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. * Melt Video compiles a mini documentary on London’s Pro Wrestling EVE. Owner Emily Read also speaks with BuzzFeed to discuss the success the … Read more
During today’s kick-off at Comic-Con in San Diego, the WWE along with Mattle Toys have announced the launch of a new girls’ line. The line will feature the first-ever fashion dolls of WWE Superstars Nikki and Brie Bella, Sasha Banks, Natalya, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Alicia Fox and Eva Marie. Read WWE’s full press release … Read more
On this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, it was announced that Sasha Banks and Bayley would go one-on-one on next week’s show to determine which one of them would face the Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam on next week’s show. Originally, it was rumored that the Raw Women’s Title would be defended … Read more
Greetings one and all, it’s Josue here and I’ll be covering Raw for Alex this week. Last week, we saw Bayley score a big win when she pinned the Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss in tag team action. With SummerSlam nearly a month away, can Bayley keep her momentum going in time for a title … Read more
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. * Triple H takes a moment to honor WWE’s Performance Center assistant head coach Sara Amato during the Mae Young Classic. (Twitter, Instagram) … Read more
Two years have now passed since Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch all made their WWE main roster debuts in what is considered to be the launch of the ‘Divas/Women’s Revolution’. In an interview with FOX Sports Australia, Sasha Banks looks back on how the Women’s Evolution came to be, first arriving to the … Read more
via GIPHY It’s getting warmer out there (well not so much in the UK), but the Great Balls of Fire event certainly has ignited the spark as we head into our hottest event of the year, Summerslam! There was some unleft business, there was tea being spilled and I finally felt intrigued as a RAW … Read more
For weeks, we have laughed and poked fun at the WWE’s newest PPV title, but last night’s inaugural ‘Great Balls of Fire’ was a surprise shocker. Our gutsy Sasha Banks has stepped up to the plate to take on our cunning RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. So, what happened and where are we left now? … Read more
Tonight at WWE’s Great Balls of Fire, Alexa Bliss was able to hold on to her Raw Women’s Title against Sasha Banks via a count-out victory. A strange… twisted… BRILLIANT means of distraction by the champ! @AlexaBliss_WWE @SashaBanksWWE #WWEGBOF pic.twitter.com/1UlI1MqKeB — WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) July 10, 2017 At the start of both Superstars traded blows … Read more
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. * Former GFW Impact Wrestling President Dixie Carter will be featured in WWE’s upcoming episode of WWE 24 – Kurt Angle: Homecoming. (WWE.com) … Read more
Tonight at WWE’s inaugural Great Balls of Fire PPV, Alexa Bliss defends the Raw Women’s Title against Sasha Banks. Can The Boss dethrone The Wicked Witch? The Diva Dirt team weighs in. Abir: Alexa Bliss. I believe that their feud isn’t done. Sasha will be feuding with Alexa until SummerSlam, and she’ll be getting her … Read more
via GIPHY Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire! We’re a couple days away from WWE’s newest event and despite what you think of the name, last week’s RAW Main event saw Sasha Banks being crowned as the #1 Contender for Alexa Bliss’ RAW Women’s Championship. Who would make an impression heading into this encounter, which … Read more
via GIPHY The last few weeks have seen a bit of a messy division, with all the women on the RAW brand trying to fight their way up the food chain. Last week, a lot of us were left extremely underwhelmed with the women being given only 6 minutes across the 3 hour show. So, … Read more
via GIPHY Last week, the RAW women’s division made it very clear that there is a massive target on the Champion’s back. From broken deals, to childish insults, to surprise returns – the women made is clear that Alexa Bliss’ days are numbered. How will things continue this week? Only one way to find out … Read more
The first wave of Teen Choice Award nominees have been released, and for yet another consecutive year, WWE women are a part of the batch! Last year’s event saw Nikki and Brie Bella take home the crown of ‘Choice Female Athlete’ – making them the first WWE stars to not only win that award, but … Read more
via GIPHY The RAW division has seen its ups and down lately and last week seemed to dawn a new start. Fresh challengers took to the stage and the battle ground was still a bit foggy following Extreme Rules. One thing was clear though, that Nia Jax is still gunning for her title shot. How … Read more
Three-time Raw Women’s Champion Sasha Banks was recently interviewed by the Wrestling News Source Podcast where she discussed her chemistry with Bayley dating back to their NXT days, advice for upcoming wrestling hopefuls and the much anticipated Mae Young Classic. Highlights and transcript of the interview (courtesy of WrestleZone) below. Her chemistry with Bayley: “It was … Read more
If you read my review of Extreme Rules last night, then you’d know that I’m not exactly in high hopes with the state of the RAW women’s division. The writers of RAW needed to step it up, so let’s see if they managed to in this week’s RAW Redux! #RAW GM @RealKurtAngle had no intention … Read more
via GIPHY Extreme Rules is supposed to be an homage to the days of ECW. During this ‘Women’s Evolution’ era, it was only right that the women of RAW got a chance to get extreme too! Sure it wasn’t a hardcore match… or ladders match… or tables match, but hey there’s a kendo stick in … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tonight on Extreme Rules, the team of Sasha Banks and Rich Swann were able to conquer 205’s power couple known as Alicia Fox and Noam Dar. The women would start things off but Alicia was quick to make a tag to her partner after throwing Sasha down the mat by the … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”619″][/media-credit] Tonight at Extreme Rules, Sasha Banks teams up Rich Swann to take on the team of Alicia Fox and Noam Dar in mixed tag team action. Which team will stand tall by the end of the night? The Diva Dirt team weigh in: Abir: Much like Bayley, Sasha needs to go … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: With Extreme Rules taking place this weekend, we want to know: what has been your favorite women’s stipulated match? We’ve read your responses on our social … Read more
Guess who’s back for your RAW Redux this week! Must say thanks to the lovely Abir for covering me last week, but I’m back to cover the red brand! With Extreme Rules a couple days away, RAW was the last chance for our women to show that that were able to “get extreme”. So let’s … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] The WWE has just announced via Twitter that a mixed tag match will be taking place at this year’s Extreme Rules! The newly reformed 205 Live couple of Noam Dar and Alicia Fox are set to take on the team of the returning Rich Swann and ‘The Boss’ Sasha Banks. JUST ANNOUNCED: … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Raw Superstar Sasha Banks was recently featured on The Masked Man Show where she spoke on various topics that include whether she prefers playing face or heel, her feud with Charlotte Flair and the Superstar Shake-Up. Highlights of the interview below. On if she prefers playing face or heel: “Either … Read more
[media-credit name=”WWE” align=”alignnone” width=”600″][/media-credit] Your usual RAW Reduxer Alex got caught in the work flow, so I’ll be jumping from blue to red to cover the show this week! And what an episode to jump in on! Between the side feud and the title picture, the women of RAW give us a great episode! Our … Read more