2011 Diva Dirt Legacy Award winner Manami Toyota will officially take her final bow this November as she retires from the ring. The Joshi wrestler made the announcement today at a conference. During the announcement, it was stated that Manami’s final match will be on November 3rd in Yokahama. The reason behind her decision was because of the … Read more
Pro Wrestling: EVE presented its latest event, “Never Mind the Bollocks” this weekend which featured a rare appearance by the legendary Manami Toyota. Full results below, courtesy of Diva Dirt’s Jack, who was on hand at the London show. Results Jetta defeated Jinny via roll-up. Kay Lee Ray and Nixon Newell score a double pin … Read more
In one week (November 26th), Pro Wrestling: EVE will host their “Never Mind the Bollocks” event in London. As previously announced, wrestling legend Manami Toyota will make an appearance, this marking her first time in the UK, where she will square off against Blue Nikita: Also announced for EVE’s third show in London is a … Read more
Each week, 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. * British Empire Wrestling teams up with Revolution Championship Wrestling of Spain, for a second taping … Read more
Diva Dirt Countdown is back! And this time around we’re doing things a little different. We will be presenting you with five of our picks and we want to see you guys sound off in the comments. This week’s Countdown is all about the women who have made a mark, created a legacy but … Read more
Today, Pro Wrestling: EVE held its first show in three years when it presented “Let’s Make History!”, the first all-women wrestling show to take place in London, England. The event saw Rhia O’Reilly win the Pro Wrestling: EVE Title back from Nikki Storm, the very woman who ended her 450+ day reign last month. Full … Read more
Welcome back to a new edition of the Joshi Wrestling Weekly! I know it has been awhile, but we are now looking to bring back this column as a regular feature on Diva Dirt again. Lots of results and news from Japan to discuss, as well as a closer look at young wrestler Kaho Kobayashi! Joshi Wrestling News … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Lots going on in the world of Japan, including a veteran wrestler announcing her retirement! Joshi News Photo: sendaigirls.jp In exciting news for her but sad news for her fans around the world, Sendai Sachiko announced this week that she will retire in January of … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Apologies for missing last week, life got a bit too hectic for a minute there but things have returned to normal. We have a little catching up to do so let’s get to it! Joshi News It has been a slow few weeks for true “news” … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! This is going to be a more “informative” column than usual, as this past week was a little slow in regards to results. But there is still plenty to talk about and we’ll take a closer look at the biggest Joshi promotion – Stardom! Joshi News Photo: … Read more
Natalya joined Chris Jericho‘s Talk is Jericho podcast to talk about her family ties to wrestling, training in Japan, her WWE tryout match and being part of the Total Divas cast. Her early wrestling aspirations: Wrestling wasn’t something she thought about doing as a child, as there was no WWE Divas division at the time, … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of independent women’s wrestling. Check it out below: RESULTS ECCW (June 8th, 2013): Nicole Matthews (c) vs. KC Spinelli went to a no contest when El Phantasmo attacked both women. NPW (June 8th, 2013): Shazza McKenzie def. Madison Eagles NWA-AWA … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: New names are set to debut for SHINE Wrestling at their fourth event on October 19 at The Orpheum: SHIMMER stars Davina Rose, Kellie Skater, Shazza McKenzie and Rhia O’Reilly, as well as … Read more
CHIKARA rounded out their King of Trios weekend with a third and final night in Easton, PA on September 16. Seven joshi talent were brought in from Japan for the tournament, with Team JWP, Team Sendai Girls and the team of Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw and Manami Toyota all advancing to the second round. However, on … Read more
CHIKARA continued its prestigious King of Trios weekend last night in Easton, Pennsylvania. As reported yesterday, all seven joshi talent that were brought in from Japan by CHIKARA advanced to Night 2 after victories on Night 1. Unfortunately, four of those seven talents were knocked out of the tournament last night, including the iconic Manami … Read more
CHIKARA held their first night of the annual three night tournament titled Kings of Trios last night, and it looks to be good news for the Joshi athletes that entered, as all seven advanced to the second round. Check out the results below courtesy of user, MIKAS: Team Sendai Girls (Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and … Read more
2011 Diva Dirt Legacy Award recipient Manami Toyota will once again return to American soil to compete in CHIKARA’s ‘King of Trios‘ tag team tournament. Much like last year, she will team up with Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush. In 2011’s tournament, the trio defeated Amazing Red and Joel and Wil Maximo to advance to the … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: Hiroyo Matsumoto was crowned the 911th DDT Iron Man Heavyweight Champion on June 10, after defeating Mio Shirai in an OZ Academy Tournament. Shirai had only won the belt herself two days earlier, … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: Announcements are almost coming daily now – the team of Melanie Cruise and Mena Libra is next to be added to the talent list for SHIMMER’s tapings to be held March 17 and … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: California native Davina Rose and ROH Academy graduate Veda Scott are the two newest wrestlers added to the list of announced talent for the SHIMMER tapings on March 17 and 18. The protegé … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: The “Regeneration X” duo of Allison Danger and Leva Bates have been added to next month’s SHIMMER tapings. So far, they’re the third tag team to be added to the list of talent … Read more
“Your Two Cents” is the new interactive feature where we gauge the opinions of our Twitter and Facebook followers on different discussions in women’s wrestling. This week, we’re asking this: Santa Claus wants to make your dream match happen. What match (only one!) would you ask him for? We’ve read your responses on our social … Read more
Diva Dirt welcomes guest contributor Leslie from our partner site, Dirty Dirty Sheets, who will be bringing us a series of articles looking at the incredible career of Manami Toyota, the 2011 Diva Dirt Legacy Award recipient. Legacy Award series: – Legacy Award Feature: A Look at Manami Toyota’s Historic Career – Legacy Award Feature: … Read more
You’ve seen the award presentation, and now we present the exclusive interview! RELATED: Video Exclusive: Manami Toyota Legacy Award Presentation at JoshiMania Night 1 Diva Dirt had the great distinction and honor of sitting down with the 2011 Diva Dirt Legacy Award recipient, Manami Toyota, backstage at JoshiMania Night 1 in Philadelphia, PA, last week. … Read more
Last Friday in Philadelphia, PA, Diva Dirt inducted the second member of its exclusive Legacy Award winners’ circle — arguably the best female wrestler in the world, the iconic Manami Toyota. RELATED: Video Exclusive: Manami Toyota Looks Back on Her Career, Wrestling in the US & More We were honored to team up with CHIKARA … Read more
We now have a second report from last night’s JoshiMania Night 3 event in Manhattan, NY, as well as over 100 photos. PREVIOUSLY: – JoshiMania Night 1 Results & Extensive Photo Gallery: Del Rey vs Aja Kong, Manami Toyota & More – JoshiMania Night 2 Results (Everett, MA): Aja Kong vs Ayako Hamada & More … Read more