Kay Lee Ray wins a 12-woman Battle Royal in the main event of NXT UK this week to become No. 1 contender for Toni Storms “shiny, shiny.” This was the first-ever women’s battle royal for the NXT UK brand. The beginning of the match saw dominance from Jazzy Gabert and Jinny. The team was able … Read more
Rhea Ripley has been the talk of the online wrestling community, and not in a good way since last night. The former WWE NXT UK Women’s Champion found herself in a bit of hot water for using a homophobic slur during a live stream on Twitch. As the story goes, a fan asked to be … Read more
WWE UK superstar Rhea Ripley reportedly sustained a torn ligaments in her left foot. According to Fightful and Squared Circle Sirens, she is expected to miss up to eight weeks of action. Despite the injury, Ripley was able to compete at WWE WrestleMania Axxess this past weekend. She managed to compete, but she was seen … Read more
It looks like Rhea Ripley is dealing with a leg injury. On Thursday night, the former NXT UK Women’s Champion posted a gym selfie wearing a walking boot with the caption, “What’s your excuse?” According to Squared Circle Sirens, their sources at WWE said they believe it’s a minor sprain. It is not considered serious. … Read more
Last month, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bayley and Sasha Banks promised that they would defend their titles against competitors from all brands. That includes Raw, SmackDown and even NXT. As women of their word, the Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection made a surprise appearance at yesterday’s NXT Live house show in Largo, Florida. WWE posted … Read more
The 2019 Royal Rumble is officially in the book, and the winner, Becky Lynch, is heading to WrestleMania. This year’s match had some big shoes to fill, because the first Women’s Royal Rumble was so good. Whether viewers enjoyed it as much probably relies on their opinion of the surprise entrants. Last year’s rumble was … Read more
We are just a week away from Royal Rumble. It’s easily my favorite of the big four pay-per-view events and the card looks awesome this year. It should be a great night for women’s wrestling with two first time match-ups for the women’s titles, Sasha Banks versus Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch versus Asuka, and … Read more
Rhea Ripley will put her title on the line for the first time next week as she faces off with Isla Dawn. Sid Scala, the assistant to NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint, announced the match in the second hour of this week’s double bill. Rhea Ripley claimed the NXT UK Women’s title two weeks … Read more
The road to recovery is a long and painful one, and nobody knows that better than NXT superstar Tegan Nox. The Welsh wonder is recovering from a second severe knee ligament injury in as many years. The Attack Pro Wrestling, Shimmer, WCPW and Progress Wrestling alumna was signed to NXT in early 2017. Nox was … Read more
2018 was another standout year for women’s wrestling with many firsts in the WWE’s Evolution: NXT’s first 2-time women’s champion Shayna Bazler, NXT UK crowning its first ever women’s champion, WOH’s inaugural championship tournament and IMPACT resetting and refreshing its entire scene. The evolution has created a whole plethora of women to watch. 2019 looks to … Read more
During tonight’s episode of NXT UK, the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament came to an official close, with Rhea Ripley defeating Toni Storm to become the first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion. To celebrate the win, Ripley got her first champion’s photo shoot. The final outcome of the tournament had already been decided, as the matches … Read more
For the second year in a row women all over the world have been showcased in the Mae Young Classic II. The talent comes from all over the world from certain countries such as Japan, Mexico, Canada, England, Brazil, and Australia, just to name a few. WWE Evolution featured the finals of the Mae Young … Read more
Welcome back to the Mae Young Classic! We are down to our final four: Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, Toni Storm and Meiko Satomura. Who will make it to the finals? We’re going to find out NOW! Again, no slideshows, just straight into the matches! And then there were four.#WWEMYC pic.twitter.com/PV1qMYjFMm — Mae Young Classic (@MaeYoungClassic) … Read more
Hello y’all, and welcome to the seventh week of the Mae Young Classic! This week we have: Meiko Satomura vs. Lacey Lane Rhea Ripley vs. Tegan Nox Io Shirai vs. Deonna Purrazzo Mia Yim vs. Toni Storm How did they fare? Well, let’s get into it and find out! I’m dispensing with the slideshow here … Read more
Hey! It’s Mykel again, and I am pleased to say that I’m now officially the MYC writer! This week we are entering our sweet 16. We have the following matches for week five: Kacy Catanzaro vs. Rhea Riley Meiko Satomura vs. Mercedes Martinez Taynara Conti vs. Lacey Lane Toni Storm vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
Hola Diva Dirt readers and welcome to our first recap for this year’s Mae Young Classic II tournament! Josue here and I’ll be kicking things off with Episode 1. With the WWE changing the format on how the tournament will be presented this year, on a weekly episode basis versus in bulk to binge watch, … Read more
The WWE have announced during this weekend’s NXT UK tapings in Birmingham, England, the inaugural NXT UK Women’s Champion will be crowned as part of a two-day tournament. The first @NXTUK Women’s Champion will be crowned at the #NXTUK tapings this weekend in Birmingham, and tickets are available RIGHT NOW! https://t.co/W3YhaxNES9 pic.twitter.com/8Do3escRfD — NXT UK … Read more
Tonight on Facebook Live and YouTube, the WWE presented their opening ceremony Mae Young Classic 2018 Parade of Champions, formally introducing the competitors representing different countries that will take part in this year’s tournament: Kaitlyn Io Shirai Tegan Nox Kacy Catanzaro Toni Storm Jinny Ashley Rayne Kavita Devi Meiko Satomura Rhea Ripley Deonna Purrazzo Reina … Read more
During this past Thursday’s (July 26th) NXT Live house show event in Largo, Florida, Four Horsewomen of MMA member Marina Shafir made her official NXT debut when she teamed up with Nikki Cross (with Xia Li) to defeat the team of Aliyah and Rhea Ripley (with Reina Gonzalez). https://twitter.com/FLWrestlingFan/status/1022641194638168064 https://twitter.com/FLWrestlingFan/status/1022695424325545984 According to a fan in … Read more
After confirming the news that former WWE Divas Champion Kaitlyn will compete in the Mae Young Classic, it has now been revealed that Australian NXT Superstar Rhea Ripley will make her second appearance in the tournament. During last summer’s Mae Young Classic, Ripley defeated Miranda Salinas in the First Round before being eliminated by Dakota Kai in the … Read more
On Monday, June 4, WWE launched the website for its state of the art Performance Center and recruitment tools for aspiring wrestlers. The announcement used Sasha Banks on the header – touting her as one of the success stories to come out of the PC. The online hub at WWEPerformanceCenter.com includes step-by-step instructions on how to … Read more
Welcome all to the Women of Honor- no wait, the Impact Write- no no, hang on… NXT REDUX?!?! Goodness me, I really am a jack of all trades! So first off, apologies from the Diva-Dirt team for not posting a Redux for last week’s episode. They were busy with things and they didn’t have the … Read more
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Mae Young Classic. The first four matches in Episode 1 introduced seasoned veterans, new faces, and compelling match ups. Let’s see what Episode 2 has in store and dive in! Mercedes Martinez vs Xia Li As the match begins Mercedes immediately indicates she’s a heel veteran who should not … Read more
Tonight via Facebook Live, WWE have officially announced the names of all 32 competitors to the Mae Young Classic: Representing Japan: Kairi Sane Representing United States of America: Tessa Blanchard Representing United States of America: Abbey Laith Representing Brazil: Taynara Conti Representing Germany: Jazzy Gabert Representing India: Kavita Devi Representing Australia: Toni Storm Representing Mexico: … Read more
The competition is heating up as WWE adds two more competitors to the Mae Young Classic. Sage Beckett, formerly known as Andrea or Rosie Lottalove, and Rhea Ripley, aka Demi Bennett, will join the 32-women tournament. WWE had this to say about the participants: Just 20 years old and already sporting a resume full of … Read more