Hello everyone, and let me be the first to welcome you to this weeks Impact Write-Up. There will be cookies to your left and water to your right, so please enjoy the stay! This week, the Knockouts action was a bit smaller than they usually get, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t compare to their … Read more
This TNT may just explode — BFFs and tag partners, Tara and Brooke Tessmacher, will face off for the Knockouts Title this Sunday at the No Surrender pay per view, it has been revealed. TNA confirmed the bout for Sunday’s card in a press conference call earlier today. The match comes after Tara defeated Brooke … Read more
It’s another Friday, which means another thrilling edition of the Impact Write-Up comes your way. This week brought forth our monthly Open Fight Night, where anyone can call out anyone, and Gut Check challenges galore take place. This week, Brooke Tessmacher, our reigning and defending Knockouts Champion, calls out her mentor, Tara, in what is … Read more
At its root, wrestling has always been about good vs evil, bad guys vs good guys — or in our case, bad girls vs good girls. In a brand new feature at Diva Dirt, we want you to help us pick wrestling’s best mean girl. Now, there is a clear distinction between a mean girl … Read more
Veteran TNA Knockout, Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, will be competing in Montreal next month for Top of the World (TOW) Wrestling. Tara will face another veteran, this time of the independent variety, in Montreal’s own LuFisto. LuFisto, who is best known for her work in SHIMMER and NCW Femmes Fatales, made the announcement … Read more
TNA Knockout Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, has claimed that she was banned from appearing at this weekend’s Chicago Wizard World convention due to WWE. In a video blog on her YouTube channel, Varon says that WWE had TNA talent blocked from appearing at the event as a stipulation for their own talent to … 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: The WWE may be considering a new Diva-related DVD, so we want to know: if you could choose the next Diva DVD, what would it be … Read more
Why hello world, and welcome to this week’s momentous Impact Write Up. Last time we left you, it was announced that this weeks show would feature a fatal four way match to determine the next contender for Brooke Tessmacher‘s Knockouts Championship. The competitors you ask? A vengeful former champion looking to reclaim her spot atop … Read more
Welcome to another edition of your Impact Write-Up. This week’s might suffer a little in enthusiasm because I’ve overslept and am entering Cranky Vince level territory of rage right now, but I’ll try my best to be the perky person some of you love and some of you hate so much. All right, this week … Read more
Tonight, WWE celebrates its 1,000th episode of Raw. Since 1993, that Monday night factory has been chugging and spurning out match after match, segment after segment, and all the rest in between. Of course, with the good (and there’s been plenty of that) there’s the not so good (there’s been a whole lot of that, … 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 Raw 1000 coming up next week, we want to know: what do you think is the Divas’ best Raw moment? We’ve read your responses on … Read more
Following a rare Knockout-less week of Impact Wrestling last night, the women of TNA will be back in action next week. Former champions will square off as Mickie James and Tara face Gail Kim and Madison Rayne in a tag team match. Left out of the equation is Tara’s regular partner, and reigning Knockouts Champ, … Read more
Ring of Honor First Lady Maria Kanellis has revealed that she turned down an opportunity to work for TNA. The former WWE Diva, who can be seen with real-life boyfriend Mike Bennett on ROH television, tells WrestlingInc.com: “They have approached me, but I love my spot at Ring of Honor. I can’t imagine leaving.” Kanellis … Read more
Ahead of this weekend’s Destination X pay per view, we take a look back at previous editions of the pay per view. 2010 | Both Daffney and Tara have had their fill of playing crazy characters, but what happens when you have them collide against each other? At Destination X in 2010, Tara put her … Read more
Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of your Impact Write-Up. It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and the Knockouts are feeling good as they square off in a little tag team action. The previously scheduled title match between Miss Tessmacher and Gail Kim has now been pushed back a week due to … 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: In celebration of Independence Day, we want to know: who do you think is the greatest American women’s wrestler in history? We’ve read your responses on … Read more
The previously announced Knockouts Championship match that was due to air tonight has been postponed. Gail Kim was due to get her title rematch against Brooke Tessmacher on Impact Wrestling tonight, but TNA now reports that the match will take place next week. The storyline reason for the switch according to TNA is: “Gail Kim … Read more
There’s nothing quite like a crazy female in wrestling to stir things up. Mickie James rose to fame in 2005 due to her overenthusiastic affection for Trish Stratus, while Victoria had the opposite problem — she was overenthusiastic about hurting Trish! Then there’s the likes of innovators such as Luna and the eccentric Sensational Sherri … Read more
Hello there everybody. It’s Friday, and that means last night was another LIVE edition of Impact Wrestling! The Knockouts had one of their more featured nights in some time, with two matches, with one being for the Knockouts Title, and quite a few segments as well! Not only that, but we also witnessed the first … Read more
Tonight’s Impact Wrestling featured the first female competitor to compete in a Gut Check challenge match as OVW’s Taeler Hendrix faced off against veteran Tara. Though Taeler showed glimpses of spark, ultimately the four-time Knockouts Champion managed to put her away with a mighty Widow’s Peak. Taeler will find out whether she impressed enough to … Read more
It could be argued that some of WWE’s top Divas in history have come from the fitness industry — Trish Stratus, Torrie Wilson and Victoria (now known as Tara in TNA), to name but a few — and now two of those former Divas are being honored for their pre-WWE careers in fitness. Tri-Fitness has … Read more
Former WWE Women’s Champion Madusa, who competed as Alundra Blayze in the 1990s, noted that she was in attendance at last night’s No Way Out pay per view in New Jersey. Madusa, who is now a monster truck driver, was in the area as she was part of the Monster Jam truck show at the … Read more
TNA faced a challenging situation last night, having to present a live episode of Impact Wrestling and honor a live event commitment on Belton, Texas. With the big stars, including TNA Champion Bobby Roode, in Orlando for the taping, the Knockouts ended up playing a significant role in the live event. According to a fan … Read more
Why hello, kind reader, and welcome to what I am calling my favorite Impact Write-Up to occur in a long, long time. I think even calling last night a great night for the Knockouts would be an understatement because they did such an outstanding job that they deserve their own word… thus I am dubbing … 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: Gail Kim has made history in holding the Knockouts Title for over 200 days. We want to know: do you think long title reigns strengthen or … Read more
TNA Knockout Tara, aka Lisa Marie Varon, tweeted earlier today that she’ll be featured in the latest issue of Penthouse magazine, a men’s magazine that is similar to Playboy. The four-time Knockouts Champion and two-time WWE Women’s Champion wrote: “Be sure to pick the newest edition of Penthouse to see your favorite knockout, Tara. Hubba … Read more