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Allysin Kay loses Shine title to Miyu Yamashita

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by Nick Wilkinson

Update: Allysin Kay loses her Shine Championship to Miyu Yamashita in a Winner Takes All match. With both women having their titles on the line the stakes were at an all-time high. The match highlighted submission holds from both competitors. The conclusion of the match involved the referee calling for the bell after Kay was … Read more

Five wrestlers we’d like to see in Stardom

April 4, 2019April 3, 2019 by Dean Buckley

Stardom is in the midst of an attempted expansion into the western market. Mayu Iwatani, formerly of the dominant stable Threedom with Kairi Hojo and Io Shirai, is enjoying a run as Women of Honor World Champion, and will defend her title at G1 Supercard. Other Stardom performers on the card include World of Stardom … Read more

Joshi Puroresu to be showcased during WrestleMania weekend

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 by Dean Buckley

World Wonder Ring Stardom have announced the full card for their American Dream in the Big Apple event, taking place in New York City this Friday. It is the promotion’s first-ever event as part of WrestleMania weekend. The matches were tweeted out today by the promotion’s official English-language account. The opening bout will see Stardom’s … Read more

Charlie Morgan injures ankle at Shimmer taping

March 31, 2019 by Philip Lindsey

Earlier we reported, Mercedes Martinez suffered a rib injury during a tag match at the Shimmer 112 event in Berwyn, IL. It turns out Charlie Morgan also injured herself at the event. Morgan made her Shimmer debut on Saturday at Shimmer 110 in a match against none other than Mercedes. Last night, the UK native … Read more

Mercedes Martinez suffers bruised ribs at Shimmer 112 event

March 31, 2019 by Philip Lindsey

Former Phoenix of RISE Champion, Mercedes Martinez, appeared to suffer an injury today in a tag team match at the Shimmer 112 event in Berwyn, IL. The taping was delayed while onlookers waited to see if she could get up on her own volition. Eventually, Martinez had to be carried out on a stretcher. Shannon … Read more

Ivelisse and Kobra Moon released from Lucha Underground

March 26, 2019 by Lauren Founds

After a long, heated battle with Lucha Underground, Ivelisse and Kobra Moon have been granted a release from their contracts. It’s been over a year and a half that these two women – along with El Hijo del Fantasma and Joey Ryan – have been “held hostage” – per Ivelisse’s own words in a since … Read more

Stardom tag team match to be added to G1 Supercard

March 25, 2019 by Lauren Founds

The full lineup for the Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden has been announced. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a Stardom tag team match will be added to the card, but has not been announced yet. The show will take place during WrestleMania weekend on Saturday, … Read more

Zoe Lucas wins Ironfist Women’s Championship

March 25, 2019March 24, 2019 by Joe Anthony Myrick

Zoe Lucas Ironfist Wrestling Women's Championship

Last night, Ironfist Wrestling held its Game of Throws event. Along with an appearance from NXT UK’s Joseph Conners, the crowd were anticipating the Ironfist Women’s Championship bout. In her 581st day as the champion, Melanie Price defended her title against a worthy challenger in Zoe Lucas. Some may recognize Lucas for her regular appearances … Read more

WOW’s Jessie Jones explains ‘make wrestling great again’

March 22, 2019 by Joe Anthony Myrick

WOW – Women of Wrestling just wrapped up its first season with a second season already on the horizon. One of the biggest talking points coming out of the show was resident WOW Superhero, Jessie Jones. The reason being because Jones portrayed a MAGA-lite character. Jones frequently spouted promos about building a wall and that … Read more

OTT ScrapperMania 5 recap and results

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 by Dean Buckley

This past weekend, at OTT ScrapperMania 5, my friend turned to me and said “Sometimes, it’s really depressing to be a women’s wrestling fan.” And, well, yeah. I say this not merely to foreshadow the negative aspects of this recap, but as a reminder that sometimes coverage of women’s wrestling just won’t be positive. I … Read more

RISE Wrestling to set major record at LEGENDARY event

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 by Joe Anthony Myrick

RISE LEGENDARY Wrestling Kylie Rae vs Champion Mercedes Martinez

RISE Wrestling’s next event will literally be LEGENDARY, because that’s the name of the show. RISE – LEGENDARY will take place later this month and when it does, it will set a huge record in the history of women’s wrestling. In front of a sold out crowd in Chicago, Illinois, RISE – LEGENDARY will boast … Read more

Tenille Dashwood’s ROH contract expires soon

March 13, 2019 by Philip Lindsey

Tenille Dashwood will reportedly be a free agent soon. According to Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet, the current Ring of Honor star’s contract expires at the end of this month. Their sources suggest Tenille is currently in negotiations with Ring of Honor to potentially sign a new contract, but nothing has been made official … Read more

Jordynne Grace becomes first-ever WSW Women’s Champion

March 31, 2019March 10, 2019 by Nick Wilkinson

A worldwide phenomenon is the best way to describe Jordynne Grace. As previously reported, Grace is the current PROGRESS Women’s Champion, which checks off Europe from her world domination. She can mark off one more continent on her checklist as she is now the first ever World Series Wrestling Women’s Champion. She is the only … Read more

SHINE 57 heats up as their champions get ready for battle

March 9, 2019 by Nick Wilkinson

SHINE 57 is due out next week on Mar. 16. The event will take place from La Boom in Queens, NY and will feature all three of their titles on the line. Rainbow Bright (Luscious Latasha and Gabby Gilbert) will defend their Shine Tag Team Championships against former champs Twisted Sisterz (Thunder Rosa and Holidead) … Read more

Kay Lee Ray wins Pro-Wrestling EVE Championship

March 10, 2019March 9, 2019 by Joe Anthony Myrick

Kay Lee Ray has been on a roll as of late. The ICW World Women’s Champion successfully defended her title at ICW Square Go! against NXT UK Women’s Champion, Toni Storm. Speaking of, WWE’s latest signee will be making her NXT UK debut this upcoming Wednesday. Before that happens, The Hardcore Daredevil had the chance … Read more

EVE announces the Kris Wolf Retirement Show

March 6, 2019 by Dean Buckley

Pro-Wrestling: EVE will hold a special show in honor of the recently-announced retirement of Kris Wolf. The event, set for April 26th, was announced on EVE’s Twitter account earlier today. Kris Wolf began her career in 2014 at World Wonder Ringer Stardom, where she is a former High Speed Champion, as well as a founding … Read more

WOW announces renewal for second season on AXS TV

March 6, 2019 by Kristen Ashly

Today, during a planned media conference, Women of Wrestling (WOW) announced the all-female wrestling promotion was approved for another season on AXS TV. The new season will feature 24 new episodes, and is set to start in the fall of this year. Fans can attend the live tapings, being held on May 15 and 16. … Read more

NJPW rejected Kenny Omega on his idea for women’s match

March 4, 2019March 3, 2019 by Nick Wilkinson

Kenny Omega recently spoke with Tokyo-Sports in regards to leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and transitioning to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Wrestling Inc. reported this discussion, and highlighted a moment that involved his push for women in NJPW, where currently women are not involved in-ring. Omega mentioned how AEW’s recently signed Aja Kong and Yuka … Read more

Session Moth Martina wins Discovery Wrestling Women’s Championship

March 4, 2019March 3, 2019 by Joe Anthony Myrick

Earlier today, Discovery Wrestling held its Disco Derby event. The main event saw Sammi Jayne defend her DW Women’s Championship in a match of the same name. The Disco Derby match is an elimination style match similar to the Royal Rumble. This was the first time that Discovery Wrestling held an all women’s version of … Read more

Erica Porter on loyalty to WOW and “cutting the cancer”

March 18, 2019March 2, 2019 by Kristen Ashly

Erica Porter, known as Jungle Grrrl at Women of Wrestling (WOW), has never wanted to be a valet, or just a side character; she’s always wanted to be the story. Kristen Ashly of Diva Dirt got to sit down and speak with Porter about her introduction into the wrestling industry, why she chose to stick … Read more

PROGRESS reveal Jordynne Grace’s next Women’s Title match

March 18, 2019March 1, 2019 by Nick Wilkinson

UPDATE AS OF MARCH 14: Allie Kat revealed via Twitter that her title match against Jordynne Grace will not take place after all. In fact, she will not be appearing for Nova Pro Wrestling “for the foreseeable future.” Stay tuned to Diva Dirt as we report further updates as to why when further details reveal … Read more

EVE International Championship match announced

February 28, 2019 by Philip Lindsey

Today, Pro-Wrestling: EVE announced a new match for a Stardom World event in Nagoya, on Mar. 3. Utami Hayashishita will defend the EVE International Championship for the first time against Bea Priestley. The first title defense has been regarded as a champion’s curse in EVE. The last International Champion, Viper, lost her first title defense … Read more

First look at this week’s WOW on AXS TV

February 28, 2019 by Nick Wilkinson

In just a few shorts weeks since Tessa Blanchard captured the vacant WOW Championship, she is feeling the heat. All eyes are on her title as Jungle Grrrl will continue to claw her way back to the gold. Jungle Grrrl has the longest reign of the title’s history, and is out to snag a second reign.

One of the upcoming matches for the new episode includes the Monster Of Madness, Havok, taking on the energetic Eye Candy. Eye Candy is currently healing up from neck surgery, and we here at Diva Dirt wish her a healthy recovery. Fans who would like to keep up with her recovery can visit her on social media @w_nightingale_ and @wow_eyecandy. Episodes of WOW were filmed last year, explaining the difference in Eye Candy’s health.

Other matches on this episode include Jessie Jones vs. Chantilly Chella, The Temptress vs. Fire, Azteca vs. Kobra Moon, and The Beverly Hills Babe vs. Jungle Grrrl. Jungle Grrrl has Blanchard in her sights, but is she focused enough on her current challenger to get that chance?

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Check out a first look of the newest episode in the video at the top of this article!

Check out new episodes of WOW every Friday on AXS TV, starting at 9 p.m. EST.

Check back with Diva Dirt on further action and news from the Women of Wrestling! Who will be after Tessa’s title next?

Raven Creed vs Debbie Keitel set for OTT ScrapperMania 5

March 19, 2019February 27, 2019 by Dean Buckley

OTT Women’s Champion Raven Creed will defend her title against long-time rival Debbie Keitel at ScrapperMania. OTT announced the match on Twitter earlier today. Raven Creed and Dabbie Keitel have enjoyed an incredible feud over the past two years, across multiple promotions and countries. Their conflict began back in 2017, at the now-defunct Celtic Championship … Read more

Jordynne Grace adds two first-time matches to her resume

February 27, 2019 by Lauren Founds

Jordynne Grace may just be the hardest working women in independent wrestling. At just 22 years old, she is making rounds all over the globe facing the fiercest competition the world has to offer. Thick Mama Pump, as she calls herself, can add two more names to her growing list of competitors. Nova Pro announced … Read more

Meiko Satomura to face the Session Moth at ScrapperMania 5

February 26, 2019February 23, 2019 by Dean Buckley

Meiko Satomura will return to Over the Top Wrestling (OTT) at ScrapperMania 5, where she will face off with one of the promotion’s breakout stars, Session Moth Martina. OTT announced the match on Twitter earlier today. It follows Martina’s recent defeat in a steel cage match for the OTT Tag Team Championships at last weekend’s … Read more

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