Former NXT talent Sloane Jacobs, real name Amelia Herr, is reportedly making her home at MLW. She will be participating in the promotions featherweight women’s division. She has also gone by the name Notorious Mimi outside of WWE.
This news of her signing is being reported by Fightful Select.
Details on a former NXT name headed to MLW coming to Fightful Select for subscribers
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Mimi’s last match was in September where she challenged for WrestlePro’s Women’s Title at the Sun Day Light event. She lost to the current champion Lady Frost who retained the title in a Triple Threat which also involved Skye Blue from AEW.
Mimi was released by WWE last November after less than a year.
MLW’s current Women’s World Featherweight Champion is Delmi Exo who was one-half of ghe popular indie tag team, the Sea Stars. She’s held the title since June when she defeated the inaugural champion Taya Valkyrie.
Below is a match between the -Sloane Jacobs and Thea Hail from NXT Level Up
WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus is giving praise and compare Stratton’s start to a lot like hers. Following the Extreme Rules match that Stratton had with Becky Lynch at No Mercy, Stratus had the following to say on Booker T’s podcast –
“I see the same sort of things, and she said this, ‘I have to prove myself because people expect a certain something out of people who look this way.’ That’s just the way it is. I wouldn’t say Tiffany and I are the Girl Next Door, more bombshell. There is a lot of pre-judgment and pre-conceived notions about what that person or personality can deliver. For me, I thrived on knocking down those preconceived notions, that’s what drove me. ‘You think I can do this, I’m going to do this.’ I knew I had to prove myself. Even to the boys, when I first came in, I had to prove myself to the boys.
I know that Tiffany has had a similar journey, just because of the way she looks and her lack of background, just like I had, I didn’t come from a traditional background or upbringing. We are both in that same predicament. Having those chances and taking those opportunities, like she did with her Extreme Rules match, taking those opportunities and seizing them. ‘This will solidify and shut those people up.’ I love what she’s doing. I’ve tackled the ten-year generational gap. Trishy Time, Tiffy Time.”
When asked if she has interest on facing Stratton, Stratus stated –
“We’ll see. I’m available at certain times [laughs]. This is always my thing, every time I’ve been back, it’s about will I have fun? Will it be entertaining for the fans? Is it different for the fans? Will I do something that will help the business? Those are the boxes I need to check. Who knows. I always leave everything open. The last box is, will I be able to perform at my optimal level? If I’m shittier than I was before, I’m not coming,” she said. (Fightful)
Stratus was last seen in a steel cage match against Becky Lynch at Payback in September.
Kelly tried crawling to Steelz at the start, but Steelz cut her off with a kick. Steelz went on to hit a draping DDT off the apron to maintain control. She then applied a headlock until Kelly was knocked out of the ring.
Masha tried checking on Kelly when Tasha hit her with a baseball slide. Back inside, Steelz kept Kelly down with a camel clutch. Once free, Kelly hit three consecutive clotheslines followed by a butterfly suplex into the corner. Kelly trapped Steelz in a sleeper before Deonna Purrazzo came down and pulled the referee out, making it seem like Masha did it. Back inside, Steelz planted Kelly with Black Out for the win.
Following the win, it was later announced that MK Ultra will have to defend the IMPACT Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against the new team of Steelz and Purrazzo at Bound For Glory on October 21.
A massive 10-person tag team match saw Eric Young, Jordynne Grace, Jake Something, Dirty Dango, and Champagne Singh team up to face Bully Ray, Jody Threat, KiLynn King, Shera, and Brian Myers with Bound For Glory implications involved.
Threat started the match with Dango as Dango initially refused to lay hands on her and KiLynn. Grace eventually came in and tangled with Threat briefly before King returned and showcased her strength against the former champion.
Myers took over with offense on Grace before “The Juggernaut” requested Bully Ray step in. Bully ended up dropping Grace but she avoided an elbow drop. Bully and King went on to hit EY with a double suplex and then King and EY briefly squared off. Grace returned to slam Threat around some more until King broke the cover. In the end, Grace’s team won when Jake Something pinned Shera.
As a result, Grace, Something, Young, Dango and Singh will face off in a five-way bout next week. The winner will earn the #20 spot in the Call Your Shot gauntlet, while the loser will enter at #1.
We also heard from Knockouts World Champion Trinity in a backstage segment as she addressed Mickie James‘ BFG challenge. She understands why Mickie wants a rematch and she feels honored to face her “true friend.” However, Trinity is confident she’ll retain.
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Ah, the classic “can they coexist” match is set for the last show before Fastlane. At Fastlane, Asuka and Charlotte Flair will be opponents in the Triple Threat for IYO SKY’s WWE Women’s Championship.
But on the SmackDown Oct. 6 episode, Asuka and Flair team up to take on SKY and Bayley of Damage CTRL.
It has been announced by the Lucha Libre AAA promotion that they will have a crossover event with IMPACT in November.
Included in this event will be from IMPACT – Knockouts World Champion Trinity, Deonna Purrazzo, and Jordynne Grace. The matches confirmed are as follows –
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IMPACT Wrestling will be touring the UK at the end of the month. It has been announced that the RevPro British Women’s Champion Alex Windsor will be competing at Turning Point. An opponent has not been confirmed at this time.
BREAKING: @HailWindsor will be competing at #TurningPoint on October 27 in Newcastle as part of the UK Invasion Tour!
This will be a first match in IMPACT for Windsor. She has wrestled since 2009 and has previously wrestled under the name Liberty early in her career. She was trained by Saraya’s family.
Her last match in September was a successful defense against Dani Luna. She also defeated both Hyan and Mickie James to retain her gold in August. Windsor has also wrestled for EVE Pro Wrestling, TJPW, and PROGRESS.
Check back in with Diva Dirt for more news on IMPACT’s tour in the UK.
The October 4 episode of AEW Dynamite featured Storm officially debuting her “Timeless” persona, complete with smeared mascara and lipstick. She started her match against Skye Blue by introducing herself (again) before clobbering her with a lariat.
Please give an awed hush for the debut of #Timeless Toni Storm!
After the break, Skye had even more of a comeback that included a headscissors, enziguri, and a crossbody from the top. Storm then pleaded for Skye to let up before throwing her with a German suplex.
Skye Blue digging down deep to take the fight to Toni Storm.
Storm will be in action again on Saturday’s Collision as she takes on Kiera Hogan. Additionally, Rampage will feature Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose and Marina Shafir.
As noted, Saraya will defend the AEW Women’s World Championship against Shida next week on a special “Title Tuesday” edition of Dynamite.
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AEW’s Julia Hart will be taking some time off based on a report by Fightful Select.
Hart, who recently faced Kris Statlander for the TBS Championship at WrestleDream will be taking time off due to her upcoming honeymoon. So when you see things cool down for Hart and she is missing in the ring, this is why. Prior to her loss to Statlander, Hart had an impressive undefeated win streak in 2023.
Hart announced publicly that she was marrying fellow AEW wrestler Lee Johnson last October. Fightful is not sure if AEW will be filming any vignettes for when she is absent.
The show started off with the N-Bex-T Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in the ring. She went over her match with Tiffany Stratton from Saturday. She says not only has she not been medically cleared to compete following the Extreme Rules bout but she made sure Stratton wasn’t as well.
We know that Lynch will face Tegan Nox next Monday Oct. 9 and defend her championship in. a match rescheduled from Oct. 2. However, that didn’t stop three women from coming out demanding their shot at The Man’s gold. First it was Lyra Valkyria who said Lynch was her inspirational to start wrestling. Ever since she saw Lynch in her first match in NXT she wanted nothing but to stand across the ring from her idol.
Next was Indi Hartwell. Hartwell came all the way from Raw to try and get the championship back that she never lost. And lastly, was Roxanne Perez who didn’t want to wait on the sideline for a shot against Lynch.
All three women had valid claims to a title match, but there was only one way to decide this – a Triple Threat. The winner to take on Lynch (or Tegan Nox) on Oct. 24 on the first night (out of two) of Halloween Havoc.
The final moments of the Triple Threat witnessed Kiana James getting involved and taking out Perez to make sure she didn’t win. Lynch was on commentary and went after James to make sure she didn’t do more damage. It would be Valkyria who picked up the win off of the pin on Hartwell.
Post match, Tegan Nox came out to make sure Valkyria knows she is up to face Lynch next.
Moments later, James was being interviewed and said there’s only one way that Perez will get a match with her. That is, if Perez can defeat Asuka on next week’s NXT!
Elsewhere on NXT, the rivalry between Gigi Dolin and Blair Davenport continues. This time the match goes forward and Dolin picks up the sneak win with a roll up pin. Dolin brought a chair into the ring and the referee stopped her from using it, but then Davenport picked it up and while distracted with the referee, Dolin got the pin.
Davenport attacked the referee post match.
A tag team match took place as Jacy Jayne and Thea Hail took on Lola Vice and Elektra Lopez. Despite Vice having and upcoming match in the Women’s Breakout Tournament, she couldn’t help get a win for her team here. Hail locks in a submission on Lopez for the win.
Duke Hudson and Andre Chase asked to be at ringside for this match which Jayne said it was okay.
Finally, a fourth women’s match took place which was the start of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament. Before the tournament officially kicked off, all eight competitors were inteoduced on the ramp. Kelani Jordan took on Izzi Dame in the first bout.
Jordan was said to be the favor in this match based on fans seeing more of her so far. She also recently had the biggest match of her career as she faced Blair Davenport at No Mercy.
Favored to win, and she did. Jordan picked up the big win with a split legged moonsault. She advances to the semi-finals who she will face the winner between Arianna Grace and Jakara Jackson.
Rhea Ripley also appeared alongside the rest of the Judgment Day to help Dominik Mysterio get the North American Title back. Which he did in the main event by defeating Trick Williams.
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The NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch was unable to defend the gold on the Oct. 2 episode of Raw. She was scheduled to get in the ring with Tegan Nox, but just two days after her Extreme Rules match with Tiffany Stratton she wasn’t medically cleared.
WWE.com has confirmed that Lynch will be ready to go come next Monday, Oct. 9. Here is what the preview states –
Although Becky Lynch was originally scheduled to put her NXT Women’s Title on the line against Tegan Nox, just two days after her defense against Tiffany Stratton at NXT No Mercy, the match was forced to be postponed because the tough titleholder was not medically cleared.
That highly-anticipated showdown has been rescheduled for next Monday night on the red brand.
Can Nox defeat Big Time Becks for the title when she is at her best? Find out at 8/7 C on USA!
Nox appeared on the Oct. 3 episode of NXT after Lyra Valkyria won an opportunity to challenge for the NXT Women’s Championship. That match will happen on night one of Halloween Havoc on Oct. 24. But who will be champion then? Lynch or Nox?
NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Giulia has her next opponent set as HYAN has challenged her. The match will take place on Oct. 28 in Las Vegas at the NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed event.
October 28 in Las Vegas at New Japan Pro Wrestling Fighting Spirit Unleashed! Giulia defends her STRONG Women's championship vs Hyan!
The news came about when HYAN appeared in a video after Giulia’s last title defense where she defeated Ami Sohrei on Sunday. This will be HYAN’s debut for NJPW. HYAN is mostly known on the Europe scene where she wrestled last month against Alex Windsor and Mickie James for the RevPro British Women’s Title. She has also appeared this year in ROH and IMPACT.
October 1 Korakuen Hall ?NJPW STRONG Women's Title Match Giulia defeated Ami Sohrei to retain the title. Part 2 pic.twitter.com/IAZgUH675o
HYAN laid down the challenge to Giulia! October 28 in Las Vegas, the STRONG Women’s title is on the line at NJPW Fighting Sprit Unleashed! pic.twitter.com/BaxlGpXm4W
Giulia is currently the second woman to ever hold this belt as it was established earlier this year. It was first won by Willow Nightingale when she faced Mercedes Moné. Giulia defeated Nightingale in July and is approaching 100 days as champion.
Check back in with Diva Dirt for the results of this match.
Knockouts will be in action this Thursday, Oct. 5.
Tasha Steelz vs. Killer Kelly
Jordynne Grace, Eric Young, Dango, Champagne Singh, and Jake Something vs. KiLynn King, Jody Threat, Brian Myers, Mahabali Shera, and Bully Ray – Call Your Shot Gauntlet Implications for the winners
Tonight we are coming off of a fantastic No Mercy main event which had Becky Lynch retain the NXT Women’s Title against Tiffany Stratton.
The Extreme Rules match was brutal which led to Lynch suffering an arm laceration. She has invited Indi Hartwell to NXT to be a future competitor. She will also be facing Tegan Nox next week with the NXT Women’s Title on the line.
Tonight the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament begins. And a match is set that was supposed to take place last week between Gigi Dolin and Blair Davenport.
WWE is continuing the hype from the multi-year signing of former AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill. After the announcement of her signing, commentary has talked about her on all three brands and also a news video for her has been aired multiple times.
She has reported to the WWE Performance Center for training but what brand will she be on?
According to PWInsider, the early word is that Ms. Cargill will be on the Raw brand. During Raw this week, Cargill sent out various posts on social media asking her fans who do they want to see as her first victim.
During this past Saturday’s NXT No Mercy event, the eight women were confirmed for the upcoming Breakout Tournament. Matches start this Tuesday on Oct. 3.
Now we have the brackets revealed and we know who will take on who in the first round.
The 2023 NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament begins this Tuesday and will feature some of the brightest up-and-coming Superstars in WWE.
The Superstars slated to compete in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament are Lola Vice, Kelani Jordan, Dani Palmer, Jakara Jackson, Arianna Grace, Karmen Petrovic, Izzi Dame and Jaida Parker.
Last year’s inaugural tournament was won by Roxanne Perez and featured prominent NXT Superstars such as Tiffany Stratton, Kiana James, Fallon Henley, Lash Legend, Nikkita Lyons and Tatum Paxley.
This year’s competitors will look to reach the same heights as those who came before them, most notably Perez and Stratton, who have since enjoyed reigns as NXT Women’s Champion.
Be sure to check out WWE NXT this Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA to see the start of the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament!
Becky Lynch is currently not medically cleared but that isn’t going to stop her from lining up contenders for the NXT Women’s Title.
On the Oct. 2 episode of Raw it was supposed to be Becky Lynch vs. Tegan Nox for the championship. However, Lynch has a laceration which required stitches to her arm after her Extreme Rules fight with Tiffany Stratton at No Mercy. The match between Lynch and Nox will happen once The Man is cleared.
In a WWE Digital Exclusive, Indi Hartwell was seen backstage taking a photo of the NXT Women’s Title belt. Lynch joined her and asked her what she is doing to which she replied taking a photo of a championship she never lost. Lynch said she isn’t hard to find and invited Hartwell to come to NXT tomorrow. To that, Hartwell seemed to agree as both women exchanged each others catch phrases to end the segment.
Nox was in action still this week as she took on one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions, Chelsea Green. Before the match, Lynch approached Nox to ensure her that she will be next. As Lynch was leaving, Nattie joined Nox and offered a restart between the two. Nattie feels that they got off on the wrong foot.
Nox would go on to defeat Green with the Shiniest Wizard. Nattie came out to make sure Piper Niven would not get involved and joined in with Nox celebrating her victory.
Raw opened this week with a brawl. A match between Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler did not end up happening as they would start the show off fighting on the stage. They took the fight to thw ring but the official could not get them to break it up to start the match. Raquel Rodriguez returns after her attack from Jax a couple weeks back. Rodriguez would enter the fight just before the Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley returned as well.
All four women fought until security pulled them apart. Ripley would remain in the ring and address the Judgment Day and Dominik Mysterio’s loss at No Mercy.
Tonight’s Raw originally had a big match-up set between Becky Lynch and Tegan Nox for the NXT Women’s Championship. Unfortunately that has been delayed.
Lynch had an Extreme Rules match against Tiffany Stratton at No Mercy on Saturday and due to the laceration to her arm is not medically cleared to compete tonight.
WWE.com is still advertising the match.
WWE sources confirmed to Fightful Select that Becky Lynch is not cleared to compete on tonight's WWE Raw as of now due to the laceration on her arm.
AEW WrestleDream takes place today and it has added an eight-person tag team match to its Zero Hour pre-show.
It will be Mercedes Martinez, Diamante, Shane Taylor, and Lee Moriarty vs. ROH Women’s Word Champion Athena, Billie Starkz, Keith Lee, and Satoshi Kojima.
Kris Statlander doesn't back down from a challenge as she takes on Julia Hart with the TBS Title on the line TOMORROW night LIVE on PPV at #AEWWrestleDream!
On the main show, Julia Hart will get a chance at the TBS Champion Kris Statlander with the title on the line. Hart is undefeated in 2023 and the build up for her has been well done. She defeated Vert Vixen on this week’s Collision.
You can view below the vignette that aired for Hart.
TOMORROW NIGHT! #HouseofBlack’s Julia Hart, undefeated in 2023, challenges the TBS Champion Kris Statlander at #AEWWrestleDream LIVE on PPV!
Becky Lynch and Tiffany Stratton proved why they deserved the main event slot at this weekends NXT No Mercy.
On Saturday, Lynch defeated Stratton to retain the NXT Women’s Championship in one hell of a main event. Tegan Nox was in the front row as she has interest in the winner. She will be facing Lynch this Monday on Raw for the championship.
This match between Lynch and Stratton was an Extreme Rules and the start had the two brawling on the outside and through the crowd. The match included every weapon imaginable including, yes, Barbie dolls.
Big moments in the match included a swanton onto a table from Stratton, Stratton taking out Lynch through the time keeper’s area, and Lynch using her shopping cart to deliver a lot of pain.
The final moments of the match had Stratton miss with the PME which allowed Lynch to deliver the ManHandle Slam onto a pile of chairs for the victory.
Nox was shown in the crowd once again smiling and signaling that she would become the next champion.
Earlier in the night on the Kick off Show, Blair Davenport would defeat Kelani Jordan. But this wasn’t an easy match for Davenport as Jordan showcased her best moves yet. Post-match Gigi Dolin attacked Davenport. They will finally have their one-on-one match this Tuesday.
Also, with the Dyad now gone, Joe Gacy has given up on Schism and ended his partnership with Ava.
October 1 is tomorrow which means Halloween is just 30 days away. And what better way to do it then NXT’s Halloween Havoc. This will be the fourth year since this event has returned and under the NXT banner. It will also take part over the course of two week’s as it starts on Oct. 24 and will continue on Halloween night, Oct. 31.
Halloween Havoc since its return has done well for the women’s roster. It has had Shotzi as its host as well as women main eventing it with Io Shirai (IYO SKY) defeating Candice LeRae in a Tables, Ladders, and Scares match to retain the NXT Women’s Title in 2020.
Mandy Rose became the NXT Women’s Champion in 2021 when she defeated Raquel Rodriguez (with the help of Dakota Kai) in a Trick or Street Fight match. That same night the rest of Toxic Attraction (Jacy Jayne and Gigi Dolin) won their first NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships in a Triple Threat Scareway To Hell Ladder bout.
And last year we witnessed Rose retaining the gold making her reign come full circle at the event she won it at. She retained against Alba Fyre. All of this while Roxanne Perez defeated Cora Jade in a Weapons Wild match!
What do we see going down this year with not just one but TWO nights of spoooooky fun!?!
The second annual NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament kicks off this coming Tuesday on NXT. There will be eight women showing off to the NXT Universe what they are made out of with the winner getting a championship match.
The names that will be in this year’s tournament are –
Roxanne Perez defeated Tiffany Stratton in the finals of last year’s tournament. Although she didn’t become champion right away from this win, she did win the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline to then win the NXT Women’s Title the following episode.
As for Stratton, she may not have won the Breakout Tournament last year but she went on to become NXT Women’s Champion in 2023. She has since main evented matches with Becky Lynch.
This tournament has huge implications.
Who do you want to see win it this year? Comment below.
Here’s your discussion post for tonight’s No Mercy event.
On the pre show, Kelani Jordan will be taking on Blair Davenport.
Confirmed for the main event is the Extreme Rules match between the NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton. The title will be on the line.
No Mercy takes place today at 8 PM ET and the main event has been confirmed to be the women. Becky Lynch is set to defend the NXT Women’s Title against Tiffany Stratton in an Extreme Rules match. Shawn Michaels made the main event announcement on the X social media platform.
Stratton is looking to regain the gold after losing it to Lynch two weeks ago on the Sept. 12 episode of NXT. That match gave Stratton arguably the best match of her career and made Lynch a Grand Slam Champion by winning the one title that escaped her.
Lynch has since shared the ring with Lyra Valkyria in a win over Stratton and Kiana James.
Check back in with Diva Dirt later today to talk about the show live!
Arianna Grace officially returned to TV after being sidelined for nearly a year with an ACL injury. She returned with a Miss. NXT gimmick and is planning to correct the classless locker room. Her first opponent was Fallon Henley who she said she was going to teach humility.
Final moments of the match left Grace trying to get the pin with her feet on the ropes. The official caught her and that let Henley roll her up for the win to spoil Miss. NXT’s return.
Grace is staying in high spirits though, claiming on social media that she won.
While answering questions on social media, Garcia gave the response that she intends on getting back in the ring once her son is a little bit older. The last time we saw her in the ring was the 2022 Royal Rumble. She has also been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021 with her sister Nikki.
In her response, Garcia notes that she would be interested in other promotions and wrestling Trinity, Britt Baker, The IIconics, Mickie James, and Saraya.
