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RAW Redux (September 25th, 2017): The Goddess meets the ‘Old Lady’

via GIPHY Fresh off No Mercy, there was one victorious woman emerging from the fatal-5-way. Alexa Bliss made it clear that she remains on top of the division, battling off 4 of her rivals. However, we know that the target is still not off her back and this only opens up the spot for another … Read more

No Mercy in review: The Goddess back on top!

via GIPHY At No Mercy 10 years ago, 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Beth Phoenix pinned Candice Michelle to win her first ever Women’s Championship. Fast forward a decade later and at No Mercy we’ve got 5 women competing to follow in her steps and reach the top of the division. With competition rife in … Read more

No Mercy Results: Alexa Bliss retains the Raw Women’s Championship

Tonight at No Mercy Alexa Bliss was able overcome the odds to retain her Raw Women’s Championship against four other opponents in Bayley, Emma, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks. Taking @NiaJaxWWE out of commission is the name of the game for @EmmaWWE @SashaBanksWWE @itsBayleyWWE & @AlexaBliss_WWE! #WWENoMercy pic.twitter.com/pvltPXtmnO — WWE (@WWE) September 25, 2017 Temporary … Read more

Week ending September 24th, 2017

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. * Sasha Banks speaks Charly Caruso in a revealing interview on her marriage, starting off her wrestling career and her family’s struggle. (YouTube) … Read more

No Mercy Predictions: Fatal 5-Way for the Raw Women’s Championship

Tonight at No Mercy, Alexa Bliss defends the Raw Women’s Championship against Bayley, Emma, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks in a Fatal 5-Way match. Will Alexa Bliss be able to overcome the odds against her to retain the title? The Diva Dirt team weighs in. Abir: The concept of a Fatal-5-Way is to drop in … Read more

Sasha Banks on the possibility of a Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen feud

Ahead of her Fatal 5-Way match at No Mercy for the Raw Women’s Championship, Sasha Banks spoke with Bleacher Report to discuss wrestling different style opponents, working live television and the possibility of a Four Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen feud. Highlights of the interview below. On working with different style opponent: “Just like anybody I wrestle, I … Read more

Bayley returns to Raw, added to Raw Women’s Championship Match at No Mercy

Tonight on Monday Night Raw, WWE Superstar Bayley made her WWE return from her hometown of San Jose, California assisting Alexa Bliss and Sasha Banks in taking out Nia Jax after Nia defeated Alexa in a one-on-one non-title match. Since August, the former Raw Women’s Champion has been sidelined with a shoulder injury first reported … Read more

IGN releases first official WWE 2K18 trailer

WWE 2K18’s roster this year boasts 30 playable women and now we’re getting a closer look at them in the game with a new trailer released by IGN.

In the trailer, we get a glimpse at several female Superstars including Becky Lynch, Charlotte, Bayley, Natalya, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Sasha Banks, Alexa Bliss, Nikki Bella, Naomi, and Asuka.

Members of the wrestling community on Twitter captured these screenshots:

Peyton showed off her character model on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZMGPjvFbYy/?hl=en&taken-by=peytonroycewwe

2K Games also released these screenshots of a completely remodeled Dana Brooke and newcomer to the series Mickie James:

And of course 2K Games showed off Trish Stratus:

To view a full list of the Superstar roster go here, here, here, or here.

WWE 2K18 will be in stores on October 17, 2017.

What do you think of the trailer? Who’s character model looks the best or worst? Who are you excited to play as? Who will you be creating? Sound off in the comments below.

 

Emma and Nia Jax added to Raw Women’s Title match at No Mercy

Earlier tonight, the WWE announced a Raw Women’s Title rematch between the Champion Alexa Bliss and the challenger Sasha Banks. As seen on tonight’s Raw, that Women’s Title match will now be a Fatal Four Way featuring Emma and Nia Jax. .@EmmaWWE & @NiaJaxWWE vs. @SashaBanksWWE & @AlexaBliss_WWE TONIGHT! If Nia and Emma win, the … Read more

Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s Title announced for No Mercy

WWE have announced via Twitter that Sasha Banks will get her rematch against Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Title at No Mercy. As seen on last week’s Raw main event, Alexa Bliss defeated Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s Title before being confronted and taken down by Nia Jax. Watch the announcement below: EXCLUSIVE: … Read more

Sasha Banks on her short title reigns

Raw Superstar Sasha Banks was recently interviewed by Sam Roberts of Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast where discussed numerous topics including her short title reigns, meeting fans in the airports and the Mae Young Classic. *This interview was recorded prior to SummerSlam where Sasha defeated Alexa Bliss to become a four-time Raw Women’s Champion* On her … Read more

RAW Redux (August 28th, 2017): So… what was the point in that?

via GIPHY The WWE do like to throw a curveball at us now and again, but last night just left me with a big overwhelming sigh. I remember just over a year ago, I joined Diva Dirt and was super hyped about the brand extension and with that came Sasha Banks’ first title reign. Now … Read more

Alexa Bliss wins the Raw Women’s Title

Tonight on Monday Night’s Raw main event, Alexa Bliss defeated Sasha Banks to become a two time Raw Women’s Champion. The #RAW #WomensTitle is ON THE LINE as @AlexaBliss_WWE challenges @SashaBanksWWE in a vicious #SummerSlam rematch! pic.twitter.com/H2ZOeHcK58 — WWE (@WWE) August 29, 2017 Sasha was able to stay in control for early part of the … Read more

Ember Moon comes to WWE 2K18

The women’s roster is continuing to come together as IGN revealed more additions today for WWE 2K18. Players will now be able to Eclipse their opponents as Ember Moon makes her way to the WWE 2K Universe!

IGN released this screenshot and video of her NXT entrance:

Ember Moon joins other new additions including Ivory, Mickie James, and a potentially playable Maryse. This week also revealed Asuka, Naomi, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Becky Lynch, and Tamina.

Naomi has received an overhaul to reflect her “Feel the Glow” persona and IGN also released screenshots of Asuka and The Miz with Maryse.

These women join previously announced Superstars Nikki Cross,  Alundra BlayzeEmmaLitaSummer RaePaigeBrie Bella, and Nikki Bella.

Male Superstars announced today include:

  • Goldberg
  • Earthquake
  • Jim The Anvil Neidhart
  • Larry Zbyszko
  • Brutus Beefcake
  • Greg Valentine
  • Edge
  • Godfather
  • Eddie Guerrero
  • Daniel Bryan
  • Kerry Von Erich
  • Kevin Von Erich
  • Jey Uso
  • Jimmy Uso
  • Mojo Rawley
  • Zack Ryder
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • AJ Styles
  • Bobby Roode
  • The Miz
  • Roman Reigns
  • The Rock
  • Randy Orton
  • Triple H
  • Kurt Angle
  • Brock Lesnar
  • John Cena

For all current names go here.

IGN will continue to reveal more features and wrestlers for the next two weeks. So far WWE 2K18 has been showcased for its complete graphics overhaul and 2K Games is boasting several new features to the game including a new carry system that will allow players to pick up or drag their opponent and place them in a specific spot, create-a-match mode, a Road to Glory mode, and more.

What do you think of this roster so far? Who do you want to see make it into the game? Sound off in the comments below.

 

SummerSlam Results: Sasha Banks wins the Raw Women’s Title

Tonight on SummerSlam, Sasha Banks became a four-time Raw Women’s Champion. During the match, Sasha tried to lock in the Bank Statement on Alexa Bliss but the latter slipped to the outside. As Sasha stood from the ring apron, Alexa pulled the apron’s skirt and caused Sasha to crash shoulder first onto the floor. The … Read more

SummerSlam Predictions: Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s Title

Tonight at SummerSlam, Alexa Bliss defends the Raw Women’s Title against Sasha Banks. Which Superstar will walk out as champion? The Diva Dirt Team weighs in: Abir: Sasha needs a reason to feud with Bayley. And whilst Bayley can beat Alexa quite often, she has yet to defeat her for the title. So what a … Read more

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III in Review: The Streak lives on

The third installment of NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn has come and gone but as always, it delivered. All eyes were on the Women’s Title between Asuka and Ember Moon to see if someone would at least be able to dethrone Asuka from her 500 plus day reign as champion. During the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III pre-show, … Read more

RAW Redux (August 14th, 2017): Boston becomes Boss-Town

via GIPHY It’s the home straight to WWE’s second biggest event of the year Summerslam and following Bayley’s injury, everyone is still waiting to see who will challenge Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship. After last week’s double set of triple threats, two women stood at the front of the race. This week, we … Read more

Week ending August 13th, 2017

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. * NXT Superstar Liv Morgan worked a SmackDown live event in Tampa, Florida, as she teamed up with SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi and Becky … Read more

Number one contendership match set for next week’s Monday Night Raw

Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax earned their respective spots to next week’s number one contendership match after Bayley was forced to withdraw from this year’s SummerSlam PPV event due to injury. .@SashaBanksWWE is one step closer to #SummerSlam and the #RAW #WomensTitle… @EmmaWWE @AliciaFoxy @AlexaBliss_WWE pic.twitter.com/VxmfgB8pFH — WWE (@WWE) August … Read more

Bayley wins number one conterndership to Raw Women’s Title at SummerSlam

Tonight on Monday Night Raw, Bayley became the new number one contender to Alexa Bliss’ Raw Women’s Title. .@itsBayleyWWE and @SashaBanksWWE put their friendship aside as they vie for an opportunity to face @AlexaBliss_WWE at #SummerSlam! #RAW pic.twitter.com/ZScckDLj31 — WWE (@WWE) July 25, 2017 WHAT A MATCH! @itsBayleyWWE pins @SashaBanksWWE to go onto face @AlexaBliss_WWE … Read more