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YouTube Classics: Michelle McCool vs. Melina

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Welcome to the YouTube Classics! This week, with the first match for the SmackDown Divas Title coming this Sunday, our theme is “The All-American Girl”, matches featuring Michelle McCool. We’ve said time and time again how far Michelle has progressed in the ring, and we’ll show you throughout the week, starting from the humble beginnings and ending with her most recent progressions. Today, we have Michelle McCool vs. Melina from the June 30th, 2005 SmackDown. This was Melina’s first WWE match, and Michelle was her first real feud. This match showcases Michelle’s greenness, if you will, but I think it serves to show the difference between then and now. It’s not a 5-star match by any means, but I think it’s quite entertaining nevertheless!

Daily Lolz: Inner Workings of an Ashley Mark

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Melanie received this e-mail in her inbox this morning which she thought would be fun to share with all! Seems like some fans are taking to the sauce after their messiah, Ashley was released last week:

from marisol
to [email protected]
date Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 8:18 AM
subject Hey stupidass read this :o) Diva Dirt Contact Form

you are such a dumbass okay ashley massaro is not an escort! you need to get
your head out of your ass and understand that don’t be posting bull shit
on this web site about ashley when you hardly even know her.how would you
like it if a rumor was spreading around the internet about you saying you
were an escort? you wouldn\\\\\\\\’t so STOP posting all this crap about
Ashley and find another person to hate on!!! get a life oh and
it\\\\\\\\’s official I hate your guts and wish you nothing but the worst
:o)

She officially hates my guts, lol. That’s so much better than unofficially hating my guts, I guess?

The Round-Up: July 07 – July 13, 2008

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Get this week’s Diva news rounded up… with commentary! This week we discuss Ashley, the new Knockout Champion, the Bash and more!

Ashley going, going, gone
WWE officially announced the release of Ashley Massaro this week on WWE.com. Ashley initially wrote on her MySpace last week that she had asked for her release due to her daughter being severely ill. The “dirty diva” hadn’t been seen on WWE television since May, when the infamous escort scandal broke.

Doug: I was a little taken back by this at first. This is definitely news you don’t expect to hear in the WWE. Although I’m not Ashley’s biggest fan, I do wish her daughter well.
Erin: I have to be honest.. I thought the MySpace post was fake. It seemed too crazy to be true. I guess part of me wanted it to not be true, since the whole “sick daughter” thing seemed so awful. I didn’t want it to be true, for her sake. But, now that it’s true, I can’t help but feel kind of relieved. She was never my favorite Diva, and as terrible as her situation is and as much as I hope that everything turns out okay for her, she was definitely taking up space that a more talented Diva could use.
Melanie: Whatever the weather, I’m glad she’s gone and it was a cathartic feeling seeing WWE wish her well in her future endeavors. Someone has commented just today to let us know that Ash changed the part about a ‘sick daughter’ in her MySpace blog to ‘sick relative’, if that’s the case wow Ashley, you stoop to new lows. I thought it was somewhat heroic when she first made the announcement, I truly wished her the best but what does it say when the girl is so cowardly that she has to go back and change it? Have some conviction in what you’re writing and what you’re doing. If I was writing that about my son, I’d put all my energy into what I was doing and truly stand by my words, Ashley on the other hand – it says it all really. There are rumours that this could be a cover-up and that Ash simply wanted to leave before she was fired because there was a strong chance of her being released on WWE’s terms. Coward.

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Jazz Hands!!!

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Katie Lea is wearing something not red – hallelujah! I kid.. But it’s nice to see her change up her look a bit, even if that means sporting a frightening-looking manicure. In this photoshoot, aptly titled “Black & Blue”, Katie’s still got her voodoo poses going on, but I can’t say I *hate* them. They may look strange, yes, but I’d honestly take the weird hand poses over the puckering and pouting that’s become a Diva requisite these days. I’m not in love with the shoot, but with any luck, Katie will get better at the posing. Bring some of the sass you have on TV to your shoots, Katie! I’m eagerly waiting for the day you stop giving me the death glare..

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Diva Dirt’s TNA Victory Road Tip Sheet

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Tonight on pay per view, the TNA Knockout Championship will be on the line in a rematch from Thursday night’s Impact. Awesome Kong will get a chance to regain the gold from new champion, Taylor Wilde. Meanwhile, Gail Kim will face off against the Beautiful People’s Angelina Love. Check out our tip sheet below:

TNA Knockout Championship: Taylor Wilde vs Awesome Kong
Doug: Taylor Wilde, Kong has had the belt long enough, and it’s time for more Knockouts to get the chance at it.
Erin: Taylor *just* won the title, so I don’t see her dropping it here. Kong will probably beat the crap out of her, but she’ll narrowly escape with the title, keeping in tact her reign and underdog role. It would be stupid for TNA to have her drop the title right now, since that would defeat the purpose of the feud – for David to outsmart Goliath. It’s not as fun when David’s chasing Goliath, is it?
Melanie: I’m with the others here, Taylor has to win here. It would be stupid to have her drop the title just “three days” *cough* after winning it. To be honest, the whole Kong challenge storyline has sucked and I think it’s damaged Kong’s character. It seems like something you’d pull if you have no other storyline ideas for a character; I truly think TNA is totally playing this by ear and doesn’t have a vision for where the storyline will go. Taylor should win, but I don’t see her getting over as champion, not smart to put the title on her so soon – just ask Gail Kim. I think this could be a move to put the title on someone who is “beatable”, like you could see Taylor drop the title to another Knockout whereas it would be less realistic to have Kong drop the title without hurting her character. Taylor could be a transitional champ, I would love to see Gail get another reign or ODB. The problem is, TNA has so few heels at the moment other than Kong. I don’t realistically see either of the Beautiful People winning the title. Anyhoo that’s a story for another day, Taylor gets the win somehow.

Gail Kim vs Angelina Love
Doug: Angelina Love, she hasn’t won at a PPV yet, and I somehow see her pulling out the victory.
Erin: With ODB and Velvet Sky probably factoring in, it’s tough to say who’ll win.. I’m leaning towards Gail, since she’s the better wrestler, but Velvet and Angel are a better team, so they’ll probably find a way to outsmart Gail and “paperbag” both her and ODB. I’m going with the blondes here.
Melanie: I think this could be a really good match first of all and could raise Angelina to that next level. I think she has what it takes to be a top Knockout (I was so going to write top Diva), so I am pleased they chose Angelina over Velvet for this pay per view match. Ang is the better worker of the two and has more chance of getting over in future. Gail is a top babyface and usually wins all her matches, I’d like to see her actually put over Angelina in this match though. Gail hasn’t got anything to lose by doing so, because she’s been built up so strong as the Trish-esque figure of this division. Angelina for the win.

TNA Impact Redux For 7/10/07

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TNA Impact Redux For 7/10/07

Thursday night’s Impact show was an overall success for the Knockouts (*surprise, surprise*). For the most part, each lady involved had a formidable appearance. The Knockouts Salinas, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, ODB, Gail Kim, Karen Angle, Taylor Wilde, Roxxi, Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed were all featured in some way, shape, or form.

Thoughts & Reactions:
Taylor Wilde vs. Awesome Kong (Title Match):
The first Knockouts match was the $25,000 and TNA Knockouts title match between Taylor Wilde and Awesome Kong. Taylor got some good offense but was pretty boring overall. I just mean, that her only real way to get Kong down was to keep dropkicking her. She needs some better strategy in my opinion. During the contest, Roxxi came down to cheer on “the newbie”. Near the end of the contest, Kong hit a flawless “Implant Buster”, which Taylor somehow kicked out of. The end of the match came when Taylor made a surprise roll-up pin on Kong for the win, the $25,000, and the TNA Knockouts Championship. Will Taylor be able to retain the title on tonights PPV “Victory Road”? We’ll just have to wait and see. My bet says she will.

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Karen Angles Her Way Onto Yahoo!

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Karen Angle has made it onto Yahoo!’s most searched today, marking the first time a TNA star has been able to achieve such a feat! Karen now joins the likes of Michelle McCool and Torrie Wilson who have also been some of the most searched women of wrestling in the past year!

What do you think has sparked the new wave of interest in the Knockout?

Who Should Challenge Mickie?

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SmackDown’s women’s division is heating up, in fact they’ve usurped the pay per view position usually held by Raw’s Women’s Championship as at the Great American Bash, Michelle McCool and Natalya will do battle for the all new Divas Championship. Meanwhile over on Raw, things seem to have sizzled out since Night of Champions, when Women’s Champ Mickie James defeated Katie Lea. Since then we’ve seen little to no storyline evolution for Raw’s women’s division, in fact it seems to be the weakest link on Raw of late.

It seems to me that Mickie needs a new challenger for her gold, so which Diva should go after it? Should Katie get a rematch and allow their feud to continue? Beth Phoenix has been away for a while, maybe she should return as a monster heel and renew her feud with Mickie? Jillian has yet to get a proper title shot, should it be her? Could Layla inject some new blood into the title scene by challenging Mickie? Or could we get a face on face encounter with Kelly trying to see how good she is in the ring, trying to challenge Mickie for her gold?

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Sable and Chyna Get Personal

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The great thing about writing a blog is that things don’t always have to be current! Earlier this week, I came across this footage which I have never seen before – legendary WWE Divas, Sable and Chyna nearly came to blows on Wayne Gretzky’s talk show in 1999. The footage shocked me for certain, I’ve never seen this before and it just so happens that I was a big fan of both at the time and still to this day, respect their contributions to the WWE.

Sable made some allusions to Chyna building her unique physique through steroid abuse, after seemingly taking offence to Chyna burying the women’s division and Women’s Championship. And poor Debra stuck in the middle! It’s somewhat ironic, because a decade later, all three of these Divas have had their fair share of controversy but this was at the peak of their fame and popularity. Watch below:

Mickie Moose Blogs on Injury

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Mickie “Moose” Knuckles (or Mickie Moose as I so affectionately like to call her) has written a blog giving fans an update on her horrific leg injury last weekend. Read below and we’d just like to send our best wishes out to the Knockout once again:

I have recieved so many emails and myspace messages that I wanted to get on here and tell you all how I am currently doing.

First off, I want to thank each and every one of you that have sent me letters and emails of prayers and “Get Well” wishes. The hospital room was decorated in lovely flowers that kept my spirits high during this ordeal. In regards to the accident, please respect my wishes of not posting video footage of the injury on the internet. I do not wish for it to be shown. This is my personal request and I hope you respect it. Nothing good can come from the footage being posted and I would like to move past this and be able to focus on my recovery.

For those of you worrying about my TNA deal, please rest assured that I will be on TNA again once I am healed.

Now onto the injury update….

I am home already for one. I had surgery the morning after the accident and the doctors said that it was a clean break. They placed a rod in my right femer and told me that since my leg muscles were in such good shape, and since I was so strong, that they expect the recovery time to be faster than a normal person’s. I have no plans on coming back to wrestling before I recieve a 100% clearance from the doctors. Ian and I have talked about this and even though I would love nothing more than to be in the ring again, Ian thinks that it would be best to take as much time off as needed to heal fully. So trust me, Ian and Patti would not let me come back to wrestling before I am fully healed. I am already moving around on crutches and the doctors have given me instructions so that I can come back to wrestling. They said that after I am healed, I will be 100% healthy. I still plan on attending shows to show my support for the IWA family.

Thank you again for your support and love and remember that I am being babied like crazy between Ian, Patti, John Calvin and the IWA family! So no worries!!!!

Thank you,
Mickie Knuckles

SmackDown Redux – July 11, 2008

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SmackDown Redux has moved to Fridays! I have always intended to have Redux on Fridays but realised WWE.com doesn’t post it’s digitals after the show airs in America meaning I couldn’t post till Saturday. Anyhoo, I’ve decided to make my own screen shots! The new, improved Redux will mean you Americans can watch the matches before they air in the States too… good times, right?

This week on SmackDown: The road to the Great American Bash is officially underway! Divas Championship contenders, Michelle McCool and Natalya teamed up with Cherry and Maryse respectively in a Divas tag match.

Thoughts & Reactions
It’s been a week for tag team matches on both Raw and SmackDown, but I’m pleased to report my experience was more favourable for Friday night’s tag team match. Even though I enjoyed this match I do have one epic complaint – this match was shorter than a freakin’ commercial! Just as we were getting into it, the match was over. Nonetheless, great work from all Divas involved, though background talent – Maryse and Cherry were both impressive in the ring. Maryse particularly showed some ring presence and agility in the ring with her cartwheel type thing.

All in all, this match really left me wanting more, it could have lasted a little while longer because the work was pretty darn good. Who’d have thought I’d be excited to see Maryse and Cherry in the ring? I felt the finish of the match was a little sloppy compared to the rest of the short match; Cherry tapped out far too quickly, it didn’t really sell the Sharpshooter. There was some awkwardness with Natalya jumping out of the ring and then jumping back in and attacking Michelle, but in all, I felt this was done really well and set up their Bash match nicely. Taking the action to the outside was a nice touch, it added some physicality and intensity, showing how much Natalya wanted the title – and how much she hates Michelle. Nice work from all the Divas, I wish it was longer!

For the second week in a row we got a “coming soon” promo for Maria, I really like that they’re building this up rather than throwing her straight into the mix. I think Maria’s move to SmackDown is a big deal and I think pushing her arrival sets her up as a top name, which I think she will be in SmackDown’s women’s division. I wrote last week that I had hoped they’d keep the “coming soon” promos coming for a little while to build up anticipation and thankfully, WWE is doing so. Perhaps having her debut after the Great American Bash would be a wise move because I would hate for her to detract away from the Divas Championship match-up. I am hoping that Michelle-Natalya will continue to feud after the Bash with a rematch, so while they’re tying up their storyline I would love to see Maria feud with Victoria. Hopefully we’ll see that happen, Victoria deserves some screen time and I think she could do a great job putting over Maria.

A fine night for the SmackDown Divas if a little short!

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Divas Championship Confirmed for Bash

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In an international airing of SmackDown, WWE confirmed that the Divas Championship will be decided at the Great American Bash between Michelle McCool and Natalya. Bring it on!!!

Taylor’s Knockout Championship Win

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Well despite this being taped three weeks ago, the footage has finally aired and I guess we officially have a new TNA Knockout Champion – Taylor. The rookie Knockout beat Awesome Kong in the $25,000 challenge to win both the money and the belt! Taylor’s three day *coughTHREEWEEKcough* title reign could come to an end this Sunday when Kong will get a rematch at the Victory Road pay per view! Check out a recap below:

Cherry Looks… Pretty Much the Same

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As you know by now, we’ll never confuse Cherry for Carrie Bradshaw, style-wise. Her usual tights-and-polka dots combo isn’t going to wow any wrestling fashionistas. So when that’s all she wears for photoshoots, you can pretty much guarantee we’re not going to dig it. Nevertheless, I’ll always love her unique image, claw bangs and all. Maybe it’s because I’m into vintage-y things, and Cherry is certainly straight out of a Johnny Rocket’s er something.

This “Save Room” photoshoot is more of the same, so there’s not much to say. Though, can I say that it’s really, REALLY weird to make dessert references with a Diva? (“Save Room” for dessert?) I don’t know.. It just seems overtly skeezy.

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Terri Runnels Comeback Tour Rolls On

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She sure is on a roll! Terri Runnels‘ press tour continues today, with an interview with the Daytona News Journal. This time Terri offers her insight into the current product and the other Divas, if there’s one thing the former “horny little she-devil” doesn’t do, is mince her words:

Question: What do you think of women’s wrestling (WWE and TNA Wrestling) today? Do you watch it?

Answer: “Yes, I watch it. The women are beautiful and talented. I think it’s tough to find a female that can do everything. There are too many (women) in WWE. I think they need to pull back and go to three to four women wrestling.”

Honestly, being a non-wrestler, Terri can hardly critique WWE for having too many women. For the first time in a long, long time the current women’s division is filled with Divas who can work and do work, on a regular basis. Three to four women wrestling? Boring.

Question: Ryan Shamrock?

Answer: “(Like) dealing with my child.

Question: Debra?

Answer: “The way she came out and trashed (Stone Cold) Steve (Austin) — she aired a little bit too much dirty laundry for my tastes.”

Question: Trish Stratus?

Answer: “Came in as a total newbie that I had no respect for because of her attitude and totally did a 180. I have so much respect for her.

Question: Stacy Keibler?

Answer: “(When Stacy first started), she was talking on the phone. I said, ‘Go outside. You don’t do that here.’ She learned fast.”

First time I’ve heard of Trish having attitude problems! As for Stacy, interesting to say the least.

Bikinis at Dawn

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Seems like WWE got their money’s worth in photoshoots before Melina was sent down with an injury last month! From the same hotel room that brought us the very sexy and classy “Morning Light” and the even sexier and even classier “Breaking Light” comes “Sunset Girl.” As semantic fields go, WWE.com has pretty worn out this one, if you ask me!

Nonetheless, Erin’s DFF (that’s “Diva Friend Forever”) is looking as gorgeous and natural as her previous shoots – but I don’t like the juxtaposition of the bright bikini with the drab surroundings. This bikini isn’t working for me at all. What do you think? Check out the pictures and vote below!

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Ashleygate Reloaded: The Review

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Following the “success” of Ashleygate earlier this year, Ashley Massaro is back in a summer blockbuster of epic proportions – Ashleygate Reloaded. She’s only gone and got herself fired! Yes, news broke last week that Ashley had requested her WWE release after dropping another bombshell, that she has a 7 year old daughter. Ashley will no doubt go down in history as one of the most controversial Divas in history, if not the most controversial. Yesterday, WWE officially granted the self-proclaimed Dirty Diva her release putting an end to her three year WWE stint. Today, we look back at Ashley and all the hijinks she has provided in her three year career.

As I wrote above, Ashley has to be a top candidate for “most controversial Diva”, there has been no Diva in history if you ask me, that has divided fans more so than Ashley. Her fans have fought tooth and nail in her defence over the past three years, I think it’s fair to say that some of her fanbase borders psychotically obsessed… well I guess you’d have to be if you are deluded enough to believe Ashley can wrestle. Meanwhile, Ashley’s fans were outnumbered nearly 10-to-1 when it came to critics; Ashley has provided countless memories that will have us scoffing for years to come.

Despite the fans’ obvious dislike for Ashley, WWE managed to push her to the moon and back with two WrestleMania matches in as many years, a cover of Playboy and countless media opportunities such as appearing on Survivor, in a Timbaland music video and Extreme Makeover. She was even rumoured to be in line for a Women’s Championship shot at one point.

Perhaps Ashley will be best remembered for her unique style of “wrestling.” Ashley botched at least a handful of moves in every match she wrestled in while miraculously managing to injure herself countless times during her career, despite the fact she wrestled once in a blue moon.

Ashley’s stunts and antics outside the ring will also be remembered. Perhaps giving her phone number out live on Raw during the 2005 Diva Search was a precursor to the antics we’d later see from the Diva? Aside from all the injuries, Ashley was implicated in an escort service scandal earlier this year as well as dropping the bombshell that she has a daughter.

It truly is the end of an era. While the circumstances regarding her release are unfortunate – I truly, from the bottom of my heart, wish her daughter well – this blogger cannot help but feel some vindication that Ashley is finally gone. This post is bound to draw some ire as with past blogs on Ashley here at Diva Dirt, these posts tend to bring out the “Ashley crazies.” But truth is, I couldn’t care less… I feel like I’ve graduated from high school and no longer need to hold back all the things I’ve wanted to say to the teachers I hated! Good riddance and may Ashley never darken a WWE ring again.

Well, How Do You Like That?

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Looks like the incoherent mess that was Ashley Massaro‘s MySpace confession was all too real: WWE.com is reporting that Ashley has indeed been released by the company:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Ashley Massaro as of July 09, 2008. WWE wishes Ashley the best in all future endeavors.

Due to the apparent circumstances behind her release, I won’t make any crude speculations or snide remarks. In all honesty, this seems to have taken place under unfortunate circumstances, and I truly wish her all the best. She may not have been my cup of tea, Diva-wise, but that doesn’t mean I wish her any ill will, and I certainly did not want that heartbreaking matter with her child to be true.

Oh, and to lighten things up, Sheldon Mopes/Smoochy the Rhino (*cough* reference in the blog title *cough*) is here to cheer you up if you need some consoling.

Mickie En Español

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Women’s Champ “M to tha J”, Mickie James appeared on Chilean television during Raw’s visit over to Chile and Mexico last weekend. While I haven’t watched the whole video, Mickie seemed really cute and likeable and looked gorgeous too!

How About a Round of Applause

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A standing ovation? Or perhaps not, that’s going a little too far. I’m going to do something I very seldom do – write a feel good post. Yes, there must be a blue moon out tonight or something but I felt this Diva warranted such a post.

This will work a lot easier if you’re an avid Top Model viewer, if you’re not: be warned, this will go over your head. You know how at the end of every episode when Tyra talks to the bottom two in her condescending voice? “I have two beautiful girls standing before me. One of you, the judges felt was gorgeous and sexy but lacked confidence and was utterly crap?” Yeah, that part? Well read this with that condescending positive-but-at-the-same-time negative voice…

Here we have a Diva that two years ago couldn’t speak a lick of comprehendable English during the Diva Search in 2006. Here we have a Diva that was best known for sitting in a bath tub. Here we have a Diva that for the best part of two years, we’ve all wondered either A) “Who the hell is she?” or B) “How the fuck is she still employed?” Well over the past couple of months, Maryse has finally been given some meat to chew on – now a regular in-ring competitor and in fact, it’s hard to believe that this was the same girl who was in that bath tub two years ago. When I watched her debut match with Cherry a couple of months ago, I was pleasantly surprised by her in-ring skills and she has provided solid efforts in all the matches she’s been involved in since then. I feel Maryse’s case is all the more extraordinary than the likes of Kelly, Layla and Michelle because for the better part of two years we barely knew she existed, let alone that she could wrestle!

Okay folks, there you have it. My feel good story of the day! Do you agree or disagree? Am I just blowing hot air that Maryse is a surprisingly pleasant addition to SmackDown or do you still see her as “that girl from the Diva Search” or “the bath tub girl?”

YouTube Classics: Chyna vs. Ivory

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Welcome to the YouTube Classics! This week, with news of Chyna‘s possible return to the ring, our theme is “The 9th Wonder of the World”, showcasing memorable moments from Chyna’s WWE career. Today, we have Chyna vs. Ivory in a Women’s Title match from WrestleMania X7. Ivory was in the midst of her RTC gimmick, denouncing Chyna for posing for the cover of Playboy. Needless to say, Chyna posed a huge threat to Ivory’s Women’s Title reign when the two met up at WrestleMania:

Terri: I Can’t Stand An Actual Wrestling Match

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The words of former WWE Diva, Terri Runnels are lingering in my head right now, “I just cannot stand having an actual wrestling match.” Though these comments can be misconstrued when taken out of context, that line – whatever the context – pisses me off. In an interview with the Baltimore Sun, Terri discussed how she would love another opportunity in WWE or in TNA:

“I would love to do something again, but my only thing is that I don’t want to wrestle,” she said. “It would have to be in a hosting/managing/valet/interview capacity. I have no problems a bump. When I would get to TV and Vince [McMahon] would say, ‘OK, Big Show is going to goozle you and throw you and you’re going to land on someone in the second row,’ I’d be like, ‘Awesome.’

“But if he would tell me, ‘Hey Terri, you’ve got a bikini paddle on the pole match with another girl,’ nothing against the other girls, because I so respect them and what they’ve trained to do, but I just cannot stand having an actual wrestling match. It’s just not for me. I love the big bump. I was the first female to be slammed through a table by The Dudleys — loved that, was stoked. Granted, it didn’t feel well the day after or the day after that or the day after that, but I was still very excited to do that bump.”

To me, these are the words of a washed up has-been trying to be relevant again. I was never really a fan of Terri’s nor did I dislike her, she was simply there. Between trying to stifle fans out of $1m and that line, Terri’s been on quite a roll over the past couple of months. That line leaves a really bad taste in my mouth and makes me wonder how the fuck did she last so long in the industry? Terri, please do us all a favour and fade gracefully into obscurity. You are not a “Diva legend” that deserves to be remembered, so stop trying to be relevant again.

DK Drops Divas

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Looks like the Divas’ “bad girl” antics will be confined to the ring! It seems girl group, Danity Kane have dropped Divas Kelly Kelly, Layla, Maria, Melina and Mickie James from their latest video “Bad Girl”, their incredibly hot second single from the equally hot “Welcome to the Dollhouse” album. We reported back in May that the Divas were lined up to play antagonists to Diddy’s super group, but footage from behind the scenes at the video shoot shows no sighting of any of the Divas.

Whatever the weather, the song is still fierce as hell and the video will no doubt be hot with or without Divas!

SmackDown Spoilers – July 11, 2008

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This week’s SmackDown spoilers are below, simply highlight the text to read!

Maryse & Natalya def. Cherry & Michelle McCool, Natalya picks up the win with a Sharpshooter on Cherry. After the match, Michelle tends to Cherry outside the ring when Natalya attacks her and hits her with a suplex on the floor.

Raw Redux – July 07, 2008

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This week on Raw: Divas tag team action when Women’s Champion Mickie James teamed up with Raw’s newest Diva, Kelly Kelly to take on Jillian and Raw’s other newest Diva, Layla.

Thoughts & Reactions
“Raw stuck on bore.” Says it all really. While I am thoroughly enjoying Raw post-Draft, the women’s division – not so much. The quality of the product as a whole has shot up since the Draft show two weeks ago but it seems that all the emphasis on the other aspects of the show have led to a loss in quality and less attentiveness to the women’s division on Creative’s behalf. Last week’s Raw match between Mickie and Jillian was simply average and this week was more of the same – the Divas were only utilised to fill the weekly “Diva quota”, no storyline advancement here nor anything too interesting.

There is quite a lot to talk about this week though, first up is Kelly Kelly jumping from ECW to Raw. I believe this is solely due to the lack of faces on Raw at the moment, I guess it’s a wise move to make bringing in another face but why not call up a developmental Diva? I think that would have been much wiser, because let’s face it – moving someone two weeks after the Draft who wasn’t even drafted in the first place calls the point of the Draft into question! I much prefer Kelly as part of SmackDown, I think she was really developing and coming along great. This is a Diva that needs to be nurtured, I think she does have the potential to become the next Trish Stratus but she needs to be nurtured and cannot be thrown into impossible situations too soon. WWE rushed into giving Trish and Candice huge pushes but I had hoped they’d do things right with Kelly, only move her to Raw when she was truly ready. Alas, she is not. The perils of live television – all your flaws are exposed and Kelly was sloppy on Raw and it couldn’t be edited out. Kelly is best suited to SmackDown right now, where she can continue to grow. I had a little idea of my own for Kelly, I think she’s come a long way and I’m 90% certain she will be our 2009 Playboy covergirl; Kelly could be the first Diva to actually be worthy of a Playboy push. It’s a long time between now and WrestleMania, Kelly could have grown a lot more on SmackDown and then possibly challenge Natalya at WrestleMania for the Divas Championship and win. Unfortunately that won’t be happening now, still could but doubt it. Instead, Kelly is thrown into an environment I don’t think she’s ready for and I fear she will go the same way as Maria and Ashley before her, not improve anymore and be just another waste. Maria has potential but being on Raw for so long, she wasn’t able to realise it. Kelly has a lot of potential still but being on Raw hinders that, it’s not exactly a great environment for developing wrestlers. I did quite like the whole explanation for her moving to Raw, the line “We have contracts?” can be interpreted as, “We’re not bothered to think of a logical explanation.”

The other focus is Jillian. Are they just delivering us average matches to fill a Diva quota or are they actually planning on pushing Jillian? Because using her on Raw for two weeks in a row is something that seldom occurs. I do believe it’s the former, I don’t think WWE is putting any attention into the Raw women’s division and is simply filling a quota. There’s no big push for Jillian and in fact, while she is getting on TV more, it’s for the wrong reasons rather than the right reasons. Let’sface it, WWE doesn’t care about Jillian and will never really give her character a refresher or give her a chance to be a top Diva. She is a laughing stock.

As for the match, it was average again. Sloppy in-ring work for Kelly, not much else that’s memorable. All the focus was on Kelly that they nearly forgot that Layla, too is new to Raw. Poor Layla, she had finally escaped from underneath Kelly’s shadow only to have the shadow follow her. Layla was unceremoniously ignored on Raw, she didn’t even get any ring time. Even Michael Cole forgot to mention that she was new on Raw too after the “explaining” of Kelly’s move from ECW, Cole added that Layla joined Raw during the Supplemental Draft merely as an afterthought.

Raw’s women’s division is a holding pattern right now, I do think Creative will finally turn their attention to the Divas after the post-Draft honeymoon period is over. Right now they’re working so diligently on making the rest of the product “must see”, the Divas aren’t their top priority. Whatever happened to the Katie-Mickie feud? Where is Beth Phoenix? Is there any use asking? Poor Beth is probably on the shelf until WWE find something to do with her since Melina‘s injured, kudos to them for not just giving us “Mickie-Beth: To Infinity and Beyond”, which would have been the easy option given there’s only a handful of Divas on Raw right now.

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Divas Championship Intended For Torrie

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Word has spread on the ‘net that the Divas Championship has been in the making for over a year now! WWE had originally intended to launch the title in 2007 after re-acquiring Torrie Wilson during the WWE Draft. It seems Torrie was in line to be the very first Divas Champion *le sigh*

Of course, Torrie and Victoria were drafted to SmackDown during the WWE Draft last year, possibly in anticipation? What do you think of the news? Do you prefer the current plans or would you (like me) had loved to have seen Torrie realise the dream of a career?

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