Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy women’s wrestling event along the way. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Impact Wrestling (2/23/16): The Dollhouse defeat Gail Kim and Velvet Sky in a … 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: Becky Lynch … Read more
NXT TakeOver: Dallas takes place two days before WrestleMania 32, so it stands to reason that its card will start taking shaping pretty soon. Before NXT Women’s Champion Bayley can set her sights on her next challenger, though, she has a loose thread to tie up in the form of Eva Marie and Nia Jax, … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: WWE.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] One year ago today, the #GiveDivasAChance movement officially began. Sure, it’s a cause that Divas and Diva fans have been fighting for their entire lives, but that night was when things went into full effect. As we all can recall, it all kicked off when Paige and Emma lost to … Read more
Last week, Bayley managed to hang on to the NXT Women’s Title when she defeated her bestie Carmella in the night’s main event. With yet another challenger thwarted, the division is rapidly regrouping, the Divas jockeying for position in the hope to be the next woman to get a shot at the belt. On this … Read more
Each week following Raw, Diva Dirt Weekly will take a look back at the week preceding it, hitting every noteworthy women’s wrestling event along the way. Joining the audio will be Chris, Erin and our host Jake. We cover the following events: Impact Wrestling (2/9/16): Jade defeats Madison Rayne. Total Divas Season 5, Episode 4: … Read more
The time has come for the Battle of Baymella! In what has become a regular occurrence for NXT’s Divas, they’ve been booked in the night’s main event. This time, Bayley‘s defending her NXT Women’s Title against her best friend, Carmella. Can their friendship withstand the tempting allure of gold? We’ll see… Before we can get … 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: Awesome Kong … 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: * WWE.com has … Read more
We’re two weeks away from Bayley‘s next NXT Women’s Title defense, but you wouldn’t know it, judging by this week’s show. That’s not a bad thing, though: while the champ was completely absent from the program, the set-up was still there. NXT, as it’s known to do, has found a creative way to build hype … Read more
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
Diva Dirt presents its fifth annual Writers’ Choice Awards, as decided by the Diva Dirt team. As we come to the end of 2015, we have picked the best of the best to be awarded our Writers’ Choice trophies. Best Promotion: NXT For the second year in a row, NXT has proved that future of … Read more
The penultimate episode of WWE Breaking Ground‘s first season prepares Bayley for her history-making main event match at NXT TakeOver: RESPECT, follows Nia Jax as she makes her television debut and gets personal with Dana Brooke when she suffers an injury scare. The episode opens by showing Bayley attend Night of Champions backstage, where she … Read more
The latest episode of WWE Breaking Ground explores the new challenges thrown at Divas Bayley, Dana Brooke and Nia Jax, as Bayley prepares to main event a TakeOver special, Dana looks to meet the challenge of new competition head-on and Nia gets ready to make her television debut. The episode kicks off where the last … Read more
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
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, Bayley did what no other woman has done yet: defeat Nia Jax. Nia seemed poised to claim Bayley’s Women’s Title throughout the match, beating down the champ and taking her to her limit. Ever the resilient underdog, though, Bayley persevered, buoyed by the crowd’s chants and infectious energy. Again and … 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
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
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: Awesome Kong … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: @gravenbabies/Twitter” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Tough Enough competitor Daria Berenato made her NXT debut at last night’s live event in Orlando, Florida. Daria, whose WWE signing was confirmed in October, took on Nia Jax. She competed under her real name and utilized the “Jersey Devil” nickname she had on Tough Enough. She lost the match, … 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
The latest episode of WWE Breaking Ground sees NXT Diva Nia Jax step into the spotlight. The reality show explored Nia’s connection to her cousin, The Rock, and allowed her to share the moment she fell in love with wrestling: seeing him make his entrance at WrestleMania 28. The episode follows her on her journey … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: The Rock/Facebook” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] WWE legend The Rock recently took to Facebook to compliment his cousin, NXT Diva Nia Jax, after she stopped by his personal gym. In a heartfelt Facebook post, Rock shared his advice to her: don’t worry about championships or becoming famous. He also predicted that, one day, she’ll do … 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: Bayley Bayley … 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