The Competitors: AJ LEE: Diva’s Champion (current, longest reigning), former RAW General Manager KHARMA: 2012 Royal Rumble entrant (third woman ever) Background: Diva’s Champion AJ Lee and Kharma have had similar, yet vastly different paths to the WWE. Lee was an indy worker prior to being signed to a developmental contract with WWE and competing…
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The 2013 Bobby-james Awards: Best of Impact Wrestling
What an incredible year for IMPACT Wrestling, right? Early this year, president Dixie Carter announced that Impact Wrestling would be taken on the road, permanently – but it seems some ill-advice or high-cost is sending the world’s second largest wrestling promotion back to Orlando – and some of its biggest names are departing. Regardless, Impact…
WWE Night of Champions – predictions/results
QUICK RESULTS: The Prime Time Players won Tag Team Turmoil Curtis Axel def. Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Championship AJ Lee def. Natalya, Naomi, and Brie Bella to retain the Diva’s Championship Rob Van Dam def. Alberto Del Rio by DQ; Del Rio retains the Championship The Miz def. Fandango Curtis Axel and Paul…
WWE SummerSlam
QUICK RESULTS: Rob Van Dam def. Dean Ambrose via DQ (3/5) Bray Wyatt def. Kane in a Ring of Fire Match (rating: 3.5/5) Cody Rhodes def. Damien Sandow (4.5/5) Alberto Del Rio def. Christian to retain the World Championship (rating: 5/5) Natalya def. Brie Bella in a Total Divas Grudge Match (rating: 3/5) Brock Lesnar…
WWE News: Total Divas and Darren Young
E! network has ordered 6 additional episodes of hit reality show Total Divas. The WWE production features Brie and Nikki Bella (The Bella Twins), Natalya “Nattie” Neidhart, The Funkadactyls – Cameron (Arianne) and Naomi (Trinity), and developing divas Eva Marie and JoJo. The season finale is set for Sunday, September 15. New episodes are set…
Bri Bella’s “slip” controversy
On Monday’s episode of RAW (7/22), during the “MizTV” segment featuring the cast of Total Divas, Bri Bella had an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction. Twitter lit up and photos surfaced instantly. PWMania.com reported that WWE officials were furious over the incident and forced Bri to issue an apology. After RAW, Bri released the following statement: Forced or unforced, the…
WWE Money in the Bank (predictions/results)
RESULTS (added 7/16/2013): 1. The Shield def. The Usos to retain the WWE Tag Team Championships 2. Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel def. The Miz 3. Ryback def. Chris Jericho 4. Damien Sandow wins Money in the Bank (World Championship) 5. AJ Lee def. Kaitlyn to retain the Diva’s Championship 6. Alberto Del Rio def. Dolph…
Diva Dream Matches: Eve Torres vs. Trish Stratus
Diva’s Championship Match Eve Torres (c) vs. Trish Stratus Platform: SummerSlam The Competitors: TRISH STRATUS: Hall of Fame, 7-time Women’s Champion, Hardcore Champion, Diva of the Decade (1993-2003), 3-time Babe of the Year Visit Trish Stratus’ WWE Hall of Fame profile EVE TORRES: 3-time Diva’s Champion, Assistant General Manager of Smackdown!, Diva Search 2007…
Coming Soon: Diva Dream Matches
In the coming weeks, I’m going to begin presenting Diva Dream Matches. It’ll be a list of bouts that never happened and that I think people would pay to see. Some are contests fans have been clamoring for, others are the result of my own fantasy booking. Regardless, these bouts would have main-event appeal and would generate…
#SLAM Media Report
My end of the term research paper, #SLAM: What News Media and Journalism could learn from Professional Wrestling, has been turned into a web experience and is now available. Follow the link below to check out #SLAM and share it using the title hashtag if you like it. #SLAM Media Report Ciao, ciao for now,…
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