World of STARDOM Champion, Utami Hayashishita successfully defended her title against her first challenger, Momo Watanabe. The match headlined STARDOM’s lastest show, Osaka Dream Cinderella that saw all titles on the line. Utami and Watanabe went at it hard for just over twenty-four minutes in a thrilling match. Utami pinned Watanabe after she hit the … Read more
STARDOM announced that they are taking part in NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 15. The promotion will be represented at the January event in a dark match. This is the second year running that the company has had a match the biggest wrestling event in Japan. Last year Hana Kimura and Giulia teamed up to take on … Read more
Japan Times is reporting that the man suspected by Tokyo Metropolitan Police of cyberbullying Hana Kimura is to be referred to prosecutors soon. Police believe that the man in his twenties sent Kimura multiple abusive messages and death threats via social media. Further reports state that Tokyo police are said to be investigating over 1200 … Read more
Mission Pro Wrestling, who just crowned their inaugural champion (La Rosa Negra), has a poll up on their Twitter account. They are asking who wants to see a cage match between Thunder Rosa and Allysin Kay at their upcoming event in February. There seems to be a resounding yes so far at 94 percent. These … Read more
La Rosa Negra defeated Lacey Ryan in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls match in tournament finals at Run It Back to become the first-ever Mission Pro Wrestling Champion. The title match was the finals of a tournament to crown the first MPW champion. The first rounds of the tournament took place on November … Read more
STARDOM announced that they will host their ten-year anniversary show next year. On March 3, next year the promotion will celebrate their tenth-anniversary show at the legendary Budokan Hall. STARDOM was formed in 2010 and held its first event on January 26th 2011. Over the years it grew into one of the greatest professional wrestling … Read more
On Nov 15 a great shift took place in STARDOM. At Stardom Sendai Cinderella, Utami Hayashishita defeated Mayu Iwatani for the World of STARDOM Championship, ending her 377-day reign in the process. The outcome of the match was a huge surprise as the winner of STARDOM 5 Star GP Tournament, Utami dominated Iwatani in an … Read more
The all-female wrestling indie promotion, SHIMMER, is celebrating 15-years since they opened its doors. In those fifteen years, they have brought fans 118 Volumes of hard-hitting wrestling with an average of about 10+ matches per show. A total of 10 women have climbed the top of the mountain and have held the SHIMMER Championship throughout … Read more
Welcome to Diva Dirt Discussions in which we interview wrestlers and talent from around the world. In these discussions we talk with talent about their lockdown experiences, what they’ve missed, what they’re looking forward too and of course their in-ring returns. For the first segment, we talk to one half of Team Sea Stars, Delmi … Read more
Women of Wrestling’s (WOW) Jungle Grrrl (real name Erica Porter) has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. It is breast cancer that has spread to her lungs and bones and is said to be incurable. Her goal is to continue to live fully and inspire others while doing so. Speaking with … Read more
It was previously reported that Shaul Guerrero is making her return to the ring. She will be in the Diamond Cup Tournament at Generation Championship Wrestling’s upcoming event. Her opponent for round one has been announced. She will be facing Renee Michelle. This will be both Guerrero’s first match since 2013 and her debut on … Read more
Shaul Guerrero, formerly known as Raquel Diaz during her time in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) before it became NXT, is returning to the ring. It has been seven years since she has had a match which was a tag team match at an NXT house show in 2013. She will be debuting at an event … Read more
Lindsay Snow defeated two opponents in one night to win the Women’s Tournament at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport. The tournament consisted of four fighters, Legit Leyla Hirsch, Killer Kelly, Allysin Kay and Snow. Snow bested Kay in the finals of the first-ever women’s tournament to take place at Bloodsport. Kay was coming off a gruelling first-round … Read more
SHIMMER Volume 118 took place over the weekend along with many other shows from various independent promotions in an event called The Collective. The last SHIMMER event was supposed to occur in April in Tampa, Fla. during WrestleMania weekend. This was SHIMMER’s first show since last November. At SHIMMER Vol. 116, Lee ended the long … Read more
Thunder Rosa will put her NWA Women’s World Championship against Ray Lyn. The match will take place at Mission Pro Wrestling’s Out of Hell show on November, 6 in Buda, Texas. Ray Lyn will make her debut for the promotion to take on Rosa, who has been on an incredible run as late. Rosa has … Read more
The return for many independent wrestling organizations kicks off today in Indianapolis known as The Collective. At this weekend of shows, SHIMMER will have their returning event on Sunday, Oct. 11 with many of your favorite indie women’s wrestlers in participating. Already reported was the main event which will see the SHIMMER Champion Kimber Lee … Read more
Thunder Rosa and Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that she has relinquished the International Princess Championship. Rosa won the title in January, 5 when she defeated Maki Ito in Tokyo. She was due to return to Japan and defend the title in March but the pandemic put a stop to that. Rosa commented on the situation … Read more
Mayu Iwatani retained the World of Stardom title against Syuri at STARDOM Yokohama Cinderella 2020. The show took place on Oct, 3 and was chock full of excellent matches and major happenings. The card featured nine matches, five of which had titles on the line. Mayu Iwatani vs Syuri for the World Of Stardom Championship … Read more
In an exclusive by Deadline, they have confirmed that the Emmy Award-winning show will not be returning. GLOW was originally renewed for a fourth and final season in August 2019. As a result of the current COVID pandemic, it will not complete production which was three weeks into filming when production was suspended. This had … Read more
Wrestling legend and veteran Jazz has confirmed that she has indeed retired from in-ring competition. In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, the former two-time WWE Women’s Champion set the tone at the beginning of the interview saying that she has had her last match. She acknowledges how wrestling “retirement” goes, but she says she … Read more
The first SHIMMER event since last November is just eight days away as it will be part of The Collective on Oct. 11. The Collective will be a collection of shows that will start on Oct. 9 and go throughout the weekend. On the same day as SHIMMER will be Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport which will … Read more
Deonna Purrazzo recently cancelled her appearances at The Collective. The weekend of wrestling events included SHIMMER and Johns Barnett’s Bloodsport. Barnett has found an excellent replacement for the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion. “Legit” Leyla Hirsch will be stepping into the four-woman tournament. The matches for the tournament are; Killer Kelly vs. Allysin Kay and Lindsay … Read more
As previously reported, Kylie Rae was set to defend her newly won Warrior Wrestling Women’s title this weekend against Madison Rayne. This was announced by Rayne as her final indie match. She has made it clear that she is not retiring from the ring, just ending her time on the independent scene. The match took … Read more
Deonna Purrazzo has announced that she has made the tough decision to not partake in the upcoming indie shows she was scheduled for. As indie shows slowly start back up, a big weekend is coming up in Indianapolis. The overall event by GCW is called The Collective and it will host the first SHIMMER show … Read more
Tessa Blanchard has had one wild year with a lot of highs and lows. After a build-up from last year’s chase for shattering the glass ceiling, Blanchard became the first woman in IMPACT Wrestling history to hold the top men’s title. She became the IMPACT World Champion after defeating Sami Callihan at Hard to Kill … Read more
Utami Hayashishita has been crowned as this year’s winner of the STARDOM 5 Star GP Tournament. The finals of the tournament took place on Sep, 19 at Korauken Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Utami came first in the Blue Stars standings and Himeka would do the same in Red Start standings. The two winners went on … Read more