As we suspected on the Diva Dirt Roundtable two weeks ago, Madison Rayne will replace Angelina Love in the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament finals this Sunday night at No Surrender. Last night on Impact, Madison was reunited with the Love and Velvet Sky after helping them win their semi-final match against Tara & Christy … Read more
Wrestlicious star, Lacey Von Erich has joined the recently announced ‘HULKAMANIA – Let the Battle Begin’ tour, due to take place in Australia in November. The tour will be headlined by duh, Hulk Hogan and is a joint venture between him and Eric Bischoff. There have reportedly been talks for Ric Flair vs Hulk Hogan … Read more
Our friends at Wrestlicious e-mailed in to let us know that one of the stars of the series, Cousin Cassie, is featured in a spoof video clip that has become an Internet sensation. The clip, ‘Kate is Enough’ which sees Emmy-award winning reality star Kathy Griffin spoof Kate Gosselin was first aired on Jimmy Kimmel … Read more
The Women of Wrestling Podcast returns with NINJA-esque stealth to present episode #2, with special guest Portia Perez. On the show, the Anarchy Pro-Wrestling American Joshi champion and one half of the SHIMMER Tag Team Champs talks about her recent transition into the broadcast booth, early experiences in wrestling, her international travelling experiences, having Social … Read more
From Women of Wrestling Podcast hosts, Stew Allen & Lee Burton: This week, the Women of Wrestling Podcast returns with episode #2, as Stew and Lee welcome the “Ridiculously Awesome” Portia Perez to the show. Portia is one half of the SHIMMER Tag Team Champions along with her Canadian NINJA partner Nicole Matthews. Apart from … Read more
Much like WWE’s hiring process, sources reveal to me that TNA too, is now looking to hire more model-like women. The mandate was laid down by TNA President, Dixie Carter herself. Carter is said to be only interested in hiring ‘beautiful women’, though thankfully for fans — ones that can actually wrestle. One source tells … Read more
The experiment has come to an end… ‘Celebrity’ Knockout, Jenna Morasca is done with TNA, reports PWInsider. The former Survivor winner’s contract reached it’s conclusion and was not renewed. In July, Morasca took part in the worst Knockouts match in history (and that’s a tough thing to do!) against Sharmell at Victory Road. Last month, … Read more
Several of the TNA Knockouts are in line to make Knockouts history in the near future, possibly at this month’s No Surrender pay per view on September 20th.
This post contains spoilers for upcoming episodes of Impact, therefore I’ll put the full details after the cut:
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson is reporting that there is some renewed interest in doing a Knockouts only TV show, which has been discussed several times in the past, including just last month. Johnson reports that TNA’s new contract with Spike TV has something to do with. The company now has the right to shop potential TV … Read more
As first reported here during the week, TNA’s Jeremy Borash has confirmed the return of Roxxi aka Nikki Roxx. The confirmation took place during a live video chat with fans on popular site, Ustream. Given the brackets, one can assume that Roxxi will be returning to team with Madison Rayne in her opening tournament match … Read more
The folks at Wrestlicious, the upcoming all-female promotion, directed us to this video clip highlighting Wrestlicious and owner, JV Rich on last night’s ABC News. That can be seen after the cut. Note: The video autoplays.
Additionally, in response to a recent report from one major news site that Wrestlicious hasn’t locked a TV deal of yet, the company assures fans that they are due to launch in late fall as planned.
Watch the ABC News piece:
TNA’s highflying new Knockout, Sarita joins Hermie Sadler on the latest episode of Hermie’s Hotseat, which we have affectionately dubbed ‘Stiff, Wooden Hotseat’. Get your mind out of the gutter! We were talking about his interviewing style! Regardez: I’ve always thought Sarita was supermodel-esque beautiful but her ring gear just doesn’t do her justice. Here, … Read more
Yes, Audio Bulletins are back! For those unaware, our ‘Audio Bulletins’ are our version of an elite hotline or whatever but you don’t have to pay for ’em! Good deal, right? It’s been a long time since we’ve done one of these but I thought I’d run down my thoughts on SHIMMER Vol. 23, which … Read more
Mere minutes after making her U.S. television debut on TNA Impact, news has just broken that Ayako Hamada will be making her SHIMMER debut this November. This was confirmed on the new SHIMMER Twitter page. Hamada joins a long list of TNA Knockouts to pull double duty for both promotions. After seeing Hamada’s debut match … Read more
The eight teams competing in the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament are as follows: First Round – Traci Brooks & Sharmell vs Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed [Airs tonight] – Taylor Wilde & Sarita vs Daffney & Alissa Flash – Beautiful People vs Madison Rayne & ??? [Expected to be Roxxi] – Hamada & Sojo … Read more
TNA will announce on tonight’s episode of Impact that the Knockouts Championship will be decided in a match between ODB and Cody Deaner at September’s No Surrender pay per view. TNA’s er, General Manager(?) Mick Foley will seize the title until the pay per view on September 20th. I don’t even know where to begin…
On his Twitter page, Jeremy Borash has posted yet another cryptic message. This time he writes: I’ve heard there will be a familiar face in the upcoming Knockouts tag title tournament you probably wouldn’t expect. Could it be exhibit A, exhibit B or an unknown exhibit C? Speculate!
The Wrestling Observer has revealed that the timing of the newly formed Knockouts Tag Team Championship is not a coincidence, as it’s being launched with Jeff Jarrett out of power. Jarrett reportedly was a firm believer of only having three titles in TNA before launching the Knockouts and Legends titles. The additional set of belts … Read more
Fresh off the heels of Vol. 23, SHIMMER Vol.24 hits the market today! Notable matches include: ‘Pink Lady’ Jessie McKay making her singles debut, Nicole Matthews vs Daizee Haze in a rematch from Vol.23, with a no time limit stipulation and main eventing the card, Sara Del Rey and Amazing (Awesome) Kong vs SHIMMER Champion MsChif and Cheerleader Melissa. Head on over to rohwrestling.com to pick up your copy and see the full match listing after the cut:
In the Saturday Sunday Supplement, the Diva Dirt team will aim to discuss a news story, a televised event or other relevant and current topics. The objective, like the average weekend newspaper, is to offer more indepth and lengthy discussion.
TNA is setting out to live up to their tagline, ‘Cross the Line’, but not in the ways you would think. In an attempt to push even more boundaries and utilize their ever-growing roster of Knockouts, they’ve decided to implement a tag team division. In the coming weeks, a tournament will take place to determine the first ever Knockouts Tag Team Champions. The question is will the division work?
Serious women’s tag team wrestling has been a niche for quite some time now. During the mid-80s, it was rare to see a women’s match let alone a tag team match. However, that didn’t stop the World Wrestling Federation from making a tag team division for the ladies. In 1983, Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria’s NWA Women’s Tag Team Championship belts were converted into the WWF Women’s Tag Team Championship when the two defected from the National Wrestling Alliance and joined WWF. In it’s six years of existence, the belts passed through the hands of several teams before they were captured by the Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki), who would be be the last women to hold the titles before they became defunct in 1989.
Women’s tag team wrestling became all but extinct until the mid-2000s, when all-female promotions such as Women Superstars Uncensored and most notably SHIMMER brought it back into the limelight.
TNA confirmed that it will be launching a Knockouts Tag Team Championship last night on Impact. The titles will be determined in a tournament which begins next week. While it’s great to see more opportunities for the girls in TNA, the writers and the management need to get their affairs in order before they do … Read more
Well, it’s no secret that the TNA Knockouts aren’t the biggest fans of the WWE Divas, but I had no idea it was this bad. Watch below as TNA Knockouts Daffney and Velvet Sky tell us exactly what they think of the Divas: Meow! The Knockouts can get get pretty catty when they want to, … Read more
We are extremely pleased to announce that Diva Dirt has acquired the distribution of a fabulous new women’s wrestling audio show, the Women of Wrestling Podcast. Hosted by the wonderful Stew Allen and Lee Burton, the show features a special guest from the world of women’s wrestling in each episode with lengthy discussion into their … Read more
Warning: the following article might induce this reaction.
Last night, the 5th annual installment Hard Justice, marked a monumental moment in Knockouts history. As you all already know, a new Knockouts champion has been crowned. The reception surrounding this decision has been rather…controversial, to say the least. An outrage has been ignited, and with good measure. There are certain moments in professional wrestling that feeds the hand of those neither deserving nor rightful. In this particular instance, the sole-victor and luminary of this contest was deprived of the proper acknowledgment that is only fit for a suitable champion, exposing an underlying selfishness and intolerance that still plagues the wrestling world. An unfortunate event by which one Cody Deaner has fallen victim. However, with every cloud comes a silver lining, and with good grace, I have every faith that this affliction will one day be eradicated. Sure, the outcome may not have been what some of us would have hoped, but with time and patience, Cody Deaner shall overcome. We shall overcome. For now, we must accept.
Cody Deaner may have walked out of the Impact Zone with the title, but unfortunately this is not so. It has come to our attention that TNA has chosen to acknowledge otherwise. There are no words to adequately the describe the amount of outrage expressed by Deanermaniacs worldwide at the result of a such a dishonorable conclusion. Cody Deaner, the underestimated underdog from the meager upbringings of the Alabama backwoods overcame the odds last Sunday by scoring the 1-2-3 victory in a hard-fought battle for the coveted Knockouts championship. A contest that would surely go down in wrestling infamy was soiled by an injustice so present in today’s world of sports entertainment. In a perfect world, the rightful champion would have been declared. However, such stipulations have conveyed otherwise. Thus, Cody Deaner fails to stand today as the TNA Knockouts champion. What some would even liken to the “Montreal Screwjob,” thankfully, the remainder of the match was not nearly as unfortunate as the outcome.
Certainly a match-of-the-year contender, this now ironically titled event has gifted us with a wrestling clinic not seen since the days of Bret Hart. Thus, you can imagine my enthusiasm in dissecting and analyzing each and every aspect of ODB and Cody Deaner vs. Angelina Love and Velvet Sky. PWI, here I come.
Watch the match and more after the cut:
TNA is doing a great job of creating buzz around it’s newly signed Knockout, Ayako Hamada, who it seems will be going by just her last name. They’ve put up a nice piece on their site including quotes from one Awesome Kong [even though she can’t string a sentence together on TV].
With TNA’s biggest, baddest heel putting Hamada over, it would be absolutely ridiculous not to strap the rocket on her from the get-go. Her debut could instantly gain more traction than Tara, Sarita or Alissa’s. Read below:
She’s 28 with 10 years of in-ring experience, and a lifetime of pro wrestling knowledge truly at her front door.
The newest TNA Knockout, Hamada, was recently signed to a contract and arrives from Japan, best known as the daughter of wrestling sensation Gran Hamada, 59, himself a wrestler of 35 years.
Expect great things from this Orient import.
“I would compare Hamada with AJ Styles, because she’s simply phenomenal,” TNA’s Awesome Kong said in a rare interview (Kong has also dominated the Japanese wrestling scene). “She’s a triple threat. She’s mastered the Japanese style of wrestling, along with the Mexican lucha libre, and I can see it in her eyes that she wants to be a great American wrestler.”
More after the cut:
For a company with a female president, TNA sure proved that wrestling is still a man’s sport. Despite boasting the most progressive women’s division on national television, TNA’s Knockouts division was not, this time, exempt from TNA’s recurrent reckless booking. Having already shot themselves in the foot several times with stale and lousy booking for … Read more
