Reports suggest that WWE confiscated signs for recently departed WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella at last night’s SmackDown taping in Roanoke, Virginia. The Bellas left WWE last week after their contracts expired. Thoughts: It sounds like this is just policy to not promote former stars. WWE publicized the twins’ departure more so than they … Read more
Former WWE Divas Brie and Nikki Bella issued a statement on their official website addressing their WWE departure today. They said that they were taking “time away” from wrestling. The twins, real names Brianna and Nicole Garcia, wrote: What a whirlwind few days. As you all know by now, TwinMagic has decided to take some … Read more
Hello all! This column has been transformed this week, breaking from the traditional one-subject tone to cover some “quick hits” on various things going on in women’s wrestling at the moment. As always, I’d leave to hear what you think, too, so leave a comment! —– Are we on the verge of a new generation … Read more
It’s another happy Monday people and it’s time for another live-blog edition of the Redux that won’t be posted until late tomorrow afternoon. Not my problem, clearly, because I’m not the publisher, but who really cares, right? I expect Raw to be semi-explosive tonight thanks to the awesome title change at last night’s Extreme Rules. … Read more
The now former Bella Twins, Nicole and Brianna Garcia, are once again being advertised for a May 19th autograph session in San Jose Valley, California. This was the very appearance that leaked prematurely a few weeks ago and lead to Diva Dirt’s discovery that the twins were leaving WWE. The advertising was quickly pulled (likely … Read more
WWE has released a video of Executive Administrator Eve Torres ‘firing’ the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, following their match on Raw tonight. In the clip, Eve says that she reviewed their contracts and noticed that they were coming to an end (which is true), and due to “the economy not being so hot and … Read more
The now former Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki — real names Brianna and Nicole Garcia — have commented on their WWE departure via Twitter. The ladies wrote: Bella’s have left the building… Happy ending at the Nutter center??? Well at least we finished it off! #ByeByeBellas Meanwhile, WWE.com has already launched a photo gallery looking … Read more
Former WWE Diva and current TNA star Tara, real name Lisa Marie Varon, weighed in on the Bella Twins’ WWE departure exclusively to Diva Dirt. Fans will recall that Lisa, who competed in WWE as Victoria, was the Bellas’ first ever opponent and feud on WWE television in 2008. In a quote to Diva Dirt, … Read more
WWE.com is reporting that the Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, have been “fired” from WWE. In reality, as reported a few weeks ago, the twins’ contracts expire today — April 30th — and they’ve opted not to renew. Stay tuned for more.
Last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw shocked us all when one half of The Bella Twins, Nikki Bella, pinned “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix to become the new WWE Divas Champion. Nikki had earned the title shot two weeks prior on an episode of SmackDown, when she defeated Phoenix thanks to interference from Kelly Kelly. … Read more
She’s backkk! The flawless Layla returned to the ring after nearly a year of inactivity due to injury and captured the Divas Title from Nikki Bella on her first night back. Layla, who was injured at this very pay per view last year during a physical match with former BFF Michelle McCool, has been recovering … Read more
WWE has announced to fans via text message that Beth Phoenix is off the Extreme Rules pay per view due to not being medically cleared from her ankle injury last Monday. Nikki Bella will face a “mystery Diva” for her title.
Newly crowned Divas Champion Nikki Bella puts her title on the line against Beth Phoenix tonight at Extreme Rules. Who’ll win? The Diva Dirt team weigh in… Bobby: This is certainly going to be an interesting match. A lot of people believe Kharma will make her return, but I’m not quite sure. I feel like … Read more
Bonjour all, and welcome to your weekly dose of Friday night recap known as the SmackDown Redux. Steven is out for the week for what I assume is a birthday celebration of sorts, yet I don’t have confirmation of this so we’ll just say he’s gone to WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut and is fighting … Read more
Divas Champion Nikki Bella talked about her match with Beth Phoenix at Extreme Rules tomorrow night in a video interview on WWE.com. Nikki also teased some tension with sister Brie. Watch below:
WWE has announced a Divas Title rematch between new champion Nikki Bella and Beth Phoenix at the Extreme Rules pay per view. The rematch announcement should answer the question of whether Beth’s injury on Raw this past Monday was a work. As yet, no stipulation has been announced for the match; it looks as though … Read more
The Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, did an interview for French media during the recent European tour. Watch below:
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HOLA, READERS! Welcome to another highly anticipated edition of the Raw Redux, sponsored in part by Coke Zero, the drink of Khaleesis everywhere. I realize that last week I was pretty conspicuous by my absence and that’s unfortunate. It’s unfortunate because Raw gave me absolutely nothing to work with last week. In fact, Raw hasn’t … Read more
Post-match interview with Brie and Nikki Bella following Nikki’s title win last night on Raw:
There was plenty of water cooler-worthy discussion coming out of last night’s episode of Raw, including a new champion, an injury and a new role for one Diva. Catch up on last night’s episode of Raw with this bite-size recap of all the action. Diva Dirt TV‘s Jake Verterano has the scoop. Watch below: Be … Read more
Former Divas Champion Beth Phoenix suffered an ankle injury during her match on Raw last night, reports WWE.com. Phoenix, who lost her title to Nikki Bella in a lumberjill match last night, was visibly seen injured on last night’s broadcast, limping during the match. WWE doctor Michael Sampson told the website: “It looks like she … Read more
Nikki Bella has been crowned the new WWE Divas Champion after defeating Beth Phoenix on tonight’s edition of Monday Night Raw. Nikki and Beth were set to do battle when new Executive Administrator, Eve Torres, came out and proclaimed the title match would be contested with Lumberjills at ringside. With nearly every Diva standing tall … Read more
It looks like Nikki Bella may be next in line for a Divas Title shot after both she and twin, Brie, were confronted by champion Beth Phoenix in a video on WWE.com. In said video, Nikki is asked if she has heard about any sort of title shot after pinning Phoenix a few weeks ago … Read more
While Brie and Nikki Bella may be stirring up controversy with recent reports of their possible departure from WWE, the twins recently starred in an action short feature for television network, Mun2. The segment dubbed “How to Treat a Lady” highlights three different scenarios, each depicting the Divas kicking butt against a man who mistreats … Read more
What up, errbody? (Yes, that is the only time I will ever intro one of the Reduxes like this.) Welcome to a fascinating edition of your Superstars Redux!~ I am your host, but you are the audience and thus you have the power to judge this week’s action as well. This week, we had Kelly … Read more