Tiffany Stratton put an end to crazy fan theories that Becky Lynch buried her in NXT.
As a refresher, Lynch returned to NXT when Stratton was the NXT Women’s Champion and defeated her for the title. This left some “fans” upset that Stratton dropped the belt to Lynch despite Stratton working some of her career best matches with The Man.
Prior to Money in the Bank, Ring the Belle caught up with Stratton who put that crazy notion to bed.
“Becky did not bury me, guys. Come on. She’s the GOAT, and Becky definitely elevated me in ways that nobody else, I feel like on the roster, could. In that match, I came out more of a Superstar at No Mercy than I was before I went out. I definitely showed everybody that Tiffy Time can go. Becky helped me. She pushed me to get there, so I honestly owe a lot to Becky. She truly made Tiffy Time.” (Fightful)
Stratton would go on to win Money in the Bank and continues to hold the briefcase. Her briefcase was recently destroyed by Bayley, which led to Nia Jax gifting Stratton a customized one.
AEW’s Anna Jay is gearing up to head over to Japan. She will be participating in STARDOM’s 5Star GP. STARDOM confirmed the mystery participants and Risa Sera plus Anna Jay were selected. Jay will feature in the Blue Stars A Block along with STARDOM names such as Syuri, Starlight Kid, Xena and more.
In a STARDOM self promo released on social media, Jay discusses this being a bucket list moment for her.
“Hi guys, Anna Jay here and I just wanna say how excited and honored I am to be competing in this year’s Five Star Grand Prix tournament. It’s something I never thought I was gonna be able to do and now we’re here and now it’s happening and it’s literally next week. So I’m so excited, like I said, I’m so honored to be doing so. Girls like Toni Storm, Mariah May, people that I work with and see on a weekly basis who I admire have benefited tremendously from working with stardom. So to have that opportunity obviously means a lot to me and I cannot wait to take advantage of it. I’ve never been to Japan. That’s also just a bucket list destination in itself. So to be able to go to Japan, wrestle, which is my dream, is an incredible opportunity and I cannot wait. I cannot wait to also taste a coffee in Japan. That is something I’m really looking forward to because I drink coffee every morning. I need it. So I’m really looking forward to trying that. And I’m also looking forward to trying, I think it’s called Fruit Sandos. I don’t really know if that’s the correct term for it, but it’s just fruit in a sandwich with whipped cream. I don’t know, I’ve been seeing it online for the past five years, and I have been craving one ever since. So I need one.” (Fightful)
She continued to mention who she wants to wrestle.
“As for my personal goals within this tournament, obviously, I just want to get better as a wrestler, better as a performer, and hone my craft as much as I can in the time that I’m there. Something I’m also setting a goal for myself is to be in the finals. Whether or not that’s a far reach or not, I don’t care. We all have to have goals and dreams. So that is my goal. My goal is to face AZM. That would be a dream come true as well. AZM is somebody I know, somebody who is my friend. I wouldn’t want to face her in a malicious way. It would be out of respect. She is somebody that I would love to be in the ring with, somebody that I would love to have the opportunity to work with. That is the goal that I’m setting for myself. Another person that I thought I might face this trip was Mina. You know, I’ve faced her already a few times and whether or not it’s ended up good for me or not, I thought I might have the opportunity again on her turf. Now here we are, she’s not in the tournament and it leaves me to think, are you scared Mina? What’s going on? Where are you? Regardless, I will be there soon. I think I’ll be seeing you whether it’s in the ring or not. As for everyone else, I cannot wait for this opportunity. I cannot wait to be in Japan. The star of the show. We’ll be seeing you next week.”
The STARDOM 5Star GP kicks off on Aug. 10 and will run until the end of the month.
The current WWE Women’s Champion Bayley who is heading into SummerSlam on Saturday against Nia Jax, gave her opponent some kudos. She talks about the change and growth that Nia has had since returning to WWE, but Bayley wants Nia to know that it works both ways.
While speaking on the Hall of Fame podcast, she had the following to say:
“This Nia Jax is different. I’ve known Nia for the past ten years, and she’s always been strong, she’s always been dominant. But I think that time away from WWE really got her mind going in a different way, and it’s got her firing on different cylinders. When she came back, it was like there was no time to mess around. She wasn’t gonna just be happy to be here. She was gonna come here, and she was gonna make a change, and she was gonna put people on notice.
She was gonna make people notice her because you see fans talk about it, this is her greatest run, and she proved that with the Queen of the Ring. She had some amazing matches, and I know she’s kind of just firing on that momentum. So that is a little nerve-wracking, aside from her strength alone. But I’m on a different level too. I’m different than [when] she’s seen me the last time, and now I have created the longest women’s faction in history. I’ve won Royal Rumble, I’ve done a few things since I’ve come back from injury, and the pandemic era alone, I think I was able to grow so much. So she needs to realize, I know she won Queen of the Ring, but I’ve also changed so much and I’ve also grown so much. So my experience I think is what I’m gonna have to put up against someone like her.” (Fightful)
In this same interview, Bayley spoke about another topic and that is the idea of adding another championship belt into the women’s division.
Her sentiments on this were –
“Of course, yeah. They’re doing that in NXT right now with the NXT Women’s North American Title. I would love for us to have something like that. I think that would be great. But I always say this, as proud as I am of the Women’s Tag Team Titles, they also don’t always get that time. They don’t always get those matches. So first, I would love to see those take off, and I would love to see the women’s tag division kind of be put on the map and be on these pay-per-views with us. I just feel like they need a little more T.L.C., a little more love because so women have been able to hold them, but we haven’t been able to have that match yet where it’s like, okay, we’ve solidified the women’s tag team division. Now let’s bring in another one. But when that does happen, and I believe will, I know that it’s gonna help a lot of other women shine.” (Fightful)
Bayley will be taking on Nia Jax tonight at SummerSlam. Diva Dirt will have up its discussion posts and results after the show.
Tonight is the hottest event of the summer for WWE as SummerSlam is here from Cleveland, Ohio. There are two women’s matches on the card, both with championships on the line.
NICK: This one I think is less predictable than the other match on the card. I could see it going either way. We have Bayley who worked so hard to get to this title, but then Nia who has been, in my opinion, stellar since her return. I think it is more about what we can do after this match that will determine who wins. And unless someone like Naomi turns heel, I don’t see Bayley keeping the gold. It makes more sense to give it to Nia right now.
WINNER: Nia Jax
JOEY: The odds of Bayley walking out of SummerSlam still holding the WWE Women’s Championship seem very unlikely. We could see a cash in from Tiffany, but I think there’s more longevity in her being Ms. MITB. Personally I’d like to see Nia defeat Bayley, win the Women’s Championship and have a teased cash in by Tiffany thus cause tension between the two. Tiffany is bound to be champion one day, but Nia deserves her flowers for how much she’s improved since returning.
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s Champion: Nia Jax
ALGEO: The threat of Tiffany and her briefcase looms in the background going into this match. The power dynamic between Bayley and Nia is very much in one women’s favor. I do think Bayley has what it takes to defend her title successfully here. But, she’s going to give it her all to do so and I’m almost so sure Tiffany will be watching very closely.
WINNER: Bayley
Women’s World Championship
NICK: There’s a lot going on here and no one can say this isn’t what we’ve been asking for. A match that has so much story and substance to it that it has been very much long term story telling. With that being said, it isn’t going to end at SummerSlam either. My take is it will go to at least Bad Blood in October. So with that and all the variables at play including the Judgment Day, I am going to say Liv retains for now.
WINNER: Liv Morgan
JOEY: Credit to WWE bc they’ve structured this story week in, week out very well. This bout between Liv/Rhea feels like the first part of a series, that if done right, can keep going all the way to until the end of the fall season. I’m expecting this to be a good match but I don’t think Rhea and Liv are going to give us a full course meal. Really, it’s Dom’s involvement that’s going to be the big takeaway here bc I don’t want to see a title change happen this soon.
WINNER: Liv Morgan
ALGEO: There’s still a lot that is just brewing here, and having Rhea take the title from Liv may seem a bit too premature at this point in time. I believe Liv is at the best we’ve ever seen her, and a win here can take her to new heights in this reign. Obviously, there will be some shenanigans at play here so we’ll see how they can pull this off.
WINNER: Liv Morgan
Don’t forget to check back in with Diva Dirt during show time to chat about everything live in our discussion post!
Friday Night SmackDown emanated this week from Cleveland, Ohio inside the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Cleveland is the same city where SummerSlam will be taking place tomorrow night.
Our first glimpse of women’s action came in the form of Byron Saxton conducting an interview with Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. The two are very confident and are aimed at standing on business to come back for their Women’s Tag Team Championships. Belair says that they weren’t pinned at Clash at the Castle and that the Unholy Union can’t whoop them. The champs wanted the attention, so they got it. Cargill finishes off by saying that when fighting The Storm and The EST, anyone who steps up will get stepped on.
The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match took place later on. The champs tried to get a head start but were immediately taken aback by the strength of Cargill and Belair, who would dominate the match prior to the first commercial break. The show would return with them at the disadvantage, with Jade attempting to tag Bianca in before Isla took her out at ringside. The Unholy Union would then try to double team Cargill, who would reverse their intended double suplex and finally give Bianca the hot tag. Bianca would throw down with both women, almost getting a near fall, before Blair Davenport would make her presence felt by openly attacking Cargill. This would lead to a disqualification victory for the Unholy Union and resulted in a three on two attack with the tandem of Davenport, Dawn, and Fyre laying out Belair and Cargill.
After a video aired to recap Nia Jax’s Queen of the Ring victory and subsequent ascent to the championship picture, Tiffany Stratton was seen in the locker room, still upset over her destroyed Money in the Bank briefcase. Nia enters the room and unveils a new custom made briefcase, but additionally warns her that if she attempts to cash in during her Women’s Championship match with Bayley at SummerSlam, the “perfect princess” will have to answer to “the queen”. Stratton’s excitement over the briefcase sparks some jealous comments from Chelsea Green, who would have designed it much differently had she won the Money in the Bank ladder match and not “Tacky Time”. Stratton lastly responds and says that “green is definitely not your color”.
Finally, Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell made a brief cameo appearance backstage in a segment with LeRae’s son Quill right before the main event as the team of Johnny Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa (DIY) cut a promo about the town of Cleveland. They faced The Bloodline (Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga) for their Tag Team Championship, and ended up losing their championships.
Share your thoughts on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown below!
It is being reported that Dr. Britt Baker has been suspended by AEW. The suspension will not hinder her upcoming match at All In against Mercedes Moné for the TBS Championship on August 25.
The report of her suspension and also a fine has come from both the Wrestling Observer and Fightful. Details of it include a confrontation that involved Alicia Atout and MJF.
Britt Baker was fined and suspended for a few weeks by AEW.
Details aren’t fully known but it came from backstage at Dynamite on July 17th where Baker, allegedly, made a comment about MJF and his partner Alicia Atout. Atout heard said comments, told MJF who then confronted her.… pic.twitter.com/Jtn4HCYhSg
Britt Baker was fined and suspended for a few weeks by AEW.
Details aren’t fully known but it came from backstage at Dynamite on July 17th where Baker, allegedly, made a comment about MJF and his partner Alicia Atout. Atout heard said comments, told MJF who then confronted her.
This all stems from problems in the past that weren’t addressed and a committee was put together to settle these things quickly.
Most were said to be sympathetic towards Baker.
We'll have a lot more on the Britt Baker MJF argument on @FightfulSelect shortly. There's a lot to it
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) August 2, 2024
Per Fightful Select –
Britt Baker’s suspension from AEW is legitimate.
Several weeks ago, an argument between Britt Baker and MJF occurred.
The word internally was that Baker exercised frustration about MJF within the women’s locker room. Word made it back to MJF, as his girlfriend Alicia Atout was in the room.
The details are “he said she said” at this point, but we’re told that there were confrontations between Alicia Atout and Britt Baker, as well as MJF and Baker. At one point Will Ospreay also spoke with Baker. Word was that Baker also took issue with Atout telling MJF about what was said in the locker room.
The previous close friends Britt Baker and MJF had a falling out at some point in the last year.
HR got involved in the situation, which actually happened several weeks ago. Baker has appeared on TV since then, but was legitimately suspended. An investigation was conducted and numerous members of the roster and a suspension was levied.
Baker is still planned to wrestle at AEW All In.
If anything more comes about this situation, Diva Dirt will provide the update.
During the entrance for the Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) tag team, Grey makes her entrance first in her flight attendant outfit. Top Flight was able to achieve the victory.
Grey has been on TV with AEW/ROH since 2022. She is a former Baddie along with Kiera Hogan and Red Velvet under Jade Cargill’s stable. Grey has been working in OVW since April. She just returned on AEW’s Rampage last Friday in a squash match losing to Kris Statlander.
As we tread off the heels of Slammiversary, the Knockouts look to refresh their vision and also take on some big promises on tonight’s TNA Impact!
First, we hear from the TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace as she talks about her recent challenger Ash By Elegance. Grace states that next week she wants to issue another open challenge to anyone who wants to face The Juggernaut.
.@JordynneGrace is back NEXT WEEK on iMPACT for another Open Challenge!
To kick off Knockouts action for tonight, Rosemary is back in action after haunting Ash and her personal concierge during the past couple of weeks. As Ash watches this match closely, Rosemary’s opponent tonight is Kristara.
After being unsuccessful this past Slammiversary and at GCW Bloodsport, Spitfire’s Jody Threat takes on one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Masha Slamovich and hopes to finally get a one up on her.
.@mashaslamovich and @JodyThreat look to pick up where things left off at Blood Sport RIGHT NOW in iMPACT!
The two start firing at each other, but Threat meets a distraction by Alisha Edwards for Slamovich to take control. Threat tries to fire back, but Edwards has other plans as she props up her title belt on the corner. Dani Luna tries to put a stop to it, and Threat manages to drop Slamovich into the belt with the referee distracted. Threat hits the Pop Shove It finally gets a win over Slamovich.
To cap off the night, Steph De Lander looks to finally tie the knot with PCO after a proposal this past Slammiversary. And Xia Brookside is in tow as her special bridesmaid as The Angel arrives dressed in all black.
What did you think of tonight’s TNA Impact? Who will step up to Grace? Can Spitfire manage a comeback? And will SDL finally live happily ever after? Let us know below!
The NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez has been preparing for the likes of Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer to show up in NXT, but they aren’t the only one’s that Perez is eager to get in the ring with. She mentions that she would love to face TNA’s Gisele Shaw as well.
While speaking to Stephanie Chase – On Giulia and Vaquer: “I’m very excited for them to come over here. I’m so ready. I’ve seen a lot of amazing matches from both of them. I definitely think they are going to help elevate our division. Our division is already so stacked. I feel that I can honestly say we have the best women’s division in the world. Getting two of the best women’s wrestlers from around the world joining our division, it’s going to be so good for us. ‘Everybody needs to make sure that they know, I’m the NXT Women’s Champion. Whoever comes, I’m so ready.”
Shaw had post on social media that she would like to challenge for the title and Perez is all for it.
On Shaw, Perez says: “She’s amazing. She’s so talented. I can so many things about her, but amazing is one of them. So Gisele Shaw, come and get it!”
Thank you for the kind words @roxanne_wwe !! I think you’re amazing too but just so we’re clear, if you put your NXT Women’s Championship on the line be prepared to be pushed to a limit you’ve never been before. I won’t have a problem prying them off your dead hands. ?? https://t.co/RjKnKC3pS1
Mercedes Varnado also known in AEW and NJPW as Mercedes Moné, has officially confirmed on her Youtube channel that she has filed a divorce from her now ex-husband Sarath Ton.
“Tomorrow finally, after a long long time, I’ll be finally signing my divorce papers. And I’m excited, happy and for me I’m just ready to be free…of not being afraid — Sarath, my ex-husband now, we have such a great relationship. He’s such an amazing, incredible guy, who I’m so thankful for. He’s another person that changed and saved my life,” Varnado said.
Varnado states that the couple had been separated since December 2020, and Ton had moved out the following month. During that time Varnado was with WWE and shooting the Mandalorian while working to main event Wrestlemania 36.
Ton is a costume designer for WWE and had notably made Varnado’s gear during her time as Sasha Banks.
The current TBS and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion concludes that she’s excited and ready to be free.
She will be facing Dr. Britt Baker at All In on August 25 and will be returning to an NJPW show on August 30.
Jordynne Grace has reached 200 days as TNA Knockouts World Champion for the second time in her career.
Grace has been champion a total of three times. Her first time she reached 182, second reign had 208 and she is sitting now as current champion at 201 days. She won the title from Trinity at Hard to Kill in January.
So far Grace has been unstoppable in her third reign taking on and welcoming all opponents regardless of company lines. She has defended against names such as Trinity, Gisele Shaw, Tasha Steelz, Xia Brookside, Delta, Steph De Lander, Miyu Yamashita, Marti Belle, Allysin Kay, Tatum Paxley, Izzi Dame, and most recently Ash by Elegance.
In this reign she has broken down the forbidden door and been in the WWE women’s Royal Rumble match and has participated in NXT. She challenged NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez for the title.
With her three reigns, Grace sits at the number two spot for most combined days in TNA history at 591 + days just behind Gail Kim with the most at 711.
We are over half way through the year, will Grace continue to dominate 2024 or is there someone who can take the gold from her?
According to Diva Dirt readers, the results are in and you have voted the 2019 match between Charlotte Flair and Trish Stratus as the best match in SummerSlam history. A match that had over 8 million views on YouTube.
On Tuesday, we posted a poll of the 36 matches that have taken place for the women at the biggest event of the Summer. Of course we couldn’t include this weekend’s event just yet, but with 1,860 total votes and 158 going to Flair vs. Stratus, it squeaked out the win by 22 votes over the runner up.
Below you will see all the results. Thank you for voting!
23. 1998 – Sable & Edge def. Jacqueline & Marc Mero – 24 votes
22. 2016 – Nikki Bella, Natalya, and Alexa Bliss def. Becky Lynch, Naomi, and Carmella– 29 votes
21. 2019 – Bayley (c) def. Ember Moon – SD Women’s Title – 34 votes
20. 2023 – IYO SKY def. Bianca Belair (c) – 8 seconds from Cash In – WWE Women’s Title – 39 votes
19. 2000 – Chyna & Eddie Guerrero def. Trish Stratus & VV – WWF Intercontinental Title – 41 votes AND 2010 – Melina def. Alicia Fox (c) – Divas Title – 41 votes
17. 2020 – Mandy Rose def. Sonya Deville – Loser Leaves WWE – 43 votes
As of August 1, Athena has hit 600 days as ROH Women’s World Champion. She is only the fourth woman to hold this gold and she won it in December 2022 from Mercedes Martinez at ROH Final Battle.
— Athena is ROH and All Elite! (@AthenaPalmer_FG) July 31, 2024
Not only has Athena met a milestone herself and for the women, but has an opportunity to become the longest reigning singles champion, regardless of gender, in ROH history. The only person who has held a title long is Samoa Joe at 645 days.
During her reign as champion, Athena has successfully defended the title against the likes of Skye Blue, Leyla Hirsch, Diamante, Willow Nightingale, Red Velvet, Billie Starkz, Nyla Rose, Allysin Kay, Hikaru Shida, Emi Sakura, and more. She last defended at the recent Death Before Dishonor event with a victory over Queen Aminata.
#ROH Women's World Champion @AthenaPalmer_FG & the challenger Queen Aminata (@amisylle) went head-to-head for the top prize at Death Before Dishonor!
We’re closing in on a month until All In at Wembley Stadium, and on tonight’s AEW Dynamite the field is very much set for what is about to come.
Tonight, the recently crowned CMLL Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale faced Kris Statlander. After Statlander’s attack on Nightingale last week, the two former friends go head-to-head in an Eliminator match.
Last week Kris Statlander blindsighted CMLL World Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale and now they battle in an Eliminator Match for that very title!
Challenge. Accepted. Willow Nightingale faces her former friend and bitter rival Kris Statlander RIGHT NOW in a CMLL World Women’s Championship Eliminator Match!
The former best friends have a test of strength throughout the match. Nightingale tries to power back but eventually meets the distraction of Stokely. This is a chance for Statlander to come back and hit a 450 splash.
Stokely distracts the referee and Statlander uses the chains and knockouts Nightingale cold for the win and a future opportunity at Nightingale’s title. But, the duo has more plans as they want to take her out for good. Security attempts to put a stop to it, but Statlander stands tall over everyone in the end.
Next, Renee Paquette sits down with Owen Hart Cup Winner Mariah May before her title match against AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm heading into All In. Paquette looks to find some answers, but May makes things clear from the get-go.
Like "Timeless" Toni Storm always told Mariah May – "This business will eat you alive…"
To cap off the night, Kamille, the hired muscle of TBS and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné, is in action tonight against Brittany Jade. Unfortunately for this local competitor she meets the wrath of “The Brickhouse.”
She put the whole #AEW roster on notice when she attacked Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. on behalf of “The CEO” Mercedes Moné last week, now let’s see what else “The Brickhouse” Kamille can do!
After the TBS title match was made official this past weekend at Comic Con, The CEO has some choice words towards her challenger and her “biggest fan” Britt Baker after being “victimized” for the past few weeks.
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. may have been granted her TBS Championship Match at #AEWAllIn, but "The CEO" got some payback thanks to the EVPs!
How was tonight’s AEW Dynamite? What did you think of the expanding Moné corporation? Can Storm finally get her hands on May? And does Statlander have what it takes to snatch the gold of Nightingale? Let us know down below!
Both the CMLL World Women’s Title and the CML World Women’s Tag Team Titles were left vacant when Stephanie Vaquer signed with WWE. The tag titles were just introduced in September and only one tram has held them.
The CMLL World Women’s Title has already been won by Willow Nightingale, but the tag titles which were held by Vaquer and Zeuxis still need a new home. Will Zeuxis get the title back with a new partner in Persephone.
A tournament has taken place and Zeuxis & Persephone will be taking on Tessa Blanchard & Lluvia. The finals will be held at the Martes de Arena Mexico event on August 6.
¡Final confirmada! Zeuxis y Persephone se enfrentarán la próxima semana a Tessa Blanchard y Lluvia disputando el Campeonato Mundial Femenil de Parejas del CMLL que se encuentra vacante.
The first night of NXT’s The Great American Bash is in the books from this week, but next week we do it all again! Roxanne Perez retained her NXT Women’s Championship against Thea Hail but now it is Kelani Jordan’s turn.
The NXT Women’s North American Champion will be defending her title next Tuesday against Tatum Paxley. Paxley has been seen playing with her dolls much to Jordan’s dislike. She feels there isn’t time for all of that. This time, Wendy Choo is lurking in the background!
Paxley has been on the hunt for gold since Lyra Valkyria was NXT Women’s Champion. She even went to TNA to try and take the Knockouts World Title from Jordynne Grace. Kelani has defended her fold both against Michin and Sol Ruca, but can she make it through Tatum?
She’s obsessed with me like I’m obsessed with staying champ, I get it.
Hey everyone!! Another jam packed episode of NXT last night, with four women’s matches on the card. Let’s get right into it because the tag team champions are kicking off the show!
Women’s Tag Team Titles: Meta Four vs. The Unholy Union
Brawl before the bell even rings! We’re starting fast! Alba Fyre sends Jakara Jackson into the buckle for two and into a double suplex.Lash Legend gets the tag and cleans house going into the break. Solid match all around with MetaFour getting to show off their improvement. Great double team move onto Isla Dawn with M4 hitting a wheelbarrow/cutter combination with Fyre making the save. Finish sees the Evil Touch to Jackson for the Unholy Untion to retain.
Winners: The Unholy Union
In a post-match interview, the champions show they aren’t worried about defending on Friday’s SmackDown as they laugh off Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill saying they already beat them.
I believe this is my first time seeing Kendal Grey compete in the ring, the generic diva attire is confirming this. Either way, Kendal hits a flurry to start the match. Parker gains the upperhand though, and I said it in the chat last night but man does Jaida just get it in the ring. Seated abdominal stretch with a cool camera angle with Grey getting that babyface momentum and out comes Miles Borne and Wren Sinclair. Grey hits another exploding suplex on Borne to the outside and then gets back into the ring to hit an Angle Slam for two on Parker. Back up and another distraction into a running hip attack by Parker for the pin.
Jacy Jayne, Jazmyn Nyx, Fallon Henley vs. Sol Ruca, Karmen Petrovic, Lola Vice
Henley and Ruca start the match off exchanging taunts with one another. Fast paced out to start off the match, Petrovic comes in to attack Nyx, then enter Lola who comes in and gets rolled for two by Jacy, only for Vice to answer back with a spinebuster.
At one point Lola comes in and hits a flurry of kicks on the heels. The fast paced action continues with Ruca hitting a springboard flipping double clothesline. Same move she pulled out against Kelani for the NA Championshi!
Nyx hits a hook fisherman suplex for two, everyone is getting a chance to shine in this match! Finish sees Henley hit some kind of pumphandle suplex transitioning into a cutter for the pin on Petrovic.
Winners: Fallon, Jazmyn & Jacy
Backstage we have the NXT Women’s North American Champion Kelani Jordan getting approached by Tatum. Kelani doesn’t want to play with Tatum Paxley and her dolls. And continues to get freaked out when she notices Wendy Choo behind them.
NXT Women’s Title Match: Roxanne Perez vs. Thea Hail
Thea Hail, accompanied by Chase U, challenges Roxanne Perez for the title. Hail goes for early rollups, but Perez avoids a Kimura lock by escaping to the ropes. Hail impresses with a middle rope moonsault to the floor as we head to a break. Back from commercial, Hail lands a DDT, leaving both competitors down.
Perez misses a backsplash, allowing Hail to briefly take control with a World’s Smallest Slam. Perez counters with a crossface, but Hail escapes to the floor and lands a dive after some distraction from Chase U. A Michinoku Driver gets Hail a close two-count, but Perez targets her arm. A series of counters follows, with Perez reversing a Kimura into another crossface, leading to a Samoan drop by Hail and a near fall from a springboard backsplash.
Perez tries to rake Hail’s eyes but ends up shoulder-first into the post. The Kimura goes on again, but Perez reaches the ropes and rolls to the outside. Perez rams Hail into the steps and reapplies the crossface, which Hail counters back into the Kimura. Perez escapes once more and hits Pop Rox to retain the title.
Winner: Roxanne Perez
In a post-match moment, Perez says backstage that she is the beat woman in the world. Slightly taking her wrestling father’s catchphrase (CM Punk – BITW). She once again names Giulia and Stephanie Vaquer because the gals are coming!
Similarly to the Tag Team match earlier in the night where you had them advertising the match between Isla/Dawn vs. Jade/Bianca on Friday, with Guilia and Stephanie in the wings, it was hard to get behind Thea here bc you knew the match was a foregone conclusion. Regardless, Perez is delivering memorable matches during this reign. Heel heavy night for NXT but I’m not mad at any of the outcomes.
SummerSlam is this Saturday so be on the lookout for predictions later in the week. See everyone on Saturday!
Maria Kanellis Bennett has updated fans of her condition that she spoke about earlier this month.
On July 8, Maria spoke on social media about getting her adrenal glands checked. She notes that she had a follow up for July 30 to speak with an endocrinologist as there was a mass found on her adrenal glands.
So fun story… 6 months ago I asked to get my adrenal glands checked and blood work done to check hormone levels because of symptoms I had been having. Insurance would not approve the tests. Fast forward today, I had a CT with contrast to check a mass that was found accidentally…
— MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) July 8, 2024
So here is the update. Yes it is a mass on my adrenal gland. Next step is meeting with an endocrinologist surgeon. It’s inconclusive at this point, if it is cancer. In other news, I ate French fries and a concrete mixer and I feel a little better.
— MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) July 8, 2024
July 30 has arrived and Maria did post her follow up. She will have to have surgery in September as the mass she has is “borderline what they get concerned about and biopsy is not an option.”
She will be having a “retroperitoneoscopic andrenalectomy and they will biopsy the mass after.”
— MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) July 30, 2024
I went to my doctor’s appointment today at Rush. The next steps are blood work and a possible 24 hour urine test. From there I will be scheduling surgery for most likely some time in September. The mass I have is borderline what they get concerned about and biopsy is not an…
— MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) July 30, 2024
Diva Dirt sends our best wishes and love to Maria during this time!
After an eight team tournament, MIRAI and Mai Sakurai are crowned the inaugural Marigold Twin Star (Tag Team) Champions. The won the gold on July 30 at the Summer Gold Shine Night 5 event. They defeated the team of Miku Aono and Natsumi Showzuki.
Marigold has now crowned all of its current inaugural champions. The promotion officially started in May after being founded in April by the former co-founder of STARDOM Rossy Ogawa.
The list of current Marigold Champions are –
Marigold World Champion – Sareee
Marigold United National Champion – Miku Aono
Marigold SuperFly Champion -Natsumi Showzuki
Marigold Twin Star Champions – MIRAI and Mai Sakurai
The return from the Queen of WWE may be coming soon. It was December when Charlotte Flair had a devastating knee injury in a match against Asuka. She suffered a torn ACL, a torn meniscus, and a torn MCL when she fell from the top rope during the match.
Flair has been rehabbing ever since surgery and has been determined to get back. She has been providing updates along the way and back in February she even said she was ahead of schedule. A torn ACL alone is generally nine months to a year out of action.
On her social media, Flair posted the following video which shows her back in the WWE Performance Center and taking rolls in the ring.
The TBS Champion (and NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion) Mercedes Moné is set to speak on the July 31 episode of AEW Dynamite.
Since last week a lot has happened for Moné. She brought in her security in the form of Kamille who made her official AEW debut as an All Elite talent, and Moné has been booked for All In against Britt Baker.
Kamille attacked Baker last week on Dynamite and on July 25 at San Diego Comic Con, Baker was egged on by Moné which led to Tony Khan booking the match at All In.
SummerSlam is this weekend and the event has had a long history with WWE dating back to 1988. For the women, they didn’t get an official match until 1995. This was partly due to the match in 1990 never taking place as Queen Sherri defeated Sapphire by forfeit when Sapphire never showed up.
A couple good matches are to come this Saturday with a very personal rivalry has the Women’s World Title on the line as champion Liv Morgan defends against Rhea Ripley. Nia Jax will also get her Queen of the Ring match win as she challenges Bayley for the WWE Women’s Title.
Although these matches can’t be voted on yet, what is the best SummerSlam match over the years? We are going to have you the Diva Dirt readers vote!
Below in the poll are 36 matches to choose from. You will be able to vote up to 10 matches! The results will be provided on Thursday, August 1.
