The results are in! Over the past few weeks you have been voting in the thousands for the winners of the 2014 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked. Independent Match of the Year Ivelisse vs. Saraya Knight (SHINE … Read more
The results are in! Over the past few weeks you have been voting in the thousands for the winners of the 2014 Diva Dirt Fan Awards. All of the votes have been counted and verified, and it’s now time to reveal who you’ve picked. Independent Promotion of the Year SHINE Wrestling – 41.7% View … 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. 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
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. Ivelisse What more can be said about Ivelisse’s 2014? From the very start of the year her name has been synonymous with … Read more
Diva Dirt presents its fourth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2014, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Indy Star of the Year: Ivelisse In 2014, Ivelisse experienced the best of both worlds: … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @_Trevin_Adams/Twitter” align=”alignleft” width=”620″][/media-credit] As 2014 draws to a close, Diva Dirt writers have each picked a personal highlight to reminisce on the year gone by. Note: This isn’t a ranking of 2014’s best moments. These are moments that were personal highlights for each writer. Adrian’s Pick: Mia Yim wins the SHINE Championship … Read more
SHINE returned to proceedings after WWN’s successful China tour with a new champion and whole lot of scores to be settled as 2014 draws to a close. Following a showing of her title victory in China, new SHINE Champion Mia Yim kicked off the show by making it clear that she plans to hold the … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 23, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event sees the brand new SHINE Champion Mia Yim defend her title for the first time against Nevaeh, while topping off a stacked undercard, the SHINE Tag Team Championships will also be defended, as current titleholders Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi … Read more
SHINE returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow night for SHINE 23, with a new champion ready to lead the promotion into the new year. On WWNLive’s tour of China last month, Mia Yim defeated Ivelisse to become the new SHINE Champion. However, her first title defense will be an immediate challenge as … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @_Trevin_Adams/Twitter” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Mia Yim is the new SHINE Champion, winning the title today in Beijing, China, no less. Mia won the title in one of SHINE’s showcase matches as part of the WWN Live tour of China. This was Ivelisse‘s last title defense of the tour, having already retained the championship against … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: ShineWrestling.com” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] SHINE Wrestling will be heading overseas next month as part of WWN Live’s tour of China. Talent from SHINE will wrestle in “SHINE showcase matches” alongside EVOLVE, Dragon Gate and FIP stars. SHINE Champion Ivelisse will defend her title on three occasions. She’ll face Su Yung on November 10th, Allysin … Read more
SHINE 22 had a different flavour to usual on Friday night as a host of international stars from all four (okay, two) corners of the globe swooped down upon Ybor City to shake things up, while a new stable emerged ready to take on all comers, under the command of its confident, verbose leader. Former … 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: AJ Lee … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 22, airing tonight on iPPV. The main event is an international dream matchup for the SHINE Championship, as current champion Ivelisse takes on Australia’s Madison Eagles. Also, Legendary (Malia Hosaka and Brandi Wine) put their SHINE Tag Team Championships on the line against Daffney‘s Buddy System (Heidi Lovelace … Read more
SHINE Wrestling returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida tomorrow night for SHINE 22, which will air live on iPPV. With SHIMMER on the horizon, a host of international stars are in the States, making for some dream ties. The main event is a mouthwatering matchup that sees SHINE Champion Ivelisse put her title … Read more
Chasity Taylor may have wanted to wrestle “since birth”, but she had to wait until the ripe old age of 13 to finally enter a ring. In an exclusive interview with Diva Dirt’s Chris, the up-and-coming indy star talks about getting her foot in the door doing ring announcing in North Carolina as a 13-year-old, … Read more
“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy lies in the enemy itself”. Over two thousand years after Sun Tzu first etched those words into the manuscript of his timeless treatise The Art of War we still see his theory in action to this day, not … 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: Gail Kim … Read more
Diva Dirt presents live coverage of SHINE 21, airing live on iPPV. Topping the card is the climax to Jessicka Havok‘s titanic, almost year-long feud, with the pair facing off once and for all in a Dog Collar and Chain Match, with Kay’s Valkyrie accomplices barred from ringside. Also, Amazing Kong, Leah Von Dutch or
SHINE returns to the Orpheum in Ybor City this Friday for SHINE 21, where arguably the most bitter and violent feud in the promotion’s history will reach its scintillating denouement. It’s been almost a year since the seeds of Jessicka Havok and Allysin Kay‘s epic rivalry were first planted all the way back at SHINE … Read more
This Saturday at Valkyrie 2, Cherry Bomb will go head-to-head with her Kimber Bombs teammate, Kimber Lee. It’s not trouble in paradise – just another chapter in the storied, nearly decade-long career of Cherry Bomb. In an exclusive interview, Cherry chats with Diva Dirt’s Jack about wrestling Gail Kim on Impact, landing a WWE tryout, … Read more
Your Two Cents is our interactive feature where we ask for the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers. This week, we’re asking this: What is the greatest heel turn in women’s wrestling history? We’ve read your responses on our social media pages and picked some of the best submissions to highlight here on the … Read more
SHINE 20 ended in historic fashion on Friday night as Ivelisse and Serena Deeb waged war for a full hour over the SHINE Championship – with no clear winner as the timer reached zero. Following Serena’s shock pin over Ivelisse at last month’s ten-woman elimination tag masterpiece, the stage was set for a rambunctious and … Read more
Whose star shone brightest this week? You tell us! With our Star of the Week poll, we’re taking the basis of the Perfect 10 and giving you a say. 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 … Read more