Friday Night SmackDown emanated this week from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois as the blue brand lands on American soil once again following WWE’s tour of Europe. Becky Lynch was seen arriving to the venue in a long black car. It was mentioned that her and fellow Raw wrestler/Chicago native CM Punk were in … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown came to us this week from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Team Blue’s women’s division is hot off the heels of SummerSlam. For starters, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair dethroned Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez to win the Women’s Tag Team Championships. Meanwhile, Candice LeRae not only kerfuffled with … Read more
SummerSlam is almost here, but before the WWE Superstars could take over MetLife Stadium, Friday Night SmackDown aired from inside the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, not too far from The Biggest Party of the Summer’s host city of East Rutherford. The Women’s United States Championship match between the champion Giulia, flanked by her … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired this week from inside the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio for another night of action as we inch closer and closer to this year’s SummerSlam. Alexa Bliss and Roxanne Perez had the first match of the night. Bliss began by quickly rolling up Perez four times, each attempt being unsuccessful. Perez … Read more
WWE’s backstage interviewer Cathy Kelley spoke recently about the topic of herself getting into the ring. When asked by The Sporting Tribune, Kelley responded the following: “I don’t know whether I can confirm or deny that, but I would say that at one point I might have to ask myself the hard-hitting questions.” Kelley has … Read more
It was just another night on the European tour calendar for WWE as the Superstars of Friday Night SmackDown made entry into Bologna, Italy’s Unipol Arena for this week’s edition of the blue show. We start things off with a side-by-side interview of Charlotte Flair and her WrestleMania opponent, the WWE Women’s Champion, Tiffany Stratton. … Read more
As a part of WWE’s annual European tour that’s traditionally held around WrestleMania season, the Superstars of Friday Night SmackDown ventured out into Barcelona, Spain for this week’s edition of the show. Following a video package featuring Jade Cargill’s Elimination Chamber return and Naomi’s subsequent reveal during last week’s episode that she was the woman … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown emanated from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in what would be the final blue brand episode of the year. Before the night’s in-ring action could start, Cathy Kelley conducted a pre-match interview with Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Naomi, with the two teaming up alongside Bayley versus Nia Jax, … Read more
We are less than a day away from Money in the Bank taking place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and there’s much to look forward to. Aside from the legend, the icon, the moment, the 7-time Women’s Champion Trish Stratus being the host for tomorrow night’s show, we’ll also be seeing six women battle it out … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown aired tonight from the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, less than 24 hours away from tomorrow’s Clash at the Castle premium live event. Bayley’s music played to kick off the action to cheers from fans, but it would be her ally in recent weeks, Naomi, who would be stepping into the ring to face off … Read more
Friday Night SmackDown invaded the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida tonight. This week continued to have the Queen of the Ring tournament as its main focus for the women’s division as we are only eight days away from crowning a new King and Queen of the Ring in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, May … Read more
Cathy Kelley made her return to WWE this month since leaving the company in 2020. The backstage interviewer worked with WWE for four years before moving on. She had also done commentary for pre-shows during premium live events. She has now returned back to Raw in her backstage interview role. In a new report from … Read more
Cathy Kelley is back! The former WWE interviewer is back and will resume her role on the Raw brand. Kelley previously worked with the company from 2016 to 2020. She left the company stating she wanted to grow and move on at the time. WWE Raw: Kevin Patrick & Corey Graves. Cathy Kelley is back, … Read more
Cathy Kelley has announced that as of this Sunday after NXT TakeOver: Portland she will no longer be with the company. She explained her decision on her social media and confirmed that Feb. 16 will be her last day. In her tearful message, Kelley thanks WWE as a whole along with Stephanie McMahon and Triple … Read more
The road to WrestleMania is in full swing and the Fastlane pay-per-view is set to take off this Sunday. WWE is creating a way to watch this event with extra fun attached. They have announced Watch Along, a way to watch the pay-per-view from backstage during the show. Pat McAfee will host this special event. … Read more
WWE announced today via Twitter that they will be present at the SXSW Conference & Festivals. The purpose of their appearance is to discuss the evolution of women’s wrestling, and its future. At the event will be Cathy Kelly, along with Stephanie McMahon, Triple H, and Charlotte Flair. The name of the session is titled … Read more
WWE Evolution weekend is official upon us! To help fans get hyped for this weekend’s historic event, the WWE have announced a weekend full of media content, starting off a pair of roundtables set for Saturday. The roundtables begin on Saturday, Oct. 27, at noon ET, as Cathy Kelley welcomes Mae Young Classic finalist Toni … Read more
As we draw closer to WWE’s Evolution PPV, the company are putting the final touches to the event by announcing that Evolution will feature a Kickoff Show with a panel featuring Renee Young, Paige and Beth Phoenix. In addition, there will be a red carpet event hosted by Charly Caruso and Kayla Braxton with Lilian … Read more
For all of us women’s wrestling fans and the commenters on Diva-Dirt, it has finally been announced that the second annual Mae Young Classic will premiere on the WWE Network on September 5th at 9/8 C, immediately following NXT. The single-elimination tournament will continue each Wednesday night until two competitors remain. As it was already … Read more
Hey everyone! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. Tonight’s program was the last episode of NXT before Saturday’s TakeOver: Chicago II event. This evening, we received one last video package to highlight the upcoming bout between Nikki Cross and Shayna Baszler. On top of that, Bianca Belair and Dakota Kai made their presences felt … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. As announced on last week’s episode, tonight’s main event featured Dakota Kai going one on one with Shayna Baszler for the NXT women’s championship. While the focus for the NXT women’s division was on this week’s title match, other members of the women’s roster were able … Read more
Hey guys! Welcome to this week’s review of NXT. Tonight’s program featured a grudge match between Kairi Sane and Lacey Evans. This match comes as a result of numerous altercations that have occurred in past weeks, with the most recent incident happening last week. In addition to the grudge match, we heard a little backstory … Read more
Hi guys! Welcome to this week’s NXT review. On last week’s episode, we heard from numerous members of the NXT women’s division, all of whom made their claim as to why they should be the one to challenge Shayna Baszler. On this week’s episode, some of those women got the opportunity to prove themselves. In … Read more
Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Charlotte Flair looks back on her journey to becoming The Queen in the series premiere of the new digital series “WWE Then … Read more
[media-credit name=”Twitter.com/@JJWilliamsWON” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, The Backpage will wrap up some of the smaller news stories, rumors, editorials and gossip making the rounds in women’s wrestling. Got a tip for next week? Send it in. * Newly signed female referee Kennadi Brink made her debut at an Orlando NXT house show going by the … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Twitter/@RealMelina” align=”alignnone” width=”620″][/media-credit] Each week, 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 what we found from this week: AJ Brooks’ … Read more