Sasha Banks - WWE Women

The Boss, WWE Diva Sasha Banks (Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado) was born on January 26, 1992 in Fairfield, California.
Arguably one of the most popular WWE Divas working today, Sasha is "Frenemies" with another wildly popular WWE Diva, Becky Lynch.
Although Sasha may be relatively new to some of you, she started wrestling on the Indy circuit back in 2010 under the name Mercedes KV.
And before she ever got to the WWE, she held the Chaotic Wrestling Women's Championship.

WWE Diva Natalya - Surfboard

Known by many names, Surfboard, Romero Special, Ceiling Hold, La Tapatía ("The one from Jalisco"), this submission move was created by luchador Rito Romero and seems to be used by WWE Diva Natalya quite a bit.
Though it was originally pretty popular with male wrestlers, it seems to be one of the more popular women wrestling holds now.
Here is Kaitlyn on the receiving end of the hold not once, but twice.

And just for fun, here is Natalya putting Michelle McCool in one as well...

Nattie punishing Eve with a Surfboard

And Michelle McCool again on the receiving end of a Surfboard

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WWE Diva Torrie Wilson and Diva Trim

You probably know that before former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson was...well a WWE Diva, she was a fitness competitor.
She placed third in the very first fitness competition she entered and went on to win the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998.
And also in 1998, Torrie took part in the Women's Tri-Fitness Championships, and placing first in the Grace and Physique round, also doing very well in the Fitness Routine and Obstacle Course.

Of course in 1999, she showed up on World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Samantha, then switched to her real name.
And then in 2001 she went to the WWE as part of the Invasion storyline.

But the reason I mentioned the fitness thing is that Torrie has now released a new supplemental fat burner targeted towards women and it's called Diva Trim.

And I think Torrie is her own best advertisement because she still looks amazing.
You can check out Diva Trim at the website here http://divatrim.net./

I mean c'mon...look at her!

I wonder if the possible side effects include hanging out with Victoria and Candice Michelle, carrying small dogs and hitting people with chairs?

Why Isn't Maryse Wrestling?

One of the most popular women on this blog is WWE Diva Maryse.
Okay, she's THE most popular woman here, so why isn't the WWE doing anything with her?
Did she make the higher ups mad?
Is she injured?
Why is the former two time holder of the WWE Divas Championship regulated to little more than Ted DiBiase's valet?

Is this the best we're gonna get from "The Sultry Diva" now?



Yeah I know, when did I suddenly care when one of the "models turned wrestler" isn't involved in competition?
But as I have stated before Maryse, Michelle McCool and Kelly have worked on their ring skills.
And even if she's not one of the best wrestlers the WWE has, she is a really good heel.



Why Isn't Maryse Wrestling? posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on September 20th, 2010

Aloisia's Replacement - Kaitlyn

Here's the replacement for the giant Aloisia, Kaitlyn, also known as Celeste Bonin or Ricki Vaughn
I'll be interested to see how she does in the ring.
She seems to be doing pretty well with her character so far.
And the internet seems to like her.

Speaking of Aloisia, The Bleacher Report has an interview up with her that you can see here





Aloisia's Replacement - Kaitlyn, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on September 8th, 2010.

WWE NXT Goes FCW Divas

It looks like the WWE will finally have an all female wrestling show.
Kinda.
Season 3 of WWE NXT will be all FCW Divas.
Allegedly SyFy was ready to pull the plug on the show because it was getting lower ratings than ECW had during it's run.
But someone figured out.....
"Hey...let's use beautiful women!"
Wow, you guys are quick.

Okay I'll stop complaining and take a look at the FCW Divas that will be competing...


Without a doubt, the Diva that's gonna attract the most attention is Aloisia, who you may know from the Indy wrestling promotions as Isis the Amazon.
Yes this woman lives up to that name at six foot nine.
Yes...six...foot...nine.
Even if she doesn't win the competition, I expect the WWE to pull a "Diva Search" and hire her anyway.

UPDATE: It looks like Aloisia has been removed from the line up.

The NXT ring announcer Jamie Keyes will be stepping into the ring as well.
Jamie's real name is Brittany Beede and she was born on December 31st, 1984 in Saraosota, Florida.

AJ Lee's real name is April Jeanette, and she was born on March 19, 1987 in Union City, New Jersey.
She has held the Queen of FCW title in Florida Championship Wrestling.


Next up is Aksana who is Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder Zivile Raudoniene.
Aksana was born on April 29, 1982 in Lithuania.
This five foot five, one hundred and thirty pound competitor has had first place finishes at the 2006 NPC Metropolitan, the NPC Pittsburgh, the 2007 IFBB New York Pro and the 2009 Arnold Classic.


Naomi Night's real name is Trinity McCray, and she too has held the Queen of FCW title.
Before wrestling, Naomi was a cheerleader with the Orlando Magic.
The WWE signed her in 2009.

Maxine, formerly known as Liviana in FCW (Karlee Perez), will also be competing.

You can see the NXT Divas being introduced by their pros here

It looks like this will be the last cycle of NXT unless the numbers go way up.

UPDATE: Since Aloisia is gone, will we get Ricki Vaughn or Christina Fox to replace her?

You can read more about the FCW Divas, past and present here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-FCW-Divas

And more about them on NXT here:
http://www.squidoo.com/the-fcw-divas-on-wwe-nxt



WWE NXT Goes FCW Divas, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on September 2nd, 2010

Melina Versus Alicia Fox at Summer Slam

Melina trashes Alicia - http://www.wwe.com/

You probably already know that the SummerSlam WWE ppv is August 15, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Among the featured wrestling matches will be a Divas match for the WWE Divas Championship between Melina (the challenger) and Alicia Fox (the champion).
This will be the first time this title has been defended at Summer Slam.

Thank God.


The beautiful Melina - http://www.wwe.com/

Maybe the WWE will end this farce and put the belt back into the hands of an actual wrestler.
The only thing I have against this match is the lack of build up.
Melina returned to the WWE on August 2nd on RAW, jumped Alicia and now she already has a title shot.
Less than two weeks build up?
I know Melina is a fan favorite, and she has the skills, mike and in ring.
But shouldn’t they have aimed for a bit more of a build up?
I guess I am just spoiled from "back in the day" when feuds had months of build up.

UPDATE:
Well the WWE did give Melina the WWE Diva's belt as she beat Alicia Fox at last night's SummerSlam.
Best part of the match to me:
It looks like Melina injures her knee early in the match...so Alicia goes to work on her arm.
Brilliant!

And afterwards, Team Lay-Cool interrupted Melina's victory celebration with a one sided beat down.




Melina Versus Alicia Fox at Summer Slam, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on August 13th, 2010

Wrestling News and Rumors - TNA Knockouts and WWE Divas

http://www.tnawrestling.com/

The first thing is that at the TNA PPV, Lockdown, not only did the TNA Knockouts title change hands, but the TNA Knockouts tag-team titles did as well.
In a match with Angelina Love and Tara vs. The Beautiful People, Madison Rayne won the match for The Beautiful People when Lacey Von Erich hit Tara with the belt from behind.
Thusly, Madison is the new TNA Knockouts champion, and The Beautiful People are the new TNA Knockouts tag-team champs as well.

After the match, Angelina Love was looking at Tara all mean for getting pinned, she helped Tara up, turned to walk away and Tara attacked Angelina from behind.

Now, there are three articles recently posted at the Bleacher Report that I thought everyone might find interesting.

Firts up, an article by Dan Power, about how the "old school" WWF/WWE female wrestlers would never make it as Divas today.....
"Some of the best wrestling ladies would never be considered to become a Diva in nowadays WWE standards.
Currently, the WWE marketing department presents the Divas as ''Sexy, Smart, Powerful.'. As you see, the word ''sexy'' comes first."

You can read the full article (with slide show) here

Second, there is an article by The Phantom, talking about how some of the current WWE Divas are better wrestlers than you think.
I have to admit I agree with all but one of his picks.
If you read my blogs regularly, you'll know which one I don't agree with.
I also think he left out one major player, but hey, its all opinion right?

You can read the full article (with another really cool slide show) here

And Adam Skylark has an article titled "Is It Time WWE Starting Listing to The Internet Fans" that while it's not exactly directed women's wrestling, it's something I've been saying for awhile.

Wrestling News and Rumors - TNA Knockouts and WWE Divas, posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on April 19th, 2010.

Lita not at Wrestlemania?

It appears now that Lita will not be at Wrestlemania 25.
She has e-mailed fans saying that she will instead be at Booker T's Legends of Wrestling Fanfest charity event on Friday.

As MC pointed out, Sunny is rumored to be at Wrestlemania 25.

More WWE Smackdown Divas

Maria will be facing Maryse this week on WWE Smackdown!.
The winner will get a future shot at the WWE Diva's championship held by Michelle McCool.
People have been ragging Michelle about her limited in ring skill and I can understand that.
But in case you haven't noticed, Michelle and Maryse are both working hard on their performance.
Would I rather see the Divas Champion be someone like Natalya or Victoria?
Of course.
I mean wouldn't it make more sense to have one of them hold the title while women like Brie and Nikki Bella, Maria, Maryse and Michelle work on their game?
The Old Westerns had it right.
The experienced gunfighter taking on all the upstarts till one of them finally gets good enough to take him out.
I wonder if the WWE would let me write for them?

Survivor Series: Raw Divas vs. SmackDown Divas

Survivor Series: Raw Divas vs. SmackDown Divas

Last Night the Raw Divas faced the Smackdown Divas in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match.
I thought it was a solid event, but the fans there didn't seem to think so.
I mean really, you had 3 women in there that can barely wrestle. You work with what you have.
Low point...Victoria getting eliminated first.
Aww come on! (Yes I was angry about that.)
High points...Natalya locking the Sharpshooter on Candice Michelle and Candice tapping out to a figure four by Maryse.
Stop!
A figure four leglock by Maryse?
Anyway it was down to Maryse and Beth, and Beth put it to bed with a Glam Slam that took out Maryse.
Let me confess, I really don't hold Maryse in high regard as a wrestler, but she made a good effort.
So the winners were the Raw Divas led by WWE Women's Wrestling Champion Beth Phoenix.
Now....what about a WWE Raw Divas versus TNA Knockouts match....?

WWE Diva Ashley Massaro

Man,Ashley Massaro has really been taking a beating, and not in the ring.
Since the Rolling Stone article came out, a lot of finger pointing has been going on.
Philly Burbs journalist Eric Gargiulo has spoken to people close to the scandal and they say the Ashley named in the article is indeed the WWE's Ashley.
The WWE has advised Ashley to just keep quiet and lay low till this blows over.

Now wait for Vince to come up with the escort service in a WWE storyline......


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WWE RAW Last Night: Beth Phoenix, Lilian Garcia, Candice Michelle

Several of the WWE Divas made appearances on WWE RAW last night, but nothing really major happened.
Beth Phoenix came out and made Lilian Garcia practice announcing Beth as the new WWE Women’s Wrestling Champion, Lilian did as Beth asked but added “assuming you can beat Candice” on the end of it.
This of course enraged Beth who grabbed Lilian by the throat, just in time for Candice Michelle to run in with the save. Candice kicked Beth out of the ring and the two women stared each other down.


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WWe Diva: Beth Phoenix

Wrestler: Beth Phoenix
Real Name: Elizabeth Kocanski
Birthday: November 24, 1980
Hometown: Elmira, New York
Marital Status: Married to Joey "Knight" Carolan
Height & Weight: 5'7" - 150 lbs
Trained by: Ron Hutchison
Wrestling Debut: May 2001
Previous Gimmicks: Fabulous Firebird,Phoenix
Finishing Move: Down in Flames (Modified Michinoku Driver)
Favorite Moves: Gorilla Press Slam,Texas Cloverleaf,Missile Dropkick
Notable Feuds: Psycho (WXW),Luscious Lilly,Angel Williams,Alexis Laree,Shelly Martinez,Trinity,Katie "The Kat" Lea

Beth Phoenix returned to WWE RAW last night subbing for an "injured" Melina in a tag team wrestling match with Jillian Hall against Candice Michelle and Mickie James.
It was really good to see Beth back in action, since I've always liked her. And she looked really pumped and in great shape last night.
But now Beth's a heel, teaming with Melina and Jillian Hall.
Does that mean Katie Lea isn't far behind to even the odds?

I still long for a Beth/Victoria feud......



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WWE Diva: Maria Kanellis

Wrestler: Maria
Height: 5 ft 7 in
Weight: 120 lb
Born: February 25th, 1982 ,Ottawa, Illinois
Resides: Louisville, Kentucky
Billed from: Chicago, Illinois
Trained by: Ohio Valley Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Debut: November 4, 2004

Maria Kanellis better known simply as Maria, is an American pro female wrestler, currently signed to the WWE wrestling promotion performing on its RAW brand.
She also made regular appearances in WWE's training territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling.
In June 2007 Maria began an on-screen romance with Santino Marella, and they were appearing on TV in segments together as a couple.

http://www.mariakanellisonline.com/
http://maria-kanellis.org/

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WWE's Victoria and Melina

Victoria (Lisa Marie Varon) was given a championship match at the New Year's Revolution 2007 PPV, where she would lose to Mickie James.
Just before this match, Victoria formed an alliance with Melina (Melina Perez), with whom she occasionally teams up with for tag team matches.
She even assisted Melina in her backstage brawl with Mickie during the first ever Women's Falls Count Anywhere Match on WWE Monday Night RAW.


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WWE Divas - Maryse Ouellet

 

Maryse Ouellet was born on January 21st, 1983.
She is a French Canadian Glamour model and professional wrestling diva currently working for WWE on the SmackDown! brand as Hostess as well as training in it's developmental facility Ohio Valley Wrestling.

Ouellet began her career as a beauty pageant contestant, winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada 2003 and finishing second at the International Finals of Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2004. After that she made several appearances in various newspapers, magazines and television programs in Canada, then became a Glamor model; appearing on the cover and inside pages of Playboy Special Editions Vixens in June/July 2006. She was also on the cover of Playboy's The Girls of Canada 2007 Calendar. She also appeared on the special edition of Playboy called "Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads".

In the summer of 2006, Maryse tried out for World Wrestling Entertainment's Diva Search. She made the final cut and was one of the top eight featured on WWE but on the July 24 episode of WWE RAW she became the second person to be eliminated from the search. Despite her elimination she was invited to observe workouts and the training facility between August 13-17, 2006 at WWE's developmental facility, Ohio Valley Wrestling. Although she understood that there was no guarantee that this will lead to full time employment with WWE, she was grateful to have been given another opportunity to live out her dream. Stating in a WWE website interview "I can just cry, [is] my feeling right now," Ouellet said. "I’m very excited. It was very, very good news."

Maryse Ouellet was officially signed to a World Wrestling Entertainment developmental contract on August 24, 2006 and was assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training. Her first jobs there were to sit in the front row during television tapings, take part in bikini contests and appear in backstage segments. After a while she began managing fellow French Canadian René Dupree at house shows. Her in ring debut came at a December 16, 2006 house show in Greensburg, Kentucky where she teamed with Katie Lea, Kelly Kelly, She Nay Nay, and Victoria Crawford to defeat ODB, Milena Roucka, Josie, Beth Phoenix, and Melody. In March of 2007 she became a part-time backstage interviewer for OVW TV as well wrestling in dark matches prior to the OVW Tapings.

On the September 22, 2006 edition of SmackDown! , Ouellet being dubbed as simply Maryse, was shown on the titantron welcoming the Montreal viewers in (French) to the season premiere of SmackDown! on the new CW Network. Continuing to do this for a couple of months, she was all the while in OVW training to wrestle. In January 2007, Maryse returned to Smackdown! in more pre-taped vignettes welcoming viewers back to the show in both English and French.

In April 2007, Maryse, along with Ashley, Kelly Kelly, Brooke, Torrie Wilson, and Layla El, filmed Timbaland's new music video "Throw It On Me" featuring The Hives.

Ouellet has a degree in Business Administration, and holds a black belt in martial arts. She is also involved in the Foundation of Children General Hospital of Montreal, Quebec.