Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below:
TNA Knockout Sarita is headed to Japan on March 4 to wrestle for STARDOM as part of Io Shirai‘s 5th anniversary in professional wrestling. Coincidentally, this date also falls on Sarita’s 33rd birthday and is not long after her own (tenth) anniversary in wrestling.
She’ll be teaming up with Shirai to take on Nanae Takahashi and Miho Wakizawa in the main event.
Says Sarita of the upcoming bout on Facebook, “I’ll be spending my birthday and celebrating my 10th anniversary as a wrestler in Japan this year. No better way to celebrate!”
Sarita first wrestled in Japan in October 2005 for promotion A To Z.
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At the World Wrestling Fan Experience (WWFX) show held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in the Phileppines on February 4th, Melina defeated Jillian Hall.
These two famously wrestled each on October 12th, 2009 on Raw after Jillian had just (sneakily) pinned Mickie James to win the WWE Divas Championship. Guest host Nancy O’Dell announced that she had negotiated a Diva trade and that Jillian would be defending her title against Raw’s newest acquisition, Melina. Melina went on to subsequently defeat Hall and re-gain the Divas Title.
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Also on February 4th, Alissa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) won the River City Wrestling International Championship from Rick David in San Antonio, TX. Flash has also previously won the RCW Championship and the RCW Tag Team Championship (with Darci Drake) within the promotion.
Over in Vancouver, Canada, KC Spinelli retained her ECCW Women’s Championship over Mary Jane Payne via disqualification when Payne’s buddies Scotty Mac and Nick Price from The Administration interfered.
And finally, all the way across the pond in Morecambe, England, for XWA Goldrush, Jenny Sjödin also retained her Pro Wrestling: EVE title when she defeated both Shanna and April Davids in a triple threat match. Sjödin forced Shanna to tap out to her cross armbreaker submission hold. Shanna was helped from the ring by EVE official Dann Read and results say she’s injured her shoulder.
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Kellie Skater just keeps tearing it up in Japan! Australia’s “Rate Tank” today teamed up with Hiroyo Matsumoto and Eri Susa in a main event match against Io Shirai, Arisa Hoshiki and Mayu Iwatani for STARDOM’s “Season 5 New Year Stars 2012” show.
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Taeler Hendrix defended her OVW Women’s title in a dark match for OVW’s TV Tapings held on February 1st. She defeated Bobbie Bardot by pinfall following the “SplitKick”.
Hendrix made her debut for OVW in a dark match versus Lady JoJo in August 2010. It was another year before she joined the company full-time, returning in a match against Izza Belle Smothers in September 2011, and she defeated Lady JoJo for OVW’s Women’s Championship on November 12th during a “Saturday Night Special” event at the Davis Arena. Since then, she has defended her title against a plethora of challengers – Bardot, JoJo, Holly Blossom, Taryn Shay and CJ Lane, to name a few.
Hendrix is also known for a handful of appearances she made for Ring of Honor in 2010, in matches against Daizee Haze and Sara Del Rey.
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“The First Lady of ROH” Maria Kanellis appeared at the Ring of Honor tapings held in Baltimore, MD today. She taped for the third episode, which will air in a few weeks time.
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In tying with the Super Bowl XLVI game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, WWE.com has selected their own choices for “Patriots” (patriotic wrestlers with a love for America) vs. “Giants” (big, tall and dominating wrestlers), and two Divas made the cut. Batting for the Patriots is former Playboy covergirl Torrie Wilson, and on the Giants’ side is Kharma.
Speaking of Torrie, the blonde beauty was spotted out in Beverly Hills on February 2nd with boyfriend Alex Rodriguez. She was then ‘papped’ the next morning at LAX with Alex, where they caught a departing flight.
Additionally, Torrie and A-Rod were spotted in the audience at last night’s UFC 143 event.
That’s the news for now. Which tidbits have got you talking? Tell us in the comments…
