Diva Dirt is introducing a weekly wrap up of the week in women’s wrestling: Diva Dirt Weekly. Each Tuesday following Raw, the Diva Dirt team will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy event along the way, from Impact Wrestling to Total Divas to Raw. Joining the audio this week … Read more
For each week’s Perfect 10, the Diva Dirt team will compile a list of the top 10 women in wrestling. Placement is determined by performances and achievements from the past week. The list will be presented in video form by Diva Dirt’s Jake. The Perfect 10 will be posted every Monday, taking into account any … Read more
Following last night’s SHINE 12, SHINE Wrestling has already announced the roster for SHINE 13, and what a show it’s set to be. Following the aftermath of last night’s main event, SHINE Champion Rain will put her belt on the line against Angelina Love. Notable returns include Valkyrie members, Made in Sin (Allysin Kay and … Read more
SHINE Champion Rain, try as she might, was forced to defend her title tonight for the very first time. Jessicka Havok emerged from a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat match with a shot at Rain’s belt, defeating Mia Yim and Ivelisse to advance to the main event. Havok couldn’t beat the numbers game, though, as April … Read more
SHINE Wrestling presents SHINE 12 tonight from Ybor City, Florida. The show is headlined by a Triple Threat match for the number one contendership to the SHINE Championship and a subsequent title match against champion Rain. Also booked is a match between indy veterans Kharma and Mercedes Martinez. The iPPV starts at 9pm ET, and … Read more
Following yesterday’s undercard reveal for SHINE 12, tongues were left wagging about the SHINE Championship picture and if Rain would defend her newly-won title. Rain posted a video message stating that until a number one contender is established, she won’t be defending her belt. Well, those virtuous enough to be patient have now been rewarded, … Read more
Earlier today, SHINE Wrestling released part of the card for next week’s SHINE 12. Although advertised to appear, SHINE Champion Rain‘s match wasn’t revealed. She has addressed this in a video message posted to SHINE’s YouTube channel. In the video, Rain talks about her interaction with Saraya Knight at last month’s SHINE 11, insisting she … Read more
With just nine days till the iPPV, SHINE Wrestling has unveiled the first matches taking place on their 12th show, the first since the monumental SHINE 11 that saw Rain crowned the inaugural SHINE Champion. Interestingly, a match for the SHINE Champion has yet to be announced. Rain’s Valkyrie stable members, April Hunter and Ivelisse … Read more
SHINE Wrestling has posted a video that appears to show some shady dealings between new SHINE Champion Rain and Saraya Knight. The video, taken before Saraya’s match against Jessicka Havok at SHINE 11, appears to show Rain offering Saraya a good bit of cash. We can’t hear the pair’s conversation, but it’s pretty clear what … Read more
The Perfect 10 has returned, and it’s better than ever! Each week, the Diva Dirt team will compile a list of the top 10 women in wrestling. Placement is determined by performances and achievements from the past week. The Perfect 10 will be posted every Monday, taking into account any Pay-Per-View events. Ready to dive … Read more
It was the night an entire year in the making, and the plan was straightforward: This was going to be the night a young, mighty heroine would rise to the challenge, valiantly seeing off all who stood in her way to be crowned the first-ever SHINE Champion. A fighting champion, a just champion, ready to … Read more
Tonight at SHINE 11, Rain stood alone, besting 13 other women to become the first ever SHINE Champion. In the culmination of an epic night that saw the entirety of the tournament run its course, Rain faced Mia Yim in the finals. When VP of Talent Relations Lexie Fyfe banned Rain’s Valkyrie team members Ivelisse … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: As part of our SHINE Week leading up to SHINE 11, we want to know: who do you think will win the tournament and become the first ever SHINE Champion? We’ve … Read more
Diva Dirt’s Fast 5 will take on a theme and present to you–in no particular order–five related things from the world of women’s wrestling. This week, with SHINE 11 taking place this Friday, we’re looking back at five matches that have defined SHINE in its first year. Click on the arrow below to see our … Read more
Earlier tonight, SHINE Wrestling revealed the brackets for the upcoming SHINE Championship Tournament, as well as how the two remaining places will be filled. The spots, empty following Jazz and Allysin Kay‘s withdrawals from the tournament, will be contested in two four-way matches featuring a number of losing competitors from previous qualifiers. Made in Sin’s … Read more
SHINE Wrestling has announced that they are holding an emergency meeting to fill two open spots in the SHINE Championship Tournament. The tournament is scheduled to be held at SHINE’s one year anniversary show, SHINE 11, on Friday, July 12th. Jazz, Saraya Knight, Rain, Jessicka Havok, Leva, Mia Yim, Santana and Allysin Kay all advanced … Read more
SHINE Wrestling star Rain has joined Brittney Savage in announcing that she will be retiring by end of the year. Following Brittney’s announcement on Twitter, Rain revealed that she too is winding down her in-ring career: @jaydawgbama i’m done at the end of the year, watch @shinewrestling — Rain Maxson Gray (@Radiant_Rain) June 5, 2013 … Read more
SHINE 10 ended in controversial fashion on Friday night, with a failed sneak attack by Allysin Kay and subsequent suspension giving us the first sign of cracks in Valkyrie’s previously united and dominant front. In the main event, Valkyrie leader Rain faced Angelina Love in a rematch from their SHINE Championship tournament qualifier at SHINE … Read more
SHINE Wrestling are once again at the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow as they present their milestone tenth show, SHINE 10. The event will be broadcast live on Internet Pay-Per-View with three pricing options, the cheapest being just $9.99 (about £6). Click
When we talk of the historic rivalries in women’s wrestling, there are a certain few that spring to mind. From the pioneering battles between Mae Young and Mildred Burke in the 1950s all the way to Lita and Trish Stratus’s rollercoaster rivalry at the turn of this century, there are plenty of classic feuds to … Read more
SHINE Wrestling will take its first steps towards crowning its inaugural champion this Friday at SHINE 9 with the first qualifying matches of the SHINE Championship Tournament. Sixteen wrestlers will compete in the qualifiers, four of which will be held at SHINE 9 and four at SHINE 10 on May 24th. The eight winners will … Read more
The Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once famously said “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet”. However, in the short-fused, attention-bereft world of professional wrestling, that’s a mantra that we often find ourselves questioning. So how refreshing it was at SHINE 8 to see the patience of so many people (including ourselves) pay off in … Read more
Tonight sees SHINE Wrestling return to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida for their eighth monthly show, SHINE 8. The main event sees the insurgent Valkyrie members Rain, Ivelisse and Made in Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) go up against the all-star face team of Amazing Kong, Christina Von Eerie, Mia Yim and a … Read more
Do any of TNA’s former Knockouts want to return to the company? Plenty that do not have came out of the woodwork recently (after the announcement of an all-Knockouts Pay-Per-View) and another two girls have declared that they won’t be appearing. Rain, who competed in TNA as Payton Banks, and former two-time Knockouts Champion Winter … Read more
After their shock formation last month, SHINE’s powerful new force Valkyrie entered SHINE 7 ready to make a serious statement. And boy, did they do just that! The main event saw the leader of the group Rain take on an Amazing Kong looking for retribution following her vicious attack at the hands of Valkyrie at … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City and computer screens around the world tonight for their seventh monthly show, SHINE 7. The main event sees Amazing Kong look for revenge from last month’s show, as she takes on the de facto leader of Valkyrie, Rain in singles action. In addition the announced card, … Read more