As if making a pledge to Diva fans that the advancements made in 2015 won’t be forgotten, NXT has bestowed their first main event of the year on the Divas. In a Battle Royal, several Divas will face off for the right to challenge Bayley to the NXT Women’s Championship. Competing in this Battle Royal … Read more
Tonight on NXT, Carmella became the new number one contender to Bayley‘s NXT Women’s Title. In a Battle Royal that included Alexa Bliss, Aliyah, Asuka, Billie Kay, Cameron, Deonna Purrazzo, Emma, Eva Marie, Liv Morgan and Peyton Royce, Carmella picked up a sneaky win after spending much of the last part of match outside the … 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
NXT Diva Gionna Daddio has undergone another name change. Gionna, who briefly took on the ring name Marley, wrestled at last night’s NXT tapings under the name Liv Morgan. Gionna was signed to the WWE and joined NXT a year ago. She made her first television appearance earlier this month in a match against Eva … 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
Gionna Daddio and Athena are the latest NXT Divas to undergo name changes, debuting new ring names at tonight’s NXT television tapings. Gionna is now Marley, while Athena has reverted to her real name, Adrienne Reese. This follows the name change of their fellow Diva Jasmine, who debuted the name Aaliyah at a recent live … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: The Wrestling Goddess – Athena/Facebook” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] New WWE signee Athena made her NXT debut today at a live event in Winter Haven, Florida. Athena teamed with Gionna Daddio in a match against Alexa Bliss and Peyton Royce. Bliss and Royce picked up the win. An Athena fanpage on Facebook relayed the news … Read more
Last night at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, NXT continued one trend and started another: embarrassing those booking the main roster Divas and doubling its Divas offering by showcasing two women’s matches. Yes, for the first time ever, two Divas matches inhabited the card. Also for the first time ever (that I can tell), the NXT Divas … Read more
NXT Diva Zahra Schreiber appears to have been sidelined with an arm injury. Fellow Diva Gionna Daddio revealed the news in a photo posted to Instagram, which shows Zahra’s arm in a sling: My broken friend ???? if you're hurt, I'm hurt. I let her wear the good sling. #woe #PreChewedHerFood #ChipoleOfCourse #MyLittleBirdie @zahraschreiber A … Read more
Two new Divas have joined the ranks of NXT: Zahra Schreiber and Gionna Daddio. According to Lords of Pain, both women were hired following tryout matches in June and reported to NXT earlier this month. Zahara is described as a professional model and tour manager, while Gionna is a Hooter’s model. Both were present at … Read more