Wendi Richter finally has an answer for Toni Storm, but without all that foul language! Former two-time WWF Women’s Champion and WWE Hall of Famer Wendi Richter spoke with DS Shin of Ring the Belle recently and responded to Storm’s many call outs challenging her to a match. Richter admitted that when people brought up … Read more
On March 2, 1985, Leilani Kai walked into Baltimore as the WWF Ladies Champion. She defended against the woman she won the belt from, Wendi Richter. Kai states – 40 years ago today, I defended the WWF Ladies Title vs Wendi Richter in Baltimore. Seeing the lineup, I knew I was part of something. I … Read more
Former WWF Women’s Champion Wendi Richter finally responded to all the mud that AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm has been slinging about her. It first started at the AEW Worlds End press conference when Storm randomly called out Richter and said , “Wendi Richter. I’m going to fuck you up.” Since then, Storm has made … Read more
Hello, it’s Mykel, and I’m back with yet another list! With Wrestlemania around the corner, I decided to sit and watch every single WWE Women’s Title match and rank them out on a scale of 1 to 10, worst to best. Which match was the best? Let’s find out!
To celebrate Women’s History Month Diva Dirt will be highlighting some of wrestling’s greatest unsung heroes. These individuals for some reason or another don’t get the recognition, respect, and status they deserve. These retrospectives will occur throughout the month of March. My first unsung hero is Wendi Richter. Wendi Richter is arguably the most prolific … Read more
In continued hype for Sunday’s Evolution, WWE’s latest Top 10 countdown ranks their picks for ‘the 10 greatest title victories attained in a WWE ring by female Superstars.’ See the full ranking below: Trish Stratus defeats Lita at Unforgiven 2006 for the Women’s Title Charlotte Flair defeats Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 32 … Read more
As it was previously reported, this summer the WWE will be releasing a 3-disc DVD set of their Women’s Division titled “Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division”. This marks the first time in nearly a decade that the compnay will be releasing a DVD surrounding their female talent. Below is a full-line … Read more
Last night’s SmackDown featured the debut of the official video package for WrestleMania 32’s Divas Title Triple Threat match. The video – which highlighted the strides Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks made on the road to WrestleMania – harkened back to the origins of the division, featuring glimpses of former champions The Fabulous Moolah, … Read more
WrestleMania I March 31st, 1985 At the very first WrestleMania, Leilani Kai defended her Women’s Championship against Wendi Richter. Both women had a legendary backup in their corners: Wendi brought along pop star Cyndi Lauper, while Leilani recruited the incomparable Fabulous Moolah. It didn’t take long for the villainous Moolah to interfere, but she was … Read more
WWE.com’s latest RANK’D countdown has taken a look at the greatest bloopers in wrestling history. Moments featuring Wendi Richter and Lilian Garcia make the list at numbers seven and six. Wendi’s moment occurred when interviewer Gene Okerlund cracked up at her promising that she wouldn’t let anyone “climb on top” of her and “cover her” … Read more
Hello everyone, and allow me to introduce you to this week’s miraculous Raw Redux. Last week’s show was top notch, and probably one of the better shows as a whole in quite some time. Can the momentum follow through, though? We have special guest stars Cyndi Lauper and Wendi Richter join Divas Champion, Layla in … Read more
She’s already a WWE Hall of Famer, but the legendary Wendi Richter can add a second Hall of Fame ring to her collection as she’s also being inducted into the independent Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame. Wendi is just one of the inductees being honored this weekend in Amsterdam, New York. The latest honor comes … Read more
WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel has dedicated his latest column to the most influential women in 1980s-era WWE, writing about the likes of the Fabulous Moolah, Wendi Richter, Sherri Martel, Rockin’ Robin and Miss Elizabeth. He also discusses the short-lived Women’s Tag Team Titles and the women who held those belts. Check out some … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is our interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: With WrestleMania 28 just days away, we want to know: What do you think is the greatest Diva moment in WrestleMania history? We’ve read your responses … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is our interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: With rumors of Maria Menounos‘s involvement at WrestleMania, we’re wondering: If you had to book a celeb in a Divas WM angle, who would you book … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is the new interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: Kharma’s surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble has us wondering: what do you consider to be the most shocking moment in women’s wrestling history? We’ve … Read more
The Cauliflower Alley Club has announced that this year WWE Hall of Famer Wendi Richter will receive their 2012 Lou Thesz Lifetime Achievement Award. This announcement makes her only the second woman to receive this award – the first was the first ever recipient of the award in 1997, Penny Banner. A two-time former WWF … Read more
Some more exclusive snaps from Axxess this past week sent in by David.
As previously noted, Wendi Richter was at Axxess yesterday signing autographs and looked fantastic. David noted that was incredibly personable.
Also at Axxess yesterday was none other than Snooki, signing copies of her New York Times bestselling book. (Seriously! She’s a bestseller!)
Former WWE Women’s Champion, Amy ‘Lita’ Dumas announced on Twitter that she will be at WrestleMania 27 Fan Axxess today.
She wrote: “Headed over to the Georgia Dome for Fan Axxcess to broadcast live with Project 96-1 WKLS. Come find me!”
Dumas lives in Atlanta, but up until now hadn’t been announced for any WWE events. I wouldn’t be surprised if Amy is at the Hall of Fame tonight or backstage at ‘Mania tomorrow.
Perhaps also interestingly, Trish Stratus mentioned in our interview that she’s working on doing something very cool this coming Monday on Raw. Pure speculation on my part, but Trish & Lita vs Lay-Cool would certainly fit the bill!
Tomorrow night, Raw goes retro, celebrating its past by bringing back some of the ‘old school’ stars from various eras. Right now, we know that Mae Young is set for this special three-hour Raw and while its unlikely that any other women will be brought back, we thought we’d still have some fun in suggesting a few women we’d love to see back!
And just to make things even more interesting, we’re going to avoid the ‘go to’ answers i.e. Trish and Lita. Read our five Divas we’d love to see on this special episode below…
CHYNA
They say ‘never say never’ when it comes to wrestling, however it’s been nearly a decade since Chyna left the WWE and she has not looked back since. Leaving on rather murky terms, it seems a comeback for Chyna — while it would be great to see — is rather unlikely. Still, way back in 1998-99, Chyna could make even non-wrestling fans stop the channel on Monday Night Raw during a channel-surfing spree. Her incredible physique and penchant for stepping toe-to-toe with the big, burly male wrestlers made her unlike any woman we’d seen in the WWE before.
An original member of perhaps the most popular stable in WWE history, DX, Chyna was an icon in her own right — hence why she was referred to as the ‘9th Wonder of the World’. Chyna broke barriers as a woman: competing in the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring tournaments. Eventually, she’d go onto become a multi-time Intercontinental Champion, embarking in classic feuds with Jeff Jarrett and Chris Jericho.
To see her music hit one more time on Raw would perhaps be the female equivalent to when Bret Hart returned on January 4th this year. And for that, she takes our number one spot (even though this isn’t a countdown).
Yes, we’re still riding that WrestleMania wave! While the Divas match at WrestleMania caused a frenzy, we may have overlooked some other Diva moments at ‘Mania that were equally, or perhaps more, memorable. On Monday, we reviewed the 10-Diva tag team match and today, we’re going to look at a few points that were perhaps forgotten. Let’s discuss:
Natalya slaps Vince
Doesn’t everyone dream of slapping their boss? Sadly, so few of us get to do it. However, here’s Natalya getting to slap Vince McMahon with all the force in her right arm and gets paid to do so. Let us live vicariously through her! When we saw Natalya come out to the ring at WrestleMania 26, we popped. It was about time that Nattie and her Hart Dynasty cohorts got a little somethin’-somethin’ out of Uncle Bret’s big return, right? Up until now, they’d been over on SmackDown pretty much floundering. Needless to say, Natalya’s presence at ringside was a much welcome surprise. However, when we saw Natalya strike Vince like a pimp who had just been short changed, not only did we pop, but we may have peed a little with excitement. Okay, obviously embellished that last part [that would just be super gross] but you get the gist. Nattie’s slap could perhaps rival that of Daddy’s Little Girl herself, Stephanie McMahon. Methinks a slap-off is in order for WrestleMania 27!
Savannah debuts
Sweet little Savannah! That super smiley face makes me just want to pinch her cheeks… Okay, that’s another story. But anyway, ECW-turned-NXT ring announcer Savannah made her debut at WrestleMania 26 announcing the Money in the Bank ladder match as well as the pre-show 26 man battle royal. Didn’t she do a great job? Though we’d much rather see her wrestle, I’m sure, Savvy is proving to be a little Lilian in the making with her belting voice just oozing with confidence. Her ‘Mania announcing debut may have just been the one match [on television, that is] but still, calling out ten men one after another must be a little daunting for your first big show. And then there’s the super cute that was gushed over in the ‘Mania Style Jury special. Perhaps unintentional, but Savannah looked super cute as she paid what we’d like to think is an homage to the Decade Diva, Lilian Garcia, who razzled and dazzled us with her sparkly dresses at this annual event.
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WWE.com have posted edited clips of some of tonight’s Hall of Fame inductions including Wendi Richter‘s speech. The former Women’s Champion was inducted earlier tonight by fellow Hall of Famer, Roddy Piper. This isn’t her full speech, which I guess will only be available on the WrestleMania 26 DVD but it gives you a fair … Read more
Tonight, WWE will induct former Women’s Champion, Wendi Richter into the WWE Hall of Fame. Wendi will become just the fourth woman to receive this prestigious honour. We will have live updates from inside the Dodge Theater courtesy of correspondent, David. Stay tuned throughout the night for updates. * Wendi Richter is being inducted now … Read more
On a night that saw a predictable title win, WWE also gave us a rather pleasant surprise last night announcing that Wendi Richter will be just the fourth woman inducted into the Hall of Fame in April. No doubt an extremely classy move by WWE; I know we ride them a lot but this should … Read more
It was announced tonight on Raw that the newest member of the WWE Hall of Fame’s Class of 2010 is none other than 2-time Women’s Champion and women’s wrestling legend Wendi Richter. From her famous alliance with Cyndi Lauper to her rivalry with the Fabulous Moolah, Wendi has certainly cemented her place in the wrestling … Read more
With this week being dubbed WrestleMania Week by us here at Diva Dirt, we will be offering you many WrestleMania-themed features over the course of the next few days. With this feature, Blast From the Past, we’ll be looking back at memorable WrestleMania matches from the event’s storied history. Today, we have a Women’s Championship … Read more