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The Weekly Roundup (May 30 – June 05, 2009) – A Week in Television

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Welcome to Diva Dirt’s new feature – The Weekly Roundup, a look at the week in television! From Raw, SmackDown, ECW and TNA too, we look back at the week’s highs and lows as well as giving you the opportunity to catch up on what you’ve missed!

MAY 30th – JUNE 5th, 2009

This week has seen some solid TV efforts from WWE, an okay week for TNA and the emergence of women’s wrestling on ROH. This week saw the first time in history that Diva Dirt has covered ROH on HDNet & we’re very happy that we did…

Best Bet: My highlight of the week came from ROH, as it incorporated sister promotion, SHIMMER into it’s broadcast. I have to be honest and say I haven’t really seen much of SHIMMER or any of these girls before but I was thoroughly impressed by the triple threat match on HDNet last Saturday. If you haven’t yet seen it, check it out after the cut – it’s well worth it. I hope ROH does more “SHIMMER Lite” segments in future. (PS: I’m already preferring ROH’s production style to TNA’s rollercoaster sickness style on Impact).

Honourable Mention: Like last week, SmackDown gives us our honourable mention of the week with an outstanding six Divas tag team match.

Low Point: I felt this week’s Impact didn’t see a strong enough followup to last week’s fantastic debut of the former Victoria. Not only has she been renamed ‘Tara’, but she’s also stuck in a one minute segment from a two hour broadcast. Not a good followup at all.

Check out all of this week’s videos after the cut:

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Sarah Out, Tara In

While all us Diva and Knockout fans may be all about Victoria‘s (I don’t care what TNA says, I’m NOT calling her Tara) debut, but there’s one person who may not be too crazy to see her in TNA. Sarah Stock. According to online reports, Victoria’s sudden appearing has effectively bumped Sarah (or Sarita) from … Read more

Impact Feedback: June 4th, 2009 *Edited*

It’s week two for new Knockout, Tara aka Victoria. She’s the Knockout that’s got us watching & discussing! As with last week, share your thoughts on this week’s Impact right here. We’ll be tweeting through tonight’s show, as soon as the Knockouts action begins. You can catch our updates at twitter.com/divadirt or in the widget … Read more

Lisa Marie’s Debut is Ratings Hit for TNA

The debut of the Diva formerly known as Victoria, Lisa Marie, was the highest rated segment of last week’s TNA Impact. Lisa’s debut, along with the preceding Angelina Love-Sojo Bolt match was the most watched segment of the entire show, according to ProWrestling.net. The entire broadcast earned a 1.2 rating with 1.6million viewers. Looks like … Read more

The Weekly Roundup (May 24 – 30, 2009) – A Week in Television

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Welcome to Diva Dirt’s new feature – The Weekly Roundup, a look at the week in television! From Raw, SmackDown, ECW and TNA too, we look back at the week’s highs and lows as well as giving you the opportunity to catch up on what you’ve missed!

MAY 24th – MAY 30th, 2009

It’s been a positively exhausting seven days for us women’s wrestling fans! From TNA’s Sacrifice pay per view last Sunday to last night’s Friday Night SmackDown. Take a look back at the week that was, with Diva Dirt.

Best Bet: The best moment of the week had to be Victoria‘s TNA debut on Impact, this past Thursday night. We saw a rejuvenated Vicious Vixen looking better than she has in years, make quite the impact on Angelina Love (no pun intended). This moment will surely be a strong contender in the 2009 Year-End Awards.

Honourable Mention: The next top moment came from star-in-the-making, Alicia Fox who got the chance to compete in the ring with the multi-talented, three time Women’s Champion, Melina. Sure she lost, but for a young Diva, working with the champion is one hell of a rub. We predict big things for A-Fox!

Low Point: The disappointing Divas Championship scenario on Raw left a bad taste in my mouth this week. Mickie James looked to be in line for a feud with Maryse, but it now seems Kelly Kelly will get that honour.

Check out all of this week’s videos after the cut:

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Impact Spoilers for Thursday Night (May 28, 2009)

As we all know, the Vicious Vixen, Victoria makes her TNA debut this Thursday night on Impact. Find out how she does it by highlighting the text below:

Angelina Love d. Sojo Bolt in a Knockout Championship match. Cute Kip, Madison Rayne, and Velvet Sky also made their return here. After the match, Angelina got on the mic and asked Kip why he was still hanging out with them. She fired him a long time ago and only brought him back to take out Kong, which he couldn’t do. She has security force him to leave the ring. Angelina then talks about how she’s beaten Kong and how she needs someone new to face, which leads to Victoria’s entrance. She gets in the ring and takes out Madison and Velvet before hitting a crazy Widow’s Peak on Angelina. Madison and Velvet drag Angelina out of the ring and take her up the ramp while Victoria (who looked fantastic, BTW) gets on the mic. She’s accepting Angelina’s challenge.

Thoughts under the cut:

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Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye

Our partners at the Wrestling Globe newsletter have confirmed what we have heard and have been speculating about – dearly departed WWE Diva Victoria will most likely be making the jump to TNA, along with another adventurous endeavor: Lisa Marie Varon, who wrestled for years in WWE as Victoria, is coming in (to TNA). She … Read more

The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly

A week ago today, the WWE held its annual Hall of Fame ceremony, and until now we hadn’t gotten a proper look at the Divas who attended. But now here they are in all their (partially dressed) glory. Some look elegant, some look a little too sexy, while others just leave you scratching your head. … Read more

Another Former Diva Shoots Down TNA

Hot on the heels of Torrie Wilson saying ‘No’ to a possible turn as a TNA Knockout, another ex-Diva and Women’s Champion has quashed rumours of her possibly joining TNA. Victoria – real name Lisa Marie Varon – was spotted with TNA owner, Dixie Carter at a recent MMA show leading to some  news sites … Read more

Your Morning Quickie: Divas & Knockout News

There’s a bunch of Divas and Knockout news that has made its way online, but each tidbit is not really big enough news to warrant an entire post. That said, I thought I’d post a potentially new feature called a News Quickie to keep all our devoted Diva Dirt fans well-rounded in their news. – … Read more

Diva Dirt Posts WrestleMania Photoshoot, Remains Defiant While Doing So

WWE.com has posted a photoshoot with all the Miss WrestleMania window dressing participants titled “WrestleMania Backstage Beauties”. As always with our lovely Divas, it’s a delightful mix of cute (Molly Holly‘s old tights!), sexy (Lilian), head-scratching (Jackie Gayda and Eve), skanky (Joy), overkill (Brie Bella), and cross-dresser chic (hey Maria, I thought Santino was supposed … Read more

The WrestleMania Seven: Victoria

So since rolling out the first installment for The WrestleMania Six earlier in the week, I have run into a snag! It looks as though the ‘six’ have become seven after Nidia was announced as the latest participant! So we’ve had to redesign our sets etc., so to speak. This Sunday at WrestleMania 25, WWE … Read more

Victoria’s ‘Last Hurrah’ at WrestleMania

(PHOTOS: Lisa Marie Varon) Ever the professional, retired former Women’s Champion, Victoria waited until WWE confirmed her appearance at WrestleMania before blogging about it. And since WWE made the announcement at their press conference yesterday, Victoria has spoken out. The ex-Diva, real name Lisa Marie Varon, calls WrestleMania her ‘last hurrah’ in professional wrestling, and … Read more

Breaking: WWE Confirms 4 of the WrestleMania 6 (Now w/ More Jackie Gayda!)

At the WrestleMania 25 press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York, Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly revealed four of the six Divas taking part in the Miss WrestleMania match this Sunday! The returning Diva legends are Molly Holly, Sunny, Torrie Wilson and Victoria. That leaves two more spots for Diva legends as … Read more

Queen of the Ring: Semi-Finals

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The Queen of the Ring tournament is underway! Which Diva will be crowned the ultimate Queen of the Ring for 2009? You decide! Vote for your favourite Divas as we narrow down 16 beautiful and talented women down to just one! It’s a hard job, but the power lies in you, the Diva Dirt audience!

SEMI-FINALS

It is now time for the semi-finals of our Queen of the Ring competition! These four Divas have outlasted 12 other beautiful and talented women to get this far! And by WrestleMania Sunday, only one will be left to be crowned Queen of the Ring!

Voting for the semi-finals ends on Thursday, when voting for the grand final begins!

Matches are:
– Lita vs Victoria
– Mickie James vs Trish Stratus

Vote after the jump:

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Queen of the Ring: Quarter Finals

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The Queen of the Ring tournament is underway! Which Diva will be crowned the ultimate Queen of the Ring for 2009? You decide! Vote for your favourite Divas as we narrow down 16 beautiful and talented women down to just one! It’s a hard job, but the power lies in you, the Diva Dirt audience!

The following are qualifying round matches, the winners of which will advance to the quarter finals!

Matches are:
– Torrie Wilson vs Victoria
– Lita vs Michelle McCool
– Kelly Kelly vs Mickie James
– Melina vs Trish Stratus

Vote after the jump:

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