WWE Divas Charlotte and Asuka

Will Charlotte end Asuka's undefeated streak at WrestleMania 34?

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Mickie James Then and Now

Mickie Laree James-Aldis made her pro wrestling debut back in 1999.
She has wrestled under the names Alexis Laree, La Luchadora, Vickie Adams, Princess Alexis, Queen Alexis, Superball and of course Mickie James.
And she has worked for a ton of wrestling promotions like CyberSpace Wrestling Federation, Ground Xero Wrestling, International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom, Premier Wrestling Federation, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and of course World Wrestling Entertainment.

Mickie James then....

...and now

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WWE Divas Alexa and Asuka

WWE Divas Alexa Bliss and Asuka (Kana)

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The Bella Twins and Trish Stratus - WWE Royal Rumble

The Bella Twins and Trish Stratus at the 2018 WWE Royal Rumble.

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Toni Storm - Female Pro Wrestling

Australian-New Zealand professional wrestler Toni Rossall aka Toni Storm.

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Brooke Adams - TNA Wrestling

You know I wanted to do an entry on TNA Knockout Brooke wrestling in TNA like I am doing with the WWE Divas at the other blog.
But...it's kinda hard to find pictures of Brooke actually wrestling.
There are TONS of her just standing there looking incredibly hot.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
But the woman has been one half of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions and the TNA Women's Knockout Championship twice.
It looks like there would be more of her in action in the ring.....

Ivelisse Velez vs Lei'D Tapa

On October 11th, 2012, Ivelisse Velez had a tryout match for TNA, going up against Tara.
Unfortunately Ivelisse lost, however she came back on the February 28th, 2013 edition of Impact Wrestling and took on another Indy wrestler, Lei'D Tapa in a TNA Gut Check match.

This time Ivelisse won.

So now are we looking at yet another former WWE wrestler going to TNA?

I hope so because you know that I have been following Ivy's female wrestling career for a long time...way back when she was known as Juliet The Huntress.
I even did an online interview with her.
http://beautiful-wrestling.blogspot.com/2009/07/interview-with-female-wrestler-juliet.html
So I have been pulling for her first with WWE and now with TNA wrestling.
And yeah with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico.
I would love to see her join the TNA Knockouts and maybe headline a TNA PPV one day soon.

Gail Kim vs Mickie James - TNA Wrestling

This is why I like Gail Kim "The Submission Specialist".
Here she has Mickie James in a headscissors.
Kinda.

Looking at it, I oughta know what this is a variation of...but I cannot for the life of me think of the name.
It's not a full on classic headscissors...but it looks just as effective.

Gail Kim Headscissors Mickie James

Velvet Sky Comes Back To The TNA Knockouts

Well guess who's back in TNA?

Okay....Mickie James is....

But the big surprise is that Velvet Sky is back!

In Case you missed it....

After nearly five months away (has it been that long?) Velvet came back and said that 2013 would be "the year of Velvet Sky as Knockouts champion."
So now the TNA Knockout roster is ....
Gail Kim
Madison Rayne
Mickie James
Miss Tessmacher
ODB
Rosita (Yes...technically both she and Sarita are still there)
Sarita
Taeler Hendrix
Tara
Velvet Sky

Now....what are they gonna do with everybody?

Torrie Wilson - WCW, WWF, WWE

I know that I try to devote this blog to the TNA Knockouts...but the most searched for woman on this blog is WCW, WWF, WWE Diva Torrie Wilson.
And since Torrie is no longer actually affiliated with the WWE that kinda makes her independant right?
Okay....I'm reaching.
But anyway, here is Torrie back when she was in the WWE....

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Tara - TNA Women's Knockout Champion Again

On October 14 at the TNA PPV Bound for Glory, Tara defeated Miss Tessmacher to win the TNA Women's Knockout Championship for her fifth time.

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This makes her a 5 time TNA Women's Knockout Champion, a one time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion (with Brooke Tessmacher) and a 2 time WWE Women's Champion.
Her fifth reign in TNA ties her with former TNA Knockout Angelina Love who also held the belt five times.

I'm really happy that TNA decided to put the strap around Tara's waist again.
I'll even forgive the "Hollywood boyfriend", Jessie Godderz thing.

Tara vs Miss Tessmacher

Pretty cool TNA Knockouts match as Tara (the mentor) takes on Miss Tessmacher (the student).
I dunno...I just kinda like the way they presented the match.
You dont see matches like this anymore.

 

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But looking at the end of the match...will Tara go "heel" and go after her friend's title?

Tara vs Miss Tessmacher - Impact 8/23/2012

The Newest NXT Diva - Anya (Anna Bogomazova)

Has the WWE finally hit paydirt with their newest NXT Diva?
The "Russian Bruiser" Anya (Anna Bogomazova) was signed earlier and a lot of people wonder who this new Diva was.

Well it turns out she is has a black belt in Taekwondo and is a Russian female kickboxer.
Okay...a really good Russian female kickboxer.
She has been....

2006 Kickboxing World Championship - 2nd
2008 Russian Kickboxing Russian Championship - 1st
2008 Kickboxing World Championship - 2nd
2008 Master of the Sport of Russia in Kickboxing
2011 Kickboxing World Cup - 1st
2011 Kickboxing Russian Championship - 2nd

Now...how is all that going to translate over into the ring?
Well if done right it could be awesome.
If done right.
That's the key point.

Imagine playing her as a monster heel with her coming in and laying her opponents out with a knockout kick in like less than a minute of each match at first?
Yeah...she could be a female Goldberg.
Will that happen though?
Well unless the WWE writers read this and say "Wow...that's a great idea!"
I kinda doubt it.

I can always hope though.

Is The TNA Knockout Roster Failing?

You know I was looking at the TNA Knockout roster the other day since Angelina Love and Velvet Sky left.....and it's kinda messed up.

Of course we have the champion Miss Tessmacher....

Then we have Gail Kim, Madison Rayne, Mickie James, ODB, Tara and Taeler Hendrix.
Christy Hemme, SoCal Val and Taci Brooks don't wrestle.

Rosita, Sarita and Winter haven't even been on Impact in over 30 days.

Winter and Rosita have been showing up in Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) where Winter has held the FWE Women's Championship and Sarita has been wrestling in CMLL in Mexico...and I have heard she was headed for Japan.

So that gives TNA roughly seven active Knockouts.

Now compare this to the WWE that has eight active Divas and eight in development (plus a couple they dont know what to do with yet).

TNA is lagging behind the WWE in their female talent.
Of course the argument can be made that 8 TNA Knockouts have more talent than 16 WWE Divas, but if they dont watch out, the WWE may catch them in that territory too.
The WWE seems to be looking at the Indy promotions more and more, like TNA used to.

Velvet Sky Leaves TNA...For The WWE Maybe?

Wow...first Angelina Love...now Velvet Sky?

Yep, TNA's most popular female wrestler Velvet Sky has been released.
She confirmed her release on Twitter on June 26th....

"I have been granted my release by TNA at this time. It's what's best for me right now and I wanted to thank TNA and I also want to thank Vince Russo for creating and believing in the team of The Beautiful People. We had a great run!"

The big rumor at the moment is that Velvet is headed to the WWE.
They could really use her, but what they could use more is Velvet and Angelina Love reforming "The Beautiful People" in the WWE.
Can you imagine The Beautiful People with Eve as their manager?

Yes please.

The Divas Versus the Knockouts, Who Would Win? Part One

So who would win in a knock down drag out brawl between the WWE Divas and the TNA Knockouts?
I decided to try this out myself in my head.
Now I have to admit, I only have about 30 some odd years of watching wrestling and 14 years of martial arts experience to base this stuff on, so your mileage may vary.

Well first up, the Divas have a slight number advantage, 17 on the roster as opposed to 15 on the Knockouts side.

Both teams get their Captains....
Since this is war, the Diva's differ to the most experienced women on their roster.
Believe it or not, Jillian debuted in 1998 as Macaela Mercedes on the independent circuit.
Mickie James debuted in 1999, so there you have the two captains.

The Knockouts have a harder time.
ODB, Daffney, Alissa (Cheerleader Melissa), and Ayako all debuted in 1998-1999.
So in the spirit of co-operation, the Knockouts get four Captains.

So first off we have the WWE "rookie" Brie Bella against the TNA rookie, Madison Rayne.
Brie has held the...ummmm....well she was on the Fox reality show Meet My Folks.....
Madison on the other hand was the Ohio Championship Womens Wrestling Champ twice and one half of the Shimmer Tag Team Championship with Nevaeh.
So advantage Madison.

First match, Madison over Brie.

Second match, Brie's sister Nikki against Knockout "bad girl" (or loon) Rhaka Khan.
Nikki was...ummm...okay, she was one of the World Cup Twins for Budweiser....
Rhaka on the other hand is six foot two and has wrestled for Deep South Wrestling (DSW), Japan's Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX, Full Impact Pro, Women's Extreme Wrestling and the Professional Girl Wrestling Association.
Advantage Rhaka.

Second match, Rhaka over Nikki.

Third match, Alicia Fox versus Christy Hemme.
Alicia was actually the OVW Women's Champion at one time.
Christy has wrestled for WWE, TNA, Queens of Chaos in France, Heavy on Wrestling and Women Superstars Uncensored.
Gonna have to give this one to Christy.

Third Match, Christy over Alicia.

Fourth match, Sojourner Bolt versus Layla.
Layla was a dancer for Carnival Cruise Lines and the Miami Heat.
Sojo was the Midwest Intensity Wrestling Women's Champion, the NWA Midwest Women's Champion, the OVW Women's Champion three times, the World League Wrestling Women's Champion twice, and the Hardcore Wrestling Association Women's Champion.
Layla, no matter how hot she is, is lucky to get outta this one alive.

Fourth match, Sojo wipes the mat up with Layla.

Fifth match, Taylor Wilde versus Kelly Kelly.
Okay, I admit it, I hated Kelly at first. But she has improved.
But putting the former Hawaiian Tropic and Venus Swimwear bikini model against the former New Vision Pro Wrestling Womens Champion, RingDivas FightGirl World Champion, TNA Women's Knockout Champion and co-holder of the Women Superstars Uncensored Tag Team Championship (with Amy Lee)?
Advantage Taylor.

Fifth match, Taylor Wilde.

Sixth match, Rosa Mendes versus Sarita.
Now Rosa did hold the Ohio Valley Wrestling Women's Championship once.
While Sarita (Sarah Stock/Dark Angel) has only held the Can-Am Wrestling Women's Championship, Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre Women's Championship and the Lucha Libre Feminil Juvenil Championship....I have seen the brutal matches with Dark Angel versus Princesa Sugey. At least one went 45 minutes.
Sarita easy.

Sixth match, Sarita over Rosa.

Now we get down to Awesome Kong versus..well lets just get Eve and Maria out of this now.
The 6'1, 272 pound Kong versus Eve and Maria both at once.
Eve, 5'8, 131 and Maria 5'7, 120 pounds.
One Awesome Bomb and one Awesome Splash and Maria and Eve are on the injured reserve list.

Seventh match, Awesome Kong.

Now the Diva's are really beginning to worry.
But they are down to the core fighters on both sides.
And things may change just a bit in part two.....

The Beautiful Women of Wrestling 2 to Female Wrestling

Yes I have changed the title of the blog.
Why?
Well I already have my blog The Beautiful Women of Wrestling, and this one being The Beautiful Women of Wrestling 2 just seemed to kinda make this one just seem like the others "weak sister".
So I decided to make the title Female Wrestling, because that's what its all about right?
I considered actually making it a "Name My Blog" thing, but after some of the comments I have to go through, I was afraid....LOL
But I'll still continue to do WWE Divas here and TNA Knockouts, both past present and future.
I used to focus more on TNA here and more on WWE on the other, but since the WWE seems to be anti-blogger right now, I might just stay with TNA because they seem to like free publicity.
Anyway, I thought I'd post a reason why this occurred and let everyone know whats going on.

So stay tuned for more female wrestling.......

Night of Champions Update and Where in the World is Beth Phoenix?

Does this look ugly to you?

On WWE's Night of Champions pay-per-view this Sunday, Michelle McCool will be defending her WWE Women's Championship against Melina.
Look for a build up tonight on Smackdown!

And speaking of Smackdown!, Eve will be going up against Natalya in a women's match.

And speaking of champions...where is Beth Phoenix?
Well get ready to boil Phoenix fans.....
It seems the WWE isn't pushing her right now, favoring the more slender women on Raw.
Yep, you heard it right.
They are downplaying Beth so they can play with their Barbies.
One of the best natural wrestlers they have is being sidelined because she's too "big".
I included a pic from the recent Flex Magazine photo shoot she did to show you why Beth is considered too big.
Gosh, she looks hideous doesn't she?
::holds up sarcasm sign::

Lots of TNA Knockout stuff.....

Evidently TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca is more than a little angry over people wondering just why she is in TNA.
And apparently it was an article by Dave Meltzer at www.wrestling-edge.com that drove her over the edge.
Mr. Meltzer had written that many in the company (TNA) are wondering exactly why she was signed.
Jenna responded to this in a post on her MySpace blog.
You can read it here:
http://www.myspace.com/jennamorasca

I have to admit I wondered why Jenna was signed as well.
BUT...I wondered why Michelle McCool and Maryse were signed by the WWE, and one of them is now the ex-Diva's Champ and one is the current.
So I have been wrong.

And it seems now that Roxxi actually requested her release from TNA.
She was serving a 60-day suspension for an incident backstage with Rhaka Khan that turned physical.
And some insiders felt that Roxxi was getting a bad deal because of the relationship Kurt Angle has with Rhaka.
Yeah I thought about that too, I just didn't say anything.

There's an article at The Daily Press about TNA Knockout Traci Brooks speaking to students about overcoming Erb's Palsy in her right arm.
I had heard about that, but I had no idea that Traci couldn't raise her right arm over her head.
You can read the full article here:
http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1551052

And lastly, TNA has released the "Knockouts Blaster Pack" at their store.
It's a set of exclusive licensed trading cards produced by TRISTAR.
You can check them out here:
http://shoptna.com/knockouts-blaster-pack.aspx

TNA Knockout Updates

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A couple of TNA updates today....

There's a webmatch between ODB and Velvet Sky posted on YouTube....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1aLWUvj1LY

It appears that TNA Knockout Roxxi has been released from the company.
At least her profile is gone from the TNA website.
Roxxi and Rhaka Khan have been serving a 60-day suspension as punishment for a backstage altercation several weeks ago at iMPACT!
For the moment Rhaka seems to be safe since her profile is still up.