Female Wrestling News - Mickie James, Beth Phoenix, Jenna Morasca and More

www.prowrestling.net is reporting that TNA Knockout Jenna Morasca will not be appearing on TNA programming for at least a few months.
She is currently in Samoa working as a contestant on the upcoming twentieth season of Survivor.
Filming has already started and will last through next month.



Pro Wrestling Illustrated has named Mickie James the number one female wrestler in the second annual PWI Female 50.
The PWI Female 50 ranks the best women's wrestlers in the United States in 2009.
Last years winner was TNA Knockout Awesome Kong.
I've seen this mentioned at several sites, but the first place I saw the news was at Diva Dirt.




I've mentioned a few times about the WWE not using Beth Phoenix recently, and now the Wrestling Observer reports that WWE officials have soured on Beth Phoenix.
As you may recall, Beth went almost a month without appearing on TV, and people were begining to worry about her future with the WWE.
One rumor was that she was "too big" for the WWE's tastes.




The Kurt Angle situation is beginning to sound like a bad Lifetime movie with Kurt, Rhaka Khan, Jeff Jarrett and Karen Angle, restraining orders etc.
And add to that what people have been saying for months about Rhaka being a looney.
Remember the Rhaka Khan/Roxxi incident?

WWE Diva and TNA Knockout News

WrestleZone.com has an article and interview with former TNA Knockout Roxxi Laveaux at their site.
You can read the article here.


Tonight on WWE SmackDown!, Alicia Fox and Michelle McCool will go up against Gail Kim and Melina.


The Denver Post.com has an article on Dr Death, Steve Williams and Former WWF Diva Dawn Marie's "Wrestler Rescue" work to help him out.
http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_12347601


No certain return date for TNA Knockout Christy Hemme.
Christy is out with a neck injury, and she says she doesnt like the idea of surgery to repair it.
I can't blame her.
You can hear more on the May 13th interview at revolution31.com
http://www.revolution31.com/blog/


It appears that Sarah Stock is going to be called Sarita in TNA.
Funny...she's Canadian.
Oh well.
You can find out more at TNA En Espanol Con Willie Urbina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9RT0K0W3w


And the WWE has signed blonde model and dancer Rachael Carr, who has been a body double for Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue to a developmental deal.
Imagine this, if things go well with her training, we could see a female British stable with Katie Lee, Layla El and Rachael.

TNA Knockout Updates

O-D-B

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.

WWE Diva Updates: Carly, Lacey Von Erich, Torrie Wilson, Stacy Keibler and Gail Kim

Lacey is not going to the WWE

The WWE has a new blond working for them named Carly.
I don't know who she is yet, but she debuted in a tag match at a Florida Championship Wrestling live event, teamed with Angela Fong.
Sightings of this blond may have led to the rumors that Lacey Von Erich had signed with the WWE, a rumor Lacey squashed on her blog.
I wonder if Carly is a model or a wrestler?
Since she already has had a match, I'm guessing maybe a wrestler.


Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson is on the upcoming NBC reality show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!”.
http://www.t-wilson.org/ has more info on this, and also info on the WWE's "Classic Divas" photo layout on they just put up on WWE.com.


And NBC just seems to be scooping up more former WWE Divas as Stacy Keibler will be hosting the "InfieldFEST" activities before the Preakness horse race in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, May 16.
InfieldFEST will have a volleyball tournament, rock concerts and NASCAR exhibit.
Oddly enough, ZZ Top will be performing during the event and as ypou may recall, "Legs" was Stacy's theme song in WWE for awhile.
I wonder if she'll get up on stage?


Just a weird feeling I'm getting, but I'm thinking we may see a Gail Kim heel turn coming up.
I have no real evidence, it's just a guess.

Breaking News: Ayako Hamada to Wrestle for TNA

Wow...this kind of amazed me.

Female Japanese wrestling star Ayako Hamada has signed with TNA.
Her final match in Japan will be on April 19th at the Ito Dojo show.
Ayako has wrestled for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), HUSTLE, ARSION, GAEA Japan, Grupo Internacional Revolucion, NEO Japan, Universal Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Association among other promotions.

She made her pro wrestling debut August 9, 1998 and since then has held several wrestling titles.
I can only imagine how much this will boost the TNA Knockout division.

WrestleMania 25, Official Diva Confirmations

At the pre-WrestleMania 25 press conference in New York City, Kelly Kelly and Eve made an announcement that Jackie Gayda, Molly Holly, Victoria, Tammy Sytch (Sunny) and Torrie Wilson will be in the 25 Diva-Battle Royal.
I guess Molly changed her mind. I had heard earlier that she wouldn't be there.
I'm still predicting Gail Kim to win.
And I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and say the last two in the ring will be Gail and Maryse.

Here is the announcement by Kelly and Eve.....




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Traci Brooks Injury Update

An update from Traci Brooks on her MySpace blog.....

"hey everyone
just a quick update from So Cal Val and I from Iraq...
been here for a week and words cant describe what its like over here...we ve met over 20 000 soldiers men and women from the ages of 18 and up and been all over Iraq..
stranded right now in Baghdad due to a sandstorm so we had a minute to catch up with everyone back home...
well i had a bit of a boo boo and got injured..i was of course doing something i shouldn't have been doing and burnt the right side of my chest pretty bad..
i was firing a 240 off of an M rap and the shell kicked back and fell down my shirt and burnt me pretty bad..."

I don't even know what to say.
There are about a million things that spring to mind.....
But all I will say is that I hope Traci recovers quickly.
You can read her blog at her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/tnaknockouttracibrooks

And over at SoCal Val's MySpace page, she has a very cool picture of a WW2 style pinup of her....
http://www.myspace.com/officialsocalval


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TNA looking for a new lead Knockout

Ms.Payton Banks (Rain)

TNA is looking for a lead face Knockout to replace the void left by Gail Kim.
The Sarah Stock signing looks like it's marred in paperwork at the moment with her having to fulfill commitments to CMLL.
So where do they go to get the "next big thing"?
TNA has a habit of getting REAL wrestlers, so dont look for any bikini models.
I figure they will go to the Indys, SHIMMER in particular.

They have already used Ms. Payton Banks (Rain), and I think they should have kept her.
(BTW, Angelina Love and Rain have a limited edition poster for sale on ebay. It's personalized and autographed and you get a certificate of Authenticity AND a 4x6 picture of Angelina and Rain signing the poster.
You can see the auction here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180336146947
The current bid at this moment is $58.00. )

How cool would it be to see MsChif in TNA?
Daffney (Shannon Spruill) is already there, so that combo as a tag team or Daffney as her manager...awesome.

Sara Del Rey?
VERY talented.

Mercedes Martinez?
Again, very talented and experienced.

Victoria?
She left the WWE. But it looks like we may see her in MMA first.

Daizee Haze?
I think Daizee would be a good choice, and she has worked some TNA matches in the past.

Allison Danger?
That would be too good. Allison and Cheerleader Melissa on the same show?

TNA Wrestling, Traci Brooks and SoCal Val

On March 14th through the 25th, several celebrities from sports and entertainment will be making a trip to Iraq to support our troops there.
Among the celebrities that are going will be TNA Knockouts Traci Brooks and SoCal Val.
This is Traci's second trip to Iraq for the troops, the first was in 2006.
Traci and SoCal also have a new photo shoot up at TNAwrestling.com, that looks like they may be pushing the idea that SoCal had for the TNA Knockouts to pose for a certain well known men's magazine that the WWE supposedly isn't going to work with anymore.
Besides the new photo shoot, you can get updates on the Traci / SoCal trip to Iraq there as well.
They also have footage posted from Traci's first trip.

TNA Knockouts and WWE Divas News

UGO.com has an interview up with TNA Knockout Angelina Love.
You can find out what her favorites horror movies are, whos her favorite wrestler and if she parties or not.
http://www.ugo.com/sports/angelina-love/

And speaking of Angelina and TNA, on tonight's TNA Impact, The Beautiful People will face Taylor Wilde and Madison Rayne.

Former WWE Diva Amy Weber has announced on her MySpace page that she is pregnant.
You can see for yourself at http://www.myspace.com/amyweber

Really nice article about WWE Diva Natalya Neidhart here
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1452336

And finally...
You know Wrestlemania 25 isn't that far away.
What's the Divas match going to be?
Please tell me it's not gonna be a gimmick match, or an intergender match.
Please just let two divas get the spotlight that night with no extra baggage.

TNA Signs Madison Rayne and Sarah Stock

TNA has always seemed to take their women's wrestling division more seriously than the WWE.
While the WWE will sign up models and people with little or no wrestling background, TNA seems to go to the ranks of the Indy promotions to get their talent.
Their latest two sign ups to the TNA roster are no different.


Madison Rayne made her pro wrestling debut in 2006 and has worked for World Xtreme Wrestling, Ohio Championship Wrestling, Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling, SHIMMER Women Athletes, Insanity Pro Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling among others.
Shes also held the OCW Women's Championship twice and currently holds one half of the Shimmer Tag Team Championship along with her partner Nevaeh.


TNA's other recent acquisition is CMLL's Canadian Luchadora Sarah Stock or Dark Angel. I have done tons of write ups on Sarah on my Luchadora blogs so there's not a lot I can add here.
But I cannot wait until Sarah steps into the TNA octagon to see how she does there.

WWE Divas Last Night On WWE Raw

Last night on WWE Raw, Melina and Kelly Kelly took on Beth Phoenix and Jillian Hall.
The match didn't last long because Rosa Mendez ran in.
Where was she at the Royal Rumble?
Anyway, her interference allowed Beth Phoenix to get the win.

The big question right now is will Trish Stratus have a match at Wrestlemania 25?
The two main ideas for possible opponents seem to be Beth Phoenix or Michelle McCool.
But why? Both of them are ex-champions.
Either way, a Trish Stratus appearance is sure to sell tickets, even if it makes no sense.

Candice Michelle, Roxxi and Cherry

Former WWE Diva Cherry will be getting back into wrestling action at Who's Slamming Who professional wrestling on Saturday night, December 6th, 2008 at 3-2 Count Athletic Training Facility.
The Former WWE Diva will be taking on a current TNA Knockout Roxxi, making this the first "Diva vs. Knockout" match that I can think of.
For more info, e-mail: info@fanslamwrestling.com

And Candice Michelle is in the new issue of Muscular Development Magazine, with a multi page pictorial.
Okay I know Candice is hot and all, but Muscular Development Magazine?
Does the WWE have some kind of agreement with them?
Beth Phoenix I could see doing that.

WWE Diva's Halloween Costumes for Cyber Sunday

Remember Candice Michelle as Catwoman?

Well it isn't really wrestling.
Okay, it isn't wrestling period.
But the tentative list of WWE Diva's Halloween Costumes for the contest at WWE’s Cyber Sunday is out.
I know it's become pretty much a tradition.
Anyway.....
Candice Michelle / Marilyn Monroe
Jillian Hall / Bat Girl
Katie Lea / Vampire ( I might get the PPV just to see that)
Tiffany / Nun
Victoria / Banana ( A Banana? What.....?)
Maryse / French Maid

New HubPage:
http://hubpages.com/hub/TNA-Knockouts

Get lunch with ex TNA Knockout Shelly Martinez / Salinas

Did you know that you could buy a lunch with ex TNA Knockout Shelly Martinez / Salinas?
Yep, follow the link here and you can see all the E-Bay info about this.
The bidding ends on Sept. 29, and as it stands right now, the bidding is at $4,550.00 !
But don't think this is all about Shelly, a percentage of the auction winnings will go to the City of Hope Cancer Center.

Shelly Martinez aka Salinas has left TNA

Okay she left WWE and I was sad.
Couldn't blame her though, it was ECW.
Then she went to TNA and I was happy again.
Now Shelly Martinez aka Salinas has left TNA.
Doesn't really matter though, I followed her career long before WWE.
I know the rumor about her wanting to make a movie and TNA not wanting to give up any more money.
That's cool.
But first Gail Kim....now Shelly?
Is TNA's women's wrestling division a house of cards that will soon fold on itself?
Stay tuned......


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WWE: New photoshoot of Jillian Hall

The WWE has actually released a new photo shoot of Jillian Hall.
I say actually because Jillian isn't getting much of a push.
Which is kinda strange to me considering that when she wrestled for the Indys as Macaela Mercedes, she held the following titles:
SWF Women's title, SWF Tag Team titles w/Tiny Tim, SWF Tag Team titles w/Randy Allen, HPW Cruiserweight title, MCW Mid-American title, WWA Women's title, CIWindy Women's title, SSW Women's title, BWCW (Blue Water Championship Wrestling) Women's title, HPW Ladies title and the PGWA title.
So yes, the lady does know how to actually WRESTLE!
Sorry...got carried away again.
Anyway, you can see the new pics here:
http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/jillian/photos1/morestudios/?cid=WWEADP-19

Last night on WWE RAW, Mickie James and Katie Lea

Last night on WWE RAW, Mickie James and Katie Lea

The Mickie James/ Katie Lea feud continued on RAW last night with a match for the WWE Women's Wrestling Title.
Mickie retained her title, but I'm wondering for how long?


The answer to that may have been shown after the match, when Beth Phoenix showed up and waylaid Mickie.
Mickie James, Katie Lea and Beth Phoenix?
Hmmmmm...triple threat match for the title?

Taylor Wilde versus Velvet Sky

Taylor Wilde defeated Velvet Sky by disqualification last night, retaining the TNA Knockout Title.
Of course after this, The Beautiful People jumped Taylor, till ODB and Gail Kim ran in for the save.
Watching this made me realize something...
Several years ago, when the WWE was having such trouble with their Diva division, I thought " Why dont they just get some of the hard working Indy ladies and use them?"
TNA pretty much did that.
As I have said before, these ladies work like the wrestlers of the 60's and 70's, some working full time jobs, getting off work and hitting the road to make that nights show. You have to LOVE wrestling to do that.

Former WWE Diva Lita News

Former WWE Diva Lita ( Amy Dumas), along with her band, The Luchagors will be at the S.I.S Bar in Wilmington, California tonight.
I'm happy to see another Ex-WWE Diva doing what she loves.


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