[media-credit name=”Photo: @thebriebella/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: News broke this weekend of … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: BDRocks.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: * AJ Lee … Read more
The Divas Revolution may not have been perfect so far, yet the recent winds of change have been a breath of fresh air for the most part. Unfortunately that air has become polluted because most of last night’s Raw stunk. This was our comedown sadly. However, through all of the darkness, there was one shining … Read more
Monday night on RAW, we saw Team B.A.D. get the better of Team Bella, Natalya humble Paige in a thrilling contest, and Summer Rae proposing to Rusev that lead to a surprising ultimatum! Let’s see what happens in the latest chapter of The Divas Revolution/The Wizard of Oz/The Young & The Restless/Degrassi/La Rosa de Guadalupe … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @StephMcMahon/Twitter” 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: On Saturday, WWE was live … 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
In the wake of last night’s historic NXT TakeOver: RESPECT Iron Man main event, several women commented about the enormity of the moment and what it signifies for the future of the Divas division. Bayley and Sasha Banks stood side-by-side in an emotional post-match interview: Bayley dubbed Sasha the “best in the world”, expressing her … Read more
Tonight at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, Bayley and Sasha Banks both made history, but only Bayley left with the NXT Women’s Title. The two took part in the first Divas Iron Man match, battling for 30 minutes in the night’s main event. Move reversals, dirty tricks and battles on the outside of the ring brought the … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] NXT Women’s Champion Bayley recently spoke to Rolling Stone about the future of NXT’s Divas division, who she wants to defend the Women’s Title against, changing the term “Diva” and more. The status of the NXT Divas division after recent changes: “I see that it has a million possibilities to … Read more
Marriage proposals, hummer limousines and primadonna attitudes; move over Real Housewives, Monday Night Raw is all about the over-the-top jaw drop! The spotlight was still firmly on the Divas Division last night as three angles involving the girls dominated the broadcast. Paige‘s self-inflated crusade for attention continued when she clashed with everyone’s favourite voice of … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE.com has published a new list ranking the top ten matches in NXT history, and a lauded Divas match has landed at number one. Bayley and Sasha Banks‘s match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn topped the list, beating out several acclaimed men’s matches, including Neville vs. Sami Zayn from NXT TakeOver: … Read more
Tonight, the WWE held a live WWE Network special at the most famous arena in the world: Madison Square Garden. The event featured a Six Diva Tag Team match, pitting Alicia Fox, Brie and Nikki Bella against the dysfunctional team of Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Paige. Becky and Charlotte used the match to get some … Read more
Now that Charlotte is holding the WWE Divas Championship, she has targets coming at her left, right and centre. Whilst she also has a few allies, she has more enemies, some of which whom were teaming with her last night. The beholder of the butterfly belt has had a tumultuous start to her title reign, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Former Divas Champion Nikki Bella recently sat down and talked with Channel Guide Magazine to discuss Total Divas, her Divas Title reign and more. On her record-breaking reign, Nikki spoke candidly about the rumors of John Cena influencing it: “I ignore it. Even though I see the hate on social … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @madusa_rocks/Instagram” 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 a … Read more
On Monday, the Diva Revolution was saved from itself by a timely heel turn. Paige, in a fit of jealousy, broke off from Team PCB, ranting about Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Natalya and the division at large, all in all providing the spark and direction that this storyline desperately needed. This week on SmackDown, we saw … Read more
For the second week in a row, NXT’s Divas got the Superstar treatment. After last week’s huge TakeOver: RESPECT main event announcement, we have another bit of history before us in the form of Asuka‘s debut. Never before has a Diva signing been treated with such pomp and circumstance, recalling the signings of Finn Balor, … Read more
Trash Talk is a new column from Diva Dirt’s Jake. Got a suggestion for his next column? Send it in. One of the highlights of most wrestling fans’ years is the release of the annual WWE video game. Years ago, we would have several different games come out a year for all of the various … Read more
It is safe to say that Paige ruffled a few feathers last night! Following Charlotte‘s Divas Championship win at Night of Champions, Paige had a hell of a lot to say about her (presumably now former) PCB teammate’s impact on the Divas division. Long story short, Paige was all for the revolution only if it … Read more
WWE.com followed new Divas Champion Charlotte in the hours leading up to her big win at Night of Champions, capturing the emotion and excitement of her journey to the title. The five minute video features cameos from Bayley, Becky Lynch, Natalya and Charlotte’s father, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, and ends with a post-match … Read more
The main roster Diva Revolution has been lackluster for a while now, but Night of Champions finally made plain to me why that’s the case. It wasn’t a poor match that did it – no, I wasn’t particularly disappointed in the Divas Title match itself. Rather, it was the overall sense the booking gave me … Read more
Tonight at Night of Champions, a new Divas Champion was crowned: Charlotte. The second generation Diva put an end to Nikki Bella‘s record-setting Divas Title reign, overcoming a bad knee and excruciating pain to lock Nikki into the Figure Eight submission and force her to tap out. For much of the match, Nikki was in … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Bad news for those hoping to bring the Diva Revolution to WWE 2K16: Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks won’t be playable in the game. The announcement was made by 2K Sports on the game’s official website. In an official statement, they stressed their enthusiasm for the Divas and … Read more
Time flies, doesn’t it? We’re again at a “go home” SmackDown, just days away from Night of Champions. Even though she’s got a big Divas Title defense against Charlotte to worry about, Nikki Bella is choosing instead to focus on the milestone she passed earlier this week. It’s Bellabration time!!! Before we can Bellabrate, though, … Read more
The season premiere of Raw rarely disappoints, and last night’s was no exception. Despite the fact that WWE runs 52 weeks a year and no-one ever views Raw as having a season premiere or finale, the season premiere tagline is always backed up by big time matches, and that is exactly what we got last … Read more
Welcome to another SmackDown Redux! This week, we had a surprisingly stacked show overall. It probably had something to do with that little NFL kickoff game. Regardless of the reason, we had two pretty cool Diva segments that set us up for a potentially explosive week to come. In a rematch to their sort-of-inconclusive match … Read more