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Knockouts Tag Team Titles on the line at No Surrender in a Texas Tornado No DQ match

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IMPACT’s next special event No Surrender on IMPACT Plus is this Saturday and there will be three matches involving the Knockouts. The newly crowned Knockouts Tag Team Championships will be on the line as the champs Fire ‘N Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) face off against the Killer Death Machines (Havok & Nevaeh).

These two teams were in the finals at Hard to Kill in January to determine the new champions with Fire ‘N Flava coming out with the big win. Over the past two week’s Havok & Neveah have each had a one-on-one match with Steelz & Hogan. Both times, Havok and Neveah have sneaked out a win which has boosted them to this title match.

For Havok’s win, Nevaeh helped trip up Steelz which gave her tag team partner the power to get the pin. This week, Nevaeh won via disqualification after Steelz was seen by the referee executing a codebreaker on her which caused Hogan to lose.

The champions enraged that the referee’s recent decisions weren’t in their favor, they took it to Scott D’Amore. He then provides the stipulation of a Texas Tornado No Disqualification match at No Surrender to spit the champions.

The other Knockouts on this card revolve around two six-person tag team matches. The first includes the returning ODB. ODB made her return last week to IMPACT after a year’s absence. This week, she took on Kimber Lee who spoiled the veterans return match. With Susan and Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo in her corner, it is easy for any opponent to get distracted. This is what happened to ODB and Lee rolled her up for the upset.

As a result of what transpired, we will see the trio of Purrazzo, Lee, and Susan take on ODB, Jordynne Grace, and Jazz at No Surrender.

Lastly, Tennille Dashwood is teaming up with XXXL (Larry D & Acey Romero) to face Decay in an intergender match. Decay now has a new member as Black Taurus made his debut this week alongside Rosemary and Crazzy Steve.

Check back in this weekend for a Discussion Post to talk throughout the No Surrender event. It takes place this Saturday, Feb. 13.

Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez solidify their spot in the finals of the Dusty Classic

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Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez went into tonight’s NXT as the odds on favorite to win their semi-final match against Team Ninja (Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter). Kai & Gonzalez did just that as they defeated Team Ninja to advance into the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Team Ninja’s grit and determination is never questioned, however, it was not quite enough. Highlights of the match include Carter showing off her great athleticism until she was taken out by Gonzalez who hurled her into the announce table.

Catanzaro then showed her fearlessness as she jumped from the ring apron to Gonzalez’s back and then used it as a ramp to climb up a ringside light structure. She then hit a crossbody off the structure to take down her opponents. At the end of the match, Gonzalez decimated Catanzaro with a vicious power slam that allowed her to get the pin and the win.

Kai and Gonzalez will face the winners of the other semi-final match between Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae and Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon. The final match will take place at the next TakeOver event named Vengeance Day on Feb. 14.

The upcoming TakeOver event will host a huge Triple Threat Match for the NXT Women’s Title. One of the competitors in that match, Toni Storm, took on Jessi Kamea on this week’s show.

Kamea was joined by the Robert Stone Brand so it seems as though she has transitioned into it after their loss in the Dusty Classic. The match didn’t last long and Storm won by disqualification as her upcoming opponents Mercedes Martinez and NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai interfered. Shirai took her time as her challengers took each other apart before delivering a moonsault. The segment ended with her holding up her title to exert her dominance.

NXT also aired an origin story of Tian Sha. This is the warrior that leads and trained Xia Li and Boa. In this it explains she is thousands of years old. You can view it below.

What did you think of this week’s NXT results? Leave your thoughts below!!

Shaul Guerrero reveals her goal is to be signed with AEW

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Shaul Guerrero has made her way back into the ring over the course of the past year. She made her return at a GCW event in December and participated in two matches in the Diamond Cup for the GCW Women’s Title.

Her bookings are continuing as she will be at an MPW show on Feb. 6 and the first GSW show on Feb. 20. At GSW she will be taking on the IMPACT Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo. She speaks with Wrestling Inc. Daily on this booking and how she feels to face Purrazzo.

https://twitter.com/gsw_pro/status/1354365766011924481?s=20

“Honestly, Brandon hit me up, one of the owners of GSW, and I wasn’t even aware I was going to be facing Deonna Purrazzo until they posted on their Instagram,” Guerrero admitted. “And I was like, ‘Holy crap!’ I freaked out. I was really excited, really intimidated, but also, I can’t wait to learn from Deonna and just get in the ring with her. I feel very honored.“

“In a lot of ways, I feel like a veteran mentally in a certain way because I’ve been in the business since before I could walk. I’m just very used to wrestling, but Deonna, Deonna has been consistent as far as in-ring competition. We’ve trained at the same place. Deonna trained with NXT and the WWE Performance Center.”

“So I’m very interested in seeing how our dynamic will be in the ring. I’ve only met Deonna one time. So the next time we’re going to meet, it will be more than a brief encounter, hopefully, and I can’t wait to see what magic we make in the ring.”

She also speaks on working during the pandemic and how she feels about it. Guerrero is grateful to be receiving bookings and hopes everyone is being as safe as they can be.

“With the pandemic, I feel first of all, incredibly fortunate that I even have a booking,” Guerrero pointed out. “It’s difficult for everyone to get bookings, and thankfully, there’s so many women wrestlers and there’s so many wrestlers in general now and there’s so many companies to be able to choose from.”

“So I just felt very honored that GSW feels confident in me to be on the debut show and whatnot, and I’m really looking forward to it. Right now, my show requirements are, is everyone going to be safe? Is the talent going to be safe? Are the fans going to be safe? And so long as those things are understood and I feel confident with who I am in the ring with, then bring it. Let’s tear the house down absolutely.”

Credit: AEW

Guerrero has been seen at various promotions over the past several years outside of the ring. She has worked for Lucha Underground, WOW, and was recently seen at AEW ring announcing the Deadly Draw Tournament. She says that her big goal would be to get to AEW and be signed as an in-ring competitor.

“I would absolutely love to go. That’s my big goal honestly,” Guerrero revealed. “I’m going to keep working my ass off until they take notice of me as an in-ring competitor. I’m going to do everything I can to get noticed by them because that’s where I want to be.”

She adds, “We’ll see how long I can wrestle. I’m hoping to keep my body really in tip-top shape. I’m doing a lot better now that I don’t have to bump every single day. I can actually take a day off after I have a really intense match. So that’s really wonderful, but honestly, when I went to AEW to announce and I was watching Dustin Rhodes teach the girls, they were having class and the bug was biting you really bad.”

Thanks to Wrestling Inc. Daily for this interview and the transcriptions. The full interview can be seen below.


Victoria makes her long-awaited Royal Rumble appearance

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WWE legend Victoria finally makes her appearance in the Royal Rumble match. She entered this year’s match at the number 10 spot and if only there was a live crowd to enjoy this moment.

Victoria is a former two-time WWE Women’s Champion and is a pure veteran in the industry. After WWE she went to TNA where she became a five-time Knockouts Champion and held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship with Brooke Tessmacher. She wrestled her last match in 2019 and retired from in-ring competition after nearly 20 years in the business.

Victoria has always been a fan favorite and has been one that people have wanted to see in a Rumble since the first women’s match in 2018. In that original women’s Royal Rumble match, many legends and Hall of Famers returned to fill the 30 spots. Victoria not being one of them certainly rubbed fans the wrong way.

By entering in at the number 10 spot, she stormed the ring and took down many of the stars of today that were currently dominating the match. These included Bayley, Naomi, and Ruby Riott. She was eventually eliminated by Shayna Baszler.

This tweet below shows what Victoria feels about finally having her moment. All smiles.

Victoria joined some other surprising entries. Jillian Hall, Torrie Wilson, and Alicia Fox were others to join her in returning to the ring. Fox wins and then loses the 24/7 Championship during the match. NXT entries included Shotzi Blackheart, Toni Storm, Santana Garrett, Rhea Ripley, Dakota Kai, and Ember Moon.

What did you think of Victoria’s surprise entry? Leave your thoughts below!!

Winners & Losers: RAW 01.25.21

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The Royal Rumble is just six nights away and the red brand had their final show before the first stop on the road to WrestleMania. Once again the RAW roster continues to have the same booking and at the same time makes me scratch my head saying, “what was the point?”

One of the two women’s matches that were announced prior to tonight’s show was Shayna Baszler taking on one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair. This would be the first time that these two faced each other one-on-one and it ended super fast thanks to Nia Jax.

Prior to the match, it was announced that Flair and Asuka will defend their Women’s Tag Team Championships against Baszler & Jax at the Royal Rumble.

Charlotte Flair defeated Shayna Baszler via Disqualification

After the two women lock up to start the match, Flair creates separation and then targets Jax who is at ringside. She delivers a baseball slide which knocks Jax into the announce table. Baszler then tries to take advantage as she locked in the Kirifuda Clutch. Flair breaks the hold and then goes right for the Figure Eight. She was unable to bridge into her submission as Jax interferes and drops down with a leg drop on Flair causing the bell to ring.

Post-match – Baszler, and Jax would team up to attack Flair until Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke rushes down to make the save. Lacey Evans would then join the fray as she came in and attacked Flair. This led to a six-woman tag team match.

Charlotte Flair, Dana Brooke, and Mandy Rose defeated Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, and Lacey Evans via Count-out

For the second match in a row, we see no clear pin or submission to end the match. As most six-women tag matches it was what it was but then ended with a weird count-out. Flair had pulled Baszler out of the ring who took a hard tumble. The two would walk around the ring to the point where they met Jax and Evans on their side of the ring. They all kind of stood there as the referee was making the count and Baszler was not able to make it in the ring by the count of 10. The team of Flair, Brooke, and Rose wins.

It didn’t stop there!

As we come back from the commercial break, the match was restarted. During the break, Baszler, Jax and Evans were arguing with Adam Pearce on the ramp to have the match restarted. The winning team agreed with it.

Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, and Lacey Evans defeated Dana Brooke, Mandy Rose, and Charlotte Flair

Dana Brooke spends a good amount of time in the ring as Jax and Baszler do a number on her focusing on her arm. An eventual tag gets in Rose and Evans for their respective teams. Rose hits Evans with a pump knee strike that almost gets a three count.

Flair delivers a spear on Baszler as Jax levels Flair. Evans then pulls Flair out of the ring and Flair chases her out of the ringside area leaving the match. Brooke nearly puts away Jax but only gets a two-count. Jax throws Brooke off the top turnbuckle as Brooke went for possibly a senton. Jax then with one hand and sloppily drives Brooke to the match as she slams her head on the mat. The pin then occurs giving the win to Jax, Baszler, and Evans.

Later on in the night, Evans was seen in a room backstage with Ric Flair. Ric was showing her a wrestling hold as the door opens and Charlotte enters. She then tells Evans to leave them.

Ric says that just because Charlotte is a big star now doesn’t mean that there isn’t a place for Ric to pass on some of his wisdom to others. Charlotte says she is not the bad guy and she has no problem letting Ric know that he is going from legend to an old man.

She walks backwards towards the dressing room door as Evans walks back in and delivers a Woman’s Right to the back of Charlotte’s head. She then kicks her as Ric appeared to either try to help her up or add injury. Evans stopped him and the two walked out Wooing.

Moving on we have the RAW Women’s Championship match as the main event. For the second week in a row Asuka and Alexa Bliss main event RAW. Earlier in the night, Bliss had Alexa’s Playground in one of the backstage rings. This segment was a rehashing of Bliss from what she did to Randy Orton and what happened last week with Asuka. She states that for tonight’s match she will have the chance to get a shiny new toy and that she will also be bringing the pain side of herself much as she did last week.

Bliss came to the ring with the Bray Wyatt music with her Alexa’s Playground graphics. Prior to the commercial break during the match, Asuka misses a hip attack which sends her out of the ring. She looks back to see Bliss in the middle of the ring on her rocking horse. We return from break and Asuka is refocused as she is delivering kicks to Bliss in the corner. Bliss is able to fight back and gets a near fall as she is smiling from ear to ear.

The match turns back around to the champion’s advantage as Asuka delivers a huge kick to Bliss which takes her down. Asuka stays in control and gets a near fall as Bliss winds up in the corner. Next, we hear Alexa Bliss’s music hit and she turns into The Goddess gimmick dressed as a Bliss we once knew.

After she sidesteps Asuka who goes after her in the corner Bliss ends up on the other side of the ring and then turns into her “pain” character after the lights went out. Asuka tries to go after her immediately. All the hits and kicks Asuka delivers keep getting swatted away by Bliss until a knee catches her. Asuka then tries to lock in the Asuka Lock but Bliss overpowers her. Bliss then gets the mandible claw in on the champion and was perhaps mere moments away from becoming the new RAW Women’s Champion.

Suddenly, Randy Orton appeared behind Bliss and delivered an RKO causing the end of RAW and the obvious disqualification although the bell never rings.

Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of the week –

This week was really hard to pick winners and losers and not in a good way. I only hope the booking gets better for RAW after the Royal Rumble but I feel as though I have been saying that since the Draft.

WINNER: Asuka

She kept her title, didn’t have to take a pin, and the match I felt was entertaining with Alexa. That also means that she will hold onto it until at least after the Rumble as she is booked in a tag title match over the RAW Women’s Title. They need to really fix the booking around these titles.

WINNER: Alexa Bliss

She may not have left with the title and was RKO’d but I am still buying everything she is selling. I sound like a broken record with her, but this whole gimmick has been a rejuvenation. It is honestly the best thing the women on the red brand have going. The rest is a booking travesty.

WINNER: Lacey Evans

This storyline has been played out so many times but I think she is doing a good job with it. She keeps getting the last laugh on Charlotte which most don’t get booked in that way. Honestly, it would make more sense for Lacey and Peyton to go for the tag titles instead of Nia and Shayna but what can ya do? They both have pins on Flair but what do I know?

LOSER: Dana Brooke

Dana took a beating in the unneeded back to back matches. Hopefully, she doesn’t have an injury after that bad ending by Nia. If she ends up having an injury where she is pulled out of another big match I would feel bad for her.

LOSER: Peyton Royce

Why have they given up on her? She wasn’t even involved or at ringside with her “tag team partner.” Maybe they are trying to slowly break them apart but commentary still mentioned them as a team. So unless there was some reasoning for her not being there (which could be possible) her not being involved isn’t a good look.

What did you think about the go-home RAW for the Royal Rumble? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts below.

Check back with Diva Dirt for more Winners & Losers this week and coverage of this weekends Royal Rumble event.

Lindsay Snow requires surgery for a torn ACL

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Bloodsport Champion, Lindsay Snow, has announced that she requires surgery for a torn ACL and meniscus. She explains in her Twitter post her expected time to be out which is about nine months. She made this post yesterday and stated her surgery will take place in a week.

Snow has recently been seen on AEW Dark and has taken on the likes of Penelope Ford, Big Swole, Thunder Rosa, and Ivelisse. She was in the main event of the last SHINE Wrestling show prior to the pandemic at SHINE 65. She faced Ivelisse in the main event for the Shine Championship in a losing effort.

Diva Dirt sends its well wishes to Lindsay and hopes for her healthy healing and looks forward to seeing her back in the squared circle as soon as possible.

Havok & Nevaeh advance to Hard to Kill for the tag titles; Jazz vs. Grace at Genesis

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Havok & Nevaeh are moving forward to the final match in the Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament. Either Havok & Nevaeh or Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz will become the new Knockouts Tag Team Champions at Hard to Kill on Jan. 16.

The Killer Death Machines advance to the final round by beating the perhaps favored team of Jordynne Grace and Jazz. In the final moments of the match, Jazz is left isolated in the ring as Grace falls to the outside. This allows Havok to deliver a Tombstone Piledriver to pick up the pin on the legend.

After the match, the losing team is seen backstage as Jazz finds Grace. Grace feels remorseful that they weren’t able to advance to the finals and puts blame on herself. She explains she is frustrated and winning the tag titles meant everything to her. Grace apologizes although Jazz an apology isn’t necessary. She was grateful to get into the ring with the younger generation.

Grace then propositions Jazz to a match. She was grateful to have a match alongside Jazz and now she wants to go one-on-one with her. Jazz seems to have accepted the challenge and the two will face each other at Genesis which takes place this Saturday on IMPACT Plus.

What are your thoughts on Havok & Nevaeh advancing? Are you excited to see Jordynne Grace vs. Jazz? Leave your thoughts below!!

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 01.01.21

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The first SmackDown of 2021 certainly had a few surprises. We were treated to two matches, one being the advertised match between Carmella & Bayley vs. Bianca Belair & SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. Before we get to that match result, the first match of the night involved The Riott Squad taking on Tamina & Natalya.

The Riott Squad defeated Tamina & Natalya (w/Billie Kay?)

For the past several weeks Billie Kay has been trying to find a tag team partner that will help her against The Riott Squad. She has lost two weeks in a row – first with Natalya as her partner and second with Tamina. This week she was supposed to bring in another partner to face Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott.

Tamina’s music hits making it seem like she would be Kay’s partner once again. Directly after comes Natalya’s music and it will actually be Tamina and Natalya to face The Riott Squad. This led to Billie Kay being the “manager” of this pairing…at least at first.

Midway through the match, Kay would jump to The Riott Squad’s corner and start cheering them on. This apparent switch happens when Morgan and Riott deliver a double Russian leg sweep to Tamina with Riott getting a near fall. This obviously confuses all the competitors in the match.

The end result is Kay distracting Tamina who had Morgan up on her shoulders. Morgan countered and stacked up Tamina to get the pin. Kay would then celebrate the win for The Riott Squad with everyone still confused in her actions.

Carmella & Bayley defeated Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks

In perhaps a surprise victory, Carmella & Bayley defeated Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks when Carmella pinned the SmackDown Women’s Champion. The match wound up having Belair and Bayley which had Banks distracted. Carmella rolled up Banks but got a near fall. This led to Carmella delivering a super kick to the face of The Boss. Carmella then misses in the corner and finds herself dragged into the center of the ring with the Bank Statment locked in.

Reginald quickly pulled out Carmella to avoid her from having to submit. He would then enter the ring and step up to Banks allowing Carmella to enter from the opposite side of the ring. Reginald would then exit the ring and with a smile on his face jumped on the apron to further distract Banks.

Carmella would then get caught from her superkick and Banks delivered a knee into a jackknife for a near fall. Reginald gets involved one last time as he hops back on the apron and Banks delivered a punch to knock him off. She turns around into a facebuster for Carmella to pick up the three count and the win. Carmella has pinned the SmackDown Women’s Champion.

Other than Carmella picking up the win, the other surprise of the night was the return of Sonya Deville. Although her return was just her strolling through the backstage area, it was enough to show that Daddy is back. I expect a good showing in the upcoming rumble match by Miss. Deville.

Let’s get into the first Winners & Losers of 2021!

WINNER: Billie Kay

Personally, Billie Kay is slaying in this role. It is comedy, it is fun, it is at this point more unpredictable then most things. Having her root for the team she has been feuding against is hilarious. I still won’t get over the break up of her and Peyton, however, at least with Billie they are letting her character shine.

And one thing is for sure, according to her Network Exclusive, she is undefeated in 2021!

WINNER: Carmella

Of course, it wasn’t without help for her victory but Carmella did pin the champion. Her working with Sasha has really made her work the best it has been, maybe ever. I am sure most people are going to complain about her getting the pin. In my opinion, it furthers the feud and does exactly what it should do. It feeds into Carmella’s character and has her look like a worthy opponent. I am all here for them getting another one-on-one at Royal Rumble.

WINNER: Sonya Deville

I know she didn’t really do anything, but she is BACK! So WIN! I really was hoping for her to be a surprise for the rumble itself. I hope to bring her back before it will mean there are some bigger surprises for the rumble. Her returning at the event would have been predictable anyway.

LOSER: Sasha Banks

Unfortunately for this week, The Boss, The Blueprint, The Standard winds up on the losing end of things. As I said with Carmella it is a good thing storyline-wise and in the long run, I don’t see it hurting her. If they have her drop the title before WrestleMania I would be kind of surprised at this point.

What did you think about this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!!

Mercedes Martinez returns to the ring on tonight’s NXT

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Mercedes Martinez made a huge impression during her return last week to NXT. She hasn’t been in a match since early September where she was on the losing end of a cage match against Rhea Ripley. This time, she has her eye on the NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai as she decimated her with the return to the brand.

Martinez was a part of the RETRIBUTION stable that has found a home on the RAW brand. She would have gone by the name Retaliation and would have joined Mia Yim (Reckoning) as the second woman of the group. Prior to her new name officially being announced on television, she was removed from the stable. Now she is back and is ready to dominate.

She will be in action tonight but her opponent has not been announced at this time.

The landscape of competitors for Shirai is endless in NXT. Toni Storm had staked her claim just last week before Martinez pounced. Who do you see being the next challenger for Shirai heading into the new year?

Leave your thoughts below!!

Maria returns to Ring of Honor promoting The Experience

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Maria is officially back with the Ring of Honor promotion and is front and center to provide an announcement for them. She announces an open forum called The Experience where they want the fans to say what they want to see. They want the fans to #ChooseYourHonor.

The full statement about this is listed on their website and says the following:

Ring of Honor has always strived to give the best wrestling fans on the planet what they want. Now the fans will have an open forum to tell us directly what they want.

In January, ROH takes The Experience to the next level of fan engagement by empowering the members of Honor Nation to make their voices heard.

The Experience is not a singular event. It’s a movement.

Fans are encouraged to join the ROH The Experience Facebook group to share their thoughts and opinions about all things ROH.

Which outside talents do you want to see in ROH? Which ROH stars should be getting title shots? What match stipulations do you want to see?

ROH wants you to #ChooseYourHonor.

Maria Kanellis Bennett is leading the charge for The Experience. She made the announcement about the groundbreaking concept on ROH’s social media platforms.

“Ring of Honor has cultivated an environment where the wrestlers and the fans are the experience,” Kanellis Bennett said. “I want wrestlers to thrive and I want to give you the fans what you truly desire.

“I want Ring of Honor to be yours. No … I want Ring of Honor to be ours.”

Maria joins her husband, Mike Bennett, who has already reappeared for the promotion. Prior to this announcement of The Experience, Mike was recently interviewed by Wrestling Inc. about his thoughts on if Maria would return to ROH.

He had the following to say on if Maria would return:

“Maria, I’ll never say no because she’s my wife, so if she ever wants to come back, she’s always more than willing to. The Kingdom’s just as much her as it was me, and Matt and [Adam] Cole,” Bennett noted. “The door’s always open for her. I will say this about Maria though, she’s very, as most people know, she’s very methodical. She’s very methodical in her decisions.

“When Maria comes back, she’ll come back when she wants to come back on her terms, doing what she wants to do because that’s how she’s always done it, and I’m sure as hell not going to tell her any other way. I will never say never, Maria back to the Kingdom, but where Maria’s mind is at now, I would definitely say when she returns to wrestling, it’ll be her decision [and] her choice doing what she wants to do. She’s been doing this a long time, and she’s done a lot in this industry. So she’s deserved a rest, and she deserves to come back when she wants to.”

Maria and Mike both stood alongside each other in the ROH promotion from 2011 to 2015. They both were recently released from WWE in April as part of the cutbacks from the pandemic.

As far as the women’s roster in ROH, they had planned to crown a new champion with a new lineage to their women’s belt. This was to take place at the time that the pandemic had shut everything down back in April.

What do you make of Maria being back with ROH? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Liv Morgan says she would love to revisit her storyline with Lana

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It has been just about a year since Liv Morgan interrupted Lana’s wedding to Bobby Lashley and revealed that she and Lana were past lovers. The two had a couple of matches as a result earlier in the year. The storyline, however, was rarely touched upon. WWE has always been scrutinized for LGBTQ storylines and with valid reasons.

Morgan recently spoke to Inside the Ropes where she said she would be open to revisiting that storyline.

“I would love to touch on that story again because I think it’s so important just to show not different people but, you know, ‘Hey, maybe I love this girl,’ you know, like, I think it’s important just to show that. But I don’t think you ever can say never in WWE. I think anything and everything is open to being visited again. Is that happening? I have no idea. But would I like it? For sure.”

She further adds in some of the criticism that was received from portraying a lesbian character. Morgan says it was a mixed reaction. There were people who were happy she was back on screen regardless whereas there were others who felt the a lesbian should have portrayed that role.

“I think it was definitely split half and half and I think that’s because… I think people today, they want real representation. They want like… Characters are characters, but they want people that are really, maybe, experiencing these things to represent these characters. So I feel like, in that aspect, maybe it didn’t go over so well towards some people that felt like Lana’s secret lover could have been someone else that was maybe really into women, you know, but then on the other spectrum, this was my re-debut after like eight months off. So people were excited to see me and they were happy for me.”

A lot of the criticism came from the fact that this was a rumored storyline between Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose prior to this which obviously never came to light.

Lana previously mentioned she would love to revisit this as well. Right now both superstars are on opposite brands so don’t expect this to come to fruition anytime soon if it were to be brought up again. Lana has recently been receiving the most time she ever has in the ring. She was recently pulled from a tag title match for the TLC event after a kayfabe injury.

Although representation does matter, what would you think about them revisiting this? Leave your thoughts below.

Winners & Losers: SmackDown 12.18.20

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Ding Dong! Hello! – We had another SmackDown where the women of the brand were well represented throughout. Three cohesive storylines A big match between Bayley and Bianca Belair was had along with Billie Kay finding her partner of the week while Carmella looking strong heading into the TLC pay-per-view. Let’s get into it!

First, we have a match between The Riott Squad and Billie Kay with a partner of her choosing. Last week Kay had found Natalya to be her partner through heavy research and her qualifications listed on her resume. Although she had the veteran on her side, the two would fail to pick up a win. This week, Kay challenged the squad again and said she had a new partner in place.

The Riott Squad defeated Billie Kay & Tamina

Billie Kay found herself her partner this week as Tamina. This wasn’t a huge surprise as Tamina is really the only woman left on the roster who is currently active. The Riott Squad shows some great teamwork as always with them isolating Kay at the end of the match by knocking Tamina off the apron. Liv Morgan would pick up the pin on Kay.

My thoughts are still firm that breaking up The IIconics to just have the two of them put in random tag teams was a bad idea. However, at least with Kay, this highlights her humor. Not sure how much longer they can continue this week after week partner idea unless they finally move some women from NXT up to the roster. If this somehow brings up the Robert Stone Brand I wouldn’t be mad at it.

Following this match, we had the Champagne Toast segment by Carmella.

During the toast, Carmella says she knows that she already has Sasha beat. The SmackDown Women’s Champion got herself disqualified last week according to Carmella because she felt her precious title slipping from her grasps. She adds that Banks always has to be the best and once she wins the title from her on Sunday, she won’t know what to do. As she ended her promo, Carmella snapped her finger for her assistant to give her a glass of champagne. She called it cheap and frantic, just like Sasha Banks.

Once Banks had heard enough, her music hits. Carmella’s assistance leaves the ring to cut off The Boss on the ramp. Banks however wasn’t coming from the back. She showed up in the ring and threw a champagne glass at Carmella and then took her down. Banks tried to lock in the bank statement but Carmella fought it off as her assistant came back into the ring and pulled Banks off. Banks would then slap her assistant and go for a backstabber.

Much like last week, Carmella smashes another champagne bottle over the back of the SmackDown Women’s Champion to end the segment.

Let’s pause for a second and admire this attire….

Lastly, we have the advertised match between Bayley and Bianca Belair. This was a highly anticipated match to see these two finally go at it. A new rivalry that will go on a bit longer with Belair hopefully getting the last laugh.

Bayley defeated Bianca Belair

What I will say about this match is the athleticism from Belair, my lord! but we already knew that. It just impresses me every time. The final moments of the match saw Bayley attempt to cheat by using the ropes for leverage to get the pin. The referee saw it and Belair countered it into an excellent pin of her own but Bayley kicked out.

Moments later, Belair would stack Bayley up and get a near fall. She went to lift her up and the shoulders fell again for a near fall. Belair finally got Bayley up but Bayley raked the eyes without the referee seeing it. She then delivered the Rose Plant to pick up the victory.

I thought this was a solid first match between the two. It is far from over and eventually, I see Bayley helping Belair get over and elevate her. What I felt was good about this match is I could have seen it going either way. The way it went was done well and I am excited to see more from these two. I wish they were on the upcoming pay-per-view.

Let’s get into the Winners & Losers of the week for SmackDown.

WINNERS: The Riott Squad

It is good seeing them stringing some wins together. As the new year approaches they need to be next in line for the tag titles and win them. I can see that happening either way after the Women’s Tag Team Title match on Sunday at TLC. If Nia and Shayna retain then I can see the Riott Squad finally getting the win over them. If Asuka and her mystery partner win, I can see it being a short reign.

WINNER: Carmella

Carmella certainly has the upper hand going into the pay-per-view. Week after week she seems to get the better of the exchange with Sasha, for the most part. I give it a very slim chance that she will take the title from Sasha on Sunday, so it is good they are letting her shine heading into that match.

I am a big fan of her entrance, theme, etc. I may be in the minority with that, but I dig it.

WINNERS: Bayley and Bianca Belair

They put on a solid first match between the two and did it in a way of me wanting more and I appreciate that. These two have good chemistry I feel both in-ring and with their promos. It makes sense for this to continue to at least the Royal Rumble, if not further.

As for the losers this week, I don’t really feel as though anyone would be in that category. The blue brand has been delivering pretty well. I feel that with Billie Kay, this new partner weekly is at least humorous and she is doing well with it. I will hold judgment to see how it continues next week.

What did you think of this week’s SmackDown? Who were your Winners & Losers? Speaking of Winners, check back in with Diva Dirt this weekend to see the results of the Fan Awards!

TLC takes place this Sunday as well, so check back in with Diva Dirt for that discussion post and any news, rumors, and results.

Lana pulled from TLC match and Mandy Rose returned on RAW

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The last pay-per-view of the year, TLC, is this Sunday and for the red brand, they had their go-home episode of RAW tonight.

The match for that event from the RAW roster is for the Women’s Tag Team Championships between the champions, Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka & Lana. At least that was the original plan heading into tonight’s RAW. Lana has now been pulled from the match due to “injury.”

In a storyline injury, Lana was taken out by who would have been her opponents, Jax & Baszler. This happened after Lana picked up the upset victory over Jax in a one-on-one match. Both Baszler and Asuka were not at ringside during the match. Once the bell rang in Lana’s favor, Asuka was attacked backstage by Baszler. Baszler then came out to the ring and between her and Jax, they sent Lana to the local medical facility.

Lana suffered an attack that targeted both her arm and her leg. Asuka was able to come out and fight off the tag champs, however, the damage was already done. It was announced shortly thereafter that Lana will no longer be able to compete on Sunday. A replacement for her has not been announced at the time of this writing.

Baszler and Jax were not done for the evening. Baszler was set to take on Dana Brooke in a singles match later on in the night. The match ended in a disqualification as Jax blatantly got involved by pushing Brooke off of the turnbuckle. The duo had plans to perhaps do to Brooke what they had done to Lana earlier.

They didn’t get very far as Brooke’s tag team partner, Mandy Rose, made her return from injury. Rose rushed to the ring with a kendo stick in hand to ward off the tag team champions. It worked well until Baszler grabbed ahold of the kendo stick and was about to use it on Rose.

Asuka then made the save and between her and Rose, they fought off Jax & Baszler. The segment ended with Asuka and Rose helping up Brooke as the tag champs headed up the ramp.

Diva Dirt will provide any updates on who will end up being Asuka’s partner at TLC if announced prior to the event.

Brandi Rhodes swills Shaq while Shida canes Abadon on AEW Dynamite

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AEW Dynamite offered up another chaotic edition with multiple developments within the women’s division.

The episode featured The Living Dead Girl, Abadon in action against Tesha Price. A sit-down interview with Brandi Rhodes and Shaq that certainly made a splash and a backstage altercation that resulted in some very interesting progress.

The first thing to take place was the interview between Brandi and Shaq. The interview was conducted by Tony Schiavone and immediately went wayward as Brandi, who was still sporting a sling after the attack by Jade Cargill, took umbrage to Schiavone’s lengthy introduction of Shaquille O’Neal.

Shaq spoke about his history with Cargill and how he can’t wait to see her do big things in AEW. He went on to say that he didn’t care for what she did to Brandi’s arm but looks forward to what the two will do in the ring.

Brandi would shake the hands of Shaq and Tony before heading to leave. However, Shaq would remark that while Brandi is on the sidelines she can watch Cargill in action for some pointers.

Brandi was not having any of that disrespect and seethed that she is “sick of this shit,” before lashing a cup of water right the face of the NBA legend. Then just to really turn up the heat she calls him an overgrown asshole.

In true wrestling fashion, the interview, which was an attempt to quell the rivalry only managed to worsen the situation. This was evident later in the show, when Cargill, Nyla Rose and Vickie Guerrero battered Brandi’s ally, Red Velvet.

Before things got very messy, Big Swole and Serena Deeb would make the save only to be attacked by Ivelisse and Diamante. This action would set up an exciting tag team match between the four on next week’s show.

The introduction of Jade Cargill on AEW Dynamite has elevated the women’s division in just a few short weeks. Her feud with Brandi now involves several of the roster in breakout fueds and storylines, which is very promising indeed.

Abadon and Shida finaly get physical.

Two weeks ago Abadon came out to confront Shida after her title match with Anna Jay. Since then Shida has been keeping an eye out for the Living Dead Girl.

This week Abadon was in action for the first time since August. Her opponent/victim was the AEW Dark regular Tesha Price.

Abadon made quick work of Price, who was visibly creeped out by the Living Dead Girl. Price would eat would a clothesline at the bell and the attack would continue from there. Price would get a forearm strike in but to no effect. Abadon would take out Price with a barrage of strikes before putting her with the Gravedigger.

After the match, Abadon would continue to brutalize Price by viciously slamming her head into the mat. Shida would make the save with a kendo stick shot right to Abadon’s head. As the champ assisted Price out of the ring, Abadon would sit up, Micheal Myers style to add further build between her and Shida.

Another week of AEW Dynamite and further developments within the women’s division. There are now five feuds/storylines taking place on the show, which was not the case a month ago. It looks as though AEW’s women’s division is going to end 2020 with some momentum behind it and long may it continue.

What did you make of the show and the developments within AEW’s women’s division? Sound off in the comments below. As always stay tuned to Diva Dirt for all of your women’s wrestling news, reviews and updates.

Final Call for Voting: The Year End Fan Awards are about to be tallied

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Final Call!

If you haven’t already voted in the Year End Fan Awards, make sure you do so! The polls close tomorrow (Dec 9) at 8 A.M. EST United States time.

The nominees were chosen by you the fans & readers, so make sure the winners represent you!

On behalf of both Diva Dirt and Ring the Belle we thank everyone who has voted so far as we have seen a massive turn out. Some categories are close, so make sure to get those final votes in if you haven’t done so already.

To vote, click here to see the article to do so.

The Winners will be announced next week right here on Diva Dirt and in video form on Ring the Belle.

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Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair pick up a tag team victory at Tribute to the Troops

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WWE aired its annual Tribute to the Troops episode today. This event that started in 2003 hosted its 18th event the best way it could in order to honor the members of the United States Armed Forces. There was one women’s match on the card and that was a tag team bout featuring the ladies of SmackDown.

In what most would call a dream team, Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair teamed up to face Bayley and Natalya.

The match whittled its way down to the SmackDown Women’s Champion Banks and the ring-veteran Natalya. Belair rolled outside the ring with Bayley to make her a non-issue. As Natalya went to use the ropes for her patented move, Banks tripped her up to apply the Bank Statement. This caused the tap out and the victory for Banks and Belair.

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As much as it was great to see Banks and Belair team up and get this win, many are waiting for them to face each other for that SmackDown Women’s Title. In the meantime, Banks will defend her title against Carmella at the TLC pay-per-view while Belair has her hands full with Bayley for the past few weeks on SmackDown.

What did you think of this match? Did you like to see the pair of Banks and Belair together? Leave your thoughts below!!

Sasha Banks to defend her title against Carmella at TLC

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The SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks has challenged Carmella for a match at the upcoming TLC pay-per-view. In a backstage interview where the women were separated during a “War of Words,” things got heated.

For weeks, Carmella has been attacking Banks from behind and saying how easy it has been to take down the champ. Last week she thought she was “calling the shots” and “giving the orders” until Banks showed up and locked her in the Bank Statement backstage. This resulted in the “separate locations” of the two women we saw this week.

Michael Cole provided the interview from the announce desk and wanted to start the interview with Carmella. Banks feels that Carmella has done enough running her mouth so The Boss wanted to speak first. Carmella mocked her by saying that she is going to say that she is “The Boss,” “The Blueprint,” and “The Standard.” Banks agreed and said she is also the SmackDown Women’s Champion.

Cole brought up that these two women go back many years as they trained at the same time in the WWE Performance Center and were in NXT at the same time. Banks says she can give Carmella her props because she is a former SmackDown Women’s Champion and the first woman to win a Money in the Bank Ladder match.

Carmella corrects Banks and says she won the first TWO Money in the Bank Ladder matches. Banks doubles down by saying that Carmella always needed someone to help her win. First the man with no chin (James Ellsworth) and then R-Truth. Mella says that she can’t help that men are obsessed with her. Banks says that there is a reason the two of them have never gone one-on-one and that is because she is out of Carmella’s league.

Carmella fires back by saying that WWE was a dream for Banks. Banks had to work so hard to get to where she is to be the very best but that makes her jealous. Jealous that Carmella just walked right in and skyrocketed to the top. She throws it in Sasha’s face that she held onto the SmackDown Women’s Title longer than all of Sasha’s title reigns combined.

Carmella says she is going to take the title and Banks challenges her saying that she has never been in the ring with a “badder bitch” than her.

This is the second woman’s match that has been announced for the upcoming TLC event. The first was announced earlier today which will see the Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler defend their titles against RAW Women’s Champion Asuka and Lana. At the time of this writing, neither women’s match has any TLC stipulations added to them. There are still two weeks to build that in.

What did you think of this interview and what do you think about this match? Leave your thoughts below in the comment section.

If you have not done so yet, please head over to the Year End Fan Awards brought to you by Diva Dirt and Ring The Belle. You can vote by clicking here.

Team Shotzi earns the advantage at WarGames as Io Shirai rounds out the team

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The main event of this week’s NXT saw Shotzi Blackheart and Raquel Gonzalez tear down in a ladder match. The goal? To earn the advantage for the WarGames match this Sunday.

Much like the men last week, the team members of each team were perched up top and isolated from ringside. Indi Hartwell pledged her allegiance to Team Candice and delivered a ladder where they could make their way down to help Gonzalez. Rhea Ripley and Ember Moon followed to help Blackheart. Hartwell continued to try and help as she set up a ladder in the middle of the ring but that just opened up the door for NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai.

Shirai made the leap to stop Gonzalez from making it to the top of the ladder to grab the briefcase. This led to the NXT Women’s Champion executing a moonsault that took out the entire WarGames field.

This opened the door for Blackheart to climb the ladder and secure the victory. Without saying a word, Shirai rounded out Team Shotzi as expected.

TakeOver: WarGames is this Sunday, Dec. 6, and will be Team Candice (Candice LeRae, Raquel Gonzalez, Dakota Kai, and Toni Storm) vs. Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley, and Io Shirai). This will be the second year in a row that Kai, Ripley, Shirai, and LeRae have partaken in a WarGames match.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for any news and results from the upcoming event.

Jordynne Grace & Jazz pick up a victory to advance in the tag team brackets

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Jordynne Grace and Jazz pick up a huge win as they are now one step closer at becoming the Knockouts Tag Team Champions. They defeated Killer Kelly and Renee Michelle in a highly anticipated first-round match-up. Jazz picked up the pin on Michelle.

In this match, both Jazz and Renee Michelle made their in-ring IMPACT debuts. Killer Kelly debuted last week in a losing effort against Kimber Lee.

The team of Grace & Jazz will take on Havok & Nevaeh in the semi-finals. We still have one more first-round match to get to which will see the Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo and Kimber Lee face Rosemary & Taya Valkyrie. The winner of that match will take on Tasha Steelz & Kiera Hogan.

At this point in the brackets, who do you think will take the whole thing and become new Knockouts Tag Team Champions?

Leave your thoughts below!!

Havok & Nevaeh advance in tournament as Jordynne Grace gives a clue about her partner

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The Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament kicked off on IMPACT this week and we have the first team to advance.

Havok and Nevaeh took on the makeshift team of Tenille Dashwood and Alisha. Dashwood became a team with Alisha after both of them had failed attempts to make a partnership work with Jordynne Grace.

Havok and Nevaeh were able to use some teamwork in putting away Alisha as Havok pins her for the three count. According to the brackets, they will face the winning team from Killer Kelly & Renee Michelle vs. Jordynne Grace and her partner.

Speaking of Grace, it still hasn’t been revealed who her partner will be. In a promo video, Grace is seen talking on the phone with her mystery partner. She is thankful that her partner was able to give the tournament a shot and team up with her. It is mentioned that whoever this woman will be, she is retiring.

Who do you think will be Jordynne’s partner next week? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Natalya is the only woman to have survived more than one Survivor Series match

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Survivor Series is now less than a week away and like most things this year, it feels a bit different. Due to the most obvious reasons, there hasn’t been any type of “invasion” type of build-up this year. Instead, the teams are focused on their own brands. Both RAW and SmackDown have down two different ways to showcase their talent heading up to the event.

One thing both rosters have in common is they are focused around one woman on each brand. RAW’s focus is on Lana as she is the only woman who had to qualify for a spot on the team. The team itself implodes every week with the members fighting amongst each other and ending up with Lana going through the announce table by the hands of Nia Jax. SmackDown’s focus is a little different from who they are focusing on, Natalya, who hasn’t earned her spot yet.

Natalya has been involved in three different matches to try and qualify for a spot on Team SmackDown. The storyline is panning out in the aspect that she keeps getting cheated out of the win and keeps having to try and qualify for a spot every week. Her being self-proclaimed as the “Best of All Time” is infuriating her that she can’t earn her spot. The main difference between how the brands are handling the build for their teams is that the blue brand is actually putting on weekly qualifiers.

Ironically the fact that Natalya is being put in this position leads to looking into the history of women in traditional Survivor Series matches. She is the only woman out of the 33 year-long history of the event that has been last standing in a Survivor Series outing more than one time. She sits at surviving two.

The first win occurred in 2013 where she survived with Nikki Bella in the Total Divas vs. True Diva match. The second was in 2014 where she survived with her whole team in a total sweep alongside Alicia Fox, Emma, and Naomi.

Survivor Series has not been kind to the women as a whole when it comes to the historical reference of the event. For the 33 year history, there has only been a total of 10 all-women traditional matches (11 – after this year). Below is a list of the years and the survivors of each match:

  • 1987 – Jumping Bomb Angels
  • 1995 – Aja Kong
  • 2008 – Beth Phoenix (Team RAW)
  • 2009 – Melina & Mickie James (Team Mickie)
  • 2013 – Natalya & Nikki Bella (Team Total Divas)
  • 2014 – Natalya, Alicia Fox, Emma, & Naomi (Team Natalya)
  • 2016 – Bayley & Charlotte Flair (Team RAW)
  • 2017 – Asuka (Team RAW)
  • 2018 – Nia Jax (Team RAW)
  • 2019 – Candice LeRae, Rhea Ripley, & Io Shirai (Team NXT)

There was a match in 2000 which involved Chyna. She joined Billy Gunn, K-Kwik, and Road Dogg in a losing effort against The Radicalz.

Natalya also holds the most times in a Survivor Series match at six. She is followed by both Naomi and Alicia Fox with five appearances each.

This year’s match is current shaping up as follows:

Team RAW – Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Mandy Rose, Dana Brooke, and Lana vs. Team SmackDown -Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and two more names to be announced.

Do you think that Natalya will end up making it on Team SmackDown? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for all news, rumors, and results from this year’s Survivor Series event.

Madison Rayne returns to the ring with Tenille Dashwood on this week’s IMPACT

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With the Knockouts Tag Team Championship returning and the tournament for it looming, the women who aren’t in an established tag team are making sure they find a perfect match. Former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Madison Rayne has linked up with Tenille Dashwood after last week’s Locker Room Talk.

Rayne had invited Dashwood and Jordynne Grace to her show in an attempt to help the two of them maybe find a tag team in each other. These two have had a recent rivalry, but Rayne sees that Grace is still trying to find a partner and why not Dashwood? Dashwood said that she agrees that her partner is in the room. She then asks Rayne if she would be her partner and the former champion agrees.

This week the team will take to the ring as they face the formidable team of Havok and Nevaeh. This will not be apart of the tournament for the titles just yet. That will start next week on IMPACT and lead up to Hard to Kill in January where the champions will be crowned.

IMPACT has highlighted on their social media a classic moment where The Beautiful People captured the vacant tag team titles in 2010 in a Three Way bout.

What do you make of Rayne returning to the ring for this tournament? Do you think she and Dashwood can make it to the finals? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below!!

IMPACT provides compilation of every Knockouts match from Bound for Glory

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In preparation for tonight’s Bound for Glory, IMPACT Wrestling recently released a compilation of every Knockouts match in the history of the event. The event dates back to 2005 but it wasn’t until two years later that the women had a match.

You can view the compilation in the video above. Here is the breakdown of the matches:

  • 0:00 – 2007 – Gauntlet for the Gold Match (Inaugural TNA Knockouts Title) – Ms. Brooks, Jackie Moore, Shelly Martinez, Awesome Kong, ODB, Angel Williams, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Talia Madison, and Roxxi Laveaux
  • 2:18 – 2008 – Taylor Wilde (c) vs. Awesome Kong vs. Roxxi – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 3:32 – 2009 – The Beautiful People vs. Sarita & Taylor Wilde (c) – TNA Knockouts Tag Team Title
  • 4:35 – 2009 – ODB (c) vs. Awesome Kong vs. Tara – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 6:09 – 2010 – Angelina Love (c) vs. Tara vs. Velvet Sky vs. Madison Rayne – Four Corners Match TNA Knockouts Title special guest referee Mickie James
  • 8:04 – 2011 – Winter (c) vs. Velvet Sky vs. Mickie James vs. Madison Rayne – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 9:48 – 2012 – Miss. Tessmacher (c) vs. Tara – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 10:48 – 2013 – ODB (c) vs. Brooke vs. Gail Kim – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 13:01 – 2014 – Havok(c) vs. Velvet Sky – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 14:10 – 2015 – Gail Kim (c) vs. Awesome Kong – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 15:43 – 2016 – Maria (c) vs. Gail Kim – TNA Knockouts Title
  • 17:54 – 2017 – Sienna (c) vs. Gail Kim vs. Allie- Impact Knockouts Title
  • 18:54 – 2018 – Tessa Blanchard (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie – Impact Knockouts Title
  • 20:43 – 2018 – Allie, Rosemary, Su Yung, and Kiera Hogan Undead Realm segment
  • 22:13 – 2019 – Taya Valkyrie (c) vs. Tenille Dashwood – Impact Knockouts Title

What are your favorite matches/memories from Bound for Glory. Check back in with Diva Dirt later today for a Discussion Post and check out our YouTube Prediction Video by John Duffy.

Will Deonna Purrazzo be able to retain her title or will Kylie Rae become the new Knockouts Champion?

Return after the show to see the results of this year’s event. The show starts at 8 P.M. ET and you can order it on Fite.

Bianca Belair dominates in her SmackDown debut

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Bianca Belair is arguably the best(est) grab from the recent WWE Draft. After only having a handful of matches on RAW since WrestleMania, Belair is now focused on rising straight to the top.

In her debut match on SmackDown, she took down a competitor that she is very familiar with, Zelina Vega. Belair and Vega butted head on several occasions on RAW when The Street Profits feuded with their rivals, Andrade & Angel Garza. More, in particular, Belair came to the defense of her husband Montez Ford when he was poisoned by Vega.

Belair proved that she is everything her recent promos have been showing as she took out Vega with the K.O.D. to get the three count. She appeared on Talking Smack after SmackDown to discuss her debut, win, and future.

She says that she will be keeping a close eye on the Hell in a Cell match between Sasha Banks and Bayley. Belair intends on going straight for the SmackDown Women’s Title regardless of who is champion after Sunday.

In a WWE Network Exclusive, Belair discusses her custom made outfit that she made herself. She also comments on her victory against Vega.

What did you think of Belair’s debut and what do you see in store for her future? Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Bound for Glory 10.14.07 – Gauntlet for the Gold Match

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With Bound for Glory taking place this Saturday, let’s look back at the very first Knockouts match ever at this event. This will be this week’s Free Match Friday.

The Bound for Glory event has been one of the biggest events for TNA/IMPACT Wrestling for the past 15-years. The first event took place in 2005, however, it wasn’t until 2007 when the Knockouts first had a match. This match would be to crown the first-ever Knockouts Champion.

In order to determine who would become the companies first champion for the women, 10 participants would battle it out in a Gauntlet for the Gold Match. The participants included the following, Ms. Brooks, Jackie Moore, Shelly Martinez, Awesome Kong, O.D.B. Angel Williams, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Talia Madison(Velvet Sky), and Roxxi Laveaux.

The match came down to a final four between O.D.B., Talia Madison, Gail Kim, and Roxxi Laveaux. Kim eliminated Madison in one corner while Laveaux eliminated O.D.B. in another corner mere seconds later. The bell would then ring for a final fight between Kim and Laveaux in a traditional one-on-one match.

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After a solid back and forth, Kim would become the first-ever Knockouts Champion pins her opponent for the count of three, cementing history with the company.

This year’s Bound for Glory will take place tomorrow on Oct. 24 at 8:00 P.M. EST. You can check Fite for all of your ordering options.

The matches for that event will be:

Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Kylie Rae – Knockouts Championship

Jordynne Grace vs. Rohit Raju (c) vs. Chris Bey vs. Trey Miguel vs. TJP vs. Willie Mack – Six-way Intergender Scramble match for the Impact X-Division Championship

Alisha Edwards vs. Havok vs. Tenille Dashwood vs. Taya Valkyrie vs. Acey Romero vs. Cody Deaner vs. Brian Myers vs. Heath vs. Hernandez vs. Larry D vs. Rhino vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. TBD – Call Your Shot gauntlet match; where the winner could choose any championship match of their choice.

If Rhino or Heath win then Heath gets a contract. If they both lose then Rhino is fired. Hernandez will enter last as number 20 whereas Rhino enters at the number 1 spot.

Check back in with Diva Dirt for all of your results for this year’s event and for future Free Match Fridays. There will be a Discussion Post up for the event by bell time tomorrow.

SmackDown has its Season Premiere without a women’s match

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SmackDown had its season premiere this week and despite it being off the heels of a draft, not a woman match was in sight. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the first time in recent memory that the show has gone without in-ring action. The draft saw six women come from RAW to refresh their storylines and provide us all with what many hoped was some quality entertainment. With that being said, WWE isn’t starting out on the right foot for the women of the blue brand.

The most we got to see from the new members of the SmackDown locker room was them on stage at the start of the show. Stephanie McMahon and Triple H kicked off the show but their focus was solely on the men. The men’s roster would start brawling as a result of some of the new faces from the draft which led to the disappearance of the women to the backstage area. It can be presumed that there was no need to include them in anything.

The most we heard about the women was from Daniel Bryan who said he was excited to see what Bianca Belair and The Riott Squad have in store. Speaking of Belair, who undoubtedly should be the next big thing, a promo did air for her. As great as the promo was, a match would have been even better.

With the addition of the six women (Bianca Belair, Natalya, The Riott Squad, Zelina Vega, and Billie Kay) that SmackDown acquired from the draft, we still have yet to see the repackage of Carmella.

Carmella was revealed as the mystery woman two weeks ago along with her new gimmick, “Untouchable.” Since then we still do not have any progression or have yet to see her back in the ring.

The only segment we did get for the women was a Hell in a Cell contract signing between Bayley and Sasha Banks. A segment in which Bayley refused to sign the contract even though the match is one week from Sunday. Banks of course was killing it in the style department. She delivered some good comebacks to Bayley who continues to think she has done everything in her career on her own.

Hopefully next week we will see some women’s matches on SmackDown.

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