Join Diva Dirt’s Chris, Erin and Jake for a special Christmas edition of Diva Dirt Weekly. We look back at 2015’s biggest women’s wrestling moments and recall some of our favorite bits from the show this year. Listen below or download by right clicking here. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://cdn.media.diva-dirt.com/ddweekly/ddweekly122215.mp3″] Listen to the songs featured on Diva … 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: Asuka Asuka … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @realpaigewwe/Instagram” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Every Friday, the Social Media Catch-Up will bring you a roundup of our favorite social media postings by the women in wrestling and present them to you here. Have you found a post we should include next week? Send it in. Here’s our latest batch: Team B.A.D. don’t discriminate: they’ll … Read more
NXT TakeOver: London continued the Divas division’s streak of great, memorable TakeOver matches. For the first time, though, it brought to the table two Divas matches that were equal in hype: NXT Women’s Champion Bayley put her title on the line against the undefeated Nia Jax, while the similarly undefeated Asuka finally clashed with Emma. … Read more
Today at NXT TakeOver: London, Emma overcame her fear of Asuka, but it wasn’t enough to defeat the NXT phenom. The Divas opened TakeOver with a match that was often lightning quick, Emma proving herself capable of keeping up with Asuka’s rapid style. However, she clearly didn’t rest all of her hopes on defeating Asuka … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Today at NXT TakeOver: London, Bayley defends her NXT Women’s Championship against Nia Jax, while Asuka and Emma collide for the first time. We asked for your predictions for these matches on our social media pages and picked some of the best to highlight here. As always, you can join … Read more
This week’s episode of WWE Breaking Ground followed Carmella on her journey back from an injury scare, checked in on Aliyah‘s progress in her character development and took us behind the scenes for the biggest moment in Bayley‘s career thus far. The episode started where last episode left off, with Carmella being tended to after … 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: Asuka Asuka … Read more
WWE Shop has unveiled new shirts for two of NXT’s most popular Divas: Asuka and Women’s Champion Bayley. The shirts – Asuka’s first and Bayley’s second and third – are all available for preorder and come in youth, adult and women’s sizes. You can preorder Asuka’s shirt and Bayley’s shirts now on WWE Shop. They … Read more
We’re one week away from NXT TakeOver: London, and our two Diva feuds are making their final approach to the big night. Bayley gets ready to defend her NXT Women’s Title against Nia Jax, while Emma and Asuka prepare to square off for the first time. Next week, both feuds will finally put their intimidation … Read more
With two weeks to go until NXT TakeOver: London, it’s time to start finalizing the card. This week on NXT, we had confirmation of two big Divas matches that have been in the works for some time now. NXT Women’s Champion Bayley will look to extend her title reign and conquer her most fearsome challenger … Read more
Happy Thanksgiving! This week, NXT gave us Diva fans plenty to be thankful for, setting up two big bouts for NXT TakeOver: London. No matches have been officially announced yet, but the picture is becoming a lot clearer thanks to two major confrontations. The theme for this week’s show appears to be “collusion”, as Emma … Read more
Surprise! This week’s NXT isn’t just offering you a Women’s Title main event match: it’s presenting you the most Diva-heavy episode yet. We’ve got three (count ’em, three) Diva matches on deck, as well as countless storylines to set up, with twists galore just around the corner. Suddenly, the Diva Revolution doesn’t feel quite so … 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: Asuka Asuka … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * At last … Read more
Last night on NXT we were treated to not one but two Divas matches on NXT. Any women’s wrestling fan would be cheering but many last night actually expressed their disgust that Eva Marie and Cameron were the highlighted Divas competing. Most of the complaints I saw were about how these women aren’t wrestlers and … Read more
Welcome, welcome to another NXT Redux! On this week’s show, NXT continued their pattern of booking two enticingly fresh Divas matches, both playing their own role in establishing a new status quo for the division. Everyone’s favorite intimidating Diva Asuka takes on a returning Cameron, while Eva Marie wrestle her first match in a few … Read more
Join Diva Dirt’s Chris, Erin and Jake for a special Halloween edition of Diva Dirt Weekly. We look back at the past two months in the women’s wrestling world, covering the biggest stories we missed during our ongoing hiatus, tossing in plenty of belated Halloween hijinks along the way. Listen below or download by right … Read more
Each Friday, The Wrap will wrap up the week in women’s wrestling by compiling the week’s smaller news stories, rumors and gossip – anything not normally covered by Diva Dirt. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. Here’s this week’s roundup, in no particular order: * The latest Taste of Tenille shares Emma’s … Read more
As far as transitionary periods go, this is far from boring. NXT’s Divas division’s new era is still coming together, but you wouldn’t know it by watching this week’s show: Bayley‘s first post-Sasha Banks title challenger is far from a lightweight, Nia Jax is breaking the mold of the “monster” and the Dana Brooke/Emma vs. … Read more
Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating our eighth anniversary of dreaming up Halloween costumes for the women of wrestling. This year, we’ll be splitting up the women into three categories: NXT, TNA/Lucha Underground and WWE. But before you see this year’s picks, be sure to catch up on the past seven years of this feature: 2008 2009: … 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
As NXT’s Divas division continues to evolve into its newest form, this week’s show worked to refine the audience’s perception of some of its biggest players. Alexa Bliss, the unofficial challenger to Bayley‘s Women’s Championship, took on Peyton Royce, looking to live up to the hype she’s built up around herself. Asuka, meanwhile, takes to … 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. Note: Events from this weekend’s SHIMMER tapings will be included in … Read more
Respect, indeed. Last night at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, NXT Divas received their biggest opportunity yet: a spot in the main event. If that wasn’t enough, there was the added Iron Man stipulation, which guaranteed 30 minutes of wrestling and story that would surely hook the crowd. For me, this was cemented as the most inspiring … Read more
Tonight at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, Asuka made a memorable first impression, to say the least. The Japanese star made her NXT in-ring debut in a match against Dana Brooke, unleashing her trademark kicks and submissions to great effect. To her credit, Dana hung in for most of the match, putting up a bigger fight than … Read more