Hola Diva Dirt readers and welcome to our first recap for this year’s Mae Young Classic II tournament! Josue here and I’ll be kicking things off with Episode 1. With the WWE changing the format on how the tournament will be presented this year, on a weekly episode basis versus in bulk to binge watch, … Read more
Mae Young Classic II competitor and Joshi legend Meiko Satomura made history this past week. On August 28, she defeated 41-year-old Danshoku Dino of DDT Pro to become the first woman in history to hold the promotion’s top singles title, the KO-D Openweight Championship. According to ProWrestling.com, it was later announced that she would headline … Read more
Tonight on Facebook Live and YouTube, the WWE presented their opening ceremony Mae Young Classic 2018 Parade of Champions, formally introducing the competitors representing different countries that will take part in this year’s tournament: Kaitlyn Io Shirai Tegan Nox Kacy Catanzaro Toni Storm Jinny Ashley Rayne Kavita Devi Meiko Satomura Rhea Ripley Deonna Purrazzo Reina … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. Ahead of Mae Young Classic II tapings next week, we’re asking this: What are your predictions for this year’s tournament? @cocainegel: I’m predicting Kaitlyn vs. Io Shirai for the finals. WWE will want to push Kaitlyn considering she’s a former champion. … Read more
As the Mae Young Classic II takes shape WWE has announced another legend will enter the field. A joshi power house, Meiko Satomura will participate in this year’s competition. This is what WWE had to say about her: Meiko Satomura, a 23-year veteran who is considered the final boss in Japan — the one opponent … Read more
As we inch closer to the second Mae Young Classic tournament, more names of participants continue to make their way around the rumor mill. ????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????#??#ProWrestling pic.twitter.com/u1qAka2FUf — ???????????????-SENDAI GIRLS PROWRESTLING- (@senjo2006) June 14, 2018 According to Tokyo Sports, international Joshi star, and owner of Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling, Meiko Satomura will partake in WWE’s … Read more
This weekend, Pro Wrestling EVE presented Europe’s biggest women’s wrestling event with Wrestle Queendom. The evening has been held at the famous York Hall and has had more than 1,000 attendees. Below are results, courtesy of Wrestling Culture: Squad Goals (Laura Di Matteo, Emi Sakura, Addy Starr & Rhia O’Reilly) defeat The Deserving (Jayla Dark, … Read more
This weekend (May 5th), Pro Wrestling EVE will present Europe’s biggest all women’s wrestling show with their event Wrestle Queendom. Below is the card scheduled: EVE CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT: “The Main Event Empress” Sammii Jayne vs The ACE of EVE, “Fearless” Charlie Morgan CO-MAIN EVENT: Japanese legend AJA KONG vs “The Vixen of Violence” VIPER! INTERNATIONAL … Read more
[media-credit name=”Pro-Wrestling:EVE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Pro Wrestling: EVE has concluded the evening portion of their “A Day & Night at The Resistance” show. Results from the afternoon portion of the show can be found here. Full results below, courtesy of Diva Dirt’s Jack, who was on hand at the London show. Dahlia Black defeated Martina after … Read more
[media-credit name=”Pro-Wrestling:EVE” align=”alignnone” width=”615″][/media-credit] The latest offering from Pro-Wrestling: Eve is a double shot of professional wrestling today in London, England. Our own Jack attended the show gives us the lowdown of the afternoon’s events: Martina defeated Jetta in her debut EVE match with a Codebreaker in a HILARIOUS match. Martina’s gimmick is … Read more
[media-credit name=”Pro-Wrestling:EVE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Pro-Wrestling: EVE, famous for its spectacular women’s wrestling, recently announced four matches for its show in February 2017! The two part event titled ‘A Day & A Night at The Resistance’ will host two exciting set of matches. One card will take place in the afternoon and the other will follow in the … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Bayley … Read more
[media-credit name=”CHIKARA Pro Wrestling” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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. * Team Sendai Girls (Cassandra Miyagi, Dash Chisako and Meiko … Read more
[media-credit name=”CHIKARA” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] CHIKARA’s King of Trios Tournament in September is set to be a mammoth event, with a blockbuster team announced earlier today increasing anticipation to a whole new level. Former WWE Women’s Champions Jazz, Mickie James and Victoria will make up “Team Original Divas Revolution”, one of 16 trios that will compete … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of Joshi Wrestling Weekly! Today we are going to discuss the latest events in Japan, including a big Stardom show, a new ICExInfinity Championship, and Maki Narumiya‘s upcoming retirement! Joshi Wrestling News Photo: battle-news.com After having her last match in Ice Ribbon, Maki Narumiya announced plans for … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: yahoo.co.jp” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of the Joshi Wrestling Weekly! I know it has been awhile, but we are now looking to bring back this column as a regular feature on Diva Dirt again. Lots of results and news from Japan to discuss, as well as a closer look at young wrestler Kaho … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: sendaigirls.jp” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Lots going on in the world of Japan, including a veteran wrestler announcing her retirement! Joshi News Photo: sendaigirls.jp In exciting news for her but sad news for her fans around the world, Sendai Sachiko announced this week that she … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Apologies for missing last week, life got a bit too hectic for a minute there but things have returned to normal. We have a little catching up to do so let’s get to it! Joshi News It has been a slow few weeks for true “news” … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! This is going to be a more “informative” column than usual, as this past week was a little slow in regards to results. But there is still plenty to talk about and we’ll take a closer look at the biggest Joshi promotion – Stardom! Joshi News Photo: … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-News.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! There were several big events last week which I will cover, and we’ll also take a deeper look at one of my favorite wrestlers, Kairi Hojo! Joshi News Photo: Battle-News.com In Japan more so than in the United States, wrestling promotions … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-News.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Hello! My name is Kevin Wilson, and I have been a fan of Japanese wrestling for over a decade. During that time I have slowly started watching more and more women’s wrestling in Japan (better known as Joshi) and that is now my primary interest. I hope through this column I … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS ECCW (June 8th, 2013): Nicole Matthews (c) vs. KC Spinelli went to a no contest when El Phantasmo attacked both women. NPW (June 8th, 2013): Shazza McKenzie def. Madison Eagles NWA-AWA … 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: New names are set to debut for SHINE Wrestling at their fourth event on October 19 at The Orpheum: SHIMMER stars Davina Rose, Kellie Skater, Shazza McKenzie and Rhia O’Reilly, as well as … Read more
CHIKARA rounded out their King of Trios weekend with a third and final night in Easton, PA on September 16. Seven joshi talent were brought in from Japan for the tournament, with Team JWP, Team Sendai Girls and the team of Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw and Manami Toyota all advancing to the second round. However, on … Read more
CHIKARA continued its prestigious King of Trios weekend last night in Easton, Pennsylvania. As reported yesterday, all seven joshi talent that were brought in from Japan by CHIKARA advanced to Night 2 after victories on Night 1. Unfortunately, four of those seven talents were knocked out of the tournament last night, including the iconic Manami … Read more
CHIKARA held their first night of the annual three night tournament titled Kings of Trios last night, and it looks to be good news for the Joshi athletes that entered, as all seven advanced to the second round. Check out the results below courtesy of user, MIKAS: Team Sendai Girls (Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and … Read more