It has been reported by Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp that Kairi Sane and Zelina Vega are no longer with WWE. They join previous names today of Nikki Cross, Zoey Stark, and Alba Fyre. It is not determined at this time if any of these departures are from contracts expiring or releases during contract time. Sane … Read more
The April 16 episode of WWE’s Main Event features two women’s matches. Maxxine Dupri faces off against Raquel Rodriguez in one match, while we get the return of Jordynne Grace who faces Zelina Vega. Grace had been out of action since spraining her ankle in her last Main Event match against Alba Fyre. That match … Read more
Heading into 2025 and throughout the year, WWE introduced something new for the women of Raw and SmackDown. Despite NXT having the NXT Women’s North American Title since April of 2024, the announcement of mid-card women’s titles for WWE’s Main roster didn’t come until the end of last year. More opportunities for women across the … Read more
Last week we started counting down the top 40 WWE women’s matches of 2025 here at Diva Dirt. This week we kick off the top 25 as we work our way to number 1. Today’s countdown sees us continuing to feature NXT. We also see two men sneak their way into the list… For 28 … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired a pre-recorded episode on Black Friday from inside the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, less than 24 hours away from Survivor Series: WarGames. Cathy Kelley interviewed Damian Priest, his face completely healed but still embroiled in his feud with Aleister Black, when Zelina Vega (now referred to in on-screen graphics as … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the MVP Arena in Albany, New York with important implications as it pertained to this year’s WarGames match. After the show’s opening video package featured the brawl between The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane), Nia Jax and Lash Legend, and Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss from … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown arrived to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina for a new night of action following Saturday Night’s Main Event, where Jade Cargill became the new WWE Women’s Champion after defeating Tiffany Stratton. It’s safe to say though that the women’s locker room on the blue brand is in a … Read more
According to the WWE.com website, Zelina Vega may only be going by Zelina moving forward. WWE does have a past habit of shortening Superstars names. They’ve done it frequently with prior names such as Shotzi Blackheart (to only Shotzi), however, is is more commonly done to male talent names. The name may have been updated, … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona. The Women’s United States Champion Giulia was finishing up a call over the phone, when Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre came up to her. Green asked where her “little secretary” Kiana James was, quick to point out that James wasn’t doing her … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Fresh off Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia last Saturday, the blue brand’s Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton came up short in her Crown Jewel Championship match against Raw’s Women’s World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer. How did the Buff Barbie rebound following her … Read more
With Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia being only hours away, the stars of Friday Night SmackDown have arrived in the land down under as this week’s edition of the show emanated from the RAC Arena, the site of tomorrow’s show. The Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer was in a hallway backstage putting athletic tape on … Read more
SummerSlam is almost here, but before the WWE Superstars could take over MetLife Stadium, Friday Night SmackDown aired from inside the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, not too far from The Biggest Party of the Summer’s host city of East Rutherford. The Women’s United States Championship match between the champion Giulia, flanked by her … Read more
SummerSlam weekend will kick off with SmackDown next Friday. The now two night event will host four women’s matches, but the Women’s U.S. Title will be defended first on SmackDown. The reigning champion Giulia will face off against the woman she took the title from, Zelina Vega. The title will be on the line as … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio for another night of action as we inch closer and closer to this year’s SummerSlam. Alexa Bliss and Roxanne Perez had the first match of the night. Bliss began by quickly rolling up Perez four times, each attempt being unsuccessful. Perez … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as many WWE Superstars are in the country for tonight’s show plus tomorrow’s premium live event, Night of Champions. We start things off with a video package released to WWE’s social media accounts featuring Giulia and Zelina Vega talking about … Read more
Night of Champions may be Saturday, but we can get two championship matches on SmackDown instead! Right? First, Giulia will be going for her first main roster title as she faces Zelina Vega for the United States Championship. Vega has held the title since April and has successfully defended it against Chelsea Green (whom she … Read more
Giulia is getting ready to fight for her first championship on the main roster. The former NXT Women’s Champion will be facing Zelina Vega next week for the Women’s United States Title. In a video promo that apparently never made it to air, Giulia talks about the upcoming match. She says her and Vega have … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown emanated from inside the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky for another night of action. Last Saturday at Money in the Bank, Naomi warned and won as she successfully claimed the Money in the Bank briefcase. Now, it’s only a matter of who and when she’s cashing in. Meanwhile, the rest of Team … Read more
We are less than 24 hours away from this year’s Money in the Bank premium live event, but before any of the Superstars could think of climbing ladders and grabbing briefcases in Inglewood, California, they had to make a short stop to Bakersfield’s Dignity Health Arena for another episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Out first … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown emanated from the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee with major developments as it pertained to the women’s Money in the Bank match. Things kicked off with the blue brand’s hometown hero, Bianca Belair. Entering the ring and in spite of her fingers still being bandaged, The EST of WWE took the mic … Read more
Zelina Vega has successfully defended the WWE Women’s United States Championship for the first time. She defeated Chelsea Green to retain the belt on Saturday at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Tampa. Vega took the belt off of Green on an episode of SmackDown at the end of April. The final moments of the match … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown emanated this week from inside the Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia. What was initially expected to be a one-match episode unexpectedly turned into one that told a story for every woman on the blue brand as we are only two weeks away from Money in the Bank on Saturday, June 7th. Following … Read more
Zelina Vega became the WWE Women’s United States Champion a few weeks back signifying her first singles championship win with WWE. She defeated the inaugural champion, Chelsea Green. While speaking with Good Karma Wrestling, Vega states she would like to take the title and defend it beyond just SmackDown. She wants to defend it in … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown emanated this week from inside the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio as we are less than 24 hours away from Backlash in St. Louis, Missouri tomorrow night. During Damian Priest’s entrance in the opening tag team match, the show cut to a brief shot of Jade Cargill arriving to the arena, carrying … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown emanated tonight from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Our first sight of the women came in the form of B-Fab and Michin, who were present in Nick Aldis’ office. The Fab Female said that after watching The Street Profits win the WWE Tag Team Championships during last week’s triple … Read more
Zelina Vega won her first singles championship in WWE on Friday’s SmackDown. She is the new Women’s United States Champion, dethroning the inaugural champion Chelsea Green at 132 days. Vega is a former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion with Carmella. Vega’s husband, Aleister Black, also made his return to WWE on Friday’s show. After her … Read more