Former Women of Honor champion Kelly Klein has launched a lawsuit against her former employers, Ring of Honor and Sinclair Broadcasting. The 28-page Employment Discrimination lawsuit obtained and posted by Heel by Nature alleges the promotion of Breach of Implied Contract, Unpaid Royalties, Violation of State and Federal Equal Pay Acts, and Abusive Discharge, Discrimination and Harassment, … Read more
Update: Kelly Klein is now clarifying in multiple tweets that she was not made to wrestle in Africa while concussed. You can follow the tweet below for the full thread. It is being said that current (and three-time) Women of Honor Champion Kelly Klein has been fired from ROH. This is coming directly from Klein’s … Read more
Three-time and current WOH Champion Kelly Klein issued a statement today in light of the many accusations made against Ring of Honor by former employee Joey Mercury. Mercury left ROH recently and took to Twitter to accuse General Manager, Greg Gilleland of not having the correct safety and injury protocols in place. Mercury would use … Read more
Kelly Klein recaptured the Women of Honor Championship to become the first ever three-time champion. The monumental victory went down at Ring of Honor’s Glory by Honor pay-per-view in the UNO Lakeside Arena in New Orleans. Similar to their match at last month’s Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor where Klein shockingly lost the championship … Read more
Angelina Love ended Kelly Klein’s second title reign at 174-days as Women of Honor Champion. Her title run ended in a shock victory at Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor on Friday night in Las Vegas. Love’s Allure teammate, Mandy Leon was on hand to interfere and make sure the Women of Honor title changed … Read more
Diva Dirt has an upcoming interview this Wednesday with Kelly Klein! Klein is the current Women of Honor Champion in her second reign. She defeated Mayu Iwatani to begin her second reign and turned face in the process. This took place at the G1 Supercard show in April. After the match, she was attacked by … Read more
Kelly Klein finally captured the Women of Honor World Championship at Ring of Honor’s Final Battle. The event took place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York and featured the Four Corner Survival match between Sumie Sakai, Madison Rayne, Karen Q and Kelly Klein. After suffering defeat at the hands of Sakai in the final … Read more
2018 was another standout year for women’s wrestling with many firsts in the WWE’s Evolution: NXT’s first 2-time women’s champion Shayna Bazler, NXT UK crowning its first ever women’s champion, WOH’s inaugural championship tournament and IMPACT resetting and refreshing its entire scene. The evolution has created a whole plethora of women to watch. 2019 looks to … Read more
Ring of Honor has their upcoming yearly event, Final Battle, that will take place in just a few weeks, on December 14th, at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The women’s match that has been announced for this card is a four-corner survival match for the Women of Honor Championship. Per ROH wrestling, the competitors … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on September 1. Below are the results from Day 4 and tallies for the tourney so far. Singles Match Natsu Sumire defeats AZM (9:51) Four Way Tag Team Match Jamie Hayter & Kimber Lee defeat Hanan & Shiki Shibusawa and JAN (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora) and JAN(Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) (8:17) Red STARS Rachael Ellering [4] defeats Konami [4] (7:39) Blue STARS Nicole Savoy [6] defeats Hazuki [4] (7:06) Blue … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on August 26 with two sets of shows, an afternoon and evening block. Below are the results from both shows on Day 3 and tallies for the tourney so far. Afternoon Show: Red STARS Konami [4] defeats Natsuko Tora [0] (7:34) Three On Two Handicap Match Oedo Tai (Hazuki & Kagetsu) defeat Hanan & JAN (Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix began this past weekend and will feature several notable female gaijin. Below are the results from August 18 and 19 and tallies for the tourney so far. August 18: Shinkiba 1st RING (Tokyo, Japan) Starlight Kid defeated Hanan, Leo Onozaki, Ruaka & Shiki Shibusawa (5:02) via pinfall on Onozaki Red STARS Block: Kimber … Read more
This Saturday, August 18, World Wonder Ring STARDOM kicks off its year-annual tournament, the 5*STAR Grand Prix. Several gaijin independent stars will join the tournament this year including: Kimber Lee Jaime Hayter Kelly Klien Rachael Ellering Nicole Savoy The 5?STAR GP 2018 begins this weekend! pic.twitter.com/lDKLWmbnMU — We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) August 14, 2018 The 5?STAR GP … Read more
STARDOM has revealed which gaijin talent will compete for the company’s upcoming 5 STAR Grand Prix Tournament, which is set to kick off on August 18th. Talent includes Rachael Ellering, Viper, Nicole Savoy, and more. Check out the names below: Rachael Ellering, the daughter of Paul Ellering and a graduate of Lance Storm’s Storm Wrestling Academy. This … Read more
In less than two weeks, Ring of Honor will be heading to Texas for back to back shows on Friday, June 15th and Saturday, June 16th. Ahead of those two events, a Women of Honor match has been announced for each night of action. Participating on these events are current staples of the WOH division … Read more
This past weekend, Ring of Honor held three shows over in the United Kingdom. Featured on all three shows were four prominent members of the current Women of Honor Division: Tenille Dashwood, Kelly Klein, Chardonnay and WOH Champion Sumie Sakai. The first night of the tour saw Chardonnay and Klein defeat Tenille and Sakai. This … Read more
Ring of Honor travels across the pond to the UK next week and with it several Women of Honor Superstars will join the tour. On May 16 ROH teased a new addition and debut to the WOH division: https://twitter.com/IanRiccaboni/status/996855953730437120 And today, May 18, we learned it’s none other than Chardonnay! https://twitter.com/ladyCDarcy/status/997370852021764096 She will join Kelly … Read more
Tonight at ROH Supercard history was made when the promotion crowned its first Women of Honor Champion. Sumie Sakai defeated Tenille Dashwood to advance to the final matchup, with Kelly Klein winning her bout with Mayu Iwatani respectively. The final match to crown a champion saw Sumie go after Kelly right before the bell even … Read more
The tournament to crown the first Women of Honor Champion concludes at Supercard of Honor this Saturday, April 7. ROH announced participants for two semi-final matches that will take place on the pre-show on Facebook Live at 7:30 pm ET. “The Gatekeeper” Kelly Klein will face Mayu Iwatani and Tenille Dashwood will take on Sumie … Read more
The second round of the Women of Honor championship tournament has gotten underway. Similar to the first round, ROH has released second round matches on their YouTube channel. Below are three of those matches. If you have missed any of the first round matches, you can check out our coverage here. WOH Championship Tournament Round … Read more
Diva Dirt Interviews Kelly Klein If you have been following Women of Honor you’ll know that Kelly Klein is the “Gatekeeper” of their fast-growing women’s division. Kelly Klein is a favorite to go far in the WOH Championship Tournament and for a while was undefeated in WOH matches. Kelly Klein was gracious enough to give … Read more
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
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
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
After missing a week of ROH action with no Women of Honor last week, we are back! This week we see ‘The Gatekeeper’ Kelly Klein, looking to continue her dominance against ROH Dojo graduate, Stella Gray. All the while we have Brandi Rhodes joining Ian Riccaboni on commentary, and the return of someone who has … Read more
Diva-Dirt’s Women of Honor Write-Up enters it’s third edition, hopefully everyone is enjoying these write-ups. On this edition, we see Kelly Klein facing off against one of the newest Women of Honor, Brandi Rhodes at Altanta’s historic Centre Stage. Kelly makes her way out first to the ring, and in a change of pace, has … Read more