This April, SHIMMER will introduce a new championship: the Heart of SHIMMER Title. For the first time since the introduction of the SHIMMER Tag Team Titles in 2008, the all-women’s promotion will debut a new title via a tournament. This tournament will be held at the SHIMMER 80 iPPV in Dallas on WrestleMania weekend: Dallas, … Read more
The results are in! Over the past few weeks you have been voting in the thousands for the winners of the 2015 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. Now it’s time to reveal who you’ve picked! Independent Promotion of the Year: SHIMMER (51%) View the full results below: [polldaddy poll=9239998] Who did you vote for?
Diva Dirt presents its fifth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2015, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Best Tag Team/Group: The Kimber Bombs (Cherry Bomb & Kimber Lee) In a year … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Alexa Bliss … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHIMMERWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today, SHIMMER taped matches for volumes 78 and 79 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Full results below, courtesy of @ProWresLand: Volume 78 SPARKLE: Mary Elizabeth Monroe def. Paloma. Solo Darling def. Amanda Rodriguez with an X-Factor. LuFisto def. Veda Scott with the Mangalizer. Allysin Kay def. Shazza … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @DaveMuscarella/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Madison Eagles is now a two-time SHIMMER Champion. Eagles won the belt by defeating champion Nicole Matthews in a No DQ match in the main event of SHIMMER’s volume 77 taping, hitting Matthews with the Hellbound onto a steel chair to get the decisive pin. The match saw Matthews and … Read more
Portia Perez will wrestle her final match this weekend. The SHIMMER mainstay announced her retirement at this weekend’s tapings, citing her need for career-ending neck surgery. Her final match has been booked for Sunday afternoon’s volume 79 tapings. Perez made her wrestling debut in 2004. Since then, she’s carved out a significant place for herself … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHIMMERWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today, SHIMMER taped matches for volumes 76 and 77 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Full results below, courtesy of @ProWresLand: Volume 76 Candice LeRae wins a Battle Royal to become #1 contender to the SHIMMER Title. She will face Nicole Matthews for the belt in the volume … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHIMMERWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today, SHIMMER will be taping matches for volumes 74 and 75 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Ongoing results below, courtesy of Diva Dirt’s Steven: Volume 74 Crazy Mary Dobson def. Portia Perez with a surprise roll up. Thunderkitty def. Angelus Layne via a claw submission. Saraya Knight … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @allHAILkhaleesi/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today at SHIMMER’s volume 72 tapings in Berwyn, Illinois, Cherry Bomb and Kimber Lee became double champions. The KimberBombs, already holders of the SHINE Tag Team Titles, won the SHIMMER Tag Titles by defeating longtime champs Kellie Skater and Tomoka Nakagawa. This bout served as a rematch from the teams’ … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHIMMERWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today, SHIMMER taped matches for volumes 72 and 73 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Results below, courtesy of Diva Dirt’s Steven: Volume 72 Jessicka Havok def Cheerleader Melissa via chokeslam in a brutal match that saw them brawl all around the ring, and Melissa deliver 10 consecutive … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 26, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees SHINE Champion Mia Yim going head-to-head with NWA World Women’s Champion Santana Garrett in a huge Title vs. Title match. In another big Title vs. Title match, SHINE Tag Team Champions a href=”http://3.87.182.211/tag/cherry-bomb”>Cherry Bomb and Kimber Lee take on … Read more
Join Diva Dirt panelists as we discuss the lead up to WrestleMania 31 and give our predictions for the biggest event of the year! We will also recap SHIMMER 71 and Alundra Blayze‘s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. Listen to the replay below or download by right clicking here. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://cdn.media.diva-dirt.com/ddweekly/ddweekly32815.mp3″]
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Awesome Kong … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHIMMER 71: The ChickFight Tournament, airing this afternoon on iPPV. The show will feature a 12-woman tournament, with the winner being granted a future shot at the SHIMMER Championship. The first round will consist of the following matches: Portia Perez vs. Evie Kay Lee Ray vs. Kimber Lee Candice … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ImpactWrestling.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Make no mistake: Mia Yim is taking over. She’s been wrestling for almost eight years, but over the course of the past few months, Mia has hit warp speed, winning the SHINE Championship, joining the top ranks in SHIMMER and earning a career-changing opportunity with one major wrestling company. In … Read more
Ahead of this Saturday’s huge SHIMMER 71 ChickFight tournament, several of the competitors have taken to YouTube to promise victory. The ChickFight tournament, featuring 12 of indy wrestling’s biggest female stars, will be SHIMMER’s first since 2007 and will grant the winner a future shot at the SHIMMER Championship. Athena, Candice LeRae, Evie, Portia Perez, … Read more
This coming WrestleMania weekend, SHIMMER will return to iPPV with SHIMMER 71. For the first time since 2007, the show will take the form of a tournament, in partnership with ChickFight. The last time SHIMMER held a tournament – in the summer of 2007 – it was to crown the first ever SHIMMER Champion. Sara … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2015, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2014. LuFisto LuFisto kicked off 2014 the same way she continued and finished it: by absolutely killing it every time she set foot … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2015, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2014. Leva Bates 2014 started off with a bang for Leva Bates as she and Mia Yim, The Lucha Sisters, won a tournament … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2015, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2014. Kellie Skater & Tomoka Nakagawa If you’re reading this from Japan and have no intention of being in the United States this … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2015, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2014. Mia Yim Mia Yim is knocking on the door of superstardom; it’s only a matter of time before she ends up kicking … Read more
Every hour until the clock strikes midnight (Eastern time) and we usher in 2015, Diva Dirt will highlight – in no particular order – the women who made an impact in 2014. Havok Havoc leaves carnage in its wake. Jessicka Havok lived up to her name in 2014, blazing a trail through the indies … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’ll pick the week’s top five women in wrestling and let you choose who is number one. The poll will open each Saturday and close on Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look at this week’s top five: Becky Lynch … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: SHIMMERWrestling.com” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today, SHIMMER will be taping matches for volumes 69 and 70 at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois. Results below, courtesy of @ShimmerDownMeow on Twitter: Volume 69 Courtney Rush def. Nikki Storm with the Deep Sea Diverticulitus Madison Eagles def. Marti Belle with the Hellbound Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @SHIMMERwomen/Twitter” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Last night, a new SHIMMER Champion was crowned. Nicole Matthews emerged from the volume 68 tapings with the belt after winning a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match that pitted her, champ Cheerleader Melissa, Athena and Madison Eagles against one another. Shockingly, Melissa was eliminated first, guaranteeing that the match would crown … Read more