Carmella and her husband Corey Graves have welcomed their first child together into the world. She has first revealed that they were having a boy back in May. Graves has three children from his previous marriage.
In a post on social media, the couple share a photo in the hospital with Carmella holding her newborn. The name is Dimitri Paul Polinski and Carmella shares she had a 60 hour labor.
Congratulations to the happy couple as they grow their family together!
Mariah May is officially #AllElite.
During the November 8 episode of AEW Dynamite, RJ RJ City interviewed Mariah May as it was announced that she has officially signed with AEW. May noted that she’s excited to be in AEW and is a big fan of Toni Storm.
The 25-year-old is coming off of a successful run with STARDOM where she was a one-time Goddess of STARDOM Champion alongside Mina Shirakawa. Her last match for the promotion took place in September.
This week’s Dynamite also saw the in-ring return of Red Velvet as she took on Julia Hart in singles competition.
The match started with Hart outsmarting Velvet at each turn until Velvet trapped Hart in the corner with strikes to the midsection. After the break, Velvet continued her momentum with running double knees in the ropes. But in the end, Hart secured the victory after landing a huge moonsault off the top ropes.
Post-match, Julia applied Hartless to make Velvet tap until Skye Blue marched down to the ring. Skye and Hart stared each other down for a bit until Kris Statlander and Willow Nightingale walked down. Hart then stared down Statlander before exiting.
It was also made official that Toni Storm will challenge Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s World Championship at AEW Full Gear. AEW had previously announced Storm would be in the title match, but Shida’s status as champion was solidified following her recent defenses. This will be a direct rematch from when Shida dethroned Storm on the 200th episode of Dynamite in August ahead of AEW All In.
As of this writing, a women’s match has not been officially announced for Rampage or Collision.
What did you think of this week’s Dynamite? Sound off in the comments section below.
The first woman, out of five, has qualified for the Iron Survivor Challenge Match coming up at the Deadline premium live event on Dec. 9.
Tiffany Stratton defeated Fallon Henley on the Nov. 7 episode of NXT to punch her into the upcoming match. Stratton vs. Henley was originally planned last week, but due to a an attack by Stratton, it never took place. At the request of WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley who is helping book the qualifying matches, chose Stratton vs. Henley for this week. Lita will be appearing next week (most likely on video), to announce her qualifying matches.
The final moments of the match has Henley moved out of the way from the Prettiest Moonsault Ever as she has had her knee targeted throughout the match. Stratton hits a chop block and this time hits the PME to get the victory.
After the victory, Stratton seems to be on the same page as Kiana James. They both feel they should be at the top and the likes of Roxanne Perez and Fallon Henley shouldn’t be getting in their way or be participating in the Iron Survivor Challenge.
A second match took place this week as the Women’s Breakout Tournament winner Lola Vice and Elektra Lopez teamed up to face Roxanne Perez and Kelani Jordan. The four women had a confrontation earlier in the night in the women’s locker room. Arianna Grace tried to put her two cents in but was constantly talked over and Karmen Petrovic was tired of hearing Grace talk at all.
Other women we saw throughout the night was Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson helping out Noam Dar retain the NXT Hertiage Cup against Akira Tozawa with the Alpha Academy including Maxxine Dupri.
A moment were an NXT referee was speaking about the upcoming Von Wagner/Bron Breakker match had Ava in the background heading into Shawn Michaels office.
Performance Center trainee Anna Keefer was seen handing Jacy Jayne a letter for Andre Chase from The Family.
The newly crowned NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria returned this week to greet the NXT Universe as a new champion.
Standing in the ring with a “you deserve it chant,” Valkyria addresses her win and gave a nod to her icon Becky Lynch whom she defeated for the gold.
Valkyria further commented on her main event win and credited the fans for making it feel like magic. As she continues to talk about a locker room full of competitors, Raw’s Xia Li makes her way down the steps of the crowd with security by her side trying to stop her. Valkyria wants her to join her in the ring.
As Li enters the ring, Valkyria asks her how she can help her. Li asks the newly crowned champion if she saw what she did to her hero Becky Lynch on Raw last night. For those who may need a refresher, Li took out Lynch with her roundhouse kick preventing her from entering the number one contender Battle Royal. This also banned Li from participating in it herself.
Valkyria said that the attack was purely because Lynch kept telling Li if she wants a championship she should go and win one. Li says she plans to take the NXT Women’s Title before taking out one of the security men. The two then stare down each other and exchange words with Valkyria holding the belt high.
A date for this match has not been announced at this time.
The NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria returns tonight after taking last week off following her championship win. Will Lola Vice have anything to say to her after winning the Breakout Tournament and holding a championship contract?
The qualifying matches for the Iron Survivor Challenge Match start tonight as Tiffany Stratton takes on Fallon Henley. The Iron Survivor Challenge Match takes place at Deadline in December.
Zoey Stark wins the number one contenders Battle Royal on the Nov. 6 episode of Raw to earn a title opportunity. She will be facing Rhea Ripley for the Women’s World Championship on Nov. 25 at Survivor Series.
Before the match, Becky Lynch was being interviewed about her participation in the Battle Royal. Nia Jax would sneak up behind her and the two exchanged words. Jax reminded Lynch that she punched her in the face and broke her nose all those years ago. To where The Man responded that she went on to main event WrestleMania while Jax got fired.
Stark outlasted 13 other women to win this match. It should have been 15, but as Becky Lynch was making her way down the ramp, Xia Li knocked her out with the roundhouse kick. Much like she did to Candice LeRae last week. This had Lynch taken out of the match and General Manager Adam Pearce removed Li from the match.
The match would be given plenty of time and showcased many women. This included the tag team work of Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, and the Raw in-ring official debut of Ivy Nile who eliminated both Carter and Chance.
The match would get down to a final five of Nile, Stark, Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez, and Shayna Baszler. It would take Rodriguez, Baszler, and Stark to eliminate Jax. Nile was on the ring apron which angered Jax who pulled her off, eliminating Nile in the process. Rodriguez would be eliminated next as this left Stark and Baszler to slug it out on the ring apron. Finally Stark would get the win after Baszler had both feet touch the floor.
This match also had Tegan Nox return from her brief injury.
The order of elimination was –
Nikki Cross
Piper Niven
Maxxine Dupri
Kayden Carter
Katana Chance
Chelsea Green
Indi Hartwell
Nattie
Tegan Nox
Nia Jax
Ivy Nile
Raquel Rodriguez
Shayna Baszler
Winner: Zoey Stark
Moments later, Ripley was being interviewed and was confronted by Stark.
Ivy Nile, along with the Creed Brothers, are officially now on the Raw roster.
In a backstage segment aired on this week’s Raw, all three members of the Diamond Mine were seen signing their contracts for Raw with General Manager Adam Pearce. The trio made their Raw debur last week when the Creed Brothers defeated Alpha Academy and Nile had an encounter with Maxxine Dupri.
Nile signed with WWE in 2020 and has been on the NXT brand with the Creed Brothers and are the three last remaining members of Diamond Mine. Nile is referred to as fhe Pitbull.
On tonight’s Raw, Nile made her in-ring debut in the number one contenders Battle Royal for a shot at Rhea Ripley’s Women’s World Champion. Nile would make it to the final four out of 14 competitors before being eliminated by Nia Jax who was eliminated right before her. She elimiated several women in the match including Katana Chance, Kayden Carter, and Natalya.
More Raw results to come.
Tonight’s Raw is the fall out from Crown Jewel, and with this comes a new number one contender for Rhea Ripley’s Women’s World Championship.
A battle royal will take place to determine Mami’s new challenger.
The Raw General Manager has made an announcement for tonight’s Raw. There will be a Battle Royal to determine the number one contender for Rhea Ripley’s Women’s World Title!
Ripley retained her championship against four other women at Crown Jewel on Saturday. Will one of them face Ripley next or will someone new emerge as her opponent?
Find out tonight and talk about it live right here in Diva Dirt.
The current NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion and STARDOM talent Giulia is reportedly in talks with WWE.
Per PWInsider, “sources in Japan have confirmed WWE is attempting to court current New Japan Strong Women’s Champion Giulia, 29, hoping to sign her to the company. A member of current defending Artist of Stardom Champions Donna del Mondo, Giulia first debuted for the Ice Ribbon promotion back in 2017 after training under Mio Shirai.”
“One source stated that talks are far enough long that Giulia is expected at the WWE Performance Center sometime this month.”
Giulia is a two time and current Artist of Stardom Champion, a former Goddess of Stardom Champion, and former both Wonder and World of Stardom Champion.
Fightful can confirm the same interest from WWE to Giulia.
The Raw episode for Nov.6 will be the fallout from Crown Jewel.
Rhea Ripley proved why she is on top of the Raw women’s division as she is still the Women’s World Champion. She defeated four other women (Nia Jax, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez, Shayna Baszler) to retain the gold.
What will be next for these five women?
Last week, Xia Li had a knockout victory over Candice LeRae. She ran into Becky Lynch once again and said they will have a match when she is ready to.
One-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Chelsea Green defeated Natalya last week in a Trick or Street Fight. Since then the tag champs defeated Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne in NXT but lost to Charlotte Flair and Shotzi on SmackDown.
Please check back in with Diva Dirt tonight to talk about Raw live.
Former NXT Superstar Sarray (Sareee in Japan) has reportedly signed a multi-year deal with Sukeban.
According to the newest report from PWInsider, Sareee has signed what has been described as a multi-year deal with Sukeban to return to the United States.
This would bring Sareee, who chose to exit WWE at the conclusion of her contract and had been greatly underutilized during her title there, back to the States regularly. She will debut as part of the promotion’s second event next month in Miami, Florida.
PWInsider previously reported that Sareee was looking to return to the U.S. but not with WWE. Fightful Select stated that WWE had interest in her.
AEW’s Red Velvet will be returning to the ring for the first time in nine months as she is taking on Julia Hart this Wednesday. Hart is returning to the ring as well for the first time in a month as she was away to get married and have her honeymoon.
The last time Red Velvet was in a match against Jade Cargill for the TBS Championship in February.
On the Nov. 4 episode of Collision, Willow Nightingale defeated Emi Sakura.
The Pirate Princess is back!
Kairi Sane has returned to WWE and has made a huge impression in the SmackDown women’s division by returning to the company at Crown Jewel. She returned at the end of the WWE Women’s Championship match to help IYO SKY retain against Bianca Belair.
Final moments of the match had Bayley come out to assist much to the disapproval of SKY. SKY inadvertently knocks Bayley down on the outside as she was going for Belair. With SKY back in the ring and the referee distracted, Belair had Bayley up in position for the KOD as she tried to land it on the announce desk. Enter Kairi Sane.
Sane took out Belair without the referee’s notice. Once back in the win, SKY gets the pin on Belair. Post-match, Bayley watches in surprise on the outside as Sane hits the insane elbow on Belair and both SKY and Sane celebrate. Commentary references Bayley as the one who took out Sane from the WWE the last time we saw her.
Earlier in the event we had Rhea Ripley retain in a Fatal Five way for the Women’s World Championship. The other competitors were Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, Zoey Stark, and Raquel Rodriguez. A really strong outing by all five women but it would be the Eradicator that would prove why she is champion.
The final moments had Ripley Riptide Stark off the top rope on top of Rodriguez and Baszler. Ripley pins Baszler to retain.
The main roster is keeping WarGames this year as for the second year in a row the match type will be featured on Survivor Series.
A former NXT staple was brought to Survivor Series last year which witnessed Team Bianca vs. Team Damage CTRL. Becky Lynch from Team Bianca hit a leg drop from the top of the cage through a table and onto Dakota Kai and IYO SKY and pinned Kai for the victory.
Who do we think we are getting in this year’s WarGames match?
Here is your Crown Jewel Discussion Post. The show will start at 1PM ET/10AM ET.
WWE Women’s Championship
IYO SKY (c) vs. Bianca Belair
Women’s World Championship
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Zoey Stark vs. Shayna Baszler
For our predictions, please click here.
Crown Jewel is taking place on Saturday Nov. 4 with a start time in the United States at 1PM ET/10AM PT.
There are two women’s matches on the card and both championship matches. The matches are listed below followed by our predictions:
WWE Women’s Championship
IYO SKY (c) vs. Bianca Belair
Women’s World Championship
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Zoey Stark vs. Shayna Baszler
PREDICTIONS
WWE Women’s Championship
NICK: I feel a lot of this match will determine if Kairi shows up. Regardless, I still think that IYO is gonna retain. If they aren’t going to have her drop it to Charlotte yet then why drop it to Bianca? Unless Charlotte will chase Bianca for the title until Mania. I am gonna keep with IYO retaining.
WINNER: IYO SKY
COLBY: This is probably the match I’m most excited for from the entire card. Again, the build has been meh but the story writes itself after Belair beat SKY in a MOTY contender at Backlash and then IYO cashed in her MITB contract on The EST at SummerSlam. I have no doubt these two will deliver again, although I’m not as confident on who I think will/should win. I don’t want IYO’s reign to end yet, but Belair being back in the picture, coupled with Kairi Sane‘s impending return, poses many questions. I think I’ll stick with the champ for this one.
WINNER: IYO SKY
World Women’s Championship
NICK: I think the easiest answer for this is just for Ripley to retain, bur we have witnessed from the rest of the Judgment Day that they can lose their titles and get them back again. I feel the title will change and Rhea will win it back in a few weeks. I think this is going to Nia Jax.
WINNER: Nia Jax
COLBY: I don’t think we’ve seen a multi-woman feud like this since maybe 2017, so I was on board with the storyline as soon as it started even though it may not have delivered as some had hoped. Rhea’s reign doesn’t seem to have an expiration date nearing even though this would be the perfect opportunity for her to drop the title without being pinned since WWE insists on protecting her so much. Some may deem it controversial, but I think Nia has been the most entertaining part of this whole ordeal and I wouldn’t mind seeing her win the title again. Despite, I feel confident in saying that Mami will remain on top after Saturday.
WINNER: Rhea Ripley
Check in with Diva Dirt tomorrow at 1PM ET to talk about this show live.
IMPACT’s Turning Point that was previous taped last week in the UK aired on Friday Nov. 3. At this event was a match for the Knockouts World Title as Trinity defending against Deonna Purrazzo. Gail Kim served as the special guest referee and if Purrazzo lost this would be the last time she can go for the title while Trinity is champion.
As we approach the back half of the match, Purrazzo applies the fujiwara armbar, however, Trinity grabs the bottom rope to escape the submission. The two trade forearms as Trinity gets a near fall. Purrazzo follows up with Queen’s Gambit for a near fall of her own but then argues with Kim.
Trinity gets The Virtuosa into Starstruck but Purrazzo counters and rolls Trinity up to escape. Trinity follows up with a sit out buster and applies Starstruck again. This time, Purrazzo taps out.
Post-match, Purrazzo goes after Trinity and then gets into it with Kim. The two shove each other before Purrazzo lays a slap on Kim. Kim has had enough and hits Eat Defeat on Purrazzo.
Other Knockout results of the night included, Jordynne Grace defeating Dani Luna with the Grace Driver. Gisele Shaw also picked up a victory against Alex Windsor off of a running knee.
Bianca Belair returned to the ring on the Nov. 3 episode of SmackDown and sent a clear message to her Crown Jewel opponent. Tomorrow, Belair will be taking on IYO SKY, challenging her for the WWE Women’s Title. However, she had her sights on an old foe in that of Bayley first.
Belair returned two weeks ago after a two month hiatus and went right after Damage CTRL, and wanted to take Bayley out first. She did that and more. They main evented the last show prior to Crown Jewel.
Prior to the match, Damage CTRL tried to do damage to Belair prior to the match during a backstage interview.
Elsewhere on this week’s SmackDown, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Piper Niven and Chelsea Green challenged Shotzi to a match. They figured she had no friends so there would be nobody who wanted to team with her. For some reason (when Scarlett is right there), Charlotte Flair is a friend of Shotzi! The two teams have a match.
The final moments of the match had Green get a blind tag and go up top…but Flair dodged the plan. Flair delivered a big boot to Green to get the three count and the victory. This has earned Shotzi and Flair a future WWE Women’s Tag Team Title match with a date to be announced.
B-Fab was also backstage this week where she approached Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits. She gave a compliment to the Profits and then asked to speak with Lashley to which he obliged.
Tonight’s SmackDown was previously taped due to the talent being in Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel tomorrow.
What is confirmed tonight is –
Bianca Belair vs. Bayley
Shotzi/Charlotte Flair vs. Chelsea Green/Piper Niven – non-title
*Please note that this article contains a possible spoiler for the upcoming Crown Jewel event*
PWInsider is staying on top of the Kairi Sane news and they are now saying that she may be returning as early as Nov. 4’s Crown Jewel event.
It was confirmed yesterday both by PWInsider and WrestleVotes that Kairi Sane was placed back on the WWE internal roster yesterday afternoon. The word making the rounds this morning among talent is that Sane may be returning as soon as tomorrow’s Crown Jewel. Further expectation among those PWInsider has spoken to in Japan is that Sane will be Stateside this month.
Check in with Diva Dirt to talk about Crown Jewel live on Nov. 4.
This week’s IMPACT Wrestling featured highlights from the company’s recent show in Glasgow, Scotland.
In mixed tag action, Deonna Purrazzo teamed with Moose and Brian Myers to take on Subculture’s Dani Luna, Mark Andrews, and Flash Morgan Webster. Intergender rules applied, which afforded Luna the opportunity to not back down from either Myers or Moose.
Purrazzo mostly worked Luna and nearly won the match for her team with the legsweep and armbar combo, but Andrews broke it up. In the closing moments, Purrazzo booted Webster before Luna dragged her out. Moose then hit Andrews with a Spear to win it for their team.
Later on, Knockouts World Champion Trinity battled Emersyn Jayne in a non-title bout. Jayne declined to shake Trinity’s hand, which didn’t sit well with the champ.
Jayne was able to showcase her strength with a sliding German suplex and a Northern Lights suplex in an attempt to put Trinity away. In the end, the Rear View and the sit-out bomb afforded Trinity the victory just 24 hours before her next title defense.
As noted, Trinity will defend the Knockouts title against Purrazzo one more time at Turning Point on Friday. Gail Kim will serve as the special guest referee, and if Purrazzo loses, she cannot challenge Trinity again.
Looking ahead, Purrazzo has been announced for next week’s show as she goes one-on-one with her Bound For Glory tag partner Tasha Steelz in Chicago.
What did you think of this week’s IMPACT from Glasgow? Sound off below!
California based promotion The Wrestling Revolver has confirmed the match for Ronda Rousey. She will once again team up with Marina Shafir to take on ROH Women’s World Champion Athena and Billie Starkz. If interested, you can order this event on FiteTV+.
Rousey made a surprise debut on the indies at a recent Lucha VaVoom event where she teamed with Shafir. They defeated Taya Valkyrie and Brian Kendrick. After this match, WWE confirmed Rousey’s exit by moving her to the alumni section on WWE.com.
As for Athena, on this week’s episode of ROH, she retained her gold against former champion Mercedes Martinez.
Kairi Sane is reportedly still on her way back to WWE and is now listed on their internal roster. This is according to WrestleVotes, who broke the news earlier today.
The news of Sane’s return was first mentioned by PWInsider back in August. It was said that she had to wrap up shows in Japan, which she has, and then pending any travel documentation she would return to WWE. This is news that PWInsider further confirmed today saying it is unsure if she will appear at Crown Jewel.
Sane has not been assigned to a brand at this time.
A personal look into the lives of WWE married couple Bianca Belair and Montez Ford is set to premiere on Hulu.
Per WWE.com –
Hulu has announced that their new reality series, “Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez,” will debut in February 2024.
“Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez” is a fun, exciting peek into the personal lives of one of WWE’s hottest married couples: Bianca Belair and Montez Ford.
The show will look back at Bianca Belair and Montez Ford’s wild Road to WrestleMania, as Montez continued his ascent and Bianca fought to stay on top. With the support of their tight-knit group of friends, family and fellow WWE Superstars, the dynamic duo somehow always manage to pull off the impossible.
The first eight episodes of “Love & WWE: Bianca & Montez” will be released on Hulu on Feb. 2, 2024.
The November 1 episode of AEW Dynamite saw Hikaru Shida defend her AEW Women’s World Championship once again, but this time against Willow Nightingale.
Willow’s momentum early on was cut off by a dive to the outside from Shida. The champ eventually landed an avalanche Falcon Arrow before Nightingale came back at her with a pounce and Death Valley Driver. But after a knee strike and Katana, Shida secured the pinfall win to retain.
Afterward, Toni Storm made her way out to the stage only for Shida to strike her.
Then Julia Hart appeared in the ring to confront Nightingale, but Skye Blue marched down and intervened to prevent a handshake. Blue then misted Hart to end the staredown.
Looking ahead, Skye Blue will be in action on Friday’s Rampage against Marina Shafir.
What did you think of this week’s Dynamite? Sound off below!
