Monday Night Raw Divas Battle Royal

On Monday Night Raw this Monday, Brie Bella won a Divas Battle Royal to become the new number one contender to the WWE Divas Title.
Alicia got tossed out first, then Tamina, then Natalya and Melina eliminated each other, then Maryse went out, then Nikki and Brie comes out from underneath the ring to toss Gail Kim out and win.
Eve (who was on comentary) sees this and goes after Brie.
But Nikki was still there and they both start a beatdown on Eve till the refs pull them apart.

So it looks like the big WWE Divas Championship rivalry will be Eve and Brie.
Yay.

WWE Diva Mickie James' Close Call

WWE Diva Mickie James debut album, Strangers & Angels was supposed to be released on March 23rd, but it's been bumped back to mid May.
Why?
Mickie has been in pretty rough shape physically lately and I really didn't realize how close we came to losing her until I read her blog.

Strangely enough, she says in the blog that " My main focus now, as it should be, is to get myself 150% for Wrestlemania first and foremost... Wrestlemania is the grandest stage of them all for anyone who's ever stepped in the squared circle.. who’s dreamed of stepping out that curtain knows that Wrestlemania is the end all be all."

So there is a womans match for Wrestlemania?
I haven't seen any indication of one yet.....
Maybe it will be a last minute addition.

Wrestlicious Premiers March 1st, 2010

I did my first entry on Wrestlicious back in March of last year, and after a lot of trials, tribulations, second guessing and anticipation....the all female wrestling show, Wrestlicious Takedown, begins airing on March 1st, 2010.
Yes Wrestlicious will finally be on the air.
Although (after all this time you KNOW there had to be an although) it seems neither Bright House or Dish Network are listing Wrestlicious in the 11PM ET time slot on Monday March 1st.
In the famous words of The Hurricane..."What's up with that?"

Originally I had heard that MavTV would air its shows in the United States, and the wrestling promotion would air on Bite TV in Canada.
I had also heard that Wrestlicious TakeDown would be syndicated nationally via America One. (http://americaone.com).

But, according to 411 mania.com, MavTV has confirmed the "Takedown" series will air at 11PM ET.

I've been waiting for this for almost a year now....I hope everything falls into place.

J.V...I'm wishing you all the best!

Wrestling News and Rumors: Awesome Kong, Velvet Sky, Traci Brooks and More

http://www.tnawrestling.com/

Is Awesome Kong still in TNA?
Well as of right now yes.
According to just about every source on the Web, Kong requested her release from TNA, but TNA denied it.
Where I thought this had to do with the Bubba the Love Sponge incident, it seems it goes deeper.
Kong appears to be upset over the amount of money the wrestling promotion is shelling out for new talent, while they tell her and the other Knockouts they cant get raises.

You know TNA, this is a really good way to lose talent.
Yeah Kong and the others can still wrestle for you, but they can also sleepwalk through wrestling matches, and give lackluster performances.
The last thing TNA needs is a mass exodus of female wrestling talent to the WWE.
Youve already lost Trenesha Biggers (Rhaka Khan), Lauren Brooke, Josette Bynum (Sojo Bolt), Jacqueline Moore, Jenna Morasca, Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman and Alissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) in about a years time.
Okay some were not that big of a loss, but some were.
Excessive turnover is not a good thing for the fans.

Pay these "veterans" what they are worth and get that TNA Knockout show (that you have been talking about since 2008) up and running.


http://www.tnawrestling.com/

And in other TNA Knockout news, Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky will both be appearing in an upcoming issue of the UK's FHM Magazine.
They did a shoot while they were on the recent tour of England.
Unfortunately Lacey Von Erich wasn't in the photoshoot because she didnt go.
You may recall that Angelina Love and Velvet were in a Muscle and Fitness magazine awhile back.


http://www.tnawrestling.com/

One of the biggest (if not the biggest ) wrestling rumors at the moment is the Traci Brooks / Frankie Kazarian story.
I really am not gonna go into all that here.
I just wanted an excuse to post this pic of Traci in a blue bikini from TNA.



And in other news, my friends over at at Lethalwow.com did their top female wrestlers of 2009 list, and Mercedes Martinez won the 2009 Wrestler of the year award.
Tara won for best TNA star, Melina won RAW Wrestler of the Year and Michelle McCool won Smackdown! Wrestler of the Year.
Out of their Top 25, their top ten picks were:
1) Mercedes Martinez
2) Michelle McCool
3) Amazing Kong
4) Melina Perez
5) Tara
6) Angelina Love
7) Mickie James
8) Sarah Del Rey
9) Angel Orsini
10) ODB

You can go here to see the whole list and write ups.
http://www.lethalwow.com/extras/2009awards.php#wrestler

Female Wrestling Updates, Lacey Von Erich, Awesome Kong, Angelina Love and Mickie James

The question " Lacey Von Erich is hot, but can she wrestle?" may be causing some trouble at TNA.

www.prowrestling.net is reporting that not only did Lacey trip and fall when she tried to do a run in at the Knockouts Elimination wrestling match on iMPACT! two weeks ago, (hey, everyone makes mistakes right?), but while training at the Impact! Zone, she injured a hamstring and proceded to act like a "Diva" as she complained loudly all night that she was in pain.
Then she told a male trainer to get her some ice, which lead to said training walking in on a half dressed Awesome Kong who wasn't happy.
Evidently she grabbed Lacey and took her to the trainer's room where she let Lacey have it, with Kurt Angle watching.
Lacey wasn't happy about this and went to TNA management to complain, and they sided with Kong.
Lacey had better watch her step or she'll be looking at Wrestlicious as the highlight of her wrestling career.
And if I were her, I wouldn't be getting on the wrong side of the Awesome one.


And former TNA Knockout Angelina Love mad a surprise appearance at Live Pro Wrestling's "Halloween Massacre" wrestling show on October 25th.
Originally it was reported that Angelina wouldnt be able to appear at the show, but she did.
You can see pictures from the event here:
http://wrestlingfigs.com/inner2.php?id=13784&page_id=1

By the way, TNA has some Halloween Knockouts photos posted at their site here:
http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/1768/84/
As far as I can tell it's a Wizard of Oz theme.
You gotta admit, Tara looks better as the Wicked Witch of the West than she did a ....banana?


Mickie James seems to be going full steam ahead on her singing career, as she has hired Nashville-based image Image Consultant Lori Bumgarner to manage her career.
You can check out Lori's homepage here:
http://panashstyle.com/

posted to http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/ on October 30th, 2009

WWE Diva Updates

All WWE Diva news today...

Last night on WWE RAW they had a "Mayweather Melee" pitting Mickie James, Kelly Kelly and Gail Kim against Beth Phoenix, Rosa Mendes and Alicia Fox.
The gimmick here is that all the girls wore boxing gear.
Of course this was done in honor of Floyd Mayweather being on the show.
Beth Phoenix, Rosa Mendes and Alicia Fox won after Alicia nailed Mickie with a scissors kick.
(It was nice to see Beth in another match.)

Actually, I know it's kinda weird but I sorta liked this gimmick match.
Maybe it's because the Diva matches I used to play on my "SmackDown! vs. RAW" games were actually like this.
Despite the "boxing" theme they were actually wearing MMA gloves and (I usually try to refrain from saying this) and I actually think they looked hotter in their gimmick outfits.
I know awhile back Vince talked about leaning more towrads MMA style matches at one time.
Some of the Divas have martial arts training.
Maybe Vince was looking at how a MMA style match would go over.
After all, MMA is knocking on the WWE's door really loud.
I wonder how a MMA/Pro wrestling hybrid style would work for the WWE?


Moving on, They had a short segment with Jillian Hall and Vince where she was dressed as Marylin Monroe and doing the "Happy Birthday Mr. Preisdent " thing.
Way to use a lady with 11 years wrestling experience guys.


You can now follow Michelle McCool on Twitter.
Just go to http://twitter.com/McCoolMichelleL

And before SummerSlam, MSN did a slideshow of the WWE divas with really nice pics here:
http://tv.msn.com/wwe-divas/photo-gallery/feature/?photoidx=1

TNA Knockout News and Amy Dumas (Lita)

Besides all the Victory Road news, a rumor coming out of TNA is that Traci Brooks (Is she still the Knockout Law?) and Christy Hemme will both be returning for this weeks taping.
And also rumored to appear is Japanese star, Ayako Hamada.

Traci and Christy coming back, Sarita and Ayako debuting right behind each other....
Is TNA set to knockout (sorry) the other wrestling promotion's women's division?

And there is another rumor surfacing that former TNA Knockout Karen Angle is living with.....Jeff Jarret?
Talk about an uncomfortable working situation with Jarret being so high up in TNA and Kurt Angle working for them.
Of course this is ONLY a rumor.

Change The Record.net has an interview up with Lita (Okay, enough time has passed...it's Amy Dumas now).
The cool thing to me is that Amy talks about why she wasn't at Wrestlemania.

Faye: Were you invited to take part in the 25-Diva Battle Royal at WrestleMania 25, this year? If so, why did you turn it down?
Amy: Did you see that match?!
Faye: Yeah, it was so bad!
Amy: Right, that’s why I turned it down.

You can read the interview and understand why I like the way Amy thinks here:
http://changetherecord.net/2009/07/09/interview-the-luchagors/

WWE Diva News and Rumors

Last night on WWE Raw, Mickie James took on Maryse in a non title bout.
Mickie got the win with a DDT.

In case you missed the match, here it is...




Evidently the WWE is not too happy with Tiffany being the GM of ECW.
There is talk of maybe putting Tommy Dreamer in the role.


Don't expect to see Candice Michelle on SmackDown anytime soon.
According to her Twitter account " In hawaii with family! Its beautiful here! Went swimming w sharks today and doing therapy in the sunshine!"
Think about it....having to do ankle theraphy isnt exactly great, but getting to do it in Hawaii?
Awesome.


The WWE has signed Indy wrestler Miss April (April Jeanette) to a developmental contract.
She had been working with National Wrestling Superstars and Women Superstars Unleashed.

New TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca ?

Sole survivor and million dollar grand prize winner of CBS' “Survivor: The Amazon”in 2003, Jenna Morasca has signed with TNA.
Why?
I have ragged WWE for signing women that have nothing to do with wrestling, and now TNA turns around and does it.
It can't be star power.
I had to look up who she was.
I mean she won in 2003, that was six years ago.
So why is she in TNA?




Former WWE Diva Joy Giovanni was backstage at Monday's Raw in San Antonio, Texas.
Could she possibly be thinking about a come back?
Maybe in time for the 25 Diva Battle Royal at Wrestlemania?



And rumor has it that the WWE has contacted Luna Vachon to appear in the Battle Royal.
This of course would be better than having Charlie Haas showing up in a dress.

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.

Gail Kim to Return at Wrestlemania 25 ?

Well the WWE Wrestlemania 25 women's wrestling event may be a disappointment to some.
A lot of fans were looking forward to at least one good singles match, but they are having a 25 Diva Battle Royal.
How can they have a 25 Diva Battle Royal?
The WWE doesn't even have 25 Divas do they?
Nope, but they are calling up the reserves.
This could be as much fun for the female wrestling fans as a Legends Battle Royal

The list goes like this, but I already see one possible exception.

1. Beth Phoenix
2. Candice Michelle (recently injured her ankle, expected to be out till April, will she make it?)
3. Jillian Hall
4. Kelly Kelly
5. Layla
6. Melina
7. Mickie James
8. Rosa Mendes
9. Brie Bella
10. Eve
11. Maria
12. Maryse
13. Michelle McCool
14. Nikki Bella
15. Alicia Fox
16. Katie Lea Burchill
17. Natalya
18. Tiffany

Now the other participants are up in the air, but rumors include.....

Trish Stratus
Lita
Torrie Wilson
Victoria
Jackie Gayda (Jackie Gayda-Haas)
And the return of Gail Kim.

Of course this is the perfect time to bring Gail back in, have her win the match and be declared the new number one challenger.
Remember the first battle royal Gail was in?

I have to admit, I think Mr.McMahon came up with a good idea this time.
This will give all the Divas some Wrestlemania time.

Melina, Beth Phoenix, Natalya, Trish Stratus and Victoria

We didn't really get a womens match last night on WWE Raw.
We got a mixed tag team with Cryme Tyme and Melina against Glamarella and Dolph Ziggler.
Glamarella?
Really?
Are they still gonna go with that?
Anyway, Cryme Tyme and Melina won.


On Natalya's blog at wwe.com, she mentioned both Beth Phoenix and Trish Stratus....

" On another note, many of you have asked me how I feel about Trish Stratus stating she is interested in taking on myself or the Glamazon at WrestleMania. There is no doubt that facing Trish would be nothing short of amazing. Two Canadian women, fighting for everything we believe in, as true athletes would."

"I am very curious what will happen this year at Mania for the Diva's. Like Trish, I will be keeping my eye on the Glamazon, too...and knowing that the best is yet to come. She makes me want to get hungry and forget my manners! These women inspire me to exceed all of my own expectations and personal limits."

You can read the full blog here


And on the Victoria front ( I know, she's not wrestling anymore), she's going full steam ahead it looks like with her MMA training.
Hey, if Brock Lesnar can do it, why not Victoria?
I wish her luck and hope she'll turn up soon on my Female MMA blog.
At least then I can use the hundreds of pics I have of her somewhere!

Brooke Hogan Wrestling?

" Let me tell you something sister! "

Okay, I know she's not a female wrestler.
But there's a rumor that Brooke Hogan may actually wrestle Ric Flair's son, Reid Flair, in a circus tent after the last show of the day by Circus Hollywood at the Florida State Fair. She's going to be there shooting an episode of her VH1 show "Brooke Knows Best".
Brooke?
Wrestling?
Well, she's got the genes, she's got the build.
And she has hinted at possibly wrestling before in an interview.
Could we see Hulkamania running wild in the Women's Wrestling division of the WWE?
Who knows? But it got my imagination going.......
Imagine Brooke debuting in the WWE (after extensive training by her dad of course) as a face.
Good little Brooke has a few matches and loses.
Then one night her father accompanies her to ring side and during the course of the match "accidentally" interferes giving Brooke the win.
The next week it happens again, but this time more flagrant and then everyone sees the heel turn.
Brooke as a female version of the nWo Hogan.
But it doesn't stop there.
Remember back at Starrcade in 1997, when Bret Hart accused referee Nick Patrick of fast-counting for Hogan in the Sting / Hogan WCW World Heavyweight Championship match?
Remember the match restarted with Hart as the ref and Sting won?
Well the WWE could spin that into a "Hollywood Brooke Hogan" feud with Bret Hart's real life niece, Natalya.
Imagine a WWE PPV or even a Wrestlemania with "Hollywood Brooke Hogan" accompanied by Hulk Hogan against Natalya seconded by Bret Hart!

And I'm STILL not writing for the WWE.......

WWE Smackdown Divas Natalya, Victoria and Michelle McCool

And now for some WWE Wrestling Rumors....

There's a rumor floating around the WWE that the legendary pro wrestling faction, the Hart Foundation may actually be coming back.
If you recall, a few years ago the idea was pitched and Chris Benoit was working with some of the members getting them ready.
Slam Wrestling brought the idea back up in an interview with WWE Smackdown Diva Natalya, whose reply was "You'll just have to wait and see.".

PWinsider.com is reporting that rumors are also floating around about WWE Diva Victoria retiring and actually having given the WWE a retirement date.
I think I mentioned that back in October.
Yeah I did.
Since I'm so good at predicting the future...." VICTORIA WILL NOT RETIRE AND SHE WILL BECOME THE NEW WWE WOMEN'S WRESTLING CHAMPION!"
Let's see how that does.....

Also, WWE Diva's Women Champion Michelle McCool has stated that her "Wings of Love"(a lifting sitout double underhook facebuster) finishing move was banned by the WWE.
COOL!
A banned Diva's wrestling move!
Heck, I always thought the " Widow's Peak" looked like it could kill you.

WWE Divas Survivor Series match

Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Jillian Hall and Candice Michelle will take on Victoria, Michelle McCool, Natalya Neidhart, Maryse and Maria in a Survivor Series match.
Well now we might get to see some dream face offs.
Maybe Victoria and Beth Phoenix will finally go at it.
Just based on raw wrestling ability, the RAW and Smackdown sides seem fairly evenly balanced.
On the Raw side you have Beth Phoenix, Mickie James and Jillian Hall that can really wrestle.
And on the Smackdown side you have Victoria and Natalya Neidhart.
Of course I imagine the dream match up will be WWE Women's Champion Beth Phoenix in the ring with WWE Divas Champion Michelle McCool.
I'm just glad this will be a real match and not a pillow fight or Super Soaker match.

For more info on Victoria and Michelle McCool, check out
http://hubpages.com/hub/Michelle-McCool
and
http://hubpages.com/hub/WWE-Diva-Victoria

The Lone TNA Knockout last month, Christy Hemme

Christy Hemme was the lone TNA addition to the top ten womens wrestlers from last month.
So why are the WWE Divas so dominant?
Better PR?
Well considering most of the women wrestlers on the list aren't actually wrestling anymore, technically out of CURRENT wrestlers, TNA might rank higher.
The WWE Divas are more " pin-up" and the TNA Knockouts are more wrestling. It's just the way the WWE and TNA promotes it's female wrestlers.
But will that change if Gail Kim does go to the WWE?
Will the WWE become more serious with its womens division?

TNA iMPACT and WWE SmackDown! women's wrestling matches this week

This week on TNA iMPACT, Taylor Wilde will face Christy Hemme with Traci Brooks as a special referee.
TNA iMPACT will air Thursday night.


And over at WWE SmackDown! on Friday night, Maryse and Natalya will be wrestling Michelle McCool and Maria in a tag team event.

Tonight's TNA iMPACT, Angelina Love, Gail Kim, Rhaka Khan and So Cal Val

On tonight's TNA iMPACT, don't look for them to steer away from their excellent Knockouts Division.


The big buzz is that the TNA womens wrestling division is better than the WWE's.


Anyway, look for Angelina Love (Angel Williams) , Gail Kim, Rhaka Khan (Trenesha Biggers) and So Cal Val to be on the show tonight.

WWE Diva Beth Phoenix Interview

Bill Lynch, one of the staff writers of the Charleston Gazette, posted a really good interview with WWE Diva Beth Phoenix.

" In the ring with WWE diva Beth Phoenix
By Bill Lynch
Staff writer
Live wrestling and the wrestling you see on television aren't quite the same thing, WWE RAW diva Beth Phoenix said.
"It's a completely different animal," she promised. "You get the drama, like you see on TV, but it's very interactive. Anything can happen."
Phoenix, also known as "The Glamazon," was in Charleston on Friday to promote World Wrestling Entertainment RAW's Summer Slam, tonight at the Charleston Civic Center. A legion of WWE wrestlers will battle it out in the ring. Phoenix takes on Mickie James in an effort to regain her championship title."

You can read the full interview ( and see the video) here:
http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200807110418


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WWE Diva: Candice Michelle News

WWE Diva Candice Michelle is supposed to undergo an MRI this week on her collarbone.
I do not envy her, MRIs suck!
Everyone is hoping Candice will return by SummerSlam.
If her results come back good, she'll be able to begin weight training.
As always, we wish her luck!