The August 30 episode of AEW Dynamite featured a trios bout pitting TBS Champion Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida, and Britt Baker against Nyla Rose, Marina Shafir, and Emi Sakura. Before the bell could ring, Sakura charged Shida and Baker in the corner with a crossbody. Shida started things off for her team, but then the … Read more
The biggest news coming out of the November 2 episode of AEW Dynamite is that Toni Storm will officially defend the interim AEW Women’s World Championship against Jamie Hayter at the Full Gear pay-per-view on November 19. Elsewhere on Dynamite, Saraya and Britt Baker were both slated to participate in a sit-down interview with Renee … Read more
There was a victorious ThunderStorm on the July 6 edition of AEW Dynamite. Despite their recent rivalry, the makeshift team of Thunder Rosa and Toni Storm, collectively known as ThunderStorm, made their way down the entrance ramp together in near-matching colors. Their opponents were also a newer team in Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose. Shafir … Read more
On the June 8 episode of AEW Dynamite, Thunder Rosa issued an open challenge for the AEW Women’s World Championship. It was answered by Marina Shafir and the two fought that night. Rosa retained before Toni Storm came out to save her from Shafir and lock in her bid to be next in line. The … Read more
Toni Storm eyes up the AEW Women’s World Champions on the June 8 episode of Dynamite after she came to the aide of the current champion Thunder Rosa. Rosa issued an open challenge earlier in the day. She said she preferred someone from the top five of the women’s rankings to step up but she … Read more
Jade Cargill is still the TBS Champion as she has extended her winning streak to 30-0. On this week’s Rampage, in the main event, Cargill defended her title and win streak against “The Problem” Marina Shafir. The two went toe-to-toe with Cargill utilizing her baddie section of Kiera Hogan and Red Velvet in the front … Read more
Ahead of her match against Jade Cargill for the TBS Championship, Marina Shafir will be taking on Skye Blue this week on AEW Dynamite. This will be Shafir’s TV debut as she has only competed on AEW Dark. Shafir was confirmed as Cargill’s next opponent for the TBS Championship a few weeks ago. “The Problem” … Read more
Game Changer Wrestling announced Masha Slammovich will participate in Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 7. Slammovich makes her debut for the infamous event in which fighters compete under shoot fight conditions. Fights are contested on a ropeless canvas and can only end via knockout or submission. Her opponent is Marina Shafir who is also making her debut … Read more
Killer Kelly and Marina Shafir will take part in one of wrestling’s most brutal events, Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 7. Portuguese badass Killer Kelly appeared at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 3 event taking part in the first-ever Bloodsport Women’s Tournament. Shafir wrestles her first-ever match outside of WWE and her MMA training is perfect for Bloodsport. Shafir signed for … Read more
WWE is making another round of cuts. Although the names are plenty, at this time one woman has been released and that is NXT Superstar Marina Shafir. The news was originally reported by PWInsider. She was one of the MMA Four Horsewomen and follows the release of another, Jessamyn Duke, who was let go earlier … Read more
The team of Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart defeated Marina Shafir and Zoey Stark in the first round of the women’s Dusty Classic Tag Team Tournament on 205 Live. In her WWE debut, Zoey Stark looked great. She used her strength and power to take the fight to Blackheart and Moon at the start of … Read more
Last week on 205 Live we saw a match between the debuting GiGi Dolin and Cora Jade as they took on Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell. This was a first-round match for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament and also featured the first women’s match ever on 205 Live. Unfortunately for Dolin & Jade, … Read more
Phew! NXT pulled off another stellar show that highlighted the women extremely well. Regardless of what the naysayers say, being a women’s wrestling fan in 2019 is glorious and NXT does the best job at reminding us why. WarGames and Survivor Series are just days away and the women are going to dominate. We were … Read more
Picture this: Bayley, Becky Lynch, and Shayna Baszler are in the ring to determine who reigns supreme in the WWE Women’s Division. You have the SmackDown Women’s Champion, the Raw Women’s Champion, and the NXT Women’s Champion. Each woman has merit in their careers in terms of accomplishments and reputation. But nothing overshadows the portrait … Read more
Tonight on NXT, a huge brawl broke out after The Kabuki Warriors were able to retain their tag team titles. Once the brawl was pulled apart by officials General Manager William Regal would announce that for the first time ever the women will be involved in a WarGames match. All Regal had to say was, … Read more
On this week’s NXT there was a match to determine the number one contenders for the Women’s Tag Team Titles. In a refreshing turn of events, the women’s tag team titles will be defended on the NXT brand next week. The match involved Dakota Kai & Tegan Nox facing two of the MMA Horsewomen – … Read more
NXT has now two big matches slated for tonight. First, as mentioned last week, Rhea Ripley will battle Bianca Belair for the first time on tonight’s show. It hasn’t been determined that the winner will go on to face Shayna Baszler for the NXT Women’s Championship but the winner will most likely be next in … Read more
History was made this week on NXT in the women’s division. Shayna Baszler defended her championship in the first-ever NXT women’s Steel Cage against Io Shirai. This was placed in the main event spot. This wouldn’t be the first time Shirai had a crack at the NXT Women’s Championship. She failed to become champion at … Read more
There are rumors the Undisputed Era could add a new member. On the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer suggested there’s talk backstage about pairing Marina Shafir with the faction soon. Meltzer contends if Shayna Baszler gets called up to the main roster, “The Supernova from Moldova” could join the group, allowing … Read more
Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir will make their in-ring debut for NXT TV in a tag match with Io Shirai and Dakota Kai next week. NXT General Manager William Regal made the match official after Kai and Shirai demanded a chance at the former MMA stars. Duke and Shafir signed with WWE earlier this year, … Read more
This week’s Raw was a clear fallout from Survivor Series, raising the question: will Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey stay champions for long? Fans witnessed Nia Jax continue to use her punch delivered to Becky Lynch as a catalyst for her rise as top villain of the Red Brand. There has been a line drawn in … Read more
The Queen of Spades, Shayna Baszler, is now the first-ever two-time NXT Women’s Champion. Tonight, on the Evolution PPV, Baszler defeated the Pirate Princess, Kairi Sane, to gain this accomplishment. FIRST-EVER TWO-TIME #WWENXT #WomensChampion. Congratulations, @QoSBaszler! #WWEEvolution #AndNew #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/tbTYKdDeiB — WWE (@WWE) October 29, 2018 Baszler and Sane had a competitive seesaw bout. Both … Read more
Hi friends! Welcome to this week’s NXT recap. Tonight, we saw Lacey Evans and Candice LeRae square off in a grudge match. This encounter was a result of an argument that occurred last week. As Candice was talking to her husband Johnny Gargano, Evans appeared. Lacey would call Candice’s abilities as a wife into question, … Read more
During this past weekend’s (August 25th) NXT Live house show event in Largo, Florida, Four Horsewomen of MMA member Jessamyn Duke made her official NXT debut. At the live house show, Duke teamed up with fellow Horsewomen of MMA members Shayna Baszler and Marina Shafir (who made her official NXT debut last month) to defeat … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. I want to apologize for the delay in getting this review out for you guys to read. I had a personal commitment on Wednesday when the show aired, and first got the opportunity to review what aired Thursday evening after work. I definitely do not want … Read more
After the 4HW vs 4HW angle was set during the Mae Young Classic 2017, in which the gauntlet was thrown down, nothing came of it. However, which the signing of Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke this year, it looks like WWE is revisiting the idea. Per Wrestling Observer, the plan is to have … Read more