The countdown to this year’s WrestleMania is in full swing. WrestleMania 41 takes place on the weekend of April 19 and 20. 52 matches in the history of WrestleMania include women. Diva Dirt will countdown two matches daily to rank all 52 leading up to this year’s event. We have reached numbers 48 & 47. … Read more
Hello readers, it’s Mykel, Diva-Dirt’s equivalent of Asia O’Hara on Fashion Photo Ruview! It’s WrestleMania weekend! We have been prior list ranking the Women’s Title matches at WrestleMania, so I thought ”Hey, why not tag matches too?” We will only look at the women’s parts here because we are all about the women here on … Read more
Sasha Banks recently returned to Monday Night Raw after weeks of being sidelined due to an undisclosed injury. In a teaser for her interview with Maria Menounos from her podcast, Coversations with Maria Menounos, Banks reveals the injury that kept off television. She also discusses the possibility of Women Tag Team Titles and her reaction … Read more
As it was previously reported, WWE Superstar Charlotte Flair underwent surgery to repair a ruptured implant. She has been out of action for the past month but during a recent interview on Conversations with Maria Menounos podcast, Flair discussed the nature of her injury: ”A couple months ago, I kept having this pain behind my … Read more
Tonight (Jan 28th) history was made as WWE held their first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match. The match featured a mix of Raw, SmackDown, NXT Superstars and former WWE Superstars competing for a Women’s Title shot of her choosing at WrestleMania 34. HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! @WWEAsuka is GOING to @WrestleMania as the first-ever winner of … Read more
On top of having a female voice on commentary for the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble, the WWE have also announced that celebrity guest Maria Menounos will serve as special ring announcer for the event: “The ‘Extra’ host (and WrestleMania veteran) filled in for Kelly Ripa on ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ earlier today and let … Read more
[media-credit name=”Pro Wrestling Tees” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Beth Phoenix launches her new line of Pro Wrestling Tees. (Pro Wrestling Tees) * GLOW and … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Nikki Bella and Brie Bella were interviewed by E!‘s Maria Menounos at NBCUniversal’s 2016 Upfronts in New York City. During the interview Nikki and Brie discussed Nikki’s wrestling future, what to expect on Total Bellas and more. On Nikki’s return to the ring: “My bone looks like it’s fusing, which is … Read more
Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * Goliath has published a fun article casting … Read more
In a new interview promoting the new WWE Studios movie Santa’s Little Helper, Paige turned her ire away from her fellow Divas and towards her co-star The Miz and E! News’s Maria Menounos. Paige stayed in character for the interview, mocking Miz’s charm and calling out Maria for “trying to be a Diva” when she … Read more
WrestleMania 28 April 1st, 2012 At the twenty-eighth WrestleMania, for the second year in a row, another celebrity cameo resulted in a Divas tag match. This time, TV host Maria Menounos joined Kelly Kelly to take on Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres, the result of a challenge made on the set of Extra. As is … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE.com has confirmed that WrestleMania 28 competitor Maria Menounos is once again returning to the WWE. This time, though it’s to host: she’ll helm coverage for the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony’s red carpet. The E! host has had her share of time hosting red carpets this past year, interviewing A-list … Read more
Welcome one and all to the official Diva Dirt WrestleMania 30 review! Bringing you the Diva goodness from last night’s festivities will be none other than yours truly, Bobby, and it was quite a controversial, yet humongous show from top to bottom. Diva wise, we had our Vickie Guerrero Invitational aka AJ Lee vs. The … Read more
Last night, Lita became the latest woman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Several women were there to witness the event, from former Divas Trish Stratus, Victoria and Maryse to Total Divas stars. WWE.com published photos from the red carpet special, as well as photos behind the scenes and on the stage … Read more
Over the weekend at SummerSlam Axxess, Maria Menounos wrestled her fourth match for the WWE, and she couldn’t resist highlighting the experience on yesterday’s episode of Extra. Maria, the show’s host, is shown preparing for her match and then celebrating with partner Natalya after their win over Brie Bella and Eva Marie, proclaiming that she … Read more
So, I hope you guys are ready to scream and be slayed because the biggest party of the summer had a lot of weave snatching and wigs flying. SummerSlam was AMAZING, and all of you say otherwise, take yourself somewhere else! Kidding, of course. I do run my country as a free country, and believe … Read more
As reported yesterday, WWE’s recurring celebrity guest Maria Menounos made a victorious return to the ring at SummerSlam Axxess when she and Natalya defeated fellow Total Divas stars Brie Bella and Eva Marie. We’re sure the Total Divas cameras were on hand to catch all the backstage drama from the match, but for now, here … Read more
In the first of today’s two Total Divas matches, Natalya and celebrity guest Maria Menounos picked up a victory this afternoon over Brie Bella and Eva Marie at SummerSlam Axxess in Los Angeles. The match follows recent trash-talking by the Bellas and Natalya on Twitter, which led to speculation the Divas would square off tonight … Read more
While on the media rounds promoting Total Divas, the show’s stars were asked about Darren Young making history as the WWE’s first openly gay Superstar. Brie and Nikki Bella, when done jawing with Extra host Maria Menounos about their SummerSlam Axxess match, were asked about Darren Young coming out. Brie said she is “so proud” … Read more
Earlier today, we reported that a Divas match has been booked for this weekend’s SummerSlam Axxess event. In the match, Natalya and Extra host Maria Menounos would take on Brie Bella and a partner of her choosing. After a day in which Brie saw herself bombarded with messages from Diva volunteers, it appears that she … Read more
As we reported last week, Natalya has challenged the Bella Twins via Twitter to a match featuring Extra host Maria Menounos. The pair would take on Brie and a partner of her choosing when they are in Los Angeles for SummerSlam this weekend. While that match won’t take place at SummerSlam itself, it will take … Read more
In case you haven’t noticed – and how could you not? – Natalya has been waging a war of words with Brie and Nikki Bella over Twitter this past week. Now it looks like Natalya’s SummerSlam guest Maria Menounos is getting pulled into the fray. After some more back and forth arguing, a Divas tag … Read more
Could former WrestleMania competitor and honorary celebrity Diva Maria Menounos be returning to WWE for an angle with the Total Divas cast? It looks like it! Third-generation star Natalya appeared to extend an official invitation to the Extra hostess to attend SummerSlam in Los Angeles next week as her special guest, and Maria was only … Read more
Maria Menounos has been the subject of several WWE-related rumors in recent weeks, but it looks like at least one of them was true. The “Extra” host will be inducting Bob Backlund into the WWE Hall of Fame during the April 6th ceremony, according to an official press release from the WWE. Menounos–who has also … 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: Rumor has it that Maria Menounos will once again compete at WrestleMania. We want to know: if you could put any other celeb in her place, … Read more
Last month, rumors surfaced that “Extra” host Maria Menounos would be inducting Bob Backlund into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2013 ceremony. According to more recent reports, though, a different Maria could be doing the honors: Maria Kanellis. Will former WWE Diva be inducting the WWE legend? Not quite, according to … Read more