of the locker room for not celebrating Billie’s birthday. An underwhelming birthday celebration has The #IconicDuo feeling DISRESPECTED… but it appears @AndradeCienWWE has woes of his own! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/MYK339u4B7 — WWE (@WWE) July 6, … Read more
Indy wrestlers Deonna Purrazzo and Jayme Jameson were among a host of talent taking part in tryouts last week at the WWE Performance Center, according to Squared Circle Sirens. Deonna, the 2015 Super 8 ChickFight tournament winner, has already competed in several matches on NXT television. Jayme currently holds SHINE Tag Team Championships with TNA … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHINEWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night, SHINE Wrestling presented SHINE 30 on iPPV, co-headlined by a SHINE Championship match between champ Santana Garrett and Evie and an “Anything Goes” match between Allysin Kay and Saraya Knight Full results below, courtesy of PWInsider: Sparkle Showcase: Aria Blake def. Aspen Rose when she rolls through a … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHINEWrestling.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight, SHINE Wrestling presented SHINE 29, headlined by a SHINE Championship match between champ Santana Garrett and Allysin Kay. The night would prove to be disastrous for Allysin, as she would lose both her title shot and control of her stable. Against her wishes, April Hunter and Taylor Made would … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ShineWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 27, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event pits new SHINE Champion Santana Garrett against the woman she won the belt from at SHINE 26: Mia Yim. The SHINE Tag Titles will also be on the line, as new champs Cherry Bomb and … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ShineWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] This Friday will see SHINE Wrestling return to iPPV for SHINE 27, headlined by a SHINE Championship rematch. The main event pits new SHINE Champion Santana Garrett against the woman she won the belt from at SHINE 26: Mia Yim. The SHINE Tag Titles will also be on the line, … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 26, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim going head-to-head with NWA World Women’s Champion Santana Garrett in a huge Title vs. Title match. In another big Title vs. Title match, SHINE Tag Team Champions a href=”http://www.diva-dirt.com/tag/cherry-bomb”>Cherry Bomb and Kimber Lee take on … Read more
Next Friday will see SHINE Wrestling return to iPPV for SHINE 26, headlined by a massive Title vs. Title match. The main event pits SHINE Champion Mia Yim against NWA Women’s Champion Santana Garrett. Also booked for the show is a brutal No DQ tag match in which Havok and Leva Bates will team up … Read more
SHINE marked a big milestone on Friday night, with three enormous title matches to mark its 25th show. It’s been pretty cool to have seen the progress it’s made since I started doing these reviews at SHINE 5 back in 2012 – we’ve seen two championships be introduced, two epic, almost year-long feuds reach their … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 25, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim and Nevaeh going on-on-one with the title on the line in a Two Out of Three Falls match. Also on the card, number one contenders The Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee and Cherry Bomb) will take … Read more
In this modern world of empty excess, round-the-clock news and constant global instability, it’s difficult to find anything truly surprising or shocking nowadays. Indeed, I think the last three or four moments of genuine speechlessness I’ve experienced in my life have all been sport-related (including good ol’ fake sport), and even then they were spread … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 24, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim put her title on the line against the recently-returned Santana Garrett, while plum ties on the undercard include SHINE Tag Team Champions Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) teaming up with their accomplice Thunderkitty to … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns this Friday to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for SHINE 24, with a sensational championship match heading the bill. With former champion Ivelisse suspended by SHINE’s VP of talent relations Lexie Fyfe following her actions at last month’s show, and rightful number one contender Nevaeh not medically cleared to compete, a … Read more
SHINE returned to proceedings after WWN’s successful China tour with a new champion and whole lot of scores to be settled as 2014 draws to a close. Following a showing of her title victory in China, new SHINE Champion Mia Yim kicked off the show by making it clear that she plans to hold the … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 23, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees the brand new SHINE Champion Mia Yim defend her title for the first time against Nevaeh, while topping off a stacked undercard, the SHINE Tag Team Championships will also be defended, as current titleholders Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi … Read more
SHINE returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow night for SHINE 23, with a new champion ready to lead the promotion into the new year. On WWNLive’s tour of China last month, Mia Yim defeated Ivelisse to become the new SHINE Champion. However, her first title defense will be an immediate challenge as … Read more
SHINE 22 had a different flavour to usual on Friday night as a host of international stars from all four (okay, two) corners of the globe swooped down upon Ybor City to shake things up, while a new stable emerged ready to take on all comers, under the command of its confident, verbose leader. Former … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 22, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event is an international dream matchup for the SHINE Championship, as current champion Ivelisse takes on Australia’s Madison Eagles. Also, Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) put their SHINE Tag Team Championships on the line against Daffney‘s Buddy System (Heidi Lovelace … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow night for SHINE 22, which will air live on iPPV. With SHIMMER on the horizon, a host of international stars are in the States, making for some dream ties. The main event is a mouthwatering matchup that sees SHINE Champion Ivelisse put her title … Read more
“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy lies in the enemy itself”. Over two thousand years after Sun Tzu first etched those words into the manuscript of his timeless treatise The Art of War we still see his theory in action to this day, not … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 21, airing live on iPPV. Topping the card is the climax to Jessicka Havok‘s titanic, almost year-long feud, with the pair facing off once and for all in a Dog Collar and Chain Match, with Kay’s Valkyrie accomplices barred from ringside. Also, Amazing Kong, Leah Von Dutch or
SHINE returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City this Friday for SHINE 21, where arguably the most bitter and violent feud in the promotion’s history will reach its scintillating denouement. It’s been almost a year since the seeds of Jessicka Havok and Allysin Kay‘s epic rivalry were first planted all the way back at SHINE … 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: Mickie James recently admitted that she thinks TNA needs more Knockouts, so who do you think they should hire? We’ve read your responses on our social … Read more
The Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once famously said “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet”. However, in the short-fused, attention-bereft world of professional wrestling, that’s a mantra that we often find ourselves questioning. So how refreshing it was at SHINE 8 to see the patience of so many people (including ourselves) pay off in … Read more
In addition to the recently announced main event of Sara Del Rey vs. Jazz, five more matches have been added to the card for SHINE Wrestling debut show that will take place on July 20 in Ybor City, Florida. The matches are as follows: * Nikki Roxx vs. Rain * Veda Scott vs. Kimberly * … 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: The “Regeneration X” duo of Allison Danger and Leva Bates have been added to next month’s SHIMMER tapings. So far, they’re the third tag team to be added to the list of talent … Read more