Last month, we set a task to all the talented video makers out there to create music videos to help us promote our second annual 50 Sexiest Divas competition, which kicks off today. Throughout the month, we’ll be highlighting all of the fantastic videos and at the end of the month, you the Diva Dirt … Read more
Trish Stratus recently took part in an interesting interview, shedding light on her involvement with yoga and how she picked up the sport in the first place (thanks, Viscera!), and how it benefited her work in the ring. Trish demonstrates poses and even reveals which current Diva is a fellow yoga nut. It’s great to … Read more
As Raw dwindled away it’s only compelling storyline this week, SmackDown has furthered both of it’s Diva storylines. Perhaps it’s the so-called ‘lack of Superstars’ on the show that have allowed the writers to utilise all of their stars to the fullest extent (just look at Charlie Haas, talk about a new lease on life). … Read more
For those who haven’t gotten enough women’s wrestling this week, here’s a fresh TNA ‘webmatch’ between Sojo Bolt and Raisha Saeed filmed at Wednesday’s Impact tapings.
Sorry for the Britney inspired title, but it just made sense at the time. Anyway, after you watch this week’s dose of SmackDown action, you’ll realise exactly what I mean. This week’s Divas action is almost like a three course meal; you have your starters, your mains and your dessert. For starters, we got gasp… … Read more
This week, most of our favourite television shows are winding down for the season and it’s usually in the season finales, that show writers go all out. Deaths, weddings, big reveals and plenty of high drama! WTF at Lost? Oh my God at Grey’s Anatomy and so forth… Now if WWE programming ran in seasons, … Read more
This week’s SmackDown sees a double dose of Diva action, as Gail Kim and Michelle McCool do battle in the ring while Layla and Eve battle in an arm wrestling challenge. Let’s look at Gail vs Michelle first, watch below: A few weeks ago when it was suggested that SmackDown got the upper hand in … Read more
Following in the footsteps of last week’s SmackDown Divas match on Superstars, this week it was the turn of the Raw Divas. Beth Phoenix and intern, Rosa Mendes teamed up to take on Kelly Kelly and Santina. Watch below: One thing was evident – the Raw Divas got a longer running time than last week’s … Read more
Okay, so I guess technically there’s no such thing as a ‘pay per view caliber match’ when it comes to Divas, since all of their matches seem to be throwaway content or filler. But WWE pushed too early, last night, in what I expect will be the start of a ‘feud’ between Mickie James and … Read more
As the Draft finally takes shape, an influx of new Superstars and Divas make their awaited SmackDown arrivals this week. Among is WWE’s resident Nasty Girl, Layla! The Londoner faced off against mainstay, Eve Torres in what Cryme Tyme described as a ‘Brooklyn Breakdown’ dance-off, check it out below: What’s this? A dance-off that is … Read more
Live footage from Tuesday night’s tapings in Madison Square Garden have made their way onto YouTube! Check it out, as a lil taster for tonight’s WWE Superstars and tomorrow’s SmackDown.
Warning: Videos contain spoilers… obviously.
More after the cut:
Blind yet? Well, I certainly got your attention with a well-selected photo, didn’t I? As you can plainly see, though there were no Diva matches on the card, Backlash still delivered some Diva action. Questionably pointless action, but action nonetheless. Seeing as how this probably doesn’t merit an entire Redux, we’ll provide you with the … Read more
Did you forget to watch Impact on Thursday night? If so, here is that much awaited Knockouts ladder match to determine the #1 Contender for Angelina Love‘s Knockout Championship! Watch as Sojo Bolt and Taylor Wilde duke it out… If you’re a fan of TNA’s recent ‘stipulation’ booking of the Knockouts, I hear they’ve got … Read more
In her real final match on SmackDown, Divas Champion Maryse offered Gail Kim a title opportunity, after the rising SmackDown Diva gained a non-title victory over her last week on the show. Watch below: Even though she was drafted to Raw two weeks ago, it looks like the Draft won’t officially take place until after … Read more
It’s finally here! Videos from Lockdown have finally surfaced and here we go… First up, I’m going to dive right into the match we all want to see. Angelina Love defeating Awesome Kong and Taylor Wilde to become the new Knockout Champion:
A very good match, as always from the Knockouts. Tying Kong’s braids to the cage was inspired lol… whoever thought of that, great stuff. It kept her distracted for Angelina to pick up the win. It’s a shame the match had to end the way it did, after Angelina got knocked silly from that crossbody by Taylor. I would have liked a more definitive finish i.e. Angelina hitting her finisher on Taylor for the three count, but I understand they had to rush to the finish because Ang was out of it thus the quick pin after Kong hit the big boot on Taylor. You could tell that she was still out of it in her post-match celebration. It’s a shame, but hey she is Knockout Champion now so all is well.
The Queen of the Cage match is after the cut:
In her final SmackDown match before heading over to Raw, the Divas Champion Maryse faced off against a woman who knows Raw all too well, Gail Kim in what is potentially a blow-off match to their recent feud. Check it out below: So it looks like Maryse’s being drafted to Raw puts a pin into … Read more
Today as I was cruising YouTube for matches from my favorite indies, I came across this gem of a match from OVW. It features not one, not two but four former and current WWE Divas. There’s even a well known Knockout participating. My favorite part of the match however was seeing Kelly Kelly flexing her … Read more
We’ve got your first look at tonight’s SmackDown, which features Gail Kim taking on Michelle McCool. Contrary to a rumor earlier this week, this match is not a #1 contendership match – just a plain old one-on-one bout: SMACKDOWN: GAIL KIM VS. MICHELLE MCCOOL
It wasn’t at WrestleMania per se, but for the 10 Divas involved in the last night’s Raw vs SmackDown tag team match – they got their WrestleMania moment a day late. The Divas of Raw united to take on the united Divas of SmackDown, under the guidance of the Women’s Champion, Melina and the Divas Champion, Maryse. The result was a well executed, well timed match that helped ease the sour taste left by the ‘Miss WrestleMania’ battle royal the night before.
Speaking of which, the Raw ‘debut’ of Santina was also a nice change of pace from the match we saw earlier in the night. WWE showed last night, that the Divas can wrestle and do comedy, without one hindering the other. Following the huge storm that came after WrestleMania, I think that WWE made good, turning the Santina-Miss WrestleMania crap into fun, comedy fluff. I’m not gonna lie, I laughed my butt off . This sort of stuff is okay in moderation, as long as it’s used in addition to a real Divas match rather than instead of.
Back to the Raw vs SmackDown match, following WrestleMania, I really felt from the Divas that they went out there with a chip on their shoulder and with something to prove. Rather than wasting ringtime on Maria, Eve, Kelly or Layla – we got straight down to business with talented, competent wrestlers. I got to see a little taster of three of my dream matches for the current division: Melina vs Gail Kim starting out this match. What I love about both of these Divas is that they have such innovative, fast paced, flexible styles and I think if you throw them out there for 10 minutes, they’d make you stand up and applaud. I will say, that they took a little while to get going, the chemistry wasn’t there straightaway but as the match progressed we got some good action from both of these women. I like that they played up the rivalry between Gail and Maryse too, by having Gail tell Maryse off for attacking Melina on the outside of the ring.
Then we get another dream match: Natalya vs Melina. First of all, let me say, I kinda popped when I saw Natalya’s Bret Hart inspired jacket with the tassles on the shoulders! And here we get a change from the more technical style we saw between Gail and Melina. Natalya is just an absolute powerhouse, she is smash-mouth and in your face. That offsets Melina nicely, who is more energetic. I love seeing Natalya wrestle!
So Melina tags out to Mickie James, bringing on dream match number three. Again, Mickie is more fast paced in the ring and this match sped up when she got tagged in. It’s a shame that Natalya got barely any offense in on Mickie, who dominated this portion of the match. But that slam from top rope had to have hurt! Layla’s one spot in the match was near perfect, a very nicely executed low-dropkick on Natalya. And then out the ring she goes to the floor, ouch that had to have hurt!
My only problem is that while the SmackDown Divas did play up some tension, the Raw Divas seemed all friendly. Doesn’t Melina hate Jillian? Isn’t Layla meant to be a heel? Yet she goes and hugs Mickie. The post-match celebration could have been toned down a little more. Nonetheless, the whole match was enjoyable.
Later in the evening, we got a fun segment between Beth Phoenix and Santina who seems to have hijacked Rico’s old music. I can’t lie, I was laughing hard. “I’m more woman than you’ll ever be!” The interaction between Santina and Beth was gold. The match was hardly technical and nothing to write home about, but it did it’s job. Sure, Beth had to job to a man in drag, but in terms of storyline I think this will help send Beth over the edge and we’ll get more entertaining programming for the next few weeks.
Santino’s acting was top-notch, it kind of reminded me of Chris Lilley playing Ja’mie in Summer Heights High.
Videos after the cut:
For those of you that want to watch last night’s WrestleMania match (why would you want to?), check it out below: WRESTLEMANIA 25: MISS WRESTLEMANIA
The final SmackDown before WrestleMania thankfully, delivered a lot more promise than the final Raw and ECW before tomorrow’s big event. We saw the real in-ring return of Gail Kim as she teamed up with Maria to take on the Divas Champion, Maryse and Michelle McCool. And the verdict? This match wasn’t bad at all, … Read more
For the first time in the show’s history, the Divas have main evented ECW! In a sister vs sister match, Brie Bella took on Nikki Bella with their respective tag teams in their corners. Watch below: ECW: BRIE BELLA VS NIKKI BELLA Not a very good match at all. There were a couple of ‘decent’ … Read more
*Headdesk* ‘Twas the final Raw before WrestleMania when WWE made sure they hammered home that ‘Divas suck’. One last reminder of our dashed hopes and dreams as we head into yet another underwhelming ‘Mania for the Divas. Last year, it was a glorified tag team match we could see any other week on Raw. The … Read more
This week’s ECW and SmackDown spoilers are below: ECW Nikki Bella def. Brie Bella after a distraction by John Morrison. SmackDown Gail Kim & Maria def. Maryse & Michelle McCool. Gail pinned Maryse after hitting her with a neckbreaker.
SmackDown Watch In case you’ve been living under a rock, you’d know that tonight is the night. Making her first television appearance since August of last year, she’s backkkkkk! In the main event of this week’s SmackDown, it was Maryse defending her Divas Championship against Michelle McCool. Watch below for this week’s Divas action from … Read more
Well I guess you can’t really accuse WWE of not building up to the Divas battle royal at WrestleMania 25, because that’s exactly what it was about on Raw this week. Except it was a buildup no-one actually wanted to see. Instead we get shits-and-giggles booking with Santino wanting to take part in the Miss … Read more