The latest addition to WWE.com’s Alumni section is a controversial one: Alundra Blayze, also known as Madusa. Madusa, who competed for the WWE in the early nineties, is controversial for defecting to WCW while she was the WWE’s Women’s Champion and proceeding to drop the belt in a garbage can live on WCW Nitro. Her … Read more
In the latest edition of WWE Inbox, Divas Summer Rae and Renee Young gave tongue-in-cheek responses to the fan question, “When not at a WWE event, what’s your typical summer attire?” Backstage interviewer Renee Young draws inspiration from RUN DMC, preferring to wear a full gray tracksuit. Summer Rae, meanwhile, likes to steal Big E. … Read more
Former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Katarina Waters has been cast in a steampunk sci-fi/fantasy web series that’s asking for your funding to make it a reality. The series, titled Tinker, has a Kickstarter fundraiser running through the end of August. The Kickstarter page describes the series quite succinctly: “Think: Dr. Who + Blade Runner … Read more
With the “hottest event of the year” just around the corner, WWE.com has posted a gallery of rare SummerSlam-themed photos, and Divas from the past and present are represented. Several of the photos go behind the scenes of SummerSlam commercial shoots with former Divas Christy Hemme, Maria Kanellis and Candice Michelle. Remember that car wash … Read more
After debuting to high ratings, Total Divas has gotten the entire wrestling world talking. WWE Hall of Famer Jim “JR” Ross was among the 1.3 million people who tuned in to see the Divas stir up some drama on the July 28th debut episode. Ross recently posted to his blog and addressed the new hit … Read more
Ready for more Total Divas? We’ve got our hands on three clips from the second episode of E!’s new hit reality show, titled ‘A Tango With Fandango’. In the first clip, rookie Diva Eva Marie – with JoJo by her side – makes a proposal to Superstar Fandango. Having watched him perform, she offers him … Read more
The WWE and its Divas have embarked on two far-reaching tours to Australia and South Africa. Natalya and Aksana took to Australia, wrestling matches in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. WWE.com posted photos of them in the ring and amongst the fans, as well as a sight-seeing excursion by Aksana. Natayla also posted Instagram photos … Read more
Hot on the heels of becoming E!’s highest rated series debut in a year, Total Divas continued to hit the high notes by besting the 1.3 million viewers who tuned in for the series premiere on Sunday night by grabbing a further 1.5 million last night. In a special encore performance after last night’s broadcast … Read more
UPDATE: Maysa has tweeted a message denying reports of her signing with the WWE. The WWE seems to be stocking up on developmental Divas, because on top of the recent signing of three Divas, two more women appear to be in training with the company. Olivia Karpinski and Maysa Quy have both tweeted about training … Read more
E! Entertainment has released a promo for this Sunday’s episode of Total Divas, revealing what’s in store for the show’s second episode. The video, dubbed “Highs and Lows for ‘Total Divas’”, shows Nikki Bella living the high life with John Cena, while Eva Marie tries – and fails – to make an impression while auditioning … Read more
WWE.com recently posted a poll asking fans to pick the Diva they’d most like to see return. The choices included Stacy Keibler, Kelly Kelly, Melina, Trish Stratus, Lita, Beth Phoenix, Victoria, Michelle McCool, Torrie Wilson, Eve Torres and Maxine. As of this writing, Maxine is running away with the poll, garnering 68% of the vote. … Read more
The folks at E! and WWE — and of course the Total Divas cast — should be patting themselves on the back right now, because as has already been touted by the network, last night’s premiere was E!’s highest rated series debut since August 2012. Even more impressive, the WWE Divas proved more popular with … Read more
WWE.com’s latest RANK’D countdown has taken a look at the greatest bloopers in wrestling history. Moments featuring Wendi Richter and Lilian Garcia make the list at numbers seven and six. Wendi’s moment occurred when interviewer Gene Okerlund cracked up at her promising that she wouldn’t let anyone “climb on top” of her and “cover her” … Read more
We’ve always loved the WWE Divas, and now it looks like the rest of the world is falling in love with them! Total Divas debuted last night on E!, delivering 1.3 million total viewers. This made it E’s most watched debut series since August 2012’s Married to Jonas, besting recent premieres of What Would Ryan … Read more
Diva Dirt reader Jacob has sent in footage from the tapings for this Friday’s SmackDown. The video shows Kaitlyn‘s win over AJ Lee on this Monday’s Raw, as well as an interview with Kaitlyn and Layla. Layla tells interviewer Renee Young that she’s never seen anyone with more drive than Kaitlyn. There’s also footage of … Read more
Ready for tonight’s Total Divas season premiere tonight on E? Well, here’s something to get your viewing parties off and popping! One of the questions we’ve been receiving is, “Just what are the catchy theme songs seen in the promos?” Well, the main theme song is called Top of the World by CFO$. The Flo … Read more
WWE and E! may not be the most conventional of tag team partners; the network known for its estrogen-fueled programming like Keeping Up with the Kardashians paired with burly men battling it out in spandex? That’s like chocolate on a hot dog. Until now… Enter the WWE Divas! Throw in a pinch of WWE Superstar … Read more
Wow! Hell may have frozen over. New reports suggest that former WWE Intercontinental Champion Chyna — who hasn’t been part of the company in 12 years — may be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next year alongside all of the other members of D-Generation X, including Triple H, Shawn Michaels, X-Pac, Billy Gunn … Read more
The Bella Twins, Brie and Nikki, joined Sirius radio’s Busted Open show to discuss the premiere of Total Divas this Sunday night, and during the discussion, Brie took responsibility for her unfortunate wardrobe malfunction on Raw this past Monday. She said: “Well, the thing is we are PG and, you know, it is a lot … Read more
WWE.com has put together its list of the 50 greatest ring names in wrestling history, and only one women’s wrestler was “fabulous” enough to make the list. That’s right – wrestling legend The Fabulous Moolah landed on the list, all the way up at number seven. WWE.com described the reasons behind their choice: In the … Read more
WWE.com has taken us behind the scenes of the SummerSlam commercial shoot, showing us how Brie and Nikki Bella, along with AJ Lee, made the ad a reality. The Bellas shot their beach-set scenes in San Diego, while Divas Champion AJ Lee hung out on the boardwalk with now ex-boyfriend Dolph Ziggler. Everyone seems to … Read more
Today, the “Diva of Tomorrow” is the Diva of WWE.com! The new NXT Women’s Champion Paige is spotlighted on the website in a new interview following her victory over Emma in the tournament finals. Paige was first asked how it feels to be the first ever NXT Women’s Champion. As you can expect, she is … Read more
Total Divas stars Cameron and Naomi recently spoke to Color Magazine, promoting their upcoming show and shedding some light on how they got started in the wrestling business. Cameron’s story may surprise some. She reveals that, prior to joining the latest season of Tough Enough, she first won a Diva Search. She explained, “Most people … Read more
As expected, the recent rumors placing Stacy Keibler on the road to a WWE return appear to be nothing but tabloid fodder. After the rumor hit the internet, PWInsider reached out to the WWE for comment, and received
Former WWE Women’s Champion Bull Nakano has been added to WWE.com’s Alumni section. WWE’s website describes Nakano by saying, “You wouldn’t confuse Bull Nakano with any of the prom queens on Total Divas, but the former Women’s Champion was one of the most feared and physically imposing female competitors on the planet in her mid-90s … Read more
Hot on the heels of Eva Marie‘s exclusive WWE.com Q&A, the other new Total Diva Jo-Jo has one of her own! Jo-Jo sat down with WWE.com and discussed an array of topics, including who she first met when coming into WWE. Regarding that ‘Dungeon Diva’, Jo-Jo said: “I first met Natalya, and it was like, … Read more