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Gresham Wants Out

If I was Gresham I would want to leave too. There is 0 direction with ROH. No tv deal, no weekly schedule, just random PPVs with very little story or interest. Why wouldn’t he want to leave? Obviously, his main destination would be the WWE. With Vince McMahon out of the picture and control going to Triple H, Gresham can be a top star in the company. I would give Gresham a royal treatment, a…

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Sasha Banks' Championship History

NXT Women's Champion - 192 days (February 11, 2015 to August 22, 2015)

WWE Women's Champion - 27 days (July 25, 2016 to August 21, 2016)

Raw Women's Champion - 27 days (October 3, 2016 to October 30, 2016)

Raw Women's Champion - 20 days (November 28, 2016 to December 18, 2016)

Raw Women's Champion - 8 days (August 20, 2017 to August 28, 2017)

WWE Women's Tag Team Champion w/Bayley - 49 days (February 17, 2019 to April 7, 2019)

WWE Women's Tag Team Champion w/Bayley - 85 days (June 5, 2020 to August 30, 2020)

Raw Women's Champion - 26 days (July 27, 2020 to August 23, 2020)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 167 days (October 25, 2020 to April 10, 2021)

WWE Women's Tag Team Champion w/Naomi - 47 days (April 3, 2022 to May 20, 2022)

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G1 Climax 33 Participants Revealed

Back in 2014, we had the biggest G1 field at the time with 22 entrants. Last year, we had 28. This year, 32.

32 Entrants in 4 blocks of 8. Here are the following participants in this year's G1 Climax in English Alphabetical Order.

Jeff Cobb (NJPW/United Empire) - 5th straight appearance

Alex Coughlin (NJPW/Bullet Club) - First time entrant

EVIL (NJPW/House of Torture) - 8th straight appearance

David Finlay (NJPW/Bullet Club) - 2nd straight appearance

Hirooki Goto (NJPW/Bishamon) - 16th straight appearance; 2008 G1 Climax winner

Shane Haste (NJPW/TMDK) - First time entrant

Aaron Henare (NJPW/United Empire) - 2nd straight appearance

Hikuleo (NJPW/Guerillas of Destiny) - First time entrant

Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW/Chaos) - 11th straight appearance

KENTA (NJPW/Bullet Club) - 5th straight appearance

Gabriel Kidd (NJPW/Bullet Club) - First time entrant

Eddie Kingston (AEW) - First time entrant

Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) - First time entrant; 2018 Global League winner and 2022 N1 Victory winner

Tonga Loa (NJPW/Guerillas of Destiny) - 2nd appearance; first since 2021

Tetsuya Naito (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon) - 14th straight appearance; 2013 and 2017 G1 Climax Winner

Ren Narita (NJPW/Strong Style) - First time entrant

Mikey Nicholls (NJPW/TMDK) - First time entrant

Kazuchika Okada (NJPW/Chaos) - 12 straight appearance; 2012/2014/2021/2022 G1 Climax Winner

Great O-Khan (NJPW/United Empire) - 3rd straight appearance

Will Ospreay (NJPW/United Empire) - 2nd straight appearance; 4th overall (G1 Debut in 2019)

Chase Owens (NJPW/Bullet Club) - 3rd straight appearance

El Phantasmo (NJPW) - 2nd straight appearance

Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW/TMDK) - 7th straight appearance

SANADA (NJPW/Just 5 Guys) - 8th straight appearance

Shingo Takagi (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon) - 5th straight appearance

Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) - 22nd straight appearance; 2007/2015/2018 G1 Climax Winner

Taichi (NJPW/Just 5 Guys) - 5th straight appearance

Tama Tonga (NJPW/Guerillas of Destiny) - 3rd straight appearance; 6th overall (G1 Debut in 2016)

Yota Tsuji (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon) - First time entrant

Shota Umino (NJPW/Blackpool Combat Club) - First time entrant

Toru Yano (NJPW/Chaos) - 17th straight appearance; 18th overall (G1 Debut in 2005)

YOSHI-HASHI (NJPW/Bishamon) - 4th straight appearance; 7th overall (G1 Debut in 2016)

So based on this we've got a representative from AEW and Pro Wrestling NOAH competing in this year's tournament. More than that, we got 4 Pro Wrestling NOAH alumni (KENTA, Zack Sabre Jr., Shane Haste, and Mikey Nicholls) meaning NOAH past and present will be represented in this year's G1 Climax Tournament.

Not returning from last year's G1 Climax Tournament are (in English ABC Order):

Lance Archer (AEW)

Bad Luck Fale (Bullet Club)

Jonah (now known as Bronson Reed in WWE)

Tom Lawlor (Team Filthy)

Juice Robinson (AEW/Bullet Club Gold)

Yujiro Takahashi (NJPW/House of Torture)

Jay White (AEW/Bullet Club Gold)

And a note about Kaito Kiyomiya appearing in the G1. His appearance in the G1 Climax Tournament most likely means NOAH is guaranteed a new N-1 Victory winner for 2023. N-1 Victory starts on August 6th in Yokohama while G1 Climax 33 will be in Osaka on the same day. N-1 Victory will be off August 12-18 meaning they'll most likely appear in the Final 4 and overall finals of the G1 Climax Tournament.

Entrants for the N-1 Victory are expected to be announced most likely on July 15th.

Stay tuned for Block announcements coming up next weekend (most likely). G1 Climax 33 starts on July 15th in Sapporo.

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All In: London preview

MJF vs. Adam Cole - MJF is defending the AEW men's world title. Despite facing each other at the end of this show, these two will be teaming up in the pre-show to challenge for the ROH tag team title. The outcome of that match could completely change the complexion of this one.

Cole debuted in AEW two years ago as a douchebag heel, but after missing half of 2022 due to a concussion he returned as a babyface. On June 14 he and MJF fought to a 30-minute draw, which seemed to set up a rematch for the title. Before that could happen, though, Cole and MJF were thrown together in a parejas increíbles tournament. For weeks it looked like MJF was trying to con Cole into believing they could be friends, and Cole was trying to con MJF into believing it was working. After they won the tournament and unsuccessfully challenged for the AEW tag title, each man had nothing to lose by turning on the other. However, the pair seemed to genuinely bond over their shared douchebaggery, and MJF agreed to give Cole this title shot.

I've never been too big on either of these guys, so I wasn't too keen on them headlining this show. I was even less keen on getting there with a "wacky tag partners who hate pretend to love each other" story. But I have to admit, it's worked out brilliantly, and this is easily the hottest match AEW could deliver on their biggest show ever. They've got everybody wanting both guys to be babyfaces and desperately hoping neither of them turns, even though both of them have turned on every friend they've ever had.

I'm genuinely unsure if we'll see Max turn, or Cole turn, or if both guys will prove their friends forever. I had expected MJF to stab Cole in the back heading into this show. A turn at the end of this show would just serve to set up a rematch, which would be ass-backwards. You don't draw 80,000 at Wembley Stadium to run an angle to build to the real blowoff match in a smaller building. One way or another this has to be the climax of the story.

My gut says MJF will retain, but my head says anything could be on the table.

CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe - Punk is the self-proclaimed "real world champion," and he's defending that title here. Punk's claim is based on the idea that he won the AEW men's world title in September 2022 but never lost it in the ring due to an injury (among other things). Joe actually is the ROH television champion, but his title isn't on the line.

Joe and Punk had a famous trilogy of matches for the ROH men's world title in 2004, but from what I can tell they had a total of six one-on-one encounters between 2003 and 2005, before Joe went to TNA and Punk went to WWE. The two never crossed paths again until this summer, and Punk picked up his first win over Joe in July. Incensed, Joe demanded a rematch for this show, and ambushed Punk on August 12 when he didn't immediately respond. Punk finally accepted the challenge with an attack of his own, on the 19th.

Punk is clearly being set up for a "unification" match, possibly as soon as at All Out in Chicago next week. That leads me to think he'll have to win here, especially since his belt is on the line. I suppose there's a chance Joe could win to keep the feud going for another month or two. But it would make more sense for Joe to lose here and re-focus on defending the TV title in Ring of Honor.

Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler vs. Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson - FTR (Dax and Cash) are defending the AEW tag team title. Wheeler (the one with hair) made headlines when he was arrested on August 18 for aggravated assault with a firearm. Nevertheless, the match is still on. This is the third match in the series, after Young Bucks beat FTR in November 2020, and FTR got their win back in April 2022. It's also chapter 973 in the long-running quest to decide Who Is The Greatest Tag Team Of All Time. Something tells me this match won't answer the question anymore than the previous 972 matches did.

The long-running rivalry between the Bucks and FTR took a left turn last year when the Bucks and Kenny Omega were involved in a backstage fight with CM Punk. Ever since then FTR have been making the case for their buddy Punk to be forgiven so they can do a trios match. So even though FTR aren't technically involved in that real-life beef, and they're on good terms with the Bucks, the average wrestling fan can't help but see this match booked and think it's got something to do with Punk vs. the Elite. It'll be interesting to see if that factors into the crowd reaction on this show.

Despite Wheeler's legal woes, I can see this match going either way. (Even if they need to take the belts off of FTR, there'll be time to do that later.) The Bucks co-created All In and they're the Elite in All Elite Wrestling, so it would be fitting to win the big one on such a grand stage. But at the same time, FTR aren't the carpetbaggers from WWE they might have seemed to be three years ago--they're as much a part of the fabric of AEW now as anybody ever has been. The real winners in this one are the fans!

Hikaru Shida vs. Saraya vs. Britt Baker vs. Toni Storm - This is a four-way for the AEW women's world title, so whoever scores the first fall on any opponent wins the match and the belt. Shida recently won the title from Storm, who used her rematch clause to automatically get into this match; everyone else had to win a qualifying match. Saraya is from England and bound to get a hometown reaction; her ally Storm is from New Zealand but spent a good chunk of her career wrestling in the UK.

This should be a pretty standard "two good guys versus two bad guys" four-way. The two bad guys will expect to divide and conquer, until midway through the match they both suddenly realize they could steal a win from one another. The two good guys will go in knowing it's every woman for herself, but then midway through inexplicably get mad when they can't cooperate. Everything will break down until someone gets the win, which won't really settle anything. These four are nowhere near done feuding, so it really makes no difference who wins since they'll all be facing off for months to come.

Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi & Adam Page vs. Konosuke Takeshita & & Jay White & Juice Robinson - Don Callis turned on Omega back in May, and Callis's more recent protege Takeshita quickly followed suit. For some reason White and Robinson recently decided to help Callis beat up Omega. Luckily Kenny recently patched things up with Page after a three-year saga, and recently reunited with Ibushi in the latest chapter of a decade-plus saga.

Sting & Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland & Christian Cage - This is billed as a coffin match. Basically they'll put a coffin at ringside and the object of the match is to put your opponents inside it. Since it's two-on-two I'm not sure if you have to get both members of the opposing team into the same coffin, or if there'll be two coffins, or what.

Swerve made a big production of recruiting AR Fox to help him feud with Darby, only to turn on Fox this week. He then picked Cage--who has been feuding separately with Darby--to replace Fox in this match. The feud is largely about Nick Wayne, who was never in this match. This is not the most coherent storyline in the world. Sting has never lost a match in AEW and I don't expect him to start now.

Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho - Ospreay holds the IWGP United States championship, which he recently renamed the IWGP United Kingdom championship. New Japan Pro Wrestling hasn't officially recognized the change. As far as I can tell, the title isn't being defended here, but that could change at any moment. I don't know why Ospreay put a Union Jack on his belt if he's not going to bring it to Wembley fucking Stadium.

The backstory here is mainly about Don Callis, and his machinations to enlist top wrestlers aside from (and now in opposition to) Kenny Omega. Callis has made ovetures to Ospreay here and there for a year now. He recently tried to recruit Jericho, but that fell apart, except I guess he expected it to fall apart, so I don't know why he bothered trying in the first place. Anyway, Jericho hates Callis now so Ospreay beat him up. I'm still not sure if Will is going to actually join Callis's stable, which is a bit of a problem when the big story for months has been "who will join Don Callis's stable?"

They've positioned Jericho as the face and Ospreay as the heel, but I gotta think the London won't give a shit about that. Jericho probably needs a win after his de facto face turn, but he doesn't need it here and I'm not sure getting it here does him any good. I think it would be promotional malpractice if Ospreay doesn't win, but stranger things have happened.

Eddie Kingston & Orange Cassidy & Penta El 0 Miedo & Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta vs. Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta & Mike Santana & Angel Ortiz - This is billed as a "stadium stampede" match. Until now that meant two teams of wrestlers do a pre-taped brawl all over an empty stadium, but this one is going to be full of 80,000 spectators, so it'll probably be very different. Originally this was advertised as a six-on-six match, but Rey Fenix was pulled from the babyface side before the heel side was even fully assembled.

The Blackpool Combat Club (Mox, Claudio, and Yuta) has picked fights with everyone on the babyface side. The details of each grudge aren't important, aside from Eddie's undying hatred of Claudio, and his strained loyalties to Mox. Santana and Ortiz returned this week to join the BCC team. We haven't seen them together since June 2022, when they teamed alongside Eddie and the BCC, in a match where Santana was injured. Then in January 2023, Ortiz and Eddie turned against one another, and Ortiz largely disappeared from TV.

Judging from this week's promos, this match is going to be about the faces trying to fucking murder the heels. Eddie basically promised to set Claudio on fire. Will Chuck finally get to use a chainsaw? Only time will tell. I expect fifteen minutes of crazy violence and then somebody randomly wins with a drop toehold or something.

Malakai Black & Brody King & Buddy Matthews vs Max Caster & Anthony Bowens & Billy Gunn - The Acclaimed and Gunn are making their third bid to capture the AEW trios title from the House of Black. After their second loss in July, 59-year-old Billy left his boots in the ring and retired, but Black's team kept provoking the babyfaces until he returned this week for another go. I presume Billy's career is on the line here, insofar as there's no point in un-retiring if he just loses again, but there's no point in being retired if he wins a championship.

Billy's gimmick with the Acclaimed has been "Daddy Ass," but for this show he says he's bringing back "Bad Ass Billy Gunn," referring to his days with the New Age Outlaws back in the late 1990s. Wrestlers do this bit a lot, and they always want it to be like when Mankind turned into Cactus Jack, but it never really works for anybody but Mick Foley. What exactly is Bad Ass Billy Gunn gonna do that Daddy Ass couldn't? Oh well, I guess for one night I can pretend Billy used to be a super-tough mean guy 25 years ago.

It's too soon for the House of Black to drop the titles, but the time is just right for Billy and the Acclaimed to win them. I think we'll see new champs.

Jack Perry vs. HOOK - This is on the pre-show. Perry won the FTW championship from Hook on July 17, and this is the rematch. The FTW title was introduced by Hook's father Taz in ECW, and Perry hardly fits the aesthetic, so he gets heel heat just for having it. Jack was threatening to retire the title (so he could be the final champion) until Hook intervened, so I assume if he retains he'll proceed with that plan. He's not going to retain. Hook is going to whip him like a government mule.

Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher vs. MJF & Adam Cole - This is scheduled for the pre-show. Aussie Open (Davis and Fletcher) are defending the ROH tag team title. The story here is that Cole and MJF bonded while they were chasing the AEW tag title, so even though their squaring off in the main event, Cole still wants to win tag gold with his buddy. Cole and MJF have developed the double clothesline as their big tag team move, and it's actually gotten over. MJF has perfected a deadly kangaroo kick for use against Aussie Open, and that's also gotten over. So look for those spots in this match.

My hunch is that miscommunication between the challengers will allow Aussie Open to retain, setting up further intrigue between Cole and MJF on their way to the main event. However, I can't rule out the possibility that Cole and MJF win the belts, and then that sets up further intrigue in the main event. Davis and Fletcher have a bright future but frankly losing the ROH title here won't hurt them much, so I'd say anything could happen here.

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G4 2.0: A Longwinded Eulogy

November 16, 2021 - the G4 cable channel relaunches after seven years away, a rare second chance for a mainstay from the era of niche-catered cable television.

November 18, 2022 - the G4 cable channel shuts down after spending a whole month on zombie autopilot mode.

First, a bit of backstory: the era of niche-catered cable television was a wonderful time, channels for anything and everything filling cable platforms in the late 90s and throughout the 2000s. This was the peak of television, and if you had a maxed out cable package you were set.

One such channel that exceled in this wide open market was a channel based out of San Francisco called ZDTV, a channel focused solely on the growing tech and computer market, though it would change to a more recognizable name in 2000: TechTV.

Unfortunately, though, when you’re in a hypercompetitive niche cable market, you either have to stand out or you’ll fall behind. They inevitably fell behind with layoffs and programming cutbacks, though they did have three core staples to them: The Screen Savers, X-Play, and Anime Unleashed. But it was in the latter years of its singular life where it veered away from business tech talk and shifted toward a more general male audience who happened to also be into casual tech talk. This worked… for a short while.

In May of 2004, TechTV merged operations with G4, a venture and channel helmed by Comcast in direct competition with TechTV, and relocated operations to Los Angeles as the very longwinded G4TechTV before becoming solely G4 in 2005. And those three staples remained, with one having a new name: The Screen Savers become Attack of the Show, X-Play remained X-Play, and Anime Unleashed also hung around for a short while longer.

By the mid-2000s, people who knew G4 knew what they were all about, with a strong lineup of in-house originals: Cheat!, Cinematech, Arena, G4 Icons, X-Play with Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb, Attack of the Show! now with Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn (later with Candace Bailey), live convention coverage from places like E3 and CES, this was a channel hitting their true stride. But the good times wouldn’t last long, as Comcast does what Comcast always does: cut back to save a few bucks.

Layoffs, schedule decreases, and drops in viewership were leading things into a bad spot, and by 2011 there were talks and rumors of the channel being sold to either the UFC or WWE to be their own channel. Then in 2012, Pereira and Sessler were let go by G4, with all original programming ceasing production by the end of the year. And that’s all on top with what Comcast had planned for its channel space: replace it with something else in 2013.

Short version, that replacement never happened, it instead went to another Comcast-owned channel space, and G4 was essentially left on zombie autopilot mode while more and more cable providers cut the channel from their lineups. And on December 31, 2013, its final day of broadcast on whoever still had it in their cable package, it capped off its 11-year run with their Top 100 Video Games countdown retrospective and the 2003 “re-debut” episode of X-Play, before signing off with how the G4 channel launched in 2002: Pong.

And then it went away, left to remain in the vast mental vacuums of our collective nostalgia.

Then the word came out in July 2020 that this was going to come back. Cue up the nostalgia excitement.

So how do you restart a 2000s-era cable channel in the 2020s, and in the middle of a global pandemic and health crisis? Very slowly.

It took nearly a year and a half for the relaunch, now helmed by Comcast Spectacor (the division of Comcast who owns several Philadelphia sports teams), to kick off, and while the initial fanfare was jovial the final product handled for the network was… lacking.

Keep in mind that when G4 was in its stride in the mid-2000s the internet was a much differnet place. There weren’t 24/7 HD quality live streams and 4K quality video on demand that can be pulled up on a moment’s notice, and instant communication was limited to specific messenger clients and text forums. YouTube and Facebook were only just mere ideas and Twitch was still many years away. So what do you do in a world that has all of that, and more?

You cross the streams. But that didn’t work, either.

Newer audiences may only know of G4 for its past and weren’t there during its heyday, so they wouldn’t be interested in what a linear television channel about gaming would have to offer. And older audiences who remember those old shows would be very much interested in those shows being revived, so long as the focus is on the linear channel - it wasn’t, as their primary audience was being catered to its YouTube and Twitch livestreams, a different audience altogether.

Therein lies the major issue: trying to cater to two completely differnet audiences who don’t cross over. And in contrast to how G4 originally adapted to new media in the 2000s with the growth of podcasts and the introduction of Twitter, this stream-crossing felt like a lack of singular focus when there could have been both.

And here’s where that works: X-Play and Attack of the Show would be returning, but in very differnet forms, first as livestreams and then being aired as glorified “highlight shows” in the days following on its linear television channel, alongside other previously-streamed programs that served to fit the gaming niche audience who, by 2021, mostly migrated away from television toward other internet platforms and personalities. Simply put, nobody is going to go to a television channel first to hear about e-sports drama or a “causal Friday” Twitch stream.

Also, I’m fairly certain nobody watching television wanted to be told by Kevin Pereira that “NFT art is great, you’re all too stupid to get it” but at least he got properly roasted for it almost immediately and THAT snafu was never mentioned ever again.

Then there was the novelty and oddity of Scott the Woz being shown on G4 in the form of ten hour-long compilation episodes of some of his videos, albeit not on the best foot forward as its 6:30pm debut broadcast was upended due to an Amazon Web Service glitch and instead aired at 10:30pm that night… with a few censor bleeps missing. Again, a novelty and oddity if there ever was.

In terms of other programming on the channel, it was mostly filled with constant reruns of their first-run programs, while they did have a later G4 staple in Ninja Warrior back alongside Takeshi’s Castle and the 1980s Starcade to fulfill the needs for people watching the linear channel. One could surmise that those would be insufficient offerings, but at least there’s plenty of games coverage to be had, right?

Yeah, about that. The video game industry in 2022 is much, MUCH different than the video game industry was 15 years ago. The entire industry has been caught in a tech-crunch arms race and games riddled with constant delays, updates, and microtransactions, and coupled with the current state of E3 and Geoff Keighley’s presentations being less-than-stellar one could argue that the video game industry is in a low point at this current moment. There isn’t much excitement to be had across the board.

And then we come to the big problem with how G4 was relaunched: its main audience of 20-something males from the 2000s have moved on toward other channels and services, and a lot of those attitudes and its zeitgeist was left behind long ago. You couple all of those issues together, and you end up with a channel without any real identity.

If you’ve followed this thread this far and you know what happened with G4 in 2022, you’re wondering when I’ll mention THAT incident. So here it is.

No, Frosk did not singlehandedly kill G4 with her on-air rant. Anyone who honestly believes that one individual can tank a cable network like that is either a goddamn idiot or a sexist clown. Or maybe both, it’s certainly believable, given the reports of harassment and doxxing that happened which is NEVER okay.

Instead, Comcast does what Comcast does best: layoffs to save a buck or two. And, much like before, when coupled with record-low viewership (hovering within 1,000 average viewers per night), the writing, as they say, was on the wall. A lot of details come from an excellent writeup by Nathan Grayson of the Washington Post, digging far deeper than any of us would have ever guessed.

Appearances and stream raids paid for with five figures, virtually invisible talent relations, constant production flux, and then the final straw last month: a memo leaked to Deadline outlining the channel’s sunsetting. Except said memo wasn’t sent to talent and crew, first. So they all found out at the same time we did. In an instant, all of the work and plans the talent and crew still had for the network was gone and ignited into ash. No more X-Play. No more Attack. No new Icons. And no new Starcade.

And for a month after that, the channel has been operating on zombie autopilot mode, somehow in far worse shape than its year-long zombified state in 2013. Until now, on November 18th of the year 2022, where after 367 days G4 has, once again, shut down. The fact of the matter is, in the year 2022 going on 2023, we don’t really need G4 on television. There is a plethora of off-air recordings all over the internet of its peak era for us to go back to watch and laugh with and even cringe at, but those come from a bygone era of television that, sadly, doesn’t exist anymore and won’t be coming back.

G4 2.0 tried - goddamn it, they somehow tried - but they just couldn’t find an audience or be given enough time and resources to correct its trajectory before the plug was pulled. It could have been something greater, but in the end, all G4 and Comcast can get for this is an honor truly worthy of its disastrous run:

The Golden Mullet.

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Top 10 Extremely Hot WWE Divas

 

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is extremely popular among young people. Whether it is female or male wrestlers, both are equally responsible for the sport’s success. Female wrestlers were referred to as “divas” in the early days of WWE.

This term was later changed to “women superstars” in 2016. When it comes to women, they are equal to men. Hot WWE divas have become the reason why many people are compelled to watch this sport over time.

We’ve all heard of popular male wrestlers like the Undertaker and Triple H. However, in this article, we will discuss the top hot WWE women wrestlers. The women rose to the top thanks to their incredible wrestling and promotional abilities. Also, know about 10 unknown facts about the Undertaker.

Top 10 hot WWE divas

Here is a list of some of the most attractive and hot female wrestlers. Who is extremely popular among WWE fans.

1. Stacy Keibler

Stacy Keibler is a well-known American model, dancer, and retired professional wrestler. She is the WWE’s most well-known and hottest female wrestler. This beautiful personality was known as the” legs of WWE” as she has long legs. She was known for her work with WWE and World Championship Wrestling.

2. Charlotte fair

Ashley Elizabeth Flair, also known as Charlotte Flair, is among the top hot WWE diva of 2022. She is the daughter of WWE icon Ric Flair. She is an American professional wrestler.

Flair was named Women of the Year in 2016. She is currently performing in WWE under the Raw Brand.

3. Mandy Rose

Mandy Rose, who was born on July 18, 1990, is a professional American wrestler and one of the hot WWE divas. Rose began her career in 2016 and quickly rose to prominence as a popular and successful female wrestler.

4. Billie Kay

American professional wrestler Jessica McKay is famous by her ring name Billie Kay. With her personality and beauty, WWE fans are crazy about her. Born in June 2007 she is now performing under Raw Band. kay is popular for her charming and extremely attractive personality.

5. Carmella

Leah Van Dale is popularly renowned by the ring name Carmella. This professional female wrestler is Well- known for her fitness and personality. Along with it, she is among the extremely hot WWE divas.

6. Alexa Bliss

This hot female wrestler, who was born on August 9, 1991, is known for her perfect body and blond hair. Her ring name is Alexa Bliss, but her real name is Alexia Kaufman. She began her WWE career in NXT in 2013.

7. Nikki Bella

Stephanie Nicola Gracia-Colace is now by her ring name Nikki Bella. Nikki was the most successful WWE female wrestler of all time. She started her career with FCW then signed by WWE. This hot wrestler has won the WWE Divas Championship two times.

8. Peyton Royce

Petyon has a large fan base due to her attractive appearance and charm. She began her professional wrestling career in 2018 with NXT. With the perfect look and body, Petyon is among the extremely hot WWE divas.

9. Lana

Lana is one of the most mentioned names in the list of hot WWE divas. Lana’s real name is Catherine Joy Perry, but she goes by Lana. Her WWE career began in 2016. In 2023, this American beauty is still a diva.

10. Becky Lynch

Rebecca Quin is better known as Becky Lynch in the ring. She began her professional wrestling career in 2002. Lynch is the sexiest WWE diva, thanks to her brown hair and perfect body. Also, read some interesting facts about triple H.

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I posted 114 times in 2022

That's 91 more posts than 2021!

5 posts created (4%)

109 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@pretendfan

@solaraurora

@a-reader-and-a-writer

@vigilanteh

@honeycombstrawberry

I tagged 5 of my posts in 2022

#peacemaker - 5 posts

#john cena - 4 posts

#hbo peacemaker - 3 posts

#wwe - 2 posts

#happy birthday - 1 post

#adrian chase - 1 post

#vigilante - 1 post

Longest Tag: 14 characters

#hbo peacemaker

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

It's Game Day everybody!!! Let's go Las Vegas Raiders!!! Get that first win at home!!!

0 notes - Posted September 18, 2022

#4

Ahhhhh....my Vigilante pop figure finally came in the mail today!!! What an awesome surprise to come home to after a long day of nursin'. 😁

0 notes - Posted July 5, 2022

#3

As someone who has been a wrestling fan for almost 18 years...I am so happy that John Cena has been around as long as I've watched WWE. He was one of the first WWE superstars I was introduced to when I started watching with my now husband and he's been one of the few constants over the years who's career I have paid close attention to. I'm a huge fan of his show Peacemaker as well as many can tell by my likes and posts🤣. It's nice to see him back in the wrestling ring where everything started for him. I wish him a happy 20 year anniversary and also wish him many many more years of success inside and outside the ring. Thank you Mr. Cena for being entertaining inside and outside of the ring and thank you for being such a wonderful person! May you continue to be blessed and happy!

5 notes - Posted June 28, 2022

#2

I must say, as big as the Peacemaker fandom is on here, I'm really surprised there aren't more Happy Birthday wishes for John Cena in the Peacemaker tag. Now I know a lot of the fans ( myself included) love all the characters in their own way, but we really need to show Peacemaker himself some love on his birthday. Cuz without his character, we probably wouldn't have this wonderful show full of all the other characters we love. So, I'll start it off: Happy Birthday John Cena/Peacemaker. I hope you're having a good birthday, and thank you for being so awesome and making such an awesome show!

6 notes - Posted April 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So I just discovered this gem of a photo of Cena on the set of Peacemaker...🤣

12 notes - Posted April 24, 2022

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I posted 2,448 times in 2022

That's 2,448 more posts than 2021!

434 posts created (18%)

2,014 posts reblogged (82%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@piratewithvigor

@regalityandcoffee

@johnnypolo

@prettyboymichaels

@the--blackdahlia

I tagged 2,070 of my posts in 2022

Only 15% of my posts had no tags

#<3 - 419 posts

#the human speaks - 379 posts

#wwf - 289 posts

#ask answered - 251 posts

#wwe - 246 posts

#aew - 195 posts

#kane - 170 posts

#writing - 169 posts

#jon moxley - 141 posts

#ask game - 129 posts

Longest Tag: 121 characters

#bryan has known them by many names throughout the generations; dali artemis nyyrikki. now they're simply known as moxley.

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Why do they look like a father and his disappointing son? 

81 notes - Posted April 3, 2022

#4

Crack Headcanon because why not?

BCC at the Beach 

Wheeler Yuta - Builds dozens of sandcastles and a moat. Brings everyone an ice cream. Makes friends with every dog that passes by. 

Jon Moxley - Absolutely refuses to go anywhere near the water. Almost gets into a fist-fight with a crab. Still wears his hoodie. 

William Regal - Lounges under a parasol with a cheesy romance novel. Stops Mox from burying Yuta up to his neck in the sand. Unashamedly flirts with the lifeguards. 

Bryan Danielson - Lectures anyone and everyone about the real importance of seaweed. “There are over 12,000 species of seaweed and provides up to 50% of the World’s oxygen...” 

Claudio Castagnoli - Practices backdrops and falls in the water. Gets banned from playing volleyball for being “overly competitive.” 

133 notes - Posted August 11, 2022

#3

🏳‍🌈 Happy Pride 🏳‍🌈 

This is a safe blog for the entire LGBTQ+ community. Even if you’re not out of the closet, I see, support and love you. 

136 notes - Posted June 1, 2022

#2

“Accidental” Non-Binary representation in WCW 

149 notes - Posted July 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Can we talk about ‘King of the Ring’ Regal for a second? 

151 notes - Posted July 31, 2022

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[multifandombabesworld]

WWE OC #2 FANFIC/AU

Real Name: Natasha Maria Banks

Ring Name(s): Natasha Bee (formerly; 2012-2014), Tasha Marie (currently; 2014-present)

Nickname(s): Tasha (real life), Tash, Nat, Grape (when she had purple hair), Blue (with blue hair), The Goth Queen, Supernatural Princess, The Bad Guy (formerly)

Born: March 12th, 1994 (age 30)

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Billed From: Phoenix, Arizona

Height/Weight: 5’7/125 lbs

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Light Brown (1994-2016), Purple (2016-2023), Blue (2023-present)

Family:

Ariel Banks (mother)

Evan Banks (father)

Stella Venus (younger sister)

Isabelle Hawkins (cousin)

Annabelle Hawkins (cousin)

Bailey Hawkins (cousin)

Jackson Wilson (cousin in law; married to Isabelle)

London and Paris Wilson (cousins; twin daughters of Isabelle and Jackson)

Marcus Wilson (cousin; son of Isabelle and Jackson)

Sexuality: Bisexual

Romantic Interest(s): Austin Theory (boyfriend; 2022-present), Finn Bálor (on screen/tv only; 2014-2016; a little bit of romance in 2018-2019), Unnamed ex boyfriend (2018-2021)

Children: None

Companies/Promotions: SHIMMER (July 7, 2012-March 26, 2014), WWE: NXT (March 27, 2014-July 17, 2016), WWE: Raw (July 18, 2016-April 22, 2019), WWE: Smackdown Live (April 23, 2019-October 13, 2019), WWE: Raw (October 14, 2019-October 8, 2020), WWE: Smackdown Live (October 9, 2020-October 31, 2021), WWE: Raw (November 1, 2021-April 27, 2023), Free Agent (April 28, 2023-February 1, 2024), WWE: Smackdown Live (February 2, 2024-present)

Face/Heel Turns: Face (July 7, 2012-August 14, 2014), Heel (August 15, 2014-June 28, 2016), Face (June 29, 2016-November 14, 2021), Heel (November 15, 2021-January 1, 2023), Tweener (January 2, 2023-February 29, 2024), Face (March 1, 2024-present)

Theme Songs:

First Theme (SHIMMER; 2012-2014)

Second Theme: (2014-2016)

Third Theme: (2016-2022; 2024/current)

Fourth Theme: (2022-2024)

Starts at 39 seconds into video

Tag Teams/Stables: Blood Sisters (with Stella Venus; 2019-2024)

Finisher Moves:

Stunner

Sharpshooter

Superkick

Signature Moves:

Moonsault

Big Boot

Bulldog

Submission Moves: Sharpshooter, Boston Crab, Cloverleaf, Cobra Clutch

Titles Won:

NXT Women’s Championship (NXT Takeover: London 12/16/15 against Bayley & Nia Jax after making Bayley tap to the Sharpshooter) Held for: 108 days (lost to Asuka at NXT Takeover Dallas 4/1/16 after getting knocked out by the Asuka Lock)

Smackdown Women’s Championship (Backlash May 21, 2017 against Naomi after making her tap to the sharpshooter) Held for: 92 days (lost to Natayla at Summerslam August 20, 2017 after tapping to the sharpshooter)

Universal Women’s Championship (Raw 12/23/19 in a 8 women battle royal; won after throwing Cassie Brown over the top rope and becoming the first ever champion) Held for: 105 days (lost to Cassie Brown at Wrestlemania 4/5/20 after getting hit with a chair and then getting hit with the Messysault or Bitchysault at the time) *1st reign*

Universal Women’s Championship (Raw 11/8/21 in a fatal four way elimination match against Aliyah, Natalya, and Dana Brooke; won after eliminating Natayla with a Stunner) Held for: 511 days (lost to Cassie Brown at Wrestlemania 39 4/2/23 after getting hit with a Messysault and getting pinned) *2nd reign*

Other Accomplishments:

Record for the longest reign as Universal Women’s Champion (511 days)

NXT Year-End Award - Female Competitor of the Year (2015)

Medical Conditions/Injuries:

Head Concussion

Facial Contusions (two times in career)

Sprained Ankle

Busted Lip

Torn ACL

Managers: Stella Venus

Has Managed: Finn Bálor, Stella Venus

Friends:

Rhea Ripley

Asuka

Bayley

Dakota Kai (off screen)

Cassie Brown (off screen)

Rosalie (off screen)

Megan Foster (off screen)

Austin Theory

Grayson Waller

Johnny Gargano

Tommaso Ciampa

Candice LeRae (off screen)

Indi Hartwell (off screen)

Maxxine Dupri

Kairi Sane (off screen)

Cody Rhodes (off screen)

Randy Orton

Kevin Owens

Sami Zayn (off screen)

Finn Bálor

Damien Priest (off screen)

Paige/Saraya (off screen)

Sasha Banks/Mercedes Moné (off screen)

Roman Reigns (off screen)

Seth Rollins (off screen)

Jon Moxley/Dean Ambrose (off screen)

CM Punk (off screen)

Triple H

Stephanie McMahon

Shawn Michaels

Beth Phoenix

Edge

Dominik Mysterio (off screen)

JD McDonagh (off screen)

Jey Uso (off screen)

Jimmy Uso (off screen)

Solo Sikoa (off screen)

Tama Tonga (off screen)

Tonga Loa (off screen)

Nikki Bella

Brie Bella

Naomi

Chelsea Green (off screen)

Liv Morgan (off screen)

Scarlett (off screen)

Trained By:

Matt Bloom

Beth Phoenix

Cassie Brown

Shawn Michaels

WWE Idol(s):

Ashley Massaro

Eddie Guerrero

Beth Phoenix

Edge

Stone Cold Steve Austin

John Cena

Bret “The Hitman” Hart

Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart

D-Generation X

Facts:

Tasha grew up watching wrestling and her favorites were Stone Cold, DX, The Harts, and Ashley Massaro

Tasha’s first wrestling event was Summerslam in 2008 when she went with her parents and sister. Ironically, this would be the first PPV/PLE she would win in on the main roster

Tasha is good friends with singer Billie Eilish which is why she used her song “Bad Guy” as a theme

Her signature colors are purple and black and sometimes blue. She always comes out to the ring with a hooded cloak and mask

She is allergic to shellfish and is lactose intolerant

She has wrestled both men and women in her career

She was a cheerleader in high school and also took karate

Tasha doesn’t like any type of seafood mostly because she’s allergic to shellfish

Tasha has knee issues due to her tore acl from a year ago as well as slight ankle issues

She has 7 tattoos and a studded nose piercing

She owns a Siberian husky named Olive who is three years old

Social Medias: tashamariewwe (Instagram), misstashamarie (Twitter), thetashamarie (TikTok) *These aren’t real so don’t look for them*

A/N: Tasha is part of the same fanfic/au as Cassie Brown, can you read about as well. Cassie’s info is on my profile (you might have to scroll a bit to find it). I’ll be publishing about Stella, Megan, Rosalie, and Roxanne soon. Also The Hawkins and Jackson are OCs as well and I might make something for them. I haven’t decided yet.

[wrassledits]

Charlotte Flair's Championship History

NXT Women's Champion - 258 days (May 29, 2014 to February 11, 2015)

WWE Divas Champion - 196 days (September 20, 2015 to April 3, 2016)

WWE Women's Champion - 113 days (April 3, 2016 to July 25, 2016)

Raw Women's Champion - 43 days (August 21, 2016 to October 3, 2016)

Raw Women's Champion - 29 days (October 30, 2016 - November 28, 2016)

Raw Women's Champion - 57 days (December 18, 2016 to February 13, 2017)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 147 days (November 14, 2017 to April 10, 2018)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 28 days (August 19, 2018 to September 16, 2018)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 12 days (March 26, 2019 to April 8, 2019)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 4 minutes and 55 seconds (May 19, 2019)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 4 days (October 6, 2019 to October 11, 2019)

NXT Women's Champion - 63 days (April 5, 2020 to June 7, 2020)

WWE Women's Tag Team Champion w/Asuka - 41 days (December 20, 2020 to January 31, 2021)

Raw Women's Champion - 1 day (July 18, 2021 to July 19, 2021)

Raw Women's Champion - 62 days (August 21, 2021 to October 22, 2021)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 198 days (October 22, 2021 to May 8, 2022)

SmackDown Women's Champion - 92 days (December 30, 2022 to April 1, 2023)

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I posted 1,810 times in 2022

24 posts created (1%)

1,786 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@kindahoping4forever

@baysexuality

@allelitewrestlings

@dmdbaybay-kai

@thedivine-elite

I tagged 534 of my posts in 2022

#moon knight - 207 posts

#harry styles - 40 posts

#oscar isaac - 25 posts

#aew - 23 posts

#marc spector - 20 posts

#steven grant - 20 posts

#luke hemmings - 18 posts

#matt jackson - 17 posts

#wwe - 15 posts

#5sos - 14 posts

Longest Tag: 66 characters

#i couldn't see my counter anymore and the site became unresponsive

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

5SOS KILLED IT!!!!

15 notes - Posted September 22, 2022

#4

Moon Knight is by far my favorite limited series by Marvel.

Let’s take it a step further, he’s my favorite hero adapted by Marvel.

An absolute MASTERPIECE!!!

@dmdbaybay

15 notes - Posted April 27, 2022

#3

Y’all we be vibinggggggggg

16 notes - Posted May 3, 2022

#2

The Terminal List is SO FREAKING GOOD!! An absolute must watch.

17 notes - Posted July 4, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Wait why would they cut this??????? I need this in my life.

Link to article below 👇

63 notes - Posted May 6, 2022

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[lazywolfwiccan]

I posted 26,153 times in 2022

That's 1,048 more posts than 2021!

4,172 posts created (16%)

21,981 posts reblogged (84%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@ghostlydarknight

@siriuslysteddie

@axelwolf8109

@super-hero-confessions

@imswitchbabemox

I tagged 1,463 of my posts in 2022

#my aesthetic - 148 posts

#youtube - 87 posts

#stimboard - 85 posts

#eddie munson - 79 posts

#steddie - 76 posts

#stranger things - 73 posts

#legolas greenleaf - 68 posts

#wwe - 68 posts

#spotify - 64 posts

#steve harrington - 54 posts

Longest Tag: 100 characters

#wolfman jumps up into a ball formation and hollywood throws him like a pokemon ball across the court

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I’ve only had Disa for six minutes but if anything happens to her I’ll kill everyone on this show and then Sauron myself

745 notes - Posted September 1, 2022

#4

Maverick: Are we fighting or flirting?

Iceman: I’m pinning you against the wall with my hand around your neck

Maverick: Your point?

857 notes - Posted September 29, 2022

#3

I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship

873 notes - Posted September 30, 2022

#2

Looks like a cinnamon roll, but could actually kill you

Looks like they could kill you, but is actually a cinnamon roll

Looks like a cinnamon roll, and is actually a cinnamon roll

See the full post

990 notes - Posted July 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Maverick, throwing his head into Iceman's lap: Tell me I'm pretty!

Iceman, lovingly stroking his hair: You're pretty fucking annoying, that's what you are.

1,373 notes - Posted September 24, 2022

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[unitedstatesallnews]

Top 10 Actor in U.S.A

1.Dwayen Johnson image source: britannica Dwayne Johnson was born on May 2, 1972. He is an actor, producer, businessman, and former great wrestler. He is known as the rock. He wrestled for 8 years in wwe. Dwayne Johnson has made his name famous in wwe. Dwayne Johnson's films have grossed $3.5 billion in North America and $10.5 billion worldwide. Dwayne Johnson's films are full of action. DJ's next film is Black Adam, which is scheduled to release on (October 21, 2022).

2. Vin Diesel

image source: imdb Vin Diesel was born on July 18, 1967. His name is Mark Sinclair but people know him as Vin Diesel. Vin Diesel is an American actor.He is one of the highest paid actors in the world. He plays the role of Toretto in the world famous movie Fast and Furious. Vin Diesel Diesel's Net Worth is $225 Million. Vin Diesel's next movie is Avatar: The Way of Water, which is scheduled to release on 16 December 2022.

3.Tom Cruise

image source: mubi Tom cruise was born on July 3, 1962. His name is Thomas Cruise Mapother, but he is professionally known as Tom Cruise. He is an American actor and producer. His films have grossed over $4 billion in North America. and grossed more than $11.1 billion worldwide. Tom Cruise's net worth is $600 Million. Tom cruise's next film is Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning 1. It is scheduled to release on 14 July 2023.

4.Johnny Depp

image source : imdb John Christopher Depp was born on June 9, 1963. He is an American actor, musician, producer and writer. Johnny Depp's Net Worth is $210 million. Johnny Depp's next movie is 'La Favorite'. Which is to be released in 2023.

5.Robert John Downey Jr. 

image source : wikipedia Robert John Downey Jr. was born on April 4, 1965. He is an American and producer. He was named the highest paid actor in Hollywood by Forbes magazine. His net worth is $365 million. His next film is Oppenheimer. Which is to come on 21 July 2023.

6.Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio

image source: ew Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974. He is an American actor and filmmaker. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio's net worth is $260 million. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio's upcoming film is Killers of the Flower Moon. Which is coming in 2023.

7.Henry Cavill

image source: bakerstreet.fandom Henry William Dalgleish Cavill was born on 5 May 1983. He is a British actor. Henry Cavill's net worth is around $40 million. His next film is Enola Holmes 2. It is scheduled to arrive on 4 November 2022.

8.Chris Hemsworth

image source : britannica Christopher Hemsworth was born on 11 August 1983. He is an Australian actor and filmmaker.He began playing the character of Thor in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He played the role of Thor in the recent film Thor: Love and Thunder. Due to this film, he became one of the highest paid actors in the world. Chris Hemsworth Net Worth is $130 Million. His next film is Extraction 2. It is scheduled to release in 2023.

9.Chris Evans

image source: wikipedia Christopher Robert Evans was born on June 13, 1981. He is an American actor. We are known by the name of Captain America. He plays in the movies of Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chris Evans net worth is $80 Million. His next film is Ghosted. Which is coming in 2023.

10.Hugh Jackman

image source: imdb Hugh Michael Jackman was born on 12 October 1968. He is an Australian actor. He also played the role of Wolverine/Logan in the X-Men series. Hence he gained fame. Hugh Jackman's net worth is $180 million. His next film is Deadpool 3 which is slated to release in 2024. Top 10 actor in usa - web story Read the full article